Word: racisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While I agree with the underlying idea that statements in the classroom must be contested and that timely liberalism is a respectable project, Kovacevich's "condescending liberal" attitude only ignores and at worst reinforces racism in society...
...While I agree with the underlying idea that statements in the classroom must be contested and that timely liberalism is a respectable project, Kovacevich's "condescending liberal" attitude only ignores and at worst reinforces racism in society...
Italy was caught completely unprepared for such a wave of immigration, and suffered a relapse of nationalism, racism and intolerance according to DiMaio...
...more troubling aspect of "As an X, I feel Y" comments is that they reveal a narrow understanding of selfhood. Surely, our academic viewpoints are informed by a variety of sources, including familial and cultural history, encounters with racism or sexism, or tutelage of particular professors. But to limit our analytic interpretations to those that are derived from narrow aspects of our selves poses two dangers. First, it causes us to stop short of our full academic potential. More importantly, it reinforces stereotypes which dictate that members of particular groups are characterized by uniformity of experience and viewpoint...
...Greaseman says (at least he told Ted Koppel so) that he doesn't know from where in the depths of his soul this awful comment came; he says he doesn't know if deep down there is a kernel of racism in him that he needs to find and deal with. At Mr. Koppel's prodding, Greaseman even said he would seek counseling (a suggestion he said basketball coach John Thompson made...