Word: racisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...live under an oppressive regime, ruled by an alien power, the Ruling Class." This belief, he said, leads to the assumption that "if you're decent and believe in human progress, you must be at war with the oppressive power, which is called the `patriarchy' or `institutional racism' today...
...affirmative action policy currently in place in California is indeed unfair. Our society is still dominated by racism and classism, thus tilting the ledger in favor of those at the top--often towards white males. During the affirmative action era in California, it was far from "absurd" that race played a significant role in admissions. Instead, the Board of Regents was trying to create campuses which represented the diversity of California while recognizing the educational disadvantages inherent in a poor socio-economic background...
...affirmative action policy currently in place in California is indeed unfair. Our society is still dominated by racism and classism, thus tilting the ledger in favor of those at the top--often towards white males. During the affirmative action era in California, it was far from "absurd" that race played a significant role in admissions. Instead, the Board of Regents was trying to create campuses which represented the diversity of California while recognizing the educational disadvantages inherent in a poor socio-economic background...
According to your columnist Jack E. White, the President's impeachment trial was about racism and bigotry [DIVIDING LINE, Feb. 1]. Silly me. I thought it was about whether or not the President perjured himself and obstructed justice. What was I thinking? Please, can we get past all the efforts to cloud the issue and instead focus on the facts? Don't try to change the subject. RICK DUDLEY Vista, Calif...
...popular pharase "institutionalized racism" seems to describe nothing better than the formidable institutional machinery of race of which the "Mediation Service" is only the latest product...