Word: racisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What we have instead is what Cornel R. West '74 calls a crisis of black leadership. One problem is that black leaders aren't even sure what to lead black people to. The persistent problem of racism has gone underground, surfacing in subtle ways that frustrate and humiliate blacks, but does not often threaten our lives. Segregation is self-imposed (although, to be fair, many blacks like it that way), not placed there...
...recent publicity on affirmative action has really upset me. Not only is this a racist solution, but it is a detriment to those it "helps" and society as a whole. Affirmative action wants to correct past racism, sexism and other "isms" with new ones. Where does this end? Do we suppress white males until they need an affirmative action of their own? This type of correction sets one group back so the others can flourish, hurting everyone in the process...
Kamil E. Redmond '00 asked Connerly whether hebelieved racism still pervaded America'sinstitutions and said a true meritocracy did notexist in university admissions procedures...
...King would have been impressed with the extent of black progress toward social and economic equality," he said. "The problems that are most oppressing are not easy to ascribe to white racism...
...perfectly honest, we all have our hang-ups, and we're probably all a little guilty of racism. CBS spokesperson Leslie Ann Wade, whose company had been expected to offer White a football commentator's position, said, "Every human being has some bias about something in their world because of their life experience. But those biases have no place in the broadcast booth or in the workplace...