Word: racisms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...xenophobic crusade against Hispanic illegal immigrants, is dead, slowly wasting away in the California court system. What has happened since the time this heinous document was thrust into the face of all Latinos, whether they are citizens or not? Surprisingly, very little. Despite the outright fear and racism inherent in Proposition 187's rhetoric, Hispanics as a whole have been slow to react to it. This silence has allowed Proposition 187 to spawn continued support of its message in its brief and tumultuous life, most recently in the form of the affirmative action debate in both Texas and California...
...status," while other law-abiding citizens would go about their daily business unscathed. I would risk the misfortune of becoming "suspected," not because I'm un-American, mind you, but because of the color of my skin. It would be naive to think otherwise. If this isn't racism, I don't know what...
...occurred to me that there were so many things going on [racism, sexism and language barriers] that there was no way taking the kids out for ice cream was going to change long-range what the issues were," says Adiele, the former coordinator of Education for Action and now a visiting professor at Framingham State College...
...accusations of anti-Semitism and racism are baseless and offensive. In Josh's quaint reality (where Bill Weld and the HRRA are conservatives), anyone who criticizes one member of a group must detest all member of that group. In that case, the editorial displays an alarming anti-Christian and anti-American bias, for I am a proud member of both groups. The "anti-Semitic strain" you see in my article, Mr. Kaufman, exists only in your head...
...woman chosen Miss Italy should have Italian roots, Italian patterns; simply to be an Italian citizen is not enough [PEOPLE, Sept. 23]. It's not a matter of skin color; she has to be Italian through and through, and not just on paper. What has happened here is reverse racism, against Italian folks who have few rights in their own country. CHRISTINA RAVENE Aulla, Italy...