Word: racists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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School Radio Station Shut After Airing Racist Jokes...
...MOST PUBLICIZED CORPORATE dispute in America sparked campus debate last week, as the Coors controversy came to Cambridge. Outside Harvard University's Science Center on February 24, 200 student protesters picketed William Coors, Chairman of the Adolph Coors brewing company, chanting "Contras drink Coors," and "Racist, sexist, anti-gay. Coors beer, no way." Inside, 400 students listened attentively as the affable executive defended his family's brewery's policies...
...years ago, Rasheed might have said that Coors had a long way to go. After William Coors reportedly made some racist statements before a group of minority business leaders in 1984, the NAACP started a boycott in Southern California and initiated negotiations with the brewery. The result was a series of fair-trade agreements or covenants between Coors and the NAACP and several Hispanic organizations--Rasheed was a key negotiator of these agreements...
...Mass., Cambridge, Mass. and many other hamlets--Racism seems to becoming an expected part of life in America once again. It used to be taboo, but not any more. Sadly, it seems that some of the biggest bigots around today are college students. And the state with the most racist activity? Massachusetts. Governor Michael S. Dukakis must do more than issue reports on specific racist incidents especially now that he is a prominent presidential probable. Dukakis has a chance for real leadership in fighting the resurgence of racism, a fact of life which most people find much more comfortable...
...first the meetings were tense. Even moderate black newspapers like the Sowetan had denounced Perkins for accepting a "racist" appointment based on the color of his skin. A U.D.F. spokesman had said that Perkins should have turned down the job, adding that he would be "most unwelcome" in South Africa. But after two discreet talks with Perkins, the U.D.F.'s Sisulu said, "Now that he is here and willing to help, it is all right. I believe in give-and-take...