Word: racists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...People without knowing it can do racist things," Dowling says. "We're trying to anticipate problems...
...People without knowing it can do racist things," Dowling says. "We're trying to anticipate problems...
...People without knowing it can do racist things," Dowling says. "We're trying to anticipate problems...
Those minority students who do arrive on campus feel isolated. A resurgence of bigotry has caused many to drop out. Last summer, for example, arsonists at the University of Mississippi torched the school's first on-campus black fraternity house; last spring four black women at Smith College received racist notes. In the face of such hostility, the inducements to enroll -- scholarships, minority-student organizations -- seem pale. "Overt racial incidents can have a real psychological effect, even if they don't happen to you," says John Jackson, 23, a black at the University of Texas at Austin...
...same scrutiny of our white leaders. That many Black leaders are the victims of unfair accusations is a truism. To cry (or fear cries of) racism like some Pavlovian response because one dares to treat Black politicians primarily as office-holders--and secondarily as Blacks--dilutes the word "racist" and undermines attempts for racial objectivitiy in our political debates...