Word: racists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Edmund's classmates at Exeter recalled him as a disciplined youth who believed that accomplished blacks had a special responsibility to prove racist stereotypes false. Said Andre Francois, an Exeter friend, in an interview with the Times: "He believed in his ability to show that we are something in a society that has given us an inferior image...
Blacks tend to regard the immigrants as uninvited guests at a meager meal. Many believe the newcomers' gains come at the expense of blacks and that a "racist" system benefits the immigrants. Adding to the bitterness is the black perception that America's newest citizens are embracing one of its oldest traits, racial prejudice. Comedian Richard Pryor does a routine depicting a group of Indochinese boat people taking part in their first citizenship class. Lesson No. 1: the correct pronunciation of the word nigger...
...Mexican- American Legal Defense and Education Fund, sees trouble in the racial differences. "There is concern among whites that the new immigrants may be unassimilable," says Wong. "Hispanics and Asians cannot melt in as easily, and the U.S. has always had an ambivalent attitude toward newcomers. Ambivalent at best, racist at worst...
Klitgaard, an associate professor at the Kennedy School of Government and formerly a special assistant to President Johnson was vilified as a racist, students marched in the Yard in protest, and Bok went to pains to distance the University from the report...
...controversy subsided, but five years later the economist raises virtually the some issues--and comes up with similar conclusions--in his new book, Choosing Elites. This time around, however, Klitgaard is careful to qualify his potentially inflammatory findings. His conclusions are not the irresponsible uminations of a racist--but rather an honest effort to bring policy analysis to hear on one of today's most perplexing social issues...