Word: racists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clear that the ideals associated with 1956--freedom of expression, desire for self-government, liberalization of politics and the economy--meant very different things to different people. The first free post-communist elections of 1990 had put a conservative party in power, some of whose members expressed openly racist, anti-Semitic views in Parliament and in the press. People began to realize that freedom of expression could mean skinhead demonstrations as well as democratic debate; self-government could mean an ugly strain of nationalism and xenophobia as well as independence; and economic liberalization could mean a "wild" brand of capitalism...
...that they were two black marshals, but that they were two good friends of mine," said marshal finalist and BSA President Derrick N. Ashong '97. "They were of such a caliber, so charismatic, that they would have transcended any situation, no matter where they were, even in an ostensibly racist environment...
...reason for this particular ordering are that the overriding sentiment in this country is prejudice toward all three in decreasing order. Homosexuals are the objects of the most discrimination because it is much more commonly accepted in the mainstream to be openly homophobic than it is to be racist or anti-Semitic. A woman has the best chance of becoming president because of the size of the female voting bloc; when America overcomes its fear of having a woman in a position of ultimate power, maybe the American Margaret Thatcher will step forward...
...Chamber, John Grisham's 1994 novel about a young lawyer trying to save his racist murderer of a grandfather from being gassed by the state of Mississippi, has at its heart such a confrontation. The book's 676 pages tease with the tactics of time-bomb suspense, notably in the figure of a hovering assassin who threatens grandfather Sam with a family bloodbath if he reveals that the assassin was guilty of the crime for which Sam is to be executed. But The Chamber is really a tale of love and forgiveness, a suturing of wounds across three generations...
These reforms are part of Riley's overall plan to revamp the image of the HUPD, which under his predecessor, Paul E. Johnson was plagued with accusations that officers were racist and insensitive to student concerns...