Word: racists
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...Alliance troops were mostly shooting those from Arab nations who had gone to help the Taliban. Though Rumsfeld clearly said he opposed such executions, it seemed to many Arab journalists that he was implicitly condoning them. Charged Abdelbari Atwan in the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi: "This is racist hatred in its ugliest form...
...Hall of Fame. Within the cathedral silence of the Hall visitors meet past greats, gazing mildly from bronze plaques mounted on the walls. Gathered there are the greatest ball players ever: Ruth and Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle, Koufax and Mathewson. The effect is stirring; unfortunately, U.S. baseball's racist past has been underplayed. It is as if we were reading a fine authorized biography, solid in many respects but edited by the subject, in this case Major League Baseball...
...peaceful transition from white racist minority domination to black majority rule in South Africa was one of the great political and social surprises of the late 20th century. The next surprise could be nearly as staggering: a marriage between the National Party that created apartheid and the movement that conquered it, the African National Congress. But, as top officials from both parties began match-making talks in early November, the prevailing view outside of the proposed partnership was that the marriage would end in tears and the party of apartheid would finally disappear forever...
...Grade, according to a Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace report. Palestinian youth should not be taught that Zionism, the ideology that led to the creation of the state with which the PA claims to want to peace, and Nazism “are the clearest examples of racist belief and racial discrimination in the world,” as they are on page 123 of The Contemporary History of the Arabs and the World. The examples of anti-Semitism in Palestinian textbooks are endless...
Proponents of the “check-ups” argue that since one of the terrorists allegedly involved in the Sept. 11 tragedies was living in the U.S. with a student visa, this canvassing is warranted. But this justification does not excuse a blatant and racist invasion of privacy. Foreign students should not be targeted or flagged simply because of their nationality; a person’s ethnicity does not amount to probable cause. When investigators have substantiated and convincing evidence, then questioning particular students is merited...