Word: railton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problem of race and racism on campus produces confusion and divisiveness among students," said Philosophy professor Peter A. Railton, who proposed creating a special course that would address racial issues...
...Railton said his course would promote critical discussion of the issues through studying the history of racism, literature about minority experiences and competing hypotheses about origins of racial inequality and institutionalized racism...
Michigan's Dean of Long Range Planning and Curriculum Jack W. Meiland said that the faculty has not yet decided whether to implement such a course, and added that existing courses might be able to achieve Railton's goals. "Nobody is proposing that one single course be required," Meiland said...
...grimy, racially mixed neighborhood south of the Thames, they stopped to question a black youth. A hostile crowd gathered, and suddenly all hell seemed to break loose. Rocks, bricks and Molotov cocktails began to fly. As police reinforcements rushed in, an orgy of burning and looting swept down Railton Road, a principal neighborhood shopping avenue, leaving automobiles gutted and shops in flames. Streets were littered with looted appliances, clothing and costume jewelry. At the peak of the violence, more than 1,000 police in riot gear, huddled like Roman legionnaires behind shields, battled some 600 black West Indian youths, interspersed...