Word: resentment
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...buildings, its high-minded schemes to improve the natives and its harsh authoritarianism was a form of mimicry, too. To be civilized you had to have an empire. The British had one and the Dutch and the French, so why not the Japanese? That Americans and Europeans began to resent Japanese empire-building and tried to find ways to curb Japanese ambitions was seen by many Japanese, not entirely without reason, as a form of racial discrimination. Japan wanted more than anything to be taken seriously and treated as equal by the other imperial nations. When Western powers refused...
This kind of defensiveness was not uncommon on my tour. Many Southerners rightly resent the caricature of Southerners as tobacco-chewing bigots. That kind of guy still lives and breathes, but he's got plenty of cousins up North, which is arguably no less racist than the South. In today's South, defenders of the Lost Cause are likely to be educated, professional and mainstream. Like Faggert...
When randomization began in 1995, students feared the worst: not only did they resent being stripped of the ability to choose a House with which they identified, but they also genuinely feared a loss of precious House community. The extent to which these fears have been assuaged is due largely to the leadership of existing Masters and the College’s ability to replenish departing ones with Faculty members who are willing to invest their time and effort to creating a vibrant House life...
...living wage campaign has taken offense recently to those who agree with its cause but still resent its attitude. I count myself as one of those people, and, after spending a fair amount of time trying to figure out what it was that irked me so much, I think I’ve finally put my finger on the reason...
...actually sitting in— don’t know some of the most basic facts about the cause they’re fighting for. Nonetheless, they push forward with increasing noise, fervor and aggressiveness. I believe it is this over-ambition based on somewhat shaky motivation that people resent...