Word: roots
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...main reasons why race relations have become so fractious in the three decades since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. led to the collapse of the biracial coalition that produced the civil rights gains of the 1960s. It is, in some ways, more difficult to root out than the blatant hatred that led to James Byrd's murder because those who suffer from it are not even aware of their affliction. It makes it more difficult for people of all races to build on past victories in the struggle for equality because we have to keep fighting the same...
...Boston College, the concept of "feminism" has been reduced to the level of a fourth-grade playground Squabble. With all of the indignant righteousness normally reserved for young children and glassy-eyed absolutists, Professor Mary Daly asserted to the academic community last week that "the root of the mess in society is patriarchy." Turning away potential male students at the door with the words "you are not welcome here," Daly has decreed that no male students can enroll in her "Introduction to Feminist Ethics" course. Her contention is that their presence would constitute a distraction to female student engaged...
...root of this controversy is the system itself, which is inherently flawed. The Faculty, not the Ad Board, will ultimately vote on the punishment of Josh Elster and Drew Douglas. The Faculty is not a disciplinary body. It is an academic one. The very fact that the Faculty must vote on issues other than plagiarism and email violations is a disservice to students and to Faculty...
...little more. Judge glaringly neglects these personages, especially Gibbons' buddies at Initech, Samir (Ajay Naidu) and the nominally cursed Michael Bolton (David Herman). The cast of Office Space is, essentially, a cast of cartoon characters or caricatures, only two of which arguably come off: Lumberg and Milton (Steven Root), a pathetic co-worker at Initech who is bound for disgruntled postal worker or serial killer status...
Silverglate claimed that the ensuing controversy, stirred by those who demanded punishment for the authors of the piece, was at the root of HLS's sexual harassment measure...