Word: segregationism
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"If the young men entering college were allowed to choose their Houses, those coming from the same school, or from schools of the same type and from similar early surroundings, would naturally select the same House; and thus there would be a segregation among Houses on the basis of origin...
Just as the word "Negro" is defined by the dictionary in the same way as the now preferable term "African-American," it projects an extra meaning due to its association with racial segregation and oppression. In the same way, over-slanted eyes and buckteeth dredge up negative associations with early...
And when Blacks faced seemingly insurmountable segregation in Southern schools, Griswold served as an expert witness in several of the cases used to lay the foundation for the Supreme Court's desegregation order in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
Lauren's publication is nothing more than a newfangled collection of buzzwords. The cover of November's premiere issue features text-art including AIDS, the Internet, Sex, Phat, Apathy, Slacker, Segregation, Lollapallooza, Beavis, Butthead, Real World, Influential, Multicultural, Promiscuous, Activists, Brady Bunch, Woodstock, Skeptical, Cynical, Bust, Boom, Driven, Idealist and...
"I think it's a very good idea because people say there's a lot of self-segregation on campus," said Jesse Sage '98. "I don't see it as a race thing, just about getting together and meeting people you might not otherwise meet."