Word: segregationism
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Larry O'Keefe seems to agree: "I think that if there was a major in drama there would be a lot more segregation between the people who do it for fun and people who do it because it's what they study. In retrospect, I don't think I would...
The underlying significance of Malcolm X evolves from the differing environment that he and Dr. King were addressing. Nonviolent tactics worked in a region that was plagued with de jure segregation and overt discrimination.
Integration did not alleviate the deeper problems that more than two centuries of segregation had created. Dr. King's tactics played on white consciences as they saw the violent brutalization of peaceful protesters.
The experiment with changing the system three years ago failed. Randomization got pushed aside because Harvard caved to undergraduate pressure. And non-ordered choice has failed because it promotes self-segregation and unfairness.
As with John Kennedy (whom he shamelessly imitated by saying "We can do better and we must"), the lasting impression of Clinton was his vigorous, confident demeanor and his often bemused attitude toward Bush. He struck back when the President again attacked his patriotism, cleverly invoking Bush's father's...