Word: separatist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That feminism is seen as separatist or concerned exclusively with women troubles many of the respondents. One Radcliffe respondent, 21 associates feminism with "supporting the rights of women over the rights of men" A second contends that it means "divisiveness and isolationism which encourages women to focus on the quality of their lives and not on the general quality of all lives...
...years ago, the Faculty Council votes unanimously to withdraw funding and publicity for Third World freshman week activities because they are viewed as "separatist," officials have said...
...minority student leaders criticized the proposal as inadequate because it falls short of endorsing their orientation activities. They have demanded a College statement rejecting the earlier pronouncement that the events are separatist...
...entitled "Ultimate Hypocrisy" (5/11/1983). I expected a scholarly, sober, and mature treatment of the most pressing social issue of my generation, namely race relations. Yet after coming across words such as "closed door whispers" and "subtle fear tactics," I felt I was reading some leaflet handed out by the Separatist Youth League. How should I feel about an argument which calls its opposition "the media marionettes and their manipulators...
...extend beyond their affirmative action statistics, especially when officials steadfastly oppose a small request such as the calendar listing--a demand that has drawn support from a new Third World Students Alliance, women's groups as well as the Undergraduate Council. If some students perceive the activities as separatist, the College should work to alter that perception largely by its own endorsement, rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater...