Word: separatist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most Radcliffe women, simply by virtue of their attendance here, are intellectual, competitive, and highly motivated. The innate confidence they probably have may make them overlook the possible detrimental effects of living in a community that remains skewed towards men in everything from sheer-numbers to such separatist vestiges as finals clubs. Not that women should counteract this problem by becoming equally separatist, but they should not, either, yield to the habit that often prevails--studiously avoiding all activities lacking men or, at the very least, approaching them with severe apprehension...
Earlier this year, the Freshman Dean's Office stopped funding minority events it had traditionally sponsored during freshman week, arguing that events targeted exclusively at minorities were "separatist." The policy change drew criticism from some minority leaders on campus who said that the events provide freshmen with a needed sense of community within the University...
...American tradition of Thoreau and others. The other tradition of rebellion sought separation from the larger society. The separation might well be temporary, and have as its goal the gaining of personal and political strength as an intermediate step on the way toward equality or equity or integration. The separatist approach might also be an end in itself. Malcolm X and his teacher, Elijah Muhammad, believed in theory at least, that total separatism was the ultimate goal of their Black nationalist movement. Malcolm X was to modify this view toward the end of his career...
...significant difference in approach between King and Malcolm X was the question of means and ends. Malcolm X argued that Blacks should demand and capture their separatist solution by any means necessary. And although we have no example that Malcolm X used violence himself, this strategy was taken up by groups that counted themselves in his constituency. Martin Luther King thought the question of means and ends quite central to the success of any movement for change because, he argued, in bringing about changes, one must consider the kind and quality of relationships and institutions that replace the old ways...
...political fiefs for decades, and her party was a clear favorite. Thus last week's defeat will surely weaken Mrs. Gandhi's authority over Congress (I). More important, it could spur internal Indian strife, lending strength to the nation's growing number of ethnic and political separatist movements...