Word: sexism
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...respect, though it is an immensely valid one. We all owe respect and deference to the viewpoints of others on issues that we cannot understand through experience. Certainly, race, sex and class grievances still exist, and must be redressed on a structural level. And those who espouse racism, sexism, and classism must be confronted. But it is wrong to exact retribution from individuals solely on the basis of group membership...
Gone will be numerous references to Jenny as "bitch!" Gone will be the taunts to Oliver to hit his girlfriend. Gone will be jokes trivializing date rape. While Crimson Key's decision to eliminate blatant sexism from the performance is overdue, it is nonetheless important--and other upperclass students at Love Story should follow its example and refrain from continuing the insulting tradition...
Hammer's technique for achieving this musical rapprochement is typically savvy. Critics have savaged rap for everything from violence to racism to sexism, but all these elements have been blended out of Hammer's material. That softening seems, in part, to be quite natural. Hammer became a born-again Christian in 1982, and he's simple and sincere when he says, "I attribute all my success to a blessing from God." But the softening is also calculated. U Can't Touch This takes a strong riff from Rick James' 1981 Super Freak (co- writing credit acknowledged and royalties paid...
...country club for rich white kids, the student body is diverse (27% are minority, mostly Asian), and ethnic relations are remarkably smooth. "Everything's so homogenized here," admits alumnus Derrick Perry, 24. "It's like I didn't realize I was black until I went to Dartmouth." Sexism is probably the most divisive issue. Women, including faculty members, complain that the school remains encumbered with "old boy" history. Yet if Thacher continues to thrive, it is probably because of its throwback traditions. "If there is any single quality we look for," says admissions director Joy Sawyer-Mulligan...
...progenitors of this conservative cacaphony justify themselves by arguing that it is they, and not the campus's moderates or left-wingers, who truly represent the American "mainstream." Perhaps they are right; and yet this claim is not necessarily something to boast about. At one time, racism and sexism were mainstream American values, and many would argue that they are still pervasive...