Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...editor of the piece not notice the cruel racism implied when Hsia spoke of "normal, integrated activity"? Surely, logic does not demand that a person can only be considered well-adjusted or "normal" when socializing with a person of a different racial or social background. Of course, if that is the case, then there are multitudes of athletes, or professors, who are maladjusted, for many can often be seen dining among themselves...
Parents of children enrolled in the Morse Cambridge School also testified that the school's textbooks were dated. One parent read from a social studies book--currently in use--which urged students to prepare themselves for a time when people will walk on the moon...
...economics is only part of the story. For many African Americans, black colleges promise a level of academic and social support that mostly white campuses cannot match. "Psychologically, a black student is going to feel better about himself at a black college," says Barry Beckham, editor of The Black Student's Guide to Colleges. At schools such as Dillard, Fisk, Morehouse and Howard, black students say they feel a surge of self-esteem directly traceable to the experience of being the majority race on campus...
...Well, of course, but not as intensively as today. The feeling sharpened , over the course of time, as I started to learn more, as I came across wide polarities in living standards. So I am a fervent advocate of social justice. It is essential for the very moral and psychological climate of society. No special means are required, but sacrifices on the part of certain kinds of people are essential. We have to sacrifice ourselves. I don't consider this a slogan. Public interests are higher than personal interests. In a month I may be elected to the Congress...
...hidden ways. I would put forward one proposal, and he would advance the opposite point of view. In regard to social justice, he considers there are no problems in this area, but I think there are problems that keep the moral fabric of society in a state of tension. Remove this tension, and the sprouts of perestroika will start growing...