Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...former editor of the Dartmouth Review said Tuesday night he believes that the "public posturing" of "politically correct" advocates of affirmative action is a source of racial tension on American college campuses...
...been experiencing the most problems have names like Berkeley, Standford, Oberlin, University of Michigan, Amherst, Dartmouth and so on," he said. "It is almost safe to say that the more the campus appears to be publicly dedicated to fighting racism, the greater the volume of racial incidents and racial tension on those campuses...
...Souza said he believes affirmative action adds to racial tension because it uses different standards in evaluating different racial groups. Thus, he said, "there is no direct competition between an Hispanic applicant and a white applicant...
...report continued, "precisely because the policeman in the ghetto is a symbol, it is of critical importance that the police take every possible step to allay grievances that flow from a sense of injustice and increased tension and turmoil...
...Civil War ended 126 years ago, but the Stars and Bars can still stir racial tension in the old Confederacy. Three years ago, 14 black state legislators in Alabama were arrested for attempting to remove the Confederate flag, symbol of a slaveholders' rebellion, at the state capitol. In 1983 black students at the University of Mississippi succeeded in forcing the school to abandon the flag as its emblem...