Word: tokenism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Regents, with or without Reagan's influence, are liable to be unsympathetic with a Free Speech Movement revival, knowing what political trouble the original cost them. By the same token, the anti-Goldwater, pro-civil rights sentiment that sparked such wide student support for the dissenters in 1964 will be absent from any FSM revivals. The Berkeley faculty and majority of the student body are likely to support slightly greater restrictions on campus political activity now than they would two years ago. Middle-man Heyns realizes this and appears to be maneuvering towards a solution which will satisfy both...
...same token, it is regrettable that commentators felt it necessary to label every conservative candidate who won a "right-winger," a "segregationist" or a profiteer from "white backlash." Newsmen cannot grasp the fact that we are not all liberals with Socialistic tendencies like themselves, but just plain conservatives who still believe in people doing for themselves...
...same token, Dartmouth does not have an offensive line to match the calibre of its polished backfield of quarterback Mickey Beard, halfback Gene Ryzewicz, and fullback Pete Walton. Princeton's defense, notably tackle John Seifert and linebacker Ron Grossman, is generally solid and has not had a sustained drive scored against it this year...
...good many Negroes in Birmingham, token integration of the police force simply had very little meaning. A lawyer who keeps in time with the grass-roots folks and frequently stops off at Ratkiller's on his way home from work remarked recently, "I see these Negro cops in there with whites. I doubt if any of them have any real authority to do anything...
...some of the most questionable genres of modern art and affords a glimpse into their creation by surrounding each sculpture with the notes and drawings that helped form it. As a study of the creative process the exhibit is spread much too thin--each artist has only the most token representation, and each work only a few suggestive notes accompanying it. But still the show proves that ideas and careful planning lie behind the seemingly artbitary art of neon and aluminum. It allows the viewer who has wandered mildly amused through collections of similar artists to take the works seriously...