Word: toning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...publicity tour forParadise, Morrison was introduced by Professors of Afro-American Studies Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Cornel R. West '74, who set the tone for an event imbued with homage to Morrison and to literature in general...
Organizers of the event compared the tone favorably to that of the Tuesday panel discussion between Winthrop Professor ofHistory Stephan A. Thernstrom, Boston Universityprofessor Abigail Thernstrom and Professor ofAfro-American Studies Lawrence D. Bobo...
...thought the tone of the forum [on Tuesday]was a bit hostile," said Michael J. Passante '99,president of HRD. "They had two liberalAfrican-Americans and two conservative whitepeople arguing. It gave the whole event a verynegative tone...
...article "Orthodox Jews Violate Campus Policy With Posters" (News, Feb. 19) was both unbalanced and offensive. The story played on popular stereotypes of Orthodox Jews, stereotypes as common within the Jewish community as they are outside of it. In particular, the tone of the article suggested that Orthodox Jews and Chabad Jews in particular are intolerant of the level of observance of other Jews, and that they are ethnocentric and exclusive. The only statements to the contrary were buried in the last paragraph of the article...
...within the Jewish community about Chabad and religious Judaism more generally. I believe that many serious critiques of religious Judaism and religious Jewish beliefs are quite valid, and I highly respect the opinions of those quoted in the article. But the way their quotes were presented and the general tone of the article hinted at the viscerally negative reaction many Jews have toward Chabad. This reaction is the product of misinformation and prejudice and not a small amount of "ethnic self-hatred"--the feeling that we Jews are better off if we are less visible, less committed to our traditions...