Word: towards
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Reeves, an assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School, suggested that the government adopt "political policies to nudge us toward equality...
...refer to this new American racial ethos as Laissez-Faire Racism. This combination of persistent negative stereotyping, blaming blacks for racial inequality, and hostility toward an active policy involvement in fighting racial inequality leads to the re-creation of racial segregation and economic inequality. It does so through a variety of informal social mechanisms. For example, there is burgeoning evidence that the negative stereotypes of African-American discourage many whites from willingness to live in integrated neighborhoods. There is also growing evidence that negative stereotypes lead many employers to place African-Americans at the very bottom of the potential labor...
...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 and out of sight of the non-Jewish community...
...Jews (including myself) feel this sense of self-hatred. Despite the claims of many Jews and non-Jews that there is very little anti-Semitism in America, Jews and religious Jews in particular are still subject to prejudice and misrepresentation on a daily basis. The persistence of negative attitudes toward religious Jews makes it very difficult for us Jews to take ourselves and our traditions seriously. JOEL B. POLLAK...
Updike's latest novel, Toward the End of Time, was published in 1997. According to Sweeny, a new book, a "quasi-novel" titled Bech at Bay, will be released in October...