Word: understands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dumb questions like that. Just because I'm black doesn't mean I'm different." Khalil's father Bernard, a Xerox executive, would like his son to someday attend Florida A&M, the mostly black school he and his wife attended. "It's important for a black kid to understand that there are lots of other smart, talented blacks in the world," says Kinsey...
...prison chapter, a leader of a black-culture group and a big editorial voice inside these walls. "I'm a black redneck," he says with a casual smile. If he were free, he'd have voted for George Bush for President even though he thought his candidate didn't understand prison furloughs...
...vice president at Rockwell International in Anaheim, Calif., Earl S. Washington oversees a mostly white work force of 1,500. "I find myself under the magnifying glass every day, proving that I understand how to run this business," he says. "All bosses are second-guessed," explains Xerox vice president Gilbert H. Scott, who heads a staff of 800 in the Southwest and California, 75% of whom are white. "If you're a black boss, you're probably second-guessed more...
...understand that the ranch is moving diligently" in its efforts to remedy the conditions, Vartain said. But USW President Alan Wagner said that Webb Ranch has consistently stalled talks designed to plan the improvement of housing conditions...
...bitterness and anger of Mather students whose friends were involved in the original incident is easy to understand. They see themselves as victims of political exploitation and grandstanding, as an incident which should belong to the Ad Board alone is taken out of context and used to galvanize a campaign that portrays them as insensitive, morally constipated bigots for daring to try to set the record straight. Important as are the issues of homosexual rights and the need to end homophobic violence, it did not take long for the debate at Mather to become a sweeping demonization of anyone with...