Word: unfairness
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Again, I believe that the problem facing us is not one of conscious racism. It is, instead, embedded into the minds of people at a usually subconscious level. When these thoughts and perceptions manifest themselves in the form of unfair treatment and quick assumptions, the dignity and legitimacy of the place of certain people in our society and our community are questioned...
...aggravates me when people say, 'He's the real Al Gore now' or 'He's changed,'" says Tipper. "Excuse me! He hasn't changed that much. This is somebody I have always known." The old Gore, she says, "was an unfair stereotype painted by cliques in the media and Republican opponents. Now, yes, there were constraints"-the vice presidency, the Monica mess, the campaign-"that weighed on him. And, yes, you grow and you change and you learn. So I see the same person, and I also see a new person who is free and liberated and doing exactly what...
...Stand for Security started out with a group of dedicated activists who wanted to educate the campus about the unfair wages of our Harvard Security guards. While I personally have always been skeptical of SLAM-esque campaigns undertaken by students, I genuinely thought this was an innovative display of progressivism on campus. When the hunger strike commenced I wasn’t initially perturbed like many students on campus who reacted as if they were the ones being forced into an indefinite fast...
...with a twist of pride, "We do have the most deadly virus" - scientists need to see Indonesian samples. That can help them pinpoint exactly when a pandemic might be in its beginning stages, still early enough to be controlled with a rapid response. Indonesia may be right to criticize unfair access to vaccines, but by withholding their samples, they're hobbling global pandemic surveillance. "That puts the rest of the world - and Indonesia - at a greater security risk," says Heymann...
...prompt in reporting new cases - considerably more so than China, which remains a "black hole of bird flu data," according to the expert. But that goodwill will be squandered unless Indonesia resumes sharing. Unfortunately, Jakarta may be digging in its heels. Supari told TIME that "the current unfair access to vaccines worsens the global inequality between the rich and the poor, between the North and the South - and I think that is more dangerous than a pandemic." Unless Jakarta changes its policy, we might all get the chance to test out Supari's theory...