Word: young
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...kids," he says. "These kids were rough. Not the majority of Harvard students--I'm talking about the radical bunch of leaders. When the cops came [into University Hall], they all got out, and let the other people get arrested. They were just evil people. And don't think young people can't be evil. They can be as evil as any adult. There was a little bunch of those people who were simply wicked...
...this episode so damning? Because it shows the subtleties of sexism that pervade the political process--from candidates to decision-makers to young powers-to-be in their intro gov classes...
...future politicos, members of Harvard's male elite, were lauding Babbitt's remarks--even after many students, and even Babbitt, had just indicated that those words were delivered in a highly sexist and offensive context. They were learning it from a political hero and regurgitating it. How can these young men be expected to accord women respect in politics, when sexist remarks like these are tolerated and even celebrated...
WOMEN in politics disparaged. Role models reinforcing sexism. Young men applauding. Young women alienated. This was Harvard's introductory course to American Government. A realistic introduction...
Tuesday night at the Metrodome, TJ started his 690th game. And he won his 287th, 4-2, against 28-year-old 1988 Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola...