Word: backlash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defining an urban policy, however, Moynihan is able to spell out in boldface his own views on environment and violence. To Moynihan, the "urban problem" means chiefly the social isolation of the black minority. The crisis of authority in the cities- the riots, the white backlash, the flight of the mayors-originates in the social disorganization of the black poor. A heavy emphasis on environment is regarded by many black political activists as demeaning. Moynihan, though, steadfastly believes that the ghettoes are "human cesspools" and that the government should relocate blacks throughout the metropolitan area...
...Machismo Backlash...
...Pennsylvania Avenue. The department's negotiator, John W. Dean III, explained that there was "a substantial likelihood of serious violence." That refusal may well increase the chance of violent confrontation. If there is rioting in the capital, it will offend many who sympathized with the October demonstrations; a backlash, of course, may be what the Administration wants. Veterans' groups and two newly formed outfits-The National Committee for Responsible Patriotism and the Texas-financed United We Stand-are setting up counter-manifestations in support of Nixon...
Nearly everywhere, it was a good day for moderates, as the U.S. voter proved less bigoted and more judiciously pragmatic than the Jeremiahs had predicted. Backlash seems to be losing some of its snap...
...success in attracting a large number of votesin Boston's mayoral election two years ago was thought by observers then to signal a growing urban-white backlash...