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...Center for Food Policy and Obesity, a team of researchers questioned 1,100 subjects, aged 35 to 74, twice over a 10-year span (once between 1995 and 1996, and again between 2004 and 2006). The respondents answered 11 questions about whether they had been discriminated against in the context of common life experiences - including applying to college or for a scholarship, renting or buying a home in a neighborhood they desired, applying for a bank loan or dealing with police. Participants answered nine additional questions about everyday experiences, such as how they were treated in restaurants, and whether they...
...don’t know the historical context, but I hope that people who do will be consulted about this,” Gehrke said...
...alternative spring break trips sponsored by the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), “Civil Rights and Service” aimed to provide an opportunity for students to meet Mississippi leaders of the civil rights movement, as well as debate the role of student leadership in the context of current social issues, said Gene A. Corbin, executive director of PBHA and leader of the trip...
...09—was that Obama’s speech focused on white and black Americans to the exclusion of other minorities. “He needs to speak to other experiences as well,” she said. Other panelists believed this issue was not problematic given the context of Obama’s speech—coming on the heels of comments by his minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, which many deemed inflammatory and anti-American. In light of the Wright controversy, some panelists said they believed Obama simply focused on racial categories he knew personally. The discussion later...
...Sarkozy was being ungrateful. Earlier, President Bush, attending his last-ever NATO summit, had almost literally sung the praises of the French politician, whom he said had made an impact on the American people "like the latest incarnation of Elvis." Flattery of this kind is rare in any context, yet delegates in Bucharest, despite behind-the-scenes rows and disappointments, generally seemed more inclined to compliment than to complain. Though Macedonia packed its bags in disgust, Georgia and Ukraine managed to put some positive spin on events. And though Washington was disappointed, there was success...