Word: corrects
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...April 24 letter to The Crimson, Karl W. Lampley '93 expresses the painful ignorance of gay and lesbian oppression that has plagued this nation and this august institution for decades. He is correct in saying that the discrimination against gay and lesbian recruits in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and the rest of the military is similar to the discrimination against Blacks that existed in those same institutions for years. He missed the brass ring, however, when he says that the similarity goes no further...
...reason I wrote this letter is that I cannot stand to see the plight of Blacks misrepresented. ROTC assailants are correct in saying that ROTC's discrimination against gays today is similar to that applied by the military toward Blacks historically...
...face will be occupying the Corner Office. While the next few months should be spent choosing a leader who will lead this troubled state into stabler fiscal ground, what may result is a political witch-hunt, with each side of the abortion issue attempting to brand candidates "politically correct" or "incorrect...
...sound of a Delta drawl or a Georgia twang reminds me of home, as does the occasional Duke sweatshirt I see on campus. The sight of the Confederate flag, however, does not remind me of home. Just the opposite--it fills me with fear. Despite belonging to the `correct' country club, enjoying a private school education, having a locally well-respected name and good home training, I am not just a Southerner; I am a Black Southerner...
...people remain blissfully unaware of the problems until, like $ me, they are mysteriously stripped of a credit card or rejected for a loan. Says M.E. Buckner, president of Informative Research, a mortgage-credit- reporting company in Anaheim, Calif.: "There are mistakes in the system, and we have mechanisms to correct them, but you correct the system only when a consumer complains...