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Ford pointed out that within every ethnic group a certain amount of time is needed for the group to produce scholars who can meet the standards of academic competition. "Such achievement is not possible in the first generation," Ford said, noting that people of Chinese extraction are just beginning to attain professorships at many American universities...
...disagree. I for one shall not abjectly surrender." Southerners, said Allen, have "no real hate for the Negro. We merely despise the mores, actions, principles and behavior of the mass. It is our sincere belief that by accepting the unusual Negroes we open every door to the most undesirable ethnic group in the civilized world...
Defying Morocco, Mauritania's Sorbonne-educated Premier Moktar Ould Daddah, 38, has argued all along that there is no historical basis for union, and that the two countries have neither lan guage nor ethnic origins in common. One by one, the former French colonies that backed Morocco's claims have all dropped out of the battle. Algeria's militant Ahmed Ben Bella allowed recently that Mauritania's nationhood is a "reality." Last week even neighboring Mali, which also claimed part of Mauritania and permitted pro-Moroccan guerrillas to raid the desert nation a year ago, finally...
...covers the diplomatic dealings of nations, which should be based on truth and justice. Citizens acting for governments cannot set aside their "personal dignity," nor "the very law of their being, which is the moral law." Nations therefore must eliminate "every trace of racism," drop all colonial ambitions, protect ethnic minorities and political refugees. Rich nations have the obligation to assist the poor; all nations should resolve their disputes by negotiation rather than war. Since "people live in constant fear lest the storm that every moment threatens should break upon them." world leaders must above all come to grips with...
...Beale Street-the honest blues invented by people who had something to be blue about. But success now altered the atmosphere. Stax engineers tried hard to get a bluesy ''down-home" sound, and an English professor named John Quincy Wolf stood by as a consultant on ethnic authenticity. The Voice of America even sent a reporter to Cannon, armed with a tape recorder and an only-in-America enthusiasm: "This could be the start of a brand-new career for you!'' Gus set the man straight with the deflating honesty that comes from long years...