Word: explainations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...various "sides" during the Wednesday debate, a pattern to the discussion became clear. People would express anger at the men's insensitivity and then discuss sexism at North House--in the Holiday Show, in the "joke of the week" or the everyday kind. Several speakers would try to explain sexism, from their experiences...
...stop offending people, you have to be willing to realize that nice guys can be prejudiced, too. You have to be a little more willing to change your ideas about the world. Why? Because if you really didn't mean any harm, and you do want someone to explain all of this to you, you'd better prepare yourself to hear a lot of anger. And you'd better be ready to listen...
...said he will try to explain why suchdisparities come about and what affect they haveon the nation...
...frustration of living in a backward economy. They made their homes in crowded, decrepit dwellings. Shopping for necessities was a daily despair. Citizenship itself was often an insult and sometimes an injury. Their government would not let them express their thoughts or travel abroad. For years they could explain it all away: the hardship was the aftermath of the Great Patriotic War against the Nazis; the repression was a response to the ever present threat of capitalist imperialism...