Word: problem
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...Irish, Jewish, Negro, or any other descent, has been discriminated against, that is to say, rejected by the middle class, not because of anything innately Italian, Irish, Jewish, or Negro, but because of the extreme difference in appearance and behavior between him and the already middle class American. The problem of tolerance in America has never been met by an acceptance of differences but by a reduction of them...
...problem of the Negro remained one of convincing the whites of his genuine commitment to middle class white values, in order to move successfully into the dominant American middle class life. He tried straightening his hair, and even bleaching his skin. But the guaranteed preparations didn't quite work. And so the Negro, albeit unconsciously, sought to convince the white that even if his appearance would never be white, his behavior did not conform to the stereotype of the sexually licentious, Knife-wielding darkie. In the fact of so little opportunity for mutual contact and understanding a spectacular tactic...
According to Goodman, society refuses to take seriously, and to recognize that he has real in a real world. This chap and others like are a "youth problem," says Goodman, and emphasis is on their "background conditions," which one can manipulate. Thus, "the aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to reestablish "belonging...
...least four juniors have switched tutors this year solely because they were interested in material other than that covered by their group. The problem of conflicting interests does not arise in Senior non-Honors tutorial, which runs largely on an individual basis...
...tutors in the Department now than a year ago, but some increase would probably have been necessary even without the new program. Also, the conversion of "advisors" to tutors has partially offset any increase in staff. Getting salary funds from the University for the extra tutors was not a problem, according to Perkins...