Word: racistly
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Despite this progress, students of both the past and present say a subtle racist attitude pervades the Harvard campus leaving many Black students feeling like, in the words of one student, "second-class citizens...
Frank S. Jones '50 says he only recently has been able to confront the racist attitudes--both subtle and overt--that he faced as one of only three or four Black students in his class...
...Jewish conspiracy and transferring it to the Asians. It falls into the Yellow Peril idea pretty consistently. There were two issues in conflict: the casting issue and the content issue. You can't, one week, protest, "We want jobs," and the next week go up with signs that say "Racist Musical...
...time of growing sensitivity to racist and sexist language, no such caution governs the use of the vocabulary of mental illness, whether as a metaphor, a plot device or a put-down. "There is hardly a moment when we turn on television or read newspapers that we don't see violent stereotypes or hear bad jokes at the expense of the mentally ill," says Nora Weinerth, co-founder of the National Stigma Clearinghouse, which organizes protests against prejudicial images of mental illness in the media. "When children are told that a superhero will be killed by someone who is mentally...
...images, advocates argue, makes it harder for recovering patients to find work, obtain housing or participate fully in society. "We're not language police," concludes Arnold. "We don't expect the word crazy to disappear. But we're hoping for the day when these stereotypes are as unacceptable as racist and sexist remarks...