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...understanding a different culture, it is vital to consciously suspend one's cultural biases. The arguments and cross-examination of St. Clair, whose previous clients include a disgraced former president, actively violated this standard throughout the trial. St. Clair deliberately and subtly appealed to the prejudices--cultural and racist--of the jury. In his opening statement, St. Clair specified cultural assimilation, especially Indian intermarriage with blacks and whites, as one example of the Indians' failure to comprise a tribe. The ploy was an insidious one--St. Clair skillfully appealed to whatever prejudices the jury may have entertained against blacks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Courtroom Cultural Arrogance | 1/13/1978 | See Source »

...laughs when he tells stories like this--he likes to joke about himself with his friends. In fact, Ed can often be heard calling his best friend Tom Bixby a racist, since Tom once suggested that a mutual friend of theirs ask out a white girl whom Ed liked a lot. Rather than silently wondering why Tom didn't think he should ask the girl out, Ed teasingly accused him of being a racist and asked why he couldn't ask her out. The two are good friends and Ed chuckles quietly to himself when he introduces Tom as "This...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ed Bordley Grapples with Being Blind, Being Black and Being at Harvard | 1/11/1978 | See Source »

...will again when the spirit moves me. It can actually be fun, because activists, being ordinary people, have a sense of humor. For example, when a recent antiapartheid march came to a standstill in freezing cold weather, someone in the crowd cried, "Jump if you're not a racist!" Without a second thought, 50 people in the group, including myself, began to jump. I like to think we weren't doing it just to keep warm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jump If You're Not a Racist | 12/14/1977 | See Source »

Christopher Nteta, a member of the African National Congress and the first speaker, said that South Africa was "the most diabolic, barbaric and racist regime in the entire world...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi and Eric B. Fried, S | Title: Students Demand Anti-Apartheid Action | 12/14/1977 | See Source »

...racist movement exploits mounting frustrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: The Coloreds Must Go! | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

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