At first, even the liberal Lipsyte found Gregory's tirades about white supremacy wearying, but the writer located an initial source of that anger in a high school sports snub: Gregory, a track star, set a St . Louisrecord in the mile in 1951, but was denied acknowledgment in the annual city yearbook because he was black.
An implication of Code's view is that if one is systematically denied acknowledgment as a knower and credibility is consistently withheld, as can happen in systems of oppression, then one's epistemic agency and capacity to know will be diminished.
In drafting a settlement of securities fraud charges, companies frequently seek the "neither admit nor deny" language for fear that their acknowledgment of the conduct could be used against them in shareholder lawsuits seeking damages.
The acknowledgment led Judge Wedoff to deny motions by the Association of Flight Attendants, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and the pension agency seeking a rejection of the financing package.
There is no evidence that Henry tried to deny Geoffrey's paternity, although Walter Map said that Henry's acknowledgment was done "improperly and with little discretion".
Indeed, NASCAR has spent the last five years spinning its wheels to mandate competitiveness by way of its Chase for the Cup playoff format, stricter rules for modifying race cars, and denying team owners formal acknowledgment as franchisees of stock car racing.
"Accordingly, the FBI cannot confirm or deny the existence of any such records about your subject as the mere acknowledgment of such records existence or nonexistence would in and of itself trigger foreseeable harm to agency interests".
The Bush administration has offered up a perverse acknowledgment of this struggle: a proposed change in Labor Department regulations that would enable employers to deny overtime pay for millions of workers.
By requiring its football players to sign "acknowledgment of risk" forms, which it is so far refusing to make public, Northwestern appears to be trying to deny any responsibility for the harms football has caused its players.
When the Bush administration continued to deny there was a problem, even in the face of evidence, Senator Clinton worked with members from both parties to demand an acknowledgment that thousands were sick and they needed medical treatment.
