Just as young Chinese cannot fully understand equal protection in the United States without studying the history of slavery and Jim Crow, so my young American students have learned that they need to study the historic interaction of these ethnic groups before advising — or criticizing — the Chinese on their ethnic policies.
One commentator remarked that race in the USA is a surrogate for socioeconomic status, adding, 'Ultimately (this result) helps one understand that equal treatment yields equal outcome among patients with the same stage of disease, regardless of race' (Brawley and Freeman, 1999).
"Hopefully we can get the other people to realise the error of their ways and understand that equal rights should be for everyone".
The physical structure of Milton Keynes is a crucial part of its success (Struggles for the soul of Milton Keynes, 3 May) but the development corporation and its successors also understood the equal emphasis needed to develop its social infrastructure.
Mr. Dold, as Democrats understand with equal consternation, is a deep-pocketed rival whose relentless cheer and willingness to press his case aggressively with skeptics may help him persuade voters disenchanted with the dismal state of the Illinois economy.
But we should value in a politician no less than in a writer the ability to feel variously, admit ambiguity, understand the equal attraction of opposing truths, and to know when to mistrust "truth" altogether.
The improved performance on equivalence problems in both groups has important implications, particularly with respect to relational thinking, as researchers have previously argued that students who struggle to understand the equal sign appear to engage in meaningless computations instead of reflecting on the relationships that exist between numbers [17, 20].
It is broadly understood that equal access to education is undermined if people have to pay the costs for primary and secondary education themselves, as these costs are typically higher than most low and middle-income households can afford from their annual incomes.
For instance, now we understand that equal pay would be the best economic stimulus this country could have.
We also have to understand that equal pay for women is not just for women -- it would be the greatest economic stimulus this country could possibly have.
