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CORRESPONDENCE.

American Prospect, The,  April, 2001  

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THE THERNSTROMS IN BLACK AND WHITE TO THE EDITORS: I thought The American Prospect was a journal of ideas. I also thought you prided yourself on your feminist ideals and respect for women. All the more disquieting, then, to come across the degrading physical description of Abigail Thernstrom in "The Thernstroms in Black and White" by Adam Shatz [March 12-26, 2001]: a description that dwells on her hairstyle and the quality of her voice and compares her to a cartoon character.

What does any of this have to do with the Thernstroms' politics or their place in the ...

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