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...African-Americans] believe in the myth twice as frequently as [European-Americans] because they observe it twice as often?” Retsky’s research is again raising eyebrows. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, said he was skeptical. “The problem here is, there is little evidence provided to back up the claim. It is a theory, not a study supporting the theory, but simply a theory,” he wrote in an e-mailed statement. Lichtenfeld expressed his worry that Retsky’s findings may reinforce African...
People come to be offended, and while you say that the Pudding’s Asian and African-American stereotypes are offensive, I argue that the Pudding is a beacon of morality in this overly politically-correct world. Everyone is treated the same by the Pudding. The Pudding as an institution is an equal-opportunity offender. And, just for the record, as an African-American female, I was not offended...
...Gaffes to the Rescue" [Feb. 19]: I wonder whether Michael Kinsley's imagined description of ABC executives' using "a crack of the whip" on the gaffe-prone African-American actor Isaiah Washington was simply an unfortunate use of a clich or evidence that even those who take it upon themselves to analyze gaffes are still subject to perpetrating them. I agree with Kinsley that we should all be able to shrug off the stupid things people say (or write), but I found his use of a potent image of slavery in this context to be ironic, to say the least...
...Democrats, Clinton's lead has eroded since the last TIME poll. Obama has closed to within 12 points (36% to 24%), gaining seven points since January, a reflection perhaps of the dust-up over anti-Clinton comments by Hollywood mogul David Geffen, who is now supporting Obama. The African-American component of the Democrats polled appears to be evenly split between the two senators. Former Vice President Al Gore, who has not declared his candidacy, was in third place, at 13%, while former North Carolina Senator John Edwards kept a firm hold of fourth place with...
Oludamini Ogunnaike ’07 is a psychology and African and African-American studies concentrator in Lowell House...