Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...South America--are mere scapegoats. In fact, there was nothing particularly extraordinary about the lavish treatment the IOC members received from Salt Lake City. In recent weeks, reports have surfaced detailing hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from other host cities. Sydney officials have acknowledged paying two African members $70,000 the night before the IOC voted to award the 2000 Summer Games to Sydney--a bid it won over Beijing by a mere two votes. (Sydney officials have remained defiantly unapologetic in the wake of the revelations...
Further, it is crucial to understand the context in which the trial took place. Because of Jamal's long involvement in the struggle for African-American liberation, the racist Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had compiled an 800-page file on him by the time of his arrest. It appears the government had an interest in silencing this eloquent spokesperson for justice, like it silenced so many other freedom fighters, including former Black Panther Geronimo Ji Jaga, whose wrongful murder conviction was recently overturned after he spent 25 years in jail because it became clear that he was framed...
...articles printed the same morning of Oppenheim's editorial are especially ironic. The first was about an African-American man, Anthony Porter, who had been on death row for 16 years and came within two days of being executed. Last week, journalism students at Northwestern University found the real murderer and recorded his confession. When released, Porter will be the 76th wrongfully convicted American freed from the hell of death row. How many innocent people have already been murdered by the state, whose administration of justice has been proven to be discriminatory on the basis of both race and class...
Figure this one: The United Nations is temporarily lifting the international ban on the sale of ivory -- in order to raise money for elephant conservation! The U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species announced Wednesday that three impoverished Southern African countries -- Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia -- would be allowed to sell 60 tons of stockpiled ivory. They've promised to spend the millions of dollars fetched by the tusks on new efforts at conservation...
Buckwheat sighed. "You probably know that Williams has been smarting because some African Americans have knocked him for not being 'black enough,' because he's more concerned with fixing potholes than delivering fiery speeches. So instead of telling the black guy to calm down and consult a dictionary, Williams accepted Howard's resignation." Buckwheat paused. "In a city like Washington this could start an epidemic of oversensitivity. You could have an explosion the next time somebody says there's a 'nip in the air' or a 'chink in your armor.' We've got to inject some common sense into this...