Word: americansã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...From early Westerns to Disney’s Peter Pan, the images of “Indians” were always distorted in ways that were never flattering. As a society, we’ve begun to come to terms with this prejudice. The term “Native Americans?? has replaced its derogatory predecessors, and movies like Dances with Wolves are generally good-faith attempts at respectful re-tellings of history...
...America has been ‘niggerized’” by the terrorist attacks,” West said, comparing current national anxieties to African-Americans?? long history of coping with terror and death...
Whenever catastrophe strikes in the United States or elsewhere, our government has the unpleasant habit of restricting Americans?? freedom to travel. Currently, our government has made travel to Cuba, Libya and Iraq illegal, on the argument that visiting these nations is ostensibly dangerous. The real reason for these restrictions has nothing to do with safety concerns, but rather the government’s unwillingness to allow our tourist dollars to support unfriendly economies...
...Impact), and the Statue of Liberty (Planet of the Apes). At a time when our fascination with such images must be harnessed in order to memorialize a real-life disaster of epic proportions, Hollywood is instead eliminating those images from view. Doing so is a mistake, one that misinterprets Americans?? strength and their need to remember this catastrophic event...
...time when rhetoric can seem empty and trite, ordinary Americans?? response to this crisis is more heartening than any presidential speech or retaliatory attack. As a New York firefighter grabbed his hat and prepared to dive back into the dust and debris, a reporter asked why in the world he was returning. He replied that he was not trying to be a hero but was simply trying to save his friends and colleagues inside the disaster zone. “I think you’d do the same,” he said...