Word: anger
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...part of the problem,” Ho says. “The impression is that past silence means it’s okay.” Harvard’s Asian-American community in general, to the dismay of many leaders within it, has historically been slow to anger and reluctant to speak out against perceived injustices. The Boxer Rebellion affair is symptomatic of a greater issue: when dealing with racism that takes more subtle forms than threats of violence or ethnic slurs, as Ho puts it, “You find yourself in this gray area, where...
...style.A writer for “The Onion” declared that “the age of irony is over.” Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show,” cried on the air.David Rees felt the same sorrow, confusion, and anger. “In New York City after 9-11 you could literally smell death,” he recalls. “It was dreadful.” But he had an entirely different reaction from those other funnymen. He decided to make a comic strip.Five years later, that strip...
...part of the problem,” Ho says. “The impression is that past silence means it’s okay.” Harvard’s Asian-American community in general, to the dismay of many leaders within it, has historically been slow to anger and reluctant to speak out against perceived injustices. The Boxer Rebellion affair is symptomatic of a greater issue: when dealing with racism that takes more subtle forms than threats of violence or ethnic slurs, as Ho puts it, “You find yourself in this gray area, where...
...midst, the sound of sirens announced the arrival of a fire truck. Out poured the firemen, who, making clear that it was not a drill, ran into the building to assess the situation. By the time they came back out, word had already spread: false alarm. The anger was immediate. Who would be drunk enough, reckless enough, generally despicable enough to force hundreds of people out into the cold for no reason at all on a Saturday night? And as many people in the crowd pointed out, the false alarm wasn’t just inconvenient; it was downright dangerous...
...qualified to speak about the Middle East because of our presence in the region. The role of the media is to give an honest understanding of reality. Had we been able to deal with the issue of the Middle East a long time before September 11, the roots of anger and frustration, maybe the decision makers would have taken steps to stop it before it becomes al-Qaeda...