Word: arens
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Upon examination, the subtle racism of those who argue about "Asian human rights" is also clear. Americans are individuals who are concerned with our rights as such. Asians, on the other hand, aren't really individuals and don't have individual rights. If Asians are not quite individuals, then they are not quite human. Asians are, in this view, little more than worker drones willing to sacrifice themselves in an instant for the good of the state. This argument, is in essence, identical to the statements of people warning of "The Yellow Peril" in the 1950s. The Chinese regime...
...below the poverty line. Nor do comparisons explain situations where schools spend more than they should. Last year, for example, Baltimore spent $125 million, or 20% of its total school budget, on 18,000 students identified as disabled, although many observers believe that about a third of these children aren't disabled at all--or at least wouldn't be if the school system had done its job properly in the first place...
...Patty Sullivan, director of education legislation at the National Governors' Association, reports, "Every state that begins working on standards calls and says, 'Which are the states with the best standards? Can you send a copy to us?'" The end result, Sullivan predicts, will be that "you'll find they aren't that different" from state to state. When all 49 of these states are finished developing their standards, the country may end up eating its cake and having it too: de facto national standards created by the individual states...
...film follows the band on its 1996 world tour, beginning with Crazy Horse members lining up in single file as if for a police lineup. But they aren't the usual rock suspects, nor is this your usual "rockumentary." Neil Young, a hugely successful and influential performer who composed the eternal rock anthem "Rockin' in the Free World," a hit MTV Unplugged album in 1993, and the Oscar-winning title track from Philadelphia, is an amazing artist who more than deserves a serious documentary of his own. Yet Jarmusch, though he does spend time probing Young's past--including...
...faster tracks with an occasional slow, almost mellifluous song. "Tender Love" is, as its name so aptly suggests, very tender and gentle. This is Shaggy's song of praise to the "forgotten, abused and so often neglected black woman." Shaggy lets the men out there know that if you aren't treating your woman with the utmost respect, he is ready, waiting (and very eager) to take your place. During a break in the lyrics, a hypnotic guitar strain emerges as Shaggy serenades one extremely lucky lady (known only by the systematic pants she gives in the background). This song...