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...time, leaders assure us that they will make the changes they failed to carry out the last time they were in office. Bhutto's assassination, though unfortunate, will probably bring more change to Pakistan's political process than a third period as PM would have done. Amna Mansur Khan, Atlanta...
...seemed a worthy idea at the time: Last January, two competing Atlanta radio stations - one with a predominantly black audience and another with mostly white listeners - would throw a joint "unity party" at a nightclub in Martin Luther King's hometown, on the eve of his birthday holiday. The goal was to bring people of different races together for a night of exuberant partying. Seconds after the simulcast announcement by morning show hosts Frank Ski of V-103 FM and Bert Weiss of Q100-FM, the phone lines at both stations lit up with calls of support from listeners frustrated...
...seems interested in trying again for this year's MLK day; last year's bust was an all-too-common reminder of Atlanta's nagging social segregation - a sort of benign but nonetheless disturbing separate but equal. "It's [still] the South [and] people aren't as open-minded here as other cities like San Francisco or New York," says Jill Renee Brummond, who does marketing and event planning for local clubs. "People are focused on color here. Atlanta as a whole is set in its ways." Alison White, a black, 30-something medical recruiter, agrees: "There...
...popular Atlanta nightclub a couple of years ago maintained separate web sites aimed at black and white crowds, on which it promoted nights designated for each audience. Friday night at another club, the Velvet Room, typically sees the line out front dominated by black people, while the DJs inside spin hip-hop, reggae and R&B. The following night finds the same trendy venue packed with whites and some Asians, dancing to a blend of hip-hop, pop and techno...
...idea of a segregated nightlife seems at odds with Atlanta's self-image as the cosmopolitan capital of the "New South." It's the ninth most populous city in the U.S., is home to the world's busiest airport, arrived on the international stage in 1996 when it hosted the Summer Olympics, and ranks third behind New York and Houston in the number of Fortune 500 companies headquartered there. What's more, blacks and whites do sit side-by-side on the city council and school boards. Three consecutive African-American mayors have collectively served 30 years in office...