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This incident demonstrates that college campuses, as microcosms of society, are by no means immune to ethnically motivated bias incidents. This was never more evident than after Sept. 11, when students of Arab American and South Asian American descent all across the country became targets of a violent backlash in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks...
...greatly troubling that it took the exposure of Enron’s corruption to provide the impetus for Congress to act on campaign finance. An incredible number of politicians received campaign contributions from Enron, but it was only the public backlash after its collapse that provided the motivation for lawmakers...
...think twice before you walk"? And why are AIDS charities embroiled in a nasty legal fight to break ties with one of their most successful fund-raising events, the lucrative California AIDSRide? The charity endurance event--that unassailable, feel-good fund-raising strategy--is beginning to suffer a backlash, as participants and nonprofits question how hard-raised dollars are being spent...
...John Nash, for his supposed “anti-Semitism,” and ever since the film’s release it has been attacked for ignoring Nash’s apparent bisexuality and his illegitimate child with Jeannette Walls. Add to the mix the constant Moulin Rouge backlash and Gosford Park director Robert Altman’s unfortunate comments (essentially ruining his chances) calling Titanic “the most dreadful piece of work I’ve ever seen in my entire life” and fellow Oscar powerhouse American Beauty “badly acted...
...knew that there would be backlash [after Sept. 11] because of all the negative images,” said Precious R. Muhammed, a graduate of HDS. She said recent events reflect a pattern of how media represents Muslims that she first noticed following the Oklahoma City bombing...