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...ascension on the racial hierarchy, to feed into the hysteria of becoming white.But, sometimes, it makes for a strained interaction. It first dawned on me that she might actually be white the first time—at age 18—I donned, or attempted to don, a backwards cap. Disapprovingly, she remarked that I looked “como un negro común y corriente”—or like a common black man. I was offended, largely because I had learned the fad from white, Final Club-attending Ivy Leaguers. I was offended, largely because when...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colorblind | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...Joseph look solemnly upon a manger full of hay. For something a little closer to home, check out Lawrence Street near Central Square. Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus are watched over by a jolly Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, each donning a Santa cap, flank the display, and two menorahs in the windows round out a confusing mosaic of holiday...

Author: By Andrew Okuyiga, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Here’s Looking at You, Kid | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...taken a few shots of myself humorlessly glaring at the camera, awkwardly forming my lips into some sort of porno-star sneer in a disturbing attempt at whatever I think of as masculinity. I even recently flipped the collar of my pink polo shirt and donned a Red Sox cap during one of these personal photo shoots. This was truly the low point of my existence...

Author: By Ben Kawaller | Title: Rummaging in Craig’s Closet | 12/12/2006 | See Source »

...course, it never works. I have passed many early morning hours waiting for this jock fantasy to materialize, but in the end, a baseball cap does not a straight boy make. (Of course, these guys may just think I’m a total mieskeit, masculine or not, but as I’ve always thought of myself as strikingly attractive, I am unwilling to explore this possibility.) I also live in the Quad: you might as well tell a River boy you’ve got warts; he’s not making that trip at three...

Author: By Ben Kawaller | Title: Rummaging in Craig’s Closet | 12/12/2006 | See Source »

Penney has another feather in its cap: a more established online presence than Kohl's. Last January, in fact, its online sales hit $1 billion--and in the third quarter, sales via the Internet rose an impressive 27%. Ullman boasts that the company is "the largest mass merchant" online. A key advantage: the infrastructure set up to support the company's decades-old catalog business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fight For the Middle | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

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