Word: caucasians
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...Liya is a rare example, one of only three or four models who are not Caucasian currently working at a high-fashion level, an unspoken quota that, despite a few anomalous seasons, has persisted for years. Jennifer Starr, an industry casting agent, says she has never heard a designer say he doesn't want an African-American or Hispanic model to represent the brand. "He'll describe the feel and inspiration for the collection, and we'll send as many models, regardless of race, that fit that description," she says. Says designer Diane von Furstenberg: "Sometimes you're not thinking...
...tourist used to firmer lines being drawn between gay and straight nightlife. Beautiful young girls in short dresses are dancing to techno with their boyfriends at the Water Bar disco in Chinatown on a Saturday night, right next to a group of funky gay Asians, while a more mature Caucasian in black is doing Mick Jagger imitations with a tall, brush-cut young Chinese in baggy jeans. But wander over to Taboo, the must-go, packed-out gay disco on Tanjong Pagar, and you will find a bevy of gay teenagers from every race bopping on a podium...
...homogeneity among those enthusiasts. In San Rafael, Calif., last Wednesday, 75 attendees packed the back room of the Limelight restaurant. There were veteran campaigners and neophytes, a few Kerry supporters willing to be convinced and even a couple of Republicans angry at Bush--but not a single non-Caucasian. An ethnic-outreach subcommittee was swiftly announced...
...this case it isn't code, because Ostroff came right out and said it: its first new Tuesday sitcom, "All of Us" - executive produced by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith and about a man, his girlfriend, his soon-to-be-ex-wife -tested extremely high, in her words, "with Caucasian audiences." (The upfronts are one of the few places outside a Klan or Nation of Islam meeting where you'll hear the word "Caucasian" uttered unironically anymore...
...stand-up comic. Studio bosses have decided that the ideal action recipe, like a good Sichuan dinner, is a mix of flavors, spices and colors. And where are the white stars? Don't need 'em in the new East-West rainbow coalition. To get into a decent fight film, Caucasian actors may soon have to petition the U.S. Supreme Court with an affirmative action-movie suit...