Word: color
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...patrons are driving on the virtual-reality car track or teeing off on the virtual-reality driving range at Dave & Buster's, an eats-and-entertainment emporium at Ontario. Tens of thousands of shoppers, many off tour buses and from as far away as South Korea, march through 10 color-coordinated "neighborhoods"--themed retail zones catering to tastes ranging from upscale dresses to sporting and adolescent attire. Overhead, 65 giant TV screens run an endless series of commercials produced in the mall's studios...
...days of Bull Connor, police dogs and fire hoses are long gone, and many would find it comforting to believe that skin color is no longer an issue for kids. Has the newest generation of Americans finally arrived at that melanin-friendly Promised Land? No. But a new TIME/CNN poll of 1,282 adults and 601 teens (ages 12 to 17) has found a startling number of youngsters, black and white, who seem to have moved beyond their parents' views of race. These kids say race is less important to them, both on a personal level and as a social...
...problem for blacks than discrimination. That's especially extraordinary given the fact that 40% of the black teens surveyed believe SATs are loaded against them, and that blacks have to be better qualified than whites to get a job. These responses seem to indicate that black teens believe color barriers exist, but, despite that, they retain an admirably dogged belief in self-determination...
...Groove"--after an hour and half of rejects from the Mary J. Blige school of intonation and generic girl groups whose lyrics made the Spice Girls seem like Joni Mitchell--"On & On" was unlike anything I had seen or heard in awhile. A pastel-infused riff inspired by The Color Purple, I fell in love with the song's sweet sass, thoughtful hip-hop jazz-poetry. In the year of 'Lil Kim, Erykah was a refreshing surprise, reminiscent of Minnie Ripperton's '70s heart-break funk and Billie Holiday...
...Around the country it has been shown to be discriminatory against low-income people and people of color," Wolf says...