Word: colorations
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...Denzel Washington; and the Best Actress statue to Halle Berry. In her emotional acceptance speech, Berry shook off the happy heaves and dedicated her prize to a sorority of splendid sisters: Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Viveca Fox and "every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened...
...audience laughed and applauded as the performers, clad in orange—the school color of Princeton, where West will teach next year—sang and rapped revised lyrics to the song, including the refrain, “Summers, Summers time, time to get those darkies back in line...
This nation was founded on the as-yet unrealized premise that the law should treat all individuals equally. True progress in achieving this ideal will be less group-identity politics, and a nation that truly is blind to the skin color or background of its citizens. The movement for reparations, unfortunately, moves us in the opposite direction...
...public eye, they set loose their minions to undo every piece of environmental legislation past, present or future. Ford contributed heavily to the effort to defeat legislation mandating better gas mileage, and Southern has led the charge to weaken air pollution regulations for utilities. So, what's the true color of corporate America: green or brown...
...envelope please.... Brown! Until George W. Bush assumed the presidency, it was possible to make a case for either color, mainly because trade associations were largely stymied by the White House or Congress. Now, America's lobbyists have a mind-meld with the most pro-business administration since the days of Herbert Hoover and Warren G. Harding. With a public distracted by war and terrorism, various trade associations are poised to seek an across the board rollback of environmental regulations (60 such regulations are under attack by one estimate), weakened enforcement, and the ability to hand pick the officials...