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Second, the “bull in a china shop” analogy made by senior black Faculty members hurts people of color more than it does the intended target, presumably Summers. The analogy suggests that Summers was rough and tough, yet it also suggests that African-Americans are fragile like china, that we should be handled with care, lest we break apart. Martin Luther King Jr. was not china, nor was Thurgood Marshall, Sojourner Truth and numerous other African-American heroes who faced many “bulls” in their quest for justice and never broke apart...
...color—students and workers—do not have the luxury and privilege to simply pack up and leave their schools or jobs whenever they encounter racial discomfort. I would hope that our esteemed professors would be sensitive to the fact that, for most people of color, life is not a china shop...
...close to feeling the real definition of "hero" as anything. R. Sikoryak's dead-pan parody of a newspaper comics page actually made me laugh out loud (Word Search: Can you find the words in the puzzle below to express your feelings? Answer: Probably not.) Combining black and white, color, reality, fantasy, explication and interpretation, it has something for everyone. Of interest to New York City residents, all of the original art for this book and DC's "9-11" (which are considered a two-volume set), has been put on display at the Exit Art gallery (548 Broadway...
...where Friesinger reckons that Pechstein will be one of her toughest opponents, especially at the longer distances. Another obstacle will be the intense pressure from others to win. "Everybody is expecting the gold," she says. "It's crazy." Or maybe they've just figured out that gold is her color...
...Boxer and Jon Corzine are pushing a bill that would limit the amount of an employer's stock in its 401(k) plan and ease restrictions on how soon employees could sell it. Boxer only had to dust off a similar bill she proposed in 1997, when Texas retailer Color Tile went bankrupt. No one is vocally opposing the Boxer-Corzine bill--yet. "There's a lot of shrapnel up here," says a Senate staff member. "People are keeping their heads down." But businesses and their lobbyists don't like the idea, arguing that the restrictions would push employers...