Word: colorful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Television's McNeil/Lehrer report the night after Young's nomination, said Young was too principled and conscientious to deserve the "sell-out" position Jackson saw lying in store for him--that of a front man without a serious voice in policy planning who would be used because of his color to sell the Third World a foreign policy largely unchanged from those of the past two administrations...
BLACK AFRICANS have tended to show the same wariness, suspecting that Young's presence in the U.N. will be mostly symbolic, and perhaps only a palliative. And even if Young's contribution proves to be more than superficial, his color may paradoxically work against him, much as the Jewish origins of former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 only further enraged an Israeli public disenchanted with his Middle East policy. During Young's recent trip to Africa, the Kenyan Daily Nation argued that Young is "sadly mistaken in believing that his colour can possibly be his chief credential...
...Daily Nation is right; the color of Young's skin is no reason to believe he can necessarily have a worthwhile effect on the Carter administration's policy towards southern Africa. A much better reason, however, lies in the commitment to nonviolent social change Young gained as one of the leaders of the black civil rights movement in the South. As a result of this experience, Young sees both the philosophical and the practical importance of developing non-violent solutions to the Zimbabwean and South African conflicts, before bloody warfare breaks...
Each canvas is divided vertically into two unequal parts, and the paint builds up and bubbles along the uneven line where the two parts converge. The subtle blends and shifts in color are interesting, but the works are neither exciting nor disturbing...
...Black and White and Color...