Word: colorism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...slide over powder and crud. The result is a snowboard that grips when you need it to and otherwise slips over everything like, yes, a banana peel. A stiffened tip and tail increase stability off big landings in the terrain park, which is where the board's garish yellow color and unorthodox design will probably find its biggest fans...
...anyone but a woman, and especially anyone but Hillary Clinton. But for "O" to support Obama, who's vastly less experienced than Clinton, makes Oprah's decision seem divisive, racist and against the best interests of the country as a whole. This next presidential vote cannot be about color or sex. It's got to be about qualifications. Her choice is an example of reverse racism, a subject white people feel too guilty to discuss. Susan Mather, San Francisco...
...Caught Between Color Lines In "The Identity Card," Shelby Steele offered an insightful, thought-provoking examination of race in politics [Dec. 10]. I have a couple of questions, though. What exactly are black values vs. white values? What white shame does he believe binds my actions? He stated that "racist societies make race into a hard fate," yet he perpetuated racist beliefs in his article. Each individual is a cornucopia of various physical and behavioral traits. No single trait, most certainly not the pigment in one's skin, remotely defines any of us. If we want to end racism...
...will always be an insurmountable problem. How can Steele so blithely discount the tantalizing possibility that we are witnessing a truly new day? Millions of black and white Americans deeply admire Oprah Winfrey and Senator Obama for their character, energy and ideas, not because of skin color or guilt. Every step Americans take toward common ground will bring all those who sell hopelessness a step closer to a richly deserved obscurity. Margaret E. Young, Weatherford, Texas...
...just say the movie hardly wanders from this format. The predictability of the plot isn’t the film’s only shortcoming. In one scene, the film more aggressively addresses the audience: at a debate in Oklahoma City, the reactions of the observers divide along color lines, in a way that should provide a funhouse mirror reflection of the movie-watching audience. If the film were shot more bravely, it would make us question our own situation piercingly, ontologically. It doesn’t; there are too many visual cues that tell us, “This...