Word: colorism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...plan would give prison time to the passenger who stands in the aisle fastidiously folding his blazer--"like he's in the color guard at Arlington National Cemetery," comedian Dennis Miller once put it--before placing it in an otherwise empty overhead, defying you to crush it with your carry...
...shows his inexperience,” Alexander S. Thompson ’11 said. But other attendees expressed clear support for the candidate. Lisa R. Markland, a resident of Dorchester, called Obama a candidate for all people. “It’s not to do with the color of his skin or Hillary’s skin, it’s more to do about the issues,” she said. A black volunteer said that Obama gave her children hope that they too could be president. “He’s more than just...
...clearly greater than its public policy implications. While Obama the man labors in the same political vineyard as his competitors, mapping out policy positions on everything from war to health care, his candidacy itself asks the American democracy to complete itself, to achieve that almost perfect transparency in which color is indeed no veil over character--where a black, like a white, can put himself forward as the individual he truly is. This is the high possibility that the Obama campaign points to quite apart from its policy goals...
...already available for free online, with better formatting. The Web browser is slow, colorless and unable to handle web sites that aren’t mostly text, which should be a letdown to anyone with an iPhone. And it’s likely that customers, used to bright, full-color screens even on basic cell phones, will find Kindle’s two-tone e-paper display a letdown, even if it does make reading easier...
...student-run event aims to introduce Harvard undergraduates to exhibits on display at the Sackler through culinary, dance, and fashion attractions, as well as student-led tours that will run throughout the night. The night’s Greek theme is based on the “Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity” exhibit, on display in the Sackler until Jan. 20. In its only appearance in the United States, “Gods in Color” features Greek and Roman statues painted in their original colors. Tours will be running every five...