Word: colorism
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...Reyes, Daniel Torres can be child-like, cunning, loving and manipulative. Donning a baseball cap and leather jacket, he also appear maniacal. The songs can be catchy and kitschy - "San Diego" and "Miami" both sung in three-part harmony by The Daddyos stood out in that way. Adding color to the dark storyline, Tony-Award winner Ken Page plays the flamboyant drag queen (and Greek chorus) Miss Stormy Weather, the larger-than-life master of ceremonies at Uncle Buck's cabaret, where Reyes is an habitue...
It’s difficult not to be taken aback by the infusion of hues in “Gods in Color,” one of the latest exhibits to fill the rooms of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, running from Sept. 22, 2007 to Jan. 20, 2008. The presupposed norm of white marble sculptures representing the purity of ancient Greece and Rome is washed away by the brilliant, bold, and rich colors that are now bestowed on replicas of these sculptures. EVERYDAY PEOPLE Obviously, color is pivotal in experiencing this collection, making “Gods in Color?...
Climate change geeks with a thing for international conferences - like me - were spoilt for choice this past week. You could rub shoulders with national leaders from over 80 countries - or just their junior advisers, depending on the color of your badge - at the United Nations high-level meeting on climate. You could Amtrak down to the White House and hear President George W. Bush tell the world's major economies that this global warming thing might actually be a problem and that we should maybe consider doing something about it eventually. Or you could catch the Clinton Global Initiative...
...social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. Despite having grown up in the States, she sometimes has the nagging suspicion that she may be a bit more Fresh Off the Boat than she realized. Follow her attempts to play Alice Walker for Asian America in “The Color Yellow,” which will run on alternate Wednesdays...
...Like Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the remnants of many of Nicaragua's traditionally powerful families live in crumbling mansions in a no longer politically relevant city, clinging to memories of colonial grandeur. Their skin color is generally lighter than the rest of the population's; their politics are conservative; and their last names are those that have for centuries filled the rosters of Nicaragua's social clubs...