Word: colorism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Maybe the color of the Nobel Prize medal should be changed from gold to red, white and blue. U.S. researchers swept the science awards for the first time since 1983. But the joy came with a warning from many in the U.S. scientific community: the kind of basic research that won Nobels is no longer getting adequate funding. Without more funds, they argue, U.S. scientific dominance won't last, as other nations become more competitive in these cutting-edge fields...
...Washington is a giant cesspool. It's no wonder almost half of Americans (47%) now agree with the statement "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore." It's us (the people) versus them (the politicians), and it doesn't matter what primary color you wear. Just as in the closing scene of George Orwell's Animal Farm, even when you look closely, you can't tell the difference between the animals and the people anymore...
...digital cameras]” he explains. “So what it does is prevent the infrared information from entering the chip. “I knew if I took the filter off, it would be very, very sensitive to infrared radiation, and it gives me very bizarre colors,” Sullivan says. In addition to removing the infrared filter, Sullivan added a dark red filter to block out all blue and green light. “What you end up with is a color picture, but all the colors are shifted to the infrared...
...Order.” In a more sordid twist, both T and Snoop Dogg have taken their pimpin’ personas all the way to the bank, with their own lines of pornographic films.Only years after denouncing films that “exploit the color,” Ice Cube has turned into a bona fide Hollywood star. His work, since his debut in “Boyz N Tha Hood,” has included the Gulf War epic “Three Kings,” and South Central L.A. comedy “Friday...
...Color me underwhelmed, especially so given that at one of the first formal meetings held in the Women’s Center—to encourage women to run for UC, as it happens—total attendance amounted to five people. And one of these was male...