Word: crouching
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...ability of minstrelsy to take many forms remained the center of the discussion for the rest of the evening. Panelist Stanley Crouch, an author and cultural analyst, said that the problem of minstrelsy prevails in media representations of all marginal communities...
...dumb blonde, that's the female version of blackface....The Italian who's always eating pasta and shooting people, that's the Italian version of blackface," Crouch said...
...associate professor of linguistics at Berkeley, will make him a hero to the black-bashing crowd. Black, smart and only 34, McWhorter is being touted by his publisher as a maverick "more angry than Stephen Carter, more pragmatic and compassionate than Shelby Steele, more forward-looking than Stanley Crouch." McWhorter says he's uncomfortable being associated with authors acclaimed by white conservatives and slammed by many blacks--but, hey, it goes with the territory. If you're a self-described "proper-talking black guy who's had all the advantages," you've got to expect other blacks to be outraged...
That may be true. But it's also worth noting that looking at the day's footage, it turns out that even in that raft scene this morning, there was acting going on. Hanks drops oars, scrambles to his feet, flips up the toilet-sail, drops to a crouch--and there's a familiar look in his eyes, less heroic than desperate and scared. It's exactly the sort of vulnerable bravery that drew people to Captain Miller. "Where does he go to get those moments?" Zemeckis asks. "I never ask him, he never tells me, and I never want...