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...There’s a chance that the reparations movement will do more harm than good, because the central change is educating the public about the here-and-now effects of slavery and Jim Crow,” said Edley, who advised former President Bill Clinton on race matters. “We must correct the widespread view that, because landmark court decisions and legislation occurred 40 to 50 years ago, the legacy of color caste is only about history...
...system of Jim Crow was not a system of social injustice found under the Taliban or any other oppressive third world regime. No, it was here in America, under Uncle...
...hired a renowned industry talent, Strauss Zelnick, former ceo of BMG Entertainment, who in turn hired a respected Japanese record exec to scout for new pop and rock acts. Ripplewood spun off Denon and other noncore assets and slashed the staff. The building also underwent a makeover, with Sheryl Crow on video screens in the lobby alongside posters of young artists like Kiyoshi Hikawa and Charcoal Filter...
...tattoos. But it's Hank Jr. who writes songs close in spirit to Rock's raunch-hound anthems (in Big Top Women, he rhymes: "She had hundred-dollar bills stuck in her thong/ Well big top women sure got it goin' on"). Hank Jr. and Rock are content to crow about what naughty boys they are. Hank III, in contrast, is quieter, more self-deprecating and ultimately more moving in his portrayal of bad behavior than most artists in any genre on the radio. That may not make him the towering figure his grandpa was, but it does make...
...course, no way to know whether some situation might arise in the future vital enough to warrant the takeover of another Harvard building. It would be more than presumptuous to say that a coercive protest at Harvard could never be justified. But as protestors who fought against Jim Crow laws in the South will attest, justified coercive actions have serious consequences. Students who take over buildings have no reason to expect the University to smile benignly; they must be willing to face the possibility of disciplinary action, and even suspension...