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...national media makes the same sort of fuss over dissension among people of color--as if we're supposed to be a monolith, think alike, see the world in the same way simply because we are a shade darker than others--or for some other reason we can't, or don't want to, explain...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Yes, We Actually Disagree | 3/13/1986 | See Source »

...nightmare that Scott Fusco has been living for seven weeks grew darker and more dismal last night...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: The Nightmare: Never Going to Score Again | 2/4/1986 | See Source »

Avedon's emotional scale is weighted decisively on the darker end. There are shots of redoubtable-looking ranchers and honey-faced teens, but almost no one ventures a smile. Far more typical is a picture of a vulpine carnival worker with a chilling gaze. A Texas factory worker, wearing a birthday corsage of dollars, even looks as if she knows that she will end up on a museum wall as an emblem for the empty promises of the working life. In case we miss the point, Avedon throws in three bloody head shots of slaughtered % steers and sheep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Land of Our Dreams | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...rising tide of cultural bias. Thus, the emerging genre of movies that are cinematic representations of the ultra-conservative Id. This new genre usually features an actor such as Schwarzenegger, Stallone or some other symbol of the American y-chromosome bounding about blasting anyone with an accent or a darker skin tone. Commando is such a byproduct of political isolationism and flat-out hate...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: Bang, Bang | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

AFTER DUTIFULLY SHARING with us the triumphs and glory of the hitherto unnoticed South African reformer (i.e. the corporation), Mobil's story adopts a darker tone. It seems that the forces of darkness--whose goals are "unproductive and unfairly punitive"--may thwart our hero's crusade...

Author: By Gary D. Rowe, | Title: Mobil Peace Prize | 11/2/1985 | See Source »

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