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...Three Mexican directors were nominated for Oscars this year: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Babel, Alfonso Cuaron for Children of Men and Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth. Why the sudden recognition of these filmmakers...
...took turns going to sleep. Unfortunately, I was the only black person in my pre-calculus and calculus classes, so I had to continuously be a good black person in those situations.A more prominent example of a token is Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who Senator Joseph Biden (D-Del.) recently lauded as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.” I’m sure Senator Biden meant it as a compliment; however, I—along with many other blacks—took...
...more prominent example of a token is Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who Senator Joseph Biden (D-Del.) recently lauded as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.” I’m sure Senator Biden meant it as a compliment; however, I—along with many other blacks—took it as an insult. Many whites are comfortable with Barack Obama because they don’t see him in the same way that they still see a majority of black people...
...exclamations from the languages of some of the best movies at the 79th annual Academy Awards, a motley group of international films that have largely blown the English-language competition out of the water. Why the Spanish? “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Guillermo del Toro’s Best Foreign Film shoo-in recently eclipsed Alfonso Cuarón’s “Y Tu Mamá También” as the highest-grossing Mexican film in the U.S. For all those hoping to pass as film buffs during...
...watched “Pan’s Labyrinth” (“El Laberinto del Fauno” in its native Spanish) the night before a Spanish final exam last semester, thinking a Spanish-language film would help me hablar español más mejor. But, since my shaky beginner skills couldn’t handle the added curveball of a Castellano lisp, I ended up reading the subtitles. The resultant experience felt more useful for my beloved English classes than for my Spanish, however, since it gave me an opportunity to revel in the beautiful...