Word: diaspora
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...time the Hornets finalized their move to Oklahoma City on Sept. 20 to their first regular season game on Nov. 1, the Hornets had 42 days. During that time, the team's 110 employees, many with homes damaged or destroyed and families left behind in New Orleans or diaspora cities from Atlanta to Washington, needed to secure new sponsorships, resell tickets and replace everything from the team's marketing director--too stressed to keep working, to the mascot's costume, soiled by flooding. The Hornets offer a glimpse into the cruel challenge many Gulf Coast businesses now face post-Katrina...
...Operation Shylock by Philip Roth. The uncontested master of comic irony comes up with another ticklish situation: a writer named Philip Roth journeys to Israel to confront a Philip Roth imposter who is trying to persuade Jews to go back to Europe and re-establish Yiddish culture. This new Diaspora aims to avert an Arab-engineered Holocaust by returning Israelis to the countries of their ancestors. Seriously funny about Middle East madness, Roth riffs with an abandon not seen since Portnoy's Complaint...
...counts, students at Tulane University are a resilient bunch. They have coped with Hurricane Katrina’s devastation and disruption by creating charities and raising awareness. They have started blogs and message boards to reassemble the Green Wave diaspora online. But though students respond “hell yeah!” when asked if they plan to return to the Big Easy, they are less impressed with their university’s response...
...Coast Castle,” many white faces filled the crowd. I thought about the Ghanaian’s insult to the Frenchman and what it must have felt like for the numerous white people who were present at this event geared toward Africans and members of the African Diaspora. Instead of guessing at their thoughts, I began to ask questions...
...development of the African continent.” People are invited from all over the world; however, the events, which celebrate the history and progression of Pan-Africanism and discuss the major issues facing the African continent today, are geared specifically to Africans and members of the African Diaspora. Still, the festival’s various events spanning over the course of a week all had a good number of white participants...