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Black culture is the socially adaptive apparatus which embodies and reflects the particular values, folkways and mores of black people. Black culture (like all others) is dualistic; it has a functional dimension and an existential dimension. The functional dimension is characterized by the power-mustering capacity of blacks in the...

Author: By Cornell West, | Title: Black Culture: The Golden Mean | 3/26/1974 | See Source »

...Kilsonian analysis is one-dimensional because it is concerned exclusively with the functional dimension of black culture. The context of his characterization is institutions viewed as sources for blacks of skill-acquisition, not existential meaning. He is interested only in the production of highly qualified black graduates from these institutions, who will in turn become black intellectuals and professionals in order to enhance the black masses...

Author: By Cornell West, | Title: Black Culture: The Golden Mean | 3/26/1974 | See Source »

"Because we live in the United States and because without political strength nothing can be accomplished, we want to point out the great importance of the integration of the Portuguese communities in local political life," the statement continues. "It is necessary ... that we unimpassionedly awaken the Portuguese people in the...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: The Portuguese: A Heritage of Oppression A Search for Identity | 3/25/1974 | See Source »

All Presidents put on special acts for their staffs and their visitors. And the aura of the office still subdues people, still reduces the critical faculties of those who come into the epicenter. In these days, about the only people allowed the special view of the President are the ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Trying to Grasp the Real Nixon | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

Like Twinka's eyes, the photographer's gaze clutches at objects in view. Because it can transfix a scene with minute detail, people expect photography to reflect the world for future reference in a rational way, of course. Film doesn't have texture like oil paint, dimension like sculpture. One...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: The Woman's Eye | 3/6/1974 | See Source »

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