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According to a theory developed by Chinese-American authors Frank Chin and Jeffrey Paul Chan in a 1972 essay entitled "Racist Love," Asian-Americans have accepted a position as "honorary whites" in this country, as a privileged minority whose members are viewed more favorably than Blacks or Hispanics because they are the objects of white racist love, while Blacks and Hispanics are the objects of white racist hate. To serve as an object of white racist love is to act as a foil to troublesome minorities, particularly Blacks, in order to diminish the validity of calls for greater social equality...
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There are still some people who argue seriously that the federal deficit isn't a major problem. This Essay is not intended to answer them. It is an attempt to answer the less eccentric argument that the short-term problem of stimulating a weak economy dictates waiting a year or two before addressing this threat to our long-term prosperity. That is the consensus view of TIME own panel of economists...
...Social Studies concentrator, wanted to write her senior honors essay on Korean American small businesses in the U.S. She said she could find no classes related to the topic and no Harvard professors knowledgeable in the field...
...future may be fantastic, but it will also be funny, according to contributor Merrill Markoe's portrayal of dating and marriage in the 21st century. Markoe, an Emmy-winning TV writer, is most recently the author of the essay collection What the Dogs Have Taught Me. We also resolved to challenge some assumptions about society's direction, a mission that historian Christopher Lasch handles skillfully in an essay on the shortcomings of progress, which was the subject of his 1991 book, The True and Only Heaven...