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...when the white hipster Carl Van Vechten published the book Nigger Heaven. They continued their war through attacks on Redd Foxx, blaxploitation and Donald Goines. But all their efforts have been rewarded with gangsta rap, an art form that has made nigger arguably the most well-known racial or ethnic slur on the planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leave the N-Word Alone | 3/5/2007 | See Source »

...musical and dance numbers were punctuated throughout by comedic skits about a “typical” Indian family that walked the line between lambasting the idea of ethnic stereotypes and depending on those same stereotypes for their humor. Though occasionally amusing—thanks mostly due to the goofy appeal of the actors—these skits felt largely unnecessary...

Author: By Alexandra A Mushegian, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: 'Ghungroo' Full of Lively Grace | 3/4/2007 | See Source »

...thoughts of victimhood, entitlement, vengeance and denial." He's talking of places like Kosovo or Jerusalem - or Somalia, where civil war between hundreds of clans has raged for 16 years and where it takes many minutes for strangers to introduce themselves, so intricate are the ethnic lineages that must be recounted to distinguish friend from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letting Bygones Be Bygones | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...Whether he'll succeed in integrating them into his own electorate is a mystery, as are the intentions of voters in the ethnically mixed suburbs (polling along ethnic lines still being taboo in France). But Le Pen's bulldog growl is not falling entirely on deaf ears in the suburbs. "We've been waiting for someone to say, 'If you're French above all, you're welcome and have a place among us,'" says Habiba, who contrasts Le Pen's appeal with that of mainstream politicians who "keep telling us we're French, but continue shutting us out as eternal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enter Stage Far Right | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

Filled to capacity, Sanders Theatre was the place to be on Saturday afternoon for much of the Harvard community. The 22nd installment of “Cultural Rhythms,” an annual showcase celebrating Harvard’s rich cultural and ethnic diversity, brought a series of delightful music and dance sequences, performed by 15 undergraduate cultural organizations, to the venue. “I feel better than everyone who is going to the Academy Awards tomorrow,” Artist of the Year Laurence Fishburne bellowed out to open the afternoon’s festivities in the afternoon...

Author: By Marissa C. Lopez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Rhythms' Full of Unified Harmony | 2/26/2007 | See Source »

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