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...BANNED. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, the Hollywood film; from distribution in China; in Beijing. Chinese officials reversed an earlier approval by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television to allow the film in the country, reportedly over concerns that the portrayal of Japanese geishas by ethnic Chinese actresses might spark anger in China, where anti-Japanese sentiment remains strong...
...Bedford, Massachusetts, where he had entered the Puzzles Lounge and, after confirming that it was a gay bar, shot two men with a handgun and wounded a third with a hatchet. Authorities searched Robida's home and found neo-Nazi pamphlets and other hate literature aimed at racial and ethnic minorities. But the teenager was already speeding away in a green Pontiac, heading south and then west...
...What it shows you is that we’re all mixed up,” Gates said. “We might claim different ethnic identities in the day, but when the lights went out all those barriers came tumbling down...
...main basis of their foreign policy. Nazi ministers to England, France, and Russia didn’t say, “Ok, so what we really plan to do is start a Second World War, invade your countries, and systematically kill tens of millions because of their religious and ethnic identity. Oh, and we’re going to do this really soon.” Rather, they focused on the treatment of ethnic Germans in Czechoslovakia, the harsh terms of the Versailles treaty, and other “legitimate” grievances that any respectable nation can have...
Ignatieff’s entrance into politics has been marked by controversy. He has faced harsh accusations of using disparaging ethnic slurs against Ukrainians in his published work and of being an opportunist...