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...chitterling,” which is itself a euphemism for pork entrails. Chitlin’s have been a staple of black cooking since the slave era: plantation masters considered the organ meats refuse and, thus, suitable fare for human chattel. This historical promotion of junk meat into ethnic cuisine is metaphoric of Perry’s transformation of marginal black theater into a lucrative cultural force...
Evans saw the house system as a place where de facto segregation along ethnic and economic lines prevailed...
...PetroChina is fueling these murders and there is no reason for Harvard to be providing financial or moral cover for Chinese government companies aiding [Sudanese leader] General Bashir’s ethnic cleansing campaign,” Sage wrote...
Ultimately, Summers should embrace both ethnic and gender diversity as his personal goal. Although he has expressed a commitment to advance females at Harvard via the formation of the task forces, these initiatives are insufficient because they do not address racial or ethnic disparities. There is more work to be done. By including ethnic diversity in the goals of the task forces and by advocating for increased female and minority participation in HMC, President Summers will send a valuable message to the world about the importance of building a qualified and representative community. If Summers wants to instill confidence...
...autonomy they have enjoyed for over a decade under the protection of the Allied ?no-fly? zone, but also that their domain be extended to include the fiercely contested oil-rich city of Kirkuk. They want a greater share of oil revenues, and also insist on keeping their ethnic militia - the peshmerga - intact, simply incorporating it under the umbrella of the Iraqi national army but making it the de facto defense force of the Kurdish region, into which no other national army units would be allowed to enter. In essence, the Kurds are naming as their price for cooperation...