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...major roles of Jonathan and Rosalie in “Oh Dad, Poor Dad” will be cast as white. Many people may believe that the only plays worth producing are written for white actors, but this line of thought leaves little room for actors of other ethnicities to find roles that are not a stereotype of their ethnic appearance and/or not minor roles. Furthermore, this line of thought does not justify why white actors were cast in “The Mikado,” in which the characters are supposedly Japanese...
...resonate throughout the world,” Nowak says. “If we only emphasize the significance of art in certain cultures, we perpetuate racism.” Whatever its intentions, the museum system as it exists has indeed been responsible for the exclusion of numerous collections of ethnic art. If the problem is not rectified in light of the new Quincy Street museum, Harvard is complicit in the neglect of art that is viable, interesting, and worthy of public viewing...
...compressed calendar doesn't help Obama, who with more time might have more success with Latino voters, says Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a political analyst and author of a forthcoming book The Ethnic Presidency: How Race Decides the Race to the White House. "The Latino community has a level of trust with her that has been built over time that he hasn't had the time to grow," Hutchinson said. "If he had more time, if the California primary were six months away and he could spend time with elected officials, he would have a fair shot then of really breaking...
...Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon jetted into Kenya on Friday for a round of talks aimed at easing Kenya's post-election crisis, traveling what has been a path well-trodden by high-profile diplomats as the world tries to keep the chaos here from mutating into all-out ethnic war. Already in Kenya was Ban's predecessor, Kofi Annan, who is mediating negotiations between President Mwai Kibaki's government and the opposition Orange Democratic Movement of Raila Odinga, who claims that Kibaki's associates stole the vote through massive vote rigging. Nelson Mandela's wife, Graca Machel...
...Kenya remains high. Both Annan and former U.S. President Bill Clinton have acknowledged their failure to prevent or stop the Rwanda genocide. And while western pundits may dismiss the comparison, for Kenyans, the fear of a second Rwanda is very real. "I can see the beginnings of an ethnic conflict, I really can," says Mwalimu Mati, a local political activist. "Everyday, you've got more deaths, and these are in slums; they say Kibaki supporters were attacked or Odinga supporters were attacked, that's just code for Kikuyu and Luo [the respective tribes of the president and his rival...