Word: garcia
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...time: "I'm a big kid, tall," he says. "I get kind of nervous that every time I reach for my ID, there's a possibility that I might die." And in minority neighborhoods across the U.S., there's a good deal of ingrained suspicion. Says Ebony Garcia Williams, 17, a junior at Bedford Stuyvesant Outreach: "Little kids from five and six years old learn to hate the cops because they see what goes on in the community." No matter how many parental lectures are given or workshops held, it will take a long time to overcome attitudes like that...
...named "most likely to serve," Sterling is the chef at the Richfield Ladies' Club in green and tastefully affluent Connecticut. When one of the ladies praises his ponytail and guesses that he wears it in honor of his forebears back in China, Sterling muses, "My forebears? Think Beatles, Jerry Garcia...
...reaction initially is one of amusement. They should be more careful to check them out before they make unfounded accusations," Christian A. Garcia '03 said...
...hosting the event, Damon follows in the footsteps of actors Will Smith, Halle Berry and Andy Garcia, who were honored in 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively...
Even if City does well, the reward for other minorities is unclear. What progress there has been in the industry has tended mostly to benefit blacks, to the frustration of groups like the National Hispanic Media Coalition. "Diversity does not mean blacks alone," says board member Marta Garcia. But one bright spot, for Latinos at least, is Resurrection Boulevard, a drama about four generations of a Latino family of boxers, scheduled to start on Showtime this summer. "This would not have sold to the networks," says creator Dennis Leoni. "Even big shots like Edward James Olmos haven't been able...