Word: hopsons
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...haunting orchestral score, composed by Andrew Hopson, was also been added to the production, and effectively complemented the action. The set, featuring a background of metal scaffolds, similarly emphasized the bleak moral and political situation of the play. In this production's most overt addition to the text, a series of disturbing images, both modern and ancient, were projected across the stage, to demonstrate that societal ills are certainly not restricted to Corionlanus' time. This attempt to broaden the context of the play seemed too labored and obvious, and was less effective than the more subtle innovations...
...bias. Simpson is still no hero to most blacks, but he has become an indelible symbol of their mistreatment by white authority. "We always reach out to another black person we perceive as being mistreated by whites because it has happened to so many of us," says Darlene Powell Hopson, a black clinical psychologist. Says political scientist Andrew Hacker, author of Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal: "I hear a lot of anger from even middle-class and professional blacks about this. They believe that the police, the prosecutors, the whole criminal justice system are out to tear...
...assignments. For nine weeks, each of the New York City-based editorial interns is given the duties of a full-time staff member. To be up to such rigorous training, they must bring considerable qualifications to the program -- and this year's crop of nine certainly do. Says Julie Hopson- Pettinelli of Time Inc. Human Resources, who selected them from about 100 applicants: "Their resumes are truly impressive...
Sadly, black self-hatred can also begin at home. Even today, says Powell- Hopson, "many of us perpetuate negative messages, showing preference for lighter complexions, saying nappy hair is bad and straight hair is good, calling other black people 'niggers,' that sort of thing." This danger can be greater than the one posed by TV and the other media because children learn so much by simple imitation of the adults they are closest to. Once implanted in a toddler's mind, teachers and psychologists say, such misconceptions can blossom into a full-blown racial identity crisis during adolescence, affecting everything...
...Powell-Hopson, who along with her psychologist husband Derek has written Different and Wonderful: Raising Black Children in a Race-Conscious Society (Fireside), takes a more aggressive approach, urging black parents in effect to inoculate their children against negative messages at an early age. For example, the authors suggest that African-American parents whose children display a preference for white dolls or action figures should encourage them to play with a black one by "dressing it in the best clothes, or having it sit next to you, or doing anything you can think of to make your child sense that...