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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...writers of any color who is free of racism. When he writes that, "Unless one supposes that the idea of black supremacy has virtues denied to the idea of white supremacy, one cannot possibly accept the deadly conclusions a Muslim draws," Baldwin is beginning to formulate the ideal of one humanity composed of many different parts--parts that cannot be at odds if the whole of humanity is to survive...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: A Philosophy Without Antagonism | 10/31/1985 | See Source »

However, Baldwin's ideal did not come without its own price. The price for his newfound humanity was his friendship with his boyhood idol, Richard Wright. Perhaps the most heartbreaking essay of the lot is "Alas, Poor Richard," the chronicle of their split. In it, Baldwin describes Wright's anger over a perceived insult and gives his hero's feelings full credit. Baldwin acknowledges his own insensitivity in using Wright as a "springboard" for his own ideas, but he refuses to let his culpability shake loose his convictions. He concludes: "The war in the breast between blackness and whiteness, which...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: A Philosophy Without Antagonism | 10/31/1985 | See Source »

Eiko is another sequence of movements which expresses the descent of the ideal world on to ours. Eiko can be substituted for Tenshingoso. After Tenshingoso or Eiko the shintaidoists work on Kumite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Grapples With Shintaido | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

This all might not be your idea of an ideal summer vacation, but these three guys aren't complaining...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: California Dreamin' in Colorado Springs | 10/24/1985 | See Source »

...view the ideal law professor," said Judge Benjamin Kaplan of Boston, a close friend of Dawson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Prof Emeritus Dies at 83 | 10/22/1985 | See Source »

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