Word: inferiors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hugh Liebert's "Black History Month Considered" (Opinion, Feb. 25) betrays a bias that views all cultural constructs of minority groups as invalid or inferior and, in addition, his anecdotes often paint the actions of black individuals as being instructive in understanding black Americans in general...
...Liebert does not note that racism, an ideology that views minority groups as culturally and/or biologically inferior, is also a social construction. At their core, Black History Month and Kwanzaa are simply cultural constructions drafted to fight against racism, the most irrational construct of all. They cannot be considered outside of that context...
...Lakers, Celtics or Bulls in basketball? Forget about the Bulls--who was there before number 23? The Lakers and the Celtics have had wonderful dynasties, but they are in a sport often deemed inferior to the national pastime. Plus, the current Celtics can't buy a game and the Lakers have turned "Showtime" into "Show me the money...
...Lakers and the Celtics have had wonderful dynasties, but they are in a sport often deemed inferior to the national pastime. Plus, the current Celtics can't buy a game and the Lakers have turned "Showtime" into "Show me the money...
...Aspen condo. Even the psychological background created through carefully spliced-in childhood flashbacks is contrived and formulaic. It is textbook. Her parents were never physical with their child...they were never physical with one another...they never yelled, but "Silence was the weapon" in their household. Jane feels perpetually inferior to them. Estranged from her identity, haunted by her parent's expectations, rejected by medical schools, Queen's is the only alternative for her. There, in a small community of desperate students, over the course of a long first year of heat and studying, Jane begins to change. She becomes...