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...Five men kneel motionless in the windowless cell as they await inspection by the guards. Only a faint light glows from the single electric bulb hanging in the corridor. Thin rubber mattresses with small gray blankets cover the 10-ft. by 13-ft. concrete floor, and the air reeks of sweat. There are no personal effects, no furniture, only a small jar of water and a big plastic can that alternates as a toilet and a washbasin...
Before the abolition of slavery, whites felt superior to blacks. After abolition, they kept right on feeling superior -- for what other race could make such a noble gesture as abolition? When blacks appeared on monuments after abolition, they continued to kneel, looking up at their white liberators. To unpick such stereotypes and "subtexts" -- the prejudicial stories behind the images -- is the purpose of this show...
Slowly the train of boxcars rolls to a halt at Kapikule, where Bulgaria becomes Turkey, and a flood of humanity spills out. Many kneel to kiss the ground. Others weep as they unload furniture, suitcases and sacks stuffed with possessions and pile them on the station platform. Military marches and battle cries of the Ottoman Empire blare from loudspeakers. A man shakes his fist at the distant Bulgarian hills and shouts, "Long live Turkey! This is the happiest day of my life...
...panic. They were chased all over the hall and beaten with truncheons." Most of the 18 members of the strike committee were taken into custody. Then a force of at least 2,000 riot police swept through the rest of the mill, rounding up strikers and forcing them to kneel or lie down before being taken to police vans...
...National Opinion Research Council, 29% of Americans have had visions of some sort, 42% have been in contact with the dead and 67% have experienced extrasensory perception. Obviously, there are a lot of people out there who believe the spirit of God is touching them. Many of them kneel before a television set and, after experiencing spiritual relief, mail off $10 to an evangelist. Some people who disapprove of this may be spending ten times that amount for time with a therapist or counseling group, with results not necessarily more satisfying. Religious people of various kinds may feel insulted...