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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...
...idea, officials said, was not to provoke one major showdown, but to gradually increase the pressure. Even as the debate in Washington progressed, the Hostage Rescue Team was sending in Abrams tanks to close in on the compound, closer and closer. Anything lighter, Koresh had threatened to blow "40 feet in the air." Then the FBI began removing the fence. "Everyone on scene said that's the most provocative thing we can do," says an official. "If we touch that fence, we stand a chance that there will be some kind of violent response. So we thought long and hard...
...lighter note, other students use baseball caps to demonstrate their hometown pride...
...Camille D. Holmes, coordinator for the Harvard Law School Coalition for Civil Rights, said the article was "basically harmless" because it only dealt with lighter issues...
While Princeton won the last five matches of the meet, it was unable to close the gap opened by the lighter wrestlers. When the mats were finally cleared, the Crimson was still...