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...blacks and whites live. A middle-class black, even though he may earn a decent wage (perhaps $4,200), is forced to reside in a ghetto. A middle-class white, earning around $9,000, can live in a three-bedroom house in a pleasant suburb with a live-in maid and a small swimming pool...
...stories themselves vary wildly in terms of quality. While some are heartfelt and insightful, others come across as poorly conceived and unduly stereotypical. Jean’s (Sandra Bullock) maid, for instance, speaks English but lapses into Spanish for basic words the gringo audience will be able to understand: words like “sí” and “señora”. This particular subplot’s conclusion has lily-white Jean learn to appreciate her helpful Mexican servant with an insipid, cringe-worthy character reversal that basically materializes...
...Maid for Harvard? (Editorials...
Judging by the level of outrage against reality-show contestant Jen Schefft, you'd think she'd had sex with an underage schoolboy or walked out on her husband and kids. "I hate her," read a post on realitytvworld.com "She deserves to die an old maid!" read another on America Online. Labeled "heartless," "insecure," "fake," "totally messed up" and a "spoiled, self-serving, gold-digging sorority chick," the event planner from Chicago didn't bother with doing the usual round of postshow interviews...
...whole industry devoted to exploiting the anxiety of single women. We are constantly deluged with messages that we really should get it together and find a man--and the sooner, the better. Why else would so many angry viewers be predicting that Jen will wind up an old maid? How else to explain the 25 bridal magazines at my local bookstore, including one that boasts "over 900 wedding gowns" on its cover and another that is 810 pages long? Why else would there be dozens of dating books with titles like How to Make a Man Fall in Love with...