Word: mainstreaming
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Those in charge want their store to reinvent the character of Boston rap and foster a new sense of community on the local level. As they passionately explain, the true face of hip hop is far from what is presented in the mainstream media. Hip hop, they say, is “also conscientious and positive, and about bringing up the community.” This is the side of hip hop that they want to promote...
From before Sept. 11, mainstream Muslims have found themselves in a very unenviable position: constantly having to explain that Islam is a religion of peace to an increasingly skeptical international community. After every bombing or terrorist plot performed in the “name of Allah and Islam,” a procession of Western Muslims could be found on news channels and talk shows trying to contain any potential backlash on the greater Muslim community...
...problem has been that while many mainstream Muslims do not agree with the extremists, they have allowed them to co-opt the religion to further political causes. But no more. On March 11, a year after the Madrid bombings, something unprecedented and unexpected occurred—Muslims took the first major step in reclaiming their religion...
Muslims in Britain have also taken charge. Earlier this year, members of the Muslim Council of Britain walked into a mosque and ousted its radical leaders. They then instated a new governing board, one that is more representative of the mainstream British Muslim community...
...revealing. In an ineffable way, it helped the process." Finn once described the show as a "Survivor for nerds," but he means that in only the nicest way. "I know these people," he says. "I am one of these people. We all feel a little outside the mainstream sometimes. And these people have finally found where they feel comfortable...