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...noxious practice of pigeonholing people in narrow racial classifications is a deeply ingrained American habit that predates independence. It began with a desire to enforce firm distinctions between free citizens and slaves. In 1661, for example, Virginia decreed that the legal status of the mother would determine whether a black child was a slave or free. Three years later, Maryland went a step further, declaring that if either of a child's parents was a slave, the child would also be. The purpose of this law, its authors said, was to deter "divers freeborn English women" from marrying black slaves...
With so much to choose from, you might be overwhelmed, and that's understandable and perfectly normal. To narrow the field, here are some selected highlights of ARTS FIRST weekend. Enjoy...
...playacting, you have to wonder what he thinks that will accomplish. Surely, the circumstances of the case call for utmost gravity on the part of everyone involved. Perhaps McVeigh's behavior is part of his ongoing effort to show that he is just a regular guy, not a narrow-eyed fanatic. If so, he is defeating his own purpose: a regular guy would never act so glibly in this situation, nor would he be capable of such a pretense...
...cover depicts the President and First Lady as narrow-eyed, buck-toothed Chinese in Mao suits and Vice President Al Gore '69 as a Buddhist monk...
...however, would probably have killed the Whitney Biennial, the museum's signature showcase of contemporary art, years ago if it weren't for the fact that they would miss having a major exhibition to consistently complain about. The '93 Biennial, which featured the Rodney King video, was deemed too narrow and political, the '95 show too reactionary in its overemphasis on painting. Ironically, this year's exhibition has been labeled "tepid" and "boring" by critics who attack the broader curating that their past reviews would seem to have encouraged. Yet as far as I'm concerned, the '97 Biennial leaves...