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...strong speech, but the Constitution protects strong speech, and it's doing so this year more aggressively than ever. The Supreme Court has just downgraded cross burnings to the level of bonfires and ruled that it's no crime to throw around verbal grenades like "nigger" and "kike." Where are the defenders of decorum and social stability when prime-time demagogues like Howard Stern deride African Americans as "spear chuckers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: . . . Or Is It Creative Freedom? | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...lips that . . . I listened as one who receives a revelation." Beyond fueling a lively debate among Twain scholars, Fishkin's thesis may help vindicate teachers who have been criticized for using the book on the ground that its portrayal of Huck's constant companion Jim, whom Huck calls a "nigger," is racist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Huck Finn Black? | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

When outsiders are nearby, Robb is careful to avoid the word nigger, though he admits to an occasional lapse. He avoids directly denigrating blacks and other races, and he shies from embracing white-power hero Adolf Hitler. He stresses that the Klan, or at least his branch of it, does not advocate violence. "We're not night riders running around beating people up," he says, "but we're setting our sights on governmental power." Robb thinks the future of the Klan lies in politics, and to prove it, he is running for the Arkansas legislature. In speeches, he blames...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White & Wrong | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

Another Black guard, who asked not to be namedbecause he said he feared reprisals, said Behennahounded him unnecessarily while at this post andbelittled him during conversations. The guard alsorecounted an alleged April incident in which awhite guard used the word "nigger" in front of theBlack guard and a supervisor...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guards Divide Over Bias | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...guard said Behenna hounded himunnecessarily while at his post and belittled himduring conversations. The guard also recounted anApril incident in which a white guard used theword "nigger" in front of the Black guard and asupervisor...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guards' Claims Overlooked By Steiner's Office | 6/2/1992 | See Source »

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