Word: norms
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...response to this assertion of racial superiority has been to cite the existence of African empires, universities such as Timbuktu, and indigenous scientific achievements that parallel those of the West. But this response is fundamentally flawed because its basic premise relies on the notion that Western civilization is the norm against which all others are measured. As the proverb says, “No matter how long a log floats in the water, it can never become a crocodile.” As black people, we can’t out-white white folks, and more importantly, our ancestors weren?...
...HireVue and Resumevideo are all launching widely this spring. Workplace bloggers speculate that YouTube plans to start its own video-rsum channel, although the company is noncommittal. Says Jason Goldberg, CEO of Jobster: "I can see a day when video as part of the rsum is the norm...
...traditionally, nomadic cattle herders.The three rappers, along with Gsann and Nelly’s younger siblings and traditional Masaai singer Yamat (aka Merenge), use their Swahili hip hop to encourage Tanzanian children and adolescents to reject the nation’s dominant youth culture, in which violence is the norm. Instead, they urge listeners to “go back to their roots,” as Gsann says. Speaking at a screening of “Hali Halisi,” a 2000 documentary about Tanzanian hip hop in which X Plastaz are featured, Gsann explained that his family...
...where does one draw the line? Will it become the norm that marketers exploit and share profiles of specific individuals in their target audience? Will the suburban houses of the future be plastered with ads and flashing messages? Will we begin to expect advertisements not only at the beginning of our phone calls but also to be cut off mid sent—please hold for the following paid message from this author’s sponsor...
RUNNING. Al Franken, 55, liberal political satirist; for the U.S. Senate; in a move that generated an immediate hum around a rather uneventful Minnesota Senate race. Franken, who hopes to oust Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in 2008, made the announcement on the final day of his Air America radio show, saying he plans to prove to voters that "he takes [the] issues seriously...