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...didn't object to dorm crew employeescleaning the bathrooms for him, however...
...theory developed by Chinese-American authors Frank Chin and Jeffrey Paul Chan in a 1972 essay entitled "Racist Love," Asian-Americans have accepted a position as "honorary whites" in this country, as a privileged minority whose members are viewed more favorably than Blacks or Hispanics because they are the objects of white racist love, while Blacks and Hispanics are the objects of white racist hate. To serve as an object of white racist love is to act as a foil to troublesome minorities, particularly Blacks, in order to diminish the validity of calls for greater social equality. Choi's article...
...late CBS commentator Eric Sevareid was fond of pointing out, there is plenty of biased reading and hearing as well as reporting. Many news consumers object fiercely to a story not because it is inaccurate but because the truth it tells is unhelpful to their side. Often the objection is not to the content but to the amount of attention it is given, and thus to the story's effect on public opinion. That amounts to denouncing media manipulation while urging an alternative manipulation of the electorate's right to know...
...Leary's object was to get all 4.5 million copies into readers' hands as close to the regular delivery time as possible. Says he: "If we have done our job well, our efforts will be invisible to most people." But not to his colleagues...
Granted, the characters and conversation subjects do not have much in common. Sure, one could consider the structuring of the plays around an object an interesting concept, and, looking at Gurney's repertoire, one could consider this method an element of his style. But there is sometimes a fine line between creative expression and gimmick, and Gurney may have crossed that line at some point during this play...