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...decisions that Waters advised—when the 2000 Census allowed respondents to identify as multiple races for the first time. The Constitution stipulates that every American be counted every ten years, but the Census Bureau routinely undercounts certain demographics. The Bureau estimates that it missed 6.1 million people??mostly low-income and minority individuals—in their most recent 2000 survey. Black males between the ages of 18 and 34 “are least likely to be willing to deal with the government in the form of the Census-taker,” Williams said...
...privileged teens, I found myself wondering why. It’s not difficult to become caught up in reality shows, but their appeal proves subject to a paradox. They end up exposing the very fact we try to escape by watching in the first place: Most people??s lives are really boring...
...there’s also not much to amuse hop-hop fans. Black Thought still doesn’t understand how to craft a narrative or an engaging rap persona, and the band sounds like it’s tired of compensating for his weaknesses. White people??or at least the white people constructed by the blogosphere—will dig the dime-store ghetto voyeurism that Black Thought peddles on “Rising Down,” but the only thing truly authentic about this release is its dreariness. —Reviewer Jake G. Cohen...
...Harvard, the navel-gazing capital of the Northeast, this requires real ingenuity. Those who might be noticed elsewhere—mathematical geniuses, talented musicians, beautiful people??are either so prevalent they generate little enthusiasm, or so rare that people have forgotten what they look like. Besides, these qualities are ones that many Harvard students have had ascribed to them (accurately or not) since infancy, and stars in these domains often leave them unfazed. This is why there is something quirky about Harvard’s celebrities. In a sea of excellence, those who manage to be famous must...
...Last summer, I had planned to work with the People??s Union for Civil Liberties, a non-ideological organization dedicated to the protection of human rights in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. This region is known for its large number of rural and forest-dwelling communities as well as for its rich mineral deposits. The day before arriving in Chhattisgarh, I learned that Dr. Binayak Sen, the human rights activist and doctor I had been planning to work with, had been arrested on counts of terrorism. He is still in jail today, nearly one year later...