Word: racial
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...repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ will be a watershed event for gay citizens much like racial integration was for African Americans,” Osburn said during the banquet...
...1920s when the white hipster Carl Van Vechten published the book Nigger Heaven. They continued their war through attacks on Redd Foxx, blaxploitation and Donald Goines. But all their efforts have been rewarded with gangsta rap, an art form that has made nigger arguably the most well-known racial or ethnic slur on the planet...
...Retsky on his present course, One of the letters, from a lawyer in Tennessee, reported a common belief among the African-American community that tumors should be left alone lest surgery “provoke” them. The correspondence sparked Retsky’s interest in a racial angle to his theory. “Myths seldom lack any connection with reality,” his new paper reads. “Could it be that [African-Americans] believe in the myth twice as frequently as [European-Americans] because they observe it twice as often?” Retsky?...
...permed icon of Brooklyn, N.Y. "The shame is that people were owned as property," said the ever voluble Sharpton, who used the revelation to do a little sermonizing. "Strom Thurmond ran for President in 1948 on a segregationist ticket. I ran in '04 on a ticket for racial justice," he said. "That shows what America can become...
...excitement when asked about the $45,000 sum. “Is that how much it is? Wow. Cool. I still have not gotten over the shock of winning,” he said. “I will certainly use the money to continue my work on racial inequality.” In an interview, Fryer also brushed aside rumors that he would be advising presidential hopeful Barack Obama on education. “I have decided to stay far away from politics,” he said. “My life goal is to better understand racial...