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Since his beginnings as a self-taught musician, Ho has been pushing the boundaries of jazz, which he calls “quote-unquote jazz,” referencing the term’s origin as a racial slur. He merges African American music with Chinese opera and uses Duke Ellington-style swing in musicals and operas featuring female vampires, mythical monkeys, and now, green earth monsters. His music is arresting, indefinable, and unquestionably dramatic, aggressive in its motifs but always expansive in tone...
...folk music scene in Cambridge was also unique in the way that it transcended racial and class barriers. When African-American performers came to Cambridge to perform back in the 50s and 60s, Cambridge was still a quietly segregated city. Instead of staying in hotels, artists stayed with Cambridge residents in their houses. According to Siggins, Club 47 filled a gap in American music history—it brought incredible talent and unique voices to the table that would otherwise go unheard. Folk music in Cambridge was also blind to class and social distinctions—that is, the clubs...
...were explained as a “slip on the ice,” so that the police officers who beat him received minimal punishment, said Lehr, who wrote about the case in his book, “The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide...
...many transfers create racial and socioeconomic isolation,” committee member Joseph G. Grassi said...
...once the star of the French government and an icon of racial diversity near the summit of power. But now Rama Yade - the Senegal-born minister whom President Nicolas Sarkozy once called "my Condi Rice" - has angered her boss, alienated colleagues and fallen into such disgrace that her ejection from the cabinet is virtually certain during a shake-up next spring. About the only thing not failing Yade these days is public opinion - which continues to rank the outspoken 32-year-old higher than any of the politicians now yearning for her ouster...