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Councillors devoted much of their discussion to “building community” among different neighborhoods, racial and ethnic groups and between universities and neighborhoods...
...Mississippi redistricting plan, however, had to be sent to the Justice Department, which under the Voting Rights Act must okay new lines because of Mississippi's past history of racial discrimination. Democrats charge that Justice then sat on the plan to give a panel of three Republican-appointed federal judges time to draw up its own redistricting proposal for the state which favors GOP candidates. "They're playing partisan politics with this," gripes Shows. The Justice Department denies...
...though the exact ethnicities that contribute to her olive complexion and straight, waist-length hair are not specified. "It's whatever a girl wants to see in it," said a Barbie spokesperson, who explained the doll's introduction as the company's attempt to offer dolls that reflect the racial mixture girls now see at school or the park. Barbie also has African-American, Asian-American and Latina friends. The name Kayla was chosen from a list of the country's most popular girls' names. Though Kayla, who should be on toy shelves this month, would not seem to share...
Hentoff: The problem is if you insist on talking about the situation in the context of affirmative action. My view on this is the same as William O. Douglas’. You can’t do it by racial preference, you must take into account one person at a time—that’s true equal protection under the law. When you do it collectively it’s not equal protection...
Though both joke about their “family resemblance,” they are keenly aware of the questions that their racial differences raise for others. Both say outsiders don’t often understand how they can be so close and see each other as family because of the difference in their skin color. While Green insists race is not an issue for him in his relationship with his brother, McCarthy goes further, saying he sees the world differently because he has seen it through Green’s eyes. “He saved me from being...