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...example; take The New York Times, which, in its euphoria, claimed that Obama’s election broke “the last racial barrier in American politics.” To be sure, it was momentous, but we are not past the problem of race in Washington. When it comes to race, gender, and other areas, government continues to be diversity-deficient. As long as the country remains hesitant to elect Latinos, Arab-Americans, or others, we will never be able to declare that we have broken that last racial barrier—indeed, the election of an African...
...predicted that the black candidates might help the UC reach a broader range of students.Usui said she is happy the tickets are diverse, but that she did not want the issue to play a large role in the election. “I really wouldn’t want race or gender to be the overall issue in this election,” she said. “It’s important, but when it comes to student government, I’m not sure it’s particularly germane.”Besides their backgrounds...
...intention to run again, and there are no real national figures who are serious alternatives. He could conceivably run against a largely symbolic opposition, as Yasser Arafat did in the Palestinian elections of 1996. Although there was an opposition candidate, the main opposition - Hamas - stayed out of the race. So, too, would the Taliban, and the political contest would be between voting and boycotting an election associated with an increasingly unpopular foreign military presence. On the other hand, a renewed Western focus on creating a more viable Afghan government as the anchor for its counterinsurgency strategy may yet see other...
...Tuesday's mayoral race, Gaydamak - once the prohibitive favorite because of his lead in campaign financing - has had a streak of bad luck. Like many Russian oligarchs, he was hit hard by the global economic crisis. His fortune shrank, forcing him to sell off a major Israeli company at a $100 million loss and to fire nearly all of his radio-station staff. Worse still, Gaydamak, supposedly the model for the title role in the movie The Lord of War (starring Nicolas Cage as an arms dealer in Africa), is one of 42 high-profile defendants on trial in France...
...front of the men so they would feel more comfortable voicing their reactions. Throughout the discussion, he compared their responses to the more negative stereotypes he had received from an all-female group at Wellesley. Showing pictures of black, white, and Asian men, along with same and mixed race couples, Lee asked participants to say the first words that came to their minds. When pictures of Asian males and Asian male celebrities were projected, the associations were sometimes unflattering: “nonsexual,” “dorky,” “metro...