Word: racism
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Borat himself is not immune from the racism and fear he exposes in Americans; his character is unrepentantly anti-Semitic, in a completely hyperbolic fashion. It’s apparent from the fictitious Kazakh “Running of the Jew” festival, and Borat’s terror at unknowingly accepting a room at a bed and breakfast run by a sweet old Orthodox Jewish couple, that he has no real idea what a “Jew?...
Maybe one day, when the University’s connections to poverty, war, authoritarianism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and other unpleasant things are truly remnants, student activists will be able to put down their signs and petitions and call...
...really should be interested in both. A presidential run by Obama would present a good opportunity for the country to restart its on-again, off-again dialogue about race and racism. Obama, with his strong social consciousness and an unwavering belief in hope, is more than qualified to be president of a country with as diverse a population as ours...
...sprung up across the city. Yet the virulence of this opposition is, in many ways, beyond what could have been expected. Groups and publications including The Phoenix and the T Riders’ Union have accused the MBTA of everything from price gouging to “transit racism.” To these knee-jerk protesters, I must either be crazy or on the MBTA’s payroll to support the MBTA’s new fare structure...
...State Republican party Chairman Bob Davis has called the allegations of racism ludicrous, but whether the photos were intentionally darkened does not matter, says Robert Parham, executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics. "The only plausible reason to use such a picture is to play the race card - in an effort to frighten and fire up white voters in a key senatorial race," Parham wrote in an editorial on the Center's website. "Whether they acted with malice or moral callousness doesn't really matter, the end result is race as a wedge issue...