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...literally alternate between states of intense euphoria and profound depression multiple times a day. The dichotomous complexities of my moods are so intense that I will do something mad unpredictable like pick Duke to win it all even though I hate them more than I hate racism...and I hate racism. I guess this is what I mean, really. BL: We all know that “March Madness” is just an expression, but do you ever fear actual insanity? CT: Last year I cursed off my mom when NC State lost to an incredibly unethical Wisconsin team...
...Parks will be remembered most. Especially at LIFE, where, as the first African American on its photo staff, he could shoot a Brazilian slum or a Paris fashion show with the same sure mastery. Above all, he made countless pictures of African-American life at a time when white racism was the rule--sometimes the law--around the country...
...theater for overtures in international diplomacy: this was the first Winter Olympics where the two Koreas marched under one flag. This two-week display of human endeavor and international accord succeeds because the values of the Games are ultimately more powerful than the divisive forces embodied by world wars, racism, or corrupt figure skating judges. Baron de Coubertin’s vision remains intact. During the last two weeks, the world was once again host to something thoroughly improbable: a gathering of approximately 2,700 athletes from six continents, demonstrating the best that our world has to offer in sportsmanship...
...President Lawrence H. Summers has warned against “caricaturing” the complex situation surrounding his resignation, but the introduction of the term “anti-Semitism” into the discourse caricatures both the local dispute and—more seriously—the ghastly racism at the core of anti-Semitism. Harvard colleagues and others have been quoted in The Crimson, the Boston Globe, and elsewhere as suggesting that anti-Semitism was at least one factor in the ouster of Dr. Summers, the university’s first Jewish president. Thus the term anti-Semitism...
...Muslim students and the student body at large.“Because the administration’s response to Islamophobia over the past few years has been overall disappointing, it should fight hate speech with more speech,” he says.DANGER OF MISCONCEPTIONSAccording to The Forum Against Islamophobia & Racism, Islamophobia is defined as “alienation, discrimination, harassment and violence rooted in misinformed and stereotyped representations of Islam and its adherents.” Many Harvard Muslims say students have never had a direct confrontation, but others do sense a menacing undercurrent of misconceptions on campus...