Word: racism
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...first, the appearance of such offensive comments in a nationally circulated publication was bewildering, almost unbelievable. But it didn’t take long to recall other examples of public racism against Asian Americans. The 1998 Olympics came to mind, when MSNBC headlines boasted, “American Beats Out Kwan,” in reference to Michelle Kwan’s second-place finish to Tara Lipinski. Never mind that Kwan was also an American, representing the USA in the Olympics. And apparently no one took to heart the protests that were made after the headline appeared; the mistake...
Each of these incidents is disturbing enough. But what is more disturbing is the reality that so little progress has been made to protest this trend—that for the most part, the discrimination has just been quietly tolerated. It is also clear that although racism targets underrepresented people everywhere, different minority groups have not achieved equivalent success in securing their rights within a racially intolerant society...
...American liberation theology, born in the 1960s amid that region's poverty and oppression, includes a focus on the social dimensions of sin and grace. Thus the death of Jesus and his Resurrection are a liberation from the power of both personal sin and social sin, such as injustice, racism and sexism. Feminist theologians ask, Can a Saviour who is male save women? Some say yes, seeing in the death of Jesus the gift of his whole self for the sake of his mission of liberation. As servant and Saviour, Jesus affirms that all, men and women, are called...
...high unemployment, widespread poverty, the HIV/AIDS pandemic—can be assigned to local and regional circumstances, and yet many of these issues have their origins in a system of racial injustice not dissimilar to one that took hold in the U.S. The history of race and racism is of course an international one, containing dimensions that are, more often than not, difficult to account for within a single narrative. And yet a shortcoming of the American academy has been the persistence of American exceptionalism and the often inward focus of multiculturalism, an emphasis on difference rather than connection. These...
...were abuzz last week when the show's dial-in audience voted to boot JENNIFER HUDSON, a looker with a great voice, over candidates much less favored by the judges. Two other black singers wound up in the bottom three, and theories for the upset ran the gamut from racism to a power outage in the Midwest, Hudson's home. (Our theory: blame Florida.) After he announced the results, Ryan Seacrest looked into the camera and implored the audience to vote for the talent. Right. The American Idol folks are shocked that people would rather see Simon Cowell...