Word: racism
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...protests and violence in April took everyone by surprise. They shocked everyone here. This is a city that believes it has no institutionalized racism. And now, after the riots and all that?s been exposed, I can?t imagine things will never be the same again. And that?s a good thing...
...fight that younger viewers probably do not understand. Ali, the handsome, smug boxer who epitomized the multimillionaire sports figure, opposed America’s colonial involvement in Vietnam. This fight took place in Zaire, where opposition to the country’s own colonialism was overwhelming. Traces of Vietnam, racism, Black Power and colonialism are all evident in this short, repeating one round video. The display, a no larger than eight-inch screen perched away from a wall, does not even have sound. Without anything to listen to, this miniscule view of boxing allows you to step back...
...population was 15% black. Now, with blacks accounting for more than 60%, it is increasingly multicultural. Recently the city council helped some 400 Kosovo refugees settle here. "I'm as proud of that as probably anyone would be of their ancestors fighting," he says. "I'm not saying racism is gone. But we're beyond having the challenge of racism to deal with. We have to learn how to live in a multicultural society...
...taken a few digs at the N.A.A.C.P.," he acknowledges. "Is the N.A. really for the A.C.P.?" Several years ago, he says, a series on racism began with the argument that in order to move on, the South had to reject racism. In a later installment, a writer took issue with that. Sullivan remembered the gist of the article being, "Why I will not condemn Southern racism: we've got nothing to be ashamed...
...stabbed by members of the white community, who had no fear of retribution because Chinese could not testify in court against Caucasians. What started as informal harassment was formalized with the Exclusion Act of 1882, which barred the immigration of Chinese laborers and led to even more institutionalized racism...