Word: racism
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According to Gates, "DuBois decided what we needed was an Encyclopedia Africana," he said. His hope was to combat racism by eliminating ignorance about black culture around the world...
...millions who died as a result of their actions, but we can still see in many parts of the world, from Kosovo to Rwanda, murderous echoes of Hitler's theories and policies, promoted through methods of mass communication and propaganda invented by Joseph Goebbels. The essence of Hitlerism--racism, ethnic hatred, extreme nationalism, state-organized murder--is still alive, still causing millions of deaths. Freedom is the century's most powerful idea, but the struggle is far from over. --Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Ambassador-designate to the United Nations...
...More than 140 demonstrators, including Congressman Charles Rangel, former Mayor David Dinkins and N.A.A.C.P. president Kweisi Mfume, have been arrested in front of New York's police headquarters in the past two weeks. The protests are designed to pressure the police department--and especially Mayor Rudolph Giuliani--into addressing racism and brutality in the ranks. And New York City public advocate Mark Green last week called on Police Commissioner Howard Safir to resign, saying Safir has failed to deal adequately with the allegations against his department...
...what is now the Kenya Wildlife Service. Richard raised hundreds of millions of dollars and revamped Kenya's approach to wildlife conservation, heavily arming antipoaching units and instituting a controversial edict permitting the shooting of poachers on sight. He resigned in 1994 amid politically motivated accusations of corruption, racism and mismanagement--only to be reinstated by Moi 4 1/2 years later...
...addition to Sur's speech, two students read original creative works. Sophia Chang '01, co-chair of Girlspot, read from her work entitled "Yellow Manifesto," which discussed racism. Chang is currently writing an anthology of essays and prose pieces entitled Yellow America...