Word: racism
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...When people yell racism when in fact there is no racism," says Tavis Smiley, a black commentator for KABC in Los Angeles, "they become like the boy who cried 'Wolf!' Ultimately, it comes back to haunt...
...though, Horne heated up when she brought Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music to Broadway. In that autobiographical show, she vented her rage over her years as a white man's sex symbol and a victim of Hollywood racism, and proved that in her 60s she was more electrifying than ever. Now, at 76, Horne is back with her most ambitious recording in years, and it's a stunner. The lady has soul, and it's no longer on ice. We'll Be Together Again is a collection of 16 songs written by composers ranging from Duke Ellington...
...compare Bolton and the Nobel prizewinner may seem farfetched, but the woman behind Gal uses language with a Bellovian zest. She even has something of Bellow's broad moral overview. Gal is not about racism, feminism or victimization. The book enters the darkness of a "no-love family" without self-pity or bitterness and moves steadily toward the light. The sense of authentic experience eagerly seized is sharp on every page...
...possession. A Washington Post poll shows Barry, now a city councilman, leading the D.C. mayor's race with 38 percent, 12 points ahead of challenger John Ray and 22 points above Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly. While many black voters think Barry's trial made him a martyr to white racism, TIME senior correspondent Jack E. White says Kelly's recent municipal floundering has brought nostalgia for the '80s mayor: "The main thing is, he's remembered as a guy whom the city functioned better under for poor people. They want to go back to the good old days...
...rumors grow that he will retire, Police Chief Paul E. Johnson sits atop a department which over the past 12 months has been overwhelmed by internal disarray accused of racism and tarnished by a botched investigation into an alleged theft by two security guards...