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...health crazes and religious revivals. The Ephrata Cloister, a strict religious sect founded in 1732 in Pennsylvania, advocated vegetarianism - as well as celibacy. The 18th century utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham believed that animal suffering was just as serious as human suffering, and likened the idea of human superiority to racism...
...McCain actually flourishes as an underdog, and it's easy to picture him grinning broadly as he brandishes a newspaper - or screen grab - with the mistaken headline Obama Defeats Mccain. Unfortunately, the howling aftermath of a McCain miracle is just as easy to imagine: liberals blaming an eruption of racism; Democrats complaining of a dirty campaign; conspiracy theorists charging voting-machine fraud; conservatives piling rhetorical firewood under the feet of gop defectors like Colin Powell, Charles Fried and Scott McClellan. "Both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue will be itching for a fight," predicts Republican insider Ed Rogers. "It will be ugly...
...unique habits of the Boatwright sisters. The romantic relationships that blossom for both June Boatwright (Keys) and Lily are adorable diversions from the coming-of-age plot. Although there are scenes that deal with the racially turbulent times, the movie doesn’t explore the politics of racism further. Like any good movie worthy of an appearance on Oprah, the strength of “Bees” lies in the diversity and development of the characters and their relationships. Many of the sweetest moments happen when the vulnerable Lily tries to fill the void her dead mother...
...Voters Decide I resent David Von Drehle's implication in "The Limits of Race" that whites who do not vote for Obama are motivated by racism [Oct. 20]. Obviously race influences some voters, but what about blacks? Certainly some African Americans will vote for Obama because he is black. How many of these voters will cancel out white voters who vote for the wrong reasons? James C. Perley, Little Sioux, Iowa...
Morrison is mooting the perversely hopeful possibility that slavery could have existed without racism or at least without racism as we know it. She lavishes some of her best writing in years on this pre-Revolutionary world, making it so luminous and complex that her characters are in danger of dissolving in it. A Mercy shows us America in the moment before race madness ruined it--it is a wounded land, but the wound has not yet turned septic...