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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Herzog became particularly well known as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations when, in 1975, he tore up a resolution equating Zionism with racism in front of the UN General Assembly, calling the body a "theater of the absurd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sorrow Over Herzog's Death | 4/18/1997 | See Source »

Soyinka said negritute's search for worth in African culture was a reaction to racism...

Author: By Kelly M. Yamanouchi, | Title: Soyinka Defines 'Negritude' | 4/17/1997 | See Source »

...characters have in years since, but actually went out and got one. "Abortion," Helford believes, "is way too hot a subject now. Stuff that shows like All in the Family did--I don't think they'd let you get away with the kind of show with humor about racism, like the episode where Archie Bunker met Sammy Davis Jr. We've really gone backward in a big way." Marta Kauffman, co-creator and executive producer of Friends, complains that her series wasn't allowed to show an actual condom, whereas just a few seasons earlier, Seinfeld was. "Things have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: ROLL OVER, WARD CLEAVER | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...Some of the most interesting questions--national identity, citizens, the development of racism, distribution and group claims, multiculturalism--all of these issues cut across social science and cultural studies, broadly defined," she said...

Author: By Alexandra S. Morrison, | Title: Benhabib Appointed Social Studies Chair | 4/12/1997 | See Source »

...predominantly African-American. Its city council is predominantly African-American. Yet, change the team's name to the Washington Darkies and just sit back and watch the riots flare up. Everyone from Jesse Jackson to Louis Farrakhan would find himself between a microphone, placard and television camera screaming racism...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: The Name Game | 4/12/1997 | See Source »

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