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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other gay people are Martians, etc.), the movie is peppered with overt political correctness. Because the trio are presented as asexual, the word "gay" is shoehorned into their lines to appease those ticket-buying gays who might want the movie to be more "out." The homophobic cop is a racist, bumbling fool. The wife-beater is evil and even teams up with the cop. (Of course a man in a dress beating him up doesn't really empower the woman he beats, but whatever...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: 'To Wong Foo' Not Worthy of 'Priscilla's' Old Pantyhose | 9/28/1995 | See Source »

...made his share of controversial statements in the past few years. Indeed, some of them, such as his strange theory linking grade inflation with affirmative action, are inflammatory to the point of irresponsibility. The professor may not have distinguished himself by that remark, but it hardly makes him a racist...

Author: By Steven A. Engel, | Title: Just Go Home | 9/27/1995 | See Source »

...suppose that our carping critics are right. What if The Crimson is a racist publication, and not even worth the paper it is printed on--sort of like the New York Post...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: Shaking Things Up | 9/20/1995 | See Source »

...question-and-answer period, D'Amato was asked about his imitation of the O.J. Simpson trial's Judge Lance Ito on a radio show, which many found racially offensive. "It was wrong. I apologize for it. I should have known better. It was racist. It was a poor attempt at humor," D'Amato said. "Part of life is also being big enough to admit when one makes an error and asking people to forgive them...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Sen. D'Amato Discusses Future of GOP | 9/19/1995 | See Source »

...A.P.D. detective Mark Fuhrman used the word nigger on a screenwriter's interview tapes. The decision enraged Simpson's defense lawyers, who had been counting on the tapes to bolster their contention that Fuhrman--who denied on the stand that he had used the epithet--is a racist who planted the famous bloody glove at Simpson's home in order to frame him. Earlier in the week, with the jury absent, many more excerpts from the tapes were played for a shocked courtroom; spectators heard Fuhrman boast, in unrelentingly vile language, of beating suspects and lying about evidence in earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 2 | 9/11/1995 | See Source »

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