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...English exclusively and destroying the cultural identity of certain ethnic groups. This legislation in no way asks minorities to become Anglo-phones. It does not seek to take away the defining characteristics of the myriad ethnic groups which comprise our American society. It is not xenophobic. It is not racist. It does not evoke images of genocide...
...erosion of America's international political role would naturally have a negative impact on the U.S. economy, which would, in turn, provide more emotional fuel for racist groups to find domestic scapegoats, thus generating a vicious cycle that could irreparably damage and even destroy American democracy...
...children's books evoke such strong emotions as The Story of Little Black Sambo. Its crude, derogatory drawings and racist character names are patently offensive, making it one of the best known relics--practically an icon--of a deplorable era. But Sambo himself is spunky and resourceful, and his story is charming enough that many adults remember it fondly. Now two publishers are trying to resurrect Sambo, preserving the good while jettisoning the bad in new versions of the mortifying old book...
...about how he was depicted," says Julius Lester, an African-American writer who, along with illustrator Jerry Pinkney, also black, has reconfigured the book as Sam and The Tigers (Dial). "The original is a little masterpiece," argues illustrator Fred Marcellino, who's white. "Its good qualities really outweigh its racist elements." Marcellino has called his reworking The Story of Little Babaji (HarperCollins...
...back to Mr. Jingles? He has befriended the death-row inmates and guards who are The Green Mile's core cast of characters (the Mile itself is a painted corridor the cons must walk to what is inevitably known as Old Sparky). Set in the deep, sleepy and racist South of 1932, the novel asks the question, What if a hulking but gentle and close-to-mute black man with a gift for Christlike healing were sentenced to die for the brutal kidnapping and murder-rape of two little white girls--crimes he may or may not have committed? There...