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Megan Matthew's staging of Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf possesses a cohesion one would not expect when poetry makes the leap onto the stage. The production capitalizes on the narrative and emotional force of the poems, providing insight into issues that black and Hispanic women face: abortion, battery, rape and racial tension as well as love and hope...
...poetry reading but contains the power of an Ibsen tragedy. The quality of this production gives hope for a similar production of other poetry-cycles such as Rita Dove's Thomas and Beulah. With Matthews fine production of for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf as precedent, it would be a pity if nothing else was attempted in the same vein...
...might be called a new canon of inclusion. While celebrating black identity, Dyson seeks connections with other minority groups, such as feminists, gays and Latinos. The O.J. Simpson trial was seen by many as a symbol of racial strife; Dyson sees some hope. "Its major players are a virtual rainbow of color, gender, ethnicity, and class," he says. "Judge Lance Ito is Asian-American. Johnnie Cochran is African-American. Marcia Clark is a white woman. And Robert Shapiro, like Clark, is Jewish. A judicial landmark is being constructed by people who a few decades ago couldn't stand equally together...
...district's problems, which are the classic urban problems of drugs and crime." Jackson won 76 percent of the vote to Somer's 24 percent. He holds law and theological degrees, but still a political novice whose only experience in politics was serving as national field director of the Rainbow Coalition from...
Things looked good for Harvard at the start as they jumped out to a 9-0 lead with a quick four points from 1994-95 Ivy League Player of the Year Allison Feaster, a layup by Amy Reinhard, and a rainbow three-pointer by junior point guard Jess Gelman. After a quick timeout to regroup, however, the taller, more experienced, and better disciplined Slovakian squad seized the lead for good...