Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, due to the broadness of its scope, and perhaps due to the absence of its conceiver in the last seven months of production, "Black Is... Black Ain't" is a rambling, diffuse, and unfocused work, covering too many issues and faces for any strong message to be expressed...
...film has a broad scope, addressing skin-tone prejudice, sexism within the black community, family relationships, civil rights movements, gangs, the Black Panthers, perceptions of homosexuality, the relationship of hair and fashion to Black self-definition, Afrocentrism, life in the urban ghetto, etc. While each of these subjects is fascinating in and of itself, the sheer number of issues is overwhelming. And with all of this crammed into an hour and twenty minutes, all subjects are obviously not addressed evenly...
Maybe not, but they still warmed the heart. For if last week's ceremony lacked the breakthrough drama of its predecessor, it offered something the earlier accord did not--a blueprint for peace and reconciliation unprecedented in its scope and detail. Stage managers from the Clinton Administration did their bit to improve the mise-en-scene, having decided as long ago as last July that this ceremony, if it ever happened, would be enhanced by the presence of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Hussein of Jordan. Further hand-holding from the White House became necessary when Rabin and Arafat...
...gigantic scope of Iguchi's fraud, and the bank's seemingly lackadaisical response even after it surfaced, raised questions on Wall Street about whether the 44-year-old trader--whose nicknames were "Tosh" and "Toshy"--had acted alone or with the help of friends in high places at the bank. It was noted that nearly two months passed between the time Iguchi blew the whistle on himself in a July 13 letter to bank president Akira Fujita and the time Daiwa informed authorities on Sept. 18--despite the fact that U.S. state and federal regulations require banks to give immediate...
Ethnic studies would follow in the fine tradition of the Afro-American Studies department, although it would have a broader scope. Like the Afro-Am department, it would use the study of race and culture not only as a lens or methodology for examining America, but as an end in itself. Just as studying Black America is best served by a single department, ethnic studies should not be divided among various concentrations. Establishing an Ethnic Studies department is an essential step to attracting academic luminaries. Would Henry Louis Gates or Cornel West be at Harvard if not for an Afro...