Word: second-class
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...Sadly, comic book artists have long regarded themselves as second-class citizens in the world of storytelling," wrote Frank Miller, who did the Sin City graphic novels (and co-directed the film version), in his intro to the fourth volume of The Spirit Archives. He says the result has been "a field that is constantly looking to other media for validation. ?See? We use REAL PAINTING, just like FINE ARTISTS...
...obnoxious neighbor, but God help the Arab leaders, propagandists and apologists if a day ever comes when the Arab-Israeli mess is unraveled. One wonders how they would then explain why in Egypt 4 of every 10 people are illiterate; Saudi Arabian Shi'ites (not to mention women) are second-class citizens; 11% of Syrians live below subsistence level; and Jordan's King can unilaterally dissolve Parliament, as he did in 2001. Or why no Middle Eastern government but Israel's and to some extent Lebanon's tolerates freedom of assembly or speech, or democratic institutions like a robust press...
...stemming, one soon reads, from his Anglo-Indian ethnicity and his sexual orientation (he was gay at a time when it was not only socially unacceptable in the territory but illegal). This otherness means that he is just as comfortable, if not more so, in the company of the second-class citizens of empire-the maids, the drivers, the delivery boys, the rural poor-than he is with his establishment peers. He sends his servants' children to costly international schools; he puts up an incessant parade of deserving cases at his government quarters (from a disabled Nigerian asylum seeker...
...This songbird is what the terrorists aimed to silence. That's why they targeted the first-class compartments. They could have achieved a higher kill ratio if they had chosen the even more crowded second-class carriages, but their victims would have been poorer. So the casualties were from the great striving middle class, not rich enough to afford a car and driver, but enriched enough by Singh's reforms to commute first class: stockbrokers, small-time diamond dealers, software technicians...
...should take longer. But the Internet makes things very different. After our [local] elections last December, I went on China's People's Net, which is owned by the People's Daily. People were [posting messages like]: "Why can't we vote just like people in Taiwan? Are we second-class citizens?" The existence of Taiwan poses a powerful comparison to the mainland...