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...writing in response to the article reporting the Black Students Association protest of “Shirley Q. Liquor” (News, “BSA Protests Boston Blackface Show,” Oct. 9), a very popular act in the South that is not playing well in New York and Boston. Running a spectrum from “Amos and Andy” to Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled,” the black faced performer is a mime that may reflect social irony as well as racism. I believe that Knipp is an interesting...
...McDonald’s at closing time than eat at Bartley’s. When I order a quarter-pounder with cheese or a triple-bacon deluxe, I know what I’m getting. I don’t want to have to order a “Shirley Temple” just to get curly fries. I don’t need themes. I need meat. Why spend good money at Bartley’s for the same fried meat and potatoes that I can get for half as much at Wendy?...
...titled “Shirley Q Liquor,” a white man named Chuck Knipp dresses in drag and blackface. His standup comedy routine caricatures several minority groups, focusing on blacks, and black lesbians in particular...
...plans to take part in the continuing effort to protest Shirley Q Liquor, and make sure the act is cancelled wherever possible...
...piloted Princeton on a crash course with NACAC by requiring that its early decision applicants file no early action applications, a decision that could result in Princeton’s expulsion from the organization. But Hargadon is retiring after this year, giving Princeton’s president, Shirley M. Tilghman, the opportunity to appoint a dean whose view on early decision could be different than Hargadon’s. And Tilghman has demonstrated sensitivity to the inequalities that can be created by seemingly neutral policies—she has discussed reforming one of academia’s sacred cows...