Word: slaving
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...were jolted out of our intellectual reveries by the sudden utterance of the word “nigger.” This word came tripping not off of the tongue of our professor, but from a white classmate, in the midst of a comment on a joke that a slave (the “nigger” in question) told to his master. This came as such a shock to everyone not simply because of the obvious conflict between the race of the commenter and the word itself, but because up until that point, no one—neither...
...disarm. If allowed, Hezbollah will rearm itself with the aid of Iran, renewing its threat to Israel and further undermining the Lebanese government as well as the broader Middle East peace process. Disarming Hezbollah will weaken its ties to Iran and allow Lebanon to rebuild itself without remaining a slave to the regional goals of both Iran and its next door neighbor, Syria. Arms will continue to flow through Syria to Hezbollah if UN troops are not given the explicit mission of monitoring the borders to prevent continued weapons shipment.Psychologically, Hezbollah cannot be allowed to emerge from this conflict with...
...audiences are asked to stand in the shoes of dancer Daniel (Tom Long), whose nightmare performance seems never-ending and all too real: on the day of his new production's opening night, he awakens in a blindingly white room where, drugged and chained, he becomes the sexual slave of three mysterious masked women. A dozen days pass like this, and audiences, like Daniel, have only their own bewildered instincts to guide them. An industrial sign on the wall reads safety glasses must be worn, and audiences must heed the warning as well...
...ADVENTURES IN THE SLAVE TRADE...
...company two years ago, after she noticed the number of African Americans investing in Ghana was on the increase. And now those black Americans--successful entrepreneurs and corporate managers--were being told to kiss some royal butt. Ghana, a major source of human cargo during the slave trade, has been a favored destination for African Americans since it won independence from Britain in 1957. Those who make the pilgrimage often talk of an epic search for their roots and a grand narrative of Pan-Africanism. But increasingly, it's trade, investment and entrepreneurship anchoring those high ideals. Ghana's President...