Word: slaving
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...Dartboard wonder whether the White House internships, those coveted slave-labor assignments of so many gov jocks, will ever earn back their former prestige. For now, Harvard students who put their White House jobs on top of their resumes will pause as they carefully define their "experience." Meanwhile, their parents, once thrilled to brag about their offspring's political stardom, will now tell people that their children worked "in Washington, in, uh...well--oh, I don't remember, maybe in the Senate or something...
...patriarchal mores, as in Sula (1974), and black characters judging one another on the relative darkness or lightness of their skin, as in Tar Baby (1981). Morrison conceived Paradise as the final installment of a trilogy that began with Beloved (1987). That haunting tale of a mother, an escaping slave, who loved her daughter so fiercely that she killed her rather than allowing her to be taken back into bondage by her pursuers won the Pulitzer Prize. It was followed in 1992 by Jazz, in which the love of a man for a younger woman turns violent in the Harlem...
...tyrant, regardless of his qualities, turns citizens into subjects. More to the point, a tyrant rules over subjects as a master rules slaves. To live life as a slave dishonors humans. Without self-government, physical safety and material luxury are nothing but the barn and the hay for human cattle. Some people would certainly accept that life if the barn is warm and the hay fresh, but honorable Americans disdain it. They truly believe in the motto "Live Free...
...with orchestrating the national dialogue, has chosen to follow the same fuzzy, emotion-driven path. Thankfully, the idea of an apology for the misdeeds of people long-dead has been apparently squashed by those bright enough to recognize that such a move would accomplish nothing. The push for a slave memorial to be built on the National Mall remains strong. This seems a fairly harmless gesture that might be valuable if it actually served as a balm for the historical wound. Critics point out that space on the Mall will rapidly run out if we construct a monument for every...
...Amistad Again Steven Spielberg puts his craftsmanship in the service of moral seriousness. Again, in this true tale of a slave mutiny and its nightmare aftermath, he creates a gripping portrait of human decency mobilized to help an inhumanly abused minority. Again he unsentimentally places us in touch with our best sentiments...