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...intend no ethnic slurs. I mean to suggest that chauvinist exhibitions become, themselves, a form of ethnic slur; Americans blaring pride in their origins somehow manage to insult themselves, to proclaim the ugliest stereotypes. We may be a nation of immigrants, but if you spike the punchbowl with too much booze and consequent stupidity, the results tend to encourage, in other Americans, feelings of covert ethnic loathing. We need to find more civilized ethnic displays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why I Want It to Rain on All 'Ethnic' Parades | 6/14/2000 | See Source »

...been honing since 1998, and will start performing in June at New York City's P.S. 122. It's a very public way for her to sort out the multicultural themes of her life. "I'm Heinz 57 sauce," says Jones, who also has a role in the upcoming Spike Lee film Bamboozled. "You get women's-history month, black-history month, diversity week--I'm everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Jones | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

...soulful eyes. (Danes has called him "one of the most beautiful men I've ever seen.") He's wrapped shooting on acclaimed Japanese auteur Takeshi Kitano's first American crime film, Brother, and this week stars in the new Love & Basketball, a $15 million hoop-dreams romance produced by Spike Lee's company. For Epps, Love & Basketball is his shot at big-time stardom. "I look at Denzel and Wesley, Cuba and Will, and figure it must be lonely at the top for those guys right now," he says, laughing as he points his heavily tattooed arm toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Looking to Score | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...movie worth viewing. And as a bonus you can give the director and stars your opinion by traveling to the film's website www.virginsuicides.com. You can tell Sofia her debut was as good as her acting career or profess that her film debut was better than hubby Spike Jonze...

Author: By Dan Cantagallo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

...foreign contributions to restart a moribund society. Particularly hard hit has been Rwanda's medical establishment, which is grappling with some of the most pressing public-health issues on the planet. At least 11% of the population is HIV positive. Malaria, cholera and other diseases are rampant and periodically spike to epidemic levels. Malnutrition is a chronic problem here as in much of Africa, with 10% of the children afflicted. And infant mortality rates at 125 deaths per 1,000 births are at double the world average. For such doctors as Emmanuel d'Harcourt, 34, a program manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rwandan Sorrow | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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