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...1660s, the labor equation changed: increased supplies made it cheaper to buy African slaves than white indentures, and the former were also considered less rebellious. The turn toward black slavery did not reduce the inflow of white immigrants, as happened in the sugar islands. Instead, a large white population developed of small and even midsize farmers who relied on their own or nonslave white labor. As the black population grew and increasingly became the labor force of élite whites, both attitudes and laws changed. By 1662 the children of all slave women were declared slaves in perpetuity. Five years...
...head to Quiapo, where I wade through a sea of stalls selling bootleg DVDs and used electronics, pirated porn and secondhand bridal gowns. Exotic fare abounds, but I opt for a simple treat from childhood: a bananacue, or banana speared with a skewer, caramelized in deep-fried sugar. As I savor the sweet, sticky snack, I listen to a sermon blasted from a loudspeaker by a church decorated like a pastel Easter egg; in front of me is a row of old women selling religious figurines along with herbal potions that claim to do everything from curing coughs to terminating...
...Wyclef Jean 2) Hootie & the Blowfish 3) Lisa Loeb 4) 3 Doors Down 5) Blessid Union Of Souls 6) Evan and Jaron 7) Korn 8) Sugar Ray 9) “Weird Al” Yankovic 10) Limp Bizkit 11) Natalie Imbruglia 12) Eagle-Eye Cherry 13) The Fallen Angels 14) Coolio 15) Smash Mouth 16) S Club 7 17) Hootie & the Blowfish 18) Da Brat 19) K-Ci and JoJo 20) C + C Music Factory 21) Shaggy 22) The Cardigans 23) O.J. Simpson 24) Lou Bega 25.) Mr. Big 26) Vertical Horizon 27) Jamiroquai 28) Aqua 29) Savage Garden...
...reflective of my Harvard experience. Like my blazer, seersucker itself has an ironic history. Originating in India, the word “seersucker” comes from the Hindi, Urdu, and Persian words “shir o shakar,” meaning “milk and sugar.” Not exactly the first thing to come to mind when one is drinking a Mint Julep. In the United States, seersucker was first worn by the working class in the South and then was later adopted by the upper classes, becoming a staple of the Southern Gentleman...
...overstays its welcome, but the piano-driven chorus (“Please believe it / unless your game is tight and you trust her / Then don’t bring her ’round me / because I’m a flirt”) never seems to lose its sugar-coated luster. If R. Kelly can use his incontestable vocal chops to forever change how you look at closets, then you better believe that “freakin’ wit honeys like I supposed to” is a walk in the park...