Word: taboo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...TABOO TOPIC: Other candidates...
...taboo he shattered was exposing the secret, closeted discourse among black Americans about their own," says cultural critic Michael Eric Dyson. "Rock signifies an unwillingness among the younger black generation to abide by the dirty-laundry theory. That theory suggests you don't say anything self-critical or negative about black people where white people can hear it. But the hip-hop generation believes in making money off the publication of private pain and agony...
...Bernardo Repreza Jr., 15, a Hispanic youth. Repreza, whose father moved here from California to get his son away from violence, was attacked with a bat, a knife and police batons. "I don't understand," Bernardo Repreza Sr. says of a bizarro culture in which having a beer is taboo but clubbing someone to death is A-O.K. "It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard...
UNCENSORED The Internet has hardly been obscenity free. But in the past, using what George Carlin once called the "seven dirty words" in a domain name was taboo. No more. Now that domain registry is no longer a monopoly, some registrars are apparently winking at four-letter words. Indeed, one of those new custodians of Web domains, Net Wizards, claims that those former no-nos "account for 75% of our business." Blanketyblank.com...
...before things start to really go awry. Kubrick rivaled Freud in his ability to probe our collective unconscious. His final masterpiece, Eyes Wide Shut, is a testament to his creative genius. It is a shame that our culture has become desensitized to violence, while human sexuality is still as taboo as in the days of Adam and Eve. COLIN MCDONALD Waterbury, Conn...