Word: urban
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...repeatedly stabbed for 35 minutes in the street and in the foyer of her apartment building in Queens, N.Y. Many neighbors heard her scream. Not one helped. When the police eventually arrived, it was much too late. Her death became a sensation, her name a metaphor for urban alienation, her last hour an indictment of the pitiless American city...
Activities you might be engaging in include foraging for edible food and getting berated by customer service representatives, but never after five p.m., when everything—including coffee shops and pharmacies—closes. Don’t expect urban respite from Oxford. London is a two hour bus ride away...
...less threatened by him. Apparently, the token is different from all the other black folk; however, he’s still black enough for people to mention his name when talking about diversity.The token is expected to know about all things black—he’s your urban teacher. Though the token is not like other black people, he still understands them. If you’re from a place with no black people and your only exposure to them has been movies like “Get Rich or Die Trying,” then the token...
...token is expected to know about all things black—he’s your urban teacher. Though the token is not like other black people, he still understands them. If you’re from a place with no black people and your only exposure to them has been movies like “Get Rich or Die Trying,” then the token will be your one black friend that you feel you can trust...
...education, and encouraging charity as alternative approaches to confronting poverty. “We’ve got to regulate behavior or we’ll have absolute chaos which will lead us to a totalitarian state,” she said. Parker, the founder of the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education, a non-profit think tank, referred several times to her welfare days in Los Angeles. “I bought the lies of the left,” Parker said. “I listened to their lies and they absolutely destroyed my life.” Parker...