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Racial Profiling

July 7th, 2007 · No Comments

I failed to get through “Yellow: Between Black and White.” It was thoughtful and made some good points, but I just couldn’t get involved enough to will myself to sit down and finish it. I got about 2/3 of the way there though and picked up some interesting analysis along the way.
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Tags: Political · Race · Philosophical

Give me a P! Give me an R! Give me a C!

May 27th, 2007 · No Comments

The world community is all a buzz about the People’s Republic of China. The nation is home to 1.3 billion people and is considered the up-and-coming world power, and maybe even superpower. They have exploded onto the scene with intense vitality in the sphere of economics, technological sophistication, and cheerleading. Wait, cheerleading?
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Tags: Political · Race · Fun

“Do you understand the words that are a-coming out of my mouth?”

May 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Does anyone else find it ironic that Alexander Siddig, a self-described Muslim, played the angel Gabriel in The Nativity Story? Although Gabriel (or rather Jibrail) is an important figure in Islam, responsible for revealing the Qur’an to Muhammad, it still seems a bit counter-intuitive that Siddig would have chosen that particular role. “Sid” is a […]

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Tags: Religion · Film · Race