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“Chink in the Armor”: Racism or a lax copy editor?

By Andy Jackson Sun, Feb 19, 2012 11:26AM UTC View Comments

An undrafted player from Harvard (not exactly a basketball powerhouse) spends his time as a bench warmer in a struggling NBA team until injuries to several starting players give him a chance to start. He takes the ball and runs with it.. up and down the court, demonstrating great skill, helping his team get on...

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Excerpts of the day

By Ahsan Butt Tue, Nov 29, 2011 7:15AM UTC View Comments

One of the things I like best about studying political science is reading the opinions and insights of people from another age (whether they be through archives or biographies or whatever). It’s really interesting to chart various developments over time in the way we think about certain things. Obviously humans as a biological species don’t...

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SKorea: Racial discrimination in Itaewon and beyond

By Nathan Schwartzman Fri, Aug 19, 2011 12:12PM UTC View Comments

Original article in Korean is at this link. 34-year-old E, from Nigeria, went into an Italian restaurant in Itaewon in May of 2007 and ordered some food, only to be told by an employee to “please show me your ID card.” “I just came here to have something to eat, why should I show you...

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Study finds attacks on Indian students in Australia not racist

By Subir Ghosh Thu, Aug 11, 2011 10:03PM UTC View Comments

Indian students protesting on 31 May 2009, in Melbourne, blocking Swanston and Flinders Streets.

The attacks carried out between 2005 and 2009 on Indian students studying in Australia should not be construed as an evidence of racism, a study has insisted. The attacks had previously created a diplomatic row between India and Australia. Indians studying in Australia, as well as other foreign students, were “less likely or as likely...

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