Word: caucasian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bothered him, the only child of a black American father and a Thai mother, to be called an African American, he replied, "It does. Growing up, I came up with this name: I'm a 'Cablinasian,' " which he explained is a self-crafted acronym that reflects his one-eighth Caucasian, one-fourth black, one-eighth American Indian, one-fourth Thai and one-fourth Chinese roots with a precision that a racial-classifications expert under South African apartheid would admire. He said that when he was asked to check a box for racial background, he couldn't settle on just...
...genre. The ultimate reason anime has gained an international crowd is its ability to transcend cultural and linguistic barriers. For example, the vast majority of anime characters don't look very Japanese. Often, the names of the main characters are distinctly Japanese but their physical features are distinctly Caucasian. Or, an anime plot can unfold in a non-Japanese country but with Japanese protagonists. This more easily allows a broader, non-Japanese audience to appreciate and identify with anime characters and stories. Ironically, the anime that winds up being marketed overseas may not necessarily be the most popular in Japan...
...ended with political accord. In Sergei Bodrov's film, "Prisoner of the Mountains," politics as usual leads to a horrific, numbing climax as absent-minded doctors send adolescents to war and tanks roll down hilly roads too beautiful for bloodshed. Based on the Leo Tolstoy short story, "Caucasian Captive," "Prisoner of the Mountains" brings the people, not the politics, of war to the dramatic forefront, capturing the paralysis and pain felt by families caught in the middle...
...Corporate Summer Internships for Undergraduate Students of Color," the booklet's cover read. I hesitated in shock and embarrassment before quietly exiting the room and thus relieving it of its only Caucasian presence. My first reaction as I returned to my dorm was one of simple amusement. In fact, I still find the whole episode to be extremely funny. However, as I have given the experience some more thought, my entertainment has become polluted by a deep sense of disturbance...
...talk. That, says psychologist Andrew Hacker, author of Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, is typical behavior among bigots who have no fear that their outrageous conduct will ever be known to the world outside their racist cocoon. "As a bona fide member of the Caucasian club, I can tell you that people talk this way only when they feel very, very sure of their company," says Hacker. "It's clear that in those ranks at Texaco, there were no holds barred...