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...made clear how important a period this is for the Subcontinent, as young generations with new styles and ways of thinking grow up in a world of ancient traditions and heritage. Approached with humor and solemnity, music and dance, the beautiful complexity was revealed in full, and the largely Caucasian audience couldn’t help but be awed at the vast depth of a region and history they probably, until now, knew little about...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: S. Asia Takes the Agassiz | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

Abdul-Bassar described two theories which are often used to explain the discrepancy between African-American familiarity with Islam and Caucasian familiarity with the religion...

Author: By Joshua P. Rogers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Islamic Awareness Week Begins | 3/1/2005 | See Source »

...this racial dynamic that distinguishes this film from the cookie-cutter romantic comedies that often color the Valentine’s Day cinematic slate. Successful Caucasian businessmen pay Hitch, the only African-American in the film, large sums of money to be tutored on wooing beautiful Caucasian women...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hitch Review | 2/11/2005 | See Source »

...interactions between Jones and Smith provide the charismatic highlights of an often poorly written movie. The contrast between their two styles (Caucasian and awkward, African-American and smooth) creates unsurprising but still amusing physical fun, particularly during the lessons on dancing styles and the need for restraint during the first move...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hitch Review | 2/11/2005 | See Source »

...died, in 1938, Missouri-born Sidney Toler was tabbed to replace him; he played the sleuth in 22 films, until his death in 1947. Wong had played Fu Manchu's daughter in 1931, but the following year, when MGM made The Mask of Fu Manchu, that role went to caucasian Myrna Loy, Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Jerry Lewis, Alec Guinness, Shirley MacLaine all applied Oriental makeup for mainstream movies. It wasn't until the late 60s, when Americans were seeing East Asians on their TV screens every night, that Hollywood finally renounced this sorry tendency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Anna May Win | 2/3/2005 | See Source »

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