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...black population grew and increasingly became the labor force of élite whites, both attitudes and laws changed. By 1662 the children of all slave women were declared slaves in perpetuity. Five years later, Christianity ceased to be an obstacle to enslavement, and by 1669 a master could legitimately kill his slave while inflicting punishment. At the same time, the distinction between slave status and indentured servitude was more sharply defined...
What would you say to the terrorist who tried to kill...
...know. But I will tell you one thing for sure: I think we need to find a change in the way people treat each other in this world. One of the answers is not to kill back...
...Thai ’07, a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association (AAA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association. In the days since last Monday’s shooting, groups have emerged on Facebook with titles such as “Guns Don’t Kill People, Asian Kids at VT do...” and “Asian dude + a gun = 33 killed and I’m pissed,” prompting concerned discussion on the AAA’s e-mail list. “Some people were trying to report...
...story line is also plenty gnarled, in a fashion familiar to admirers of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. It begins in 1988, when the main character, Oh Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik, star of the Korean blockbusters Shiri and Failan), is kidnapped and confined without being told what his crime is or how long he will be held. The movie snakes forward to 2003, when Oh is suddenly released, but still not free; his unknown torturer now plays with him in subtler, more damaging ways. And it ends in 1979, when Oh and his assailant were schoolboys, for the revelation...