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Empire of Poverty (Hinkon-taikoku), America!
That is the title of a book written by Mika Tsutsumi, who wrote this book , which I wrote the review of. She has lived in New York as college student and office worker but since she experienced 911 turmoil, she started to learn what went wrong in the U.S. In this book, s... Read more ...
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I was right! That was racist ad!
Last month, I mentioned the below ad was racist using monkey as OBAMA in presidential election campaign. The company that uses the ad, EMOBILE admitted the commercial was offensive to Afro-Americans considering the historical fact that monkey character had been used to portray ... Read more ...
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Isn't this Racist Ad?
I found such an ad in Tokyo train. It says "CHANGE to Emobile phone." This monkey might look like one of US presidential candidates. I think it is racist. They couldn't post the same postar in the U.S. I don't like it. They could use human actor (Japanese or A... Read more ...
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Impressed by Obama's respected pastor, Rev. Wright
It is been reported that Obama's long time inspirer, Pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright made very controversial remarks in his Gospel speech. Obama denounced his remarks and he never knew the pastor did it until recently. I can't find anything so controversial in his sermons. He, h... Read more ...
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My opinion for the result of Super Tuesday
McCain for Republican, Hillary and Obama still dead heat for Democrats. I think this is going to be very interesting election. I don't think Republican candidate would win because of the war in Iraq. In fact, Mr. McCain is too old, I think. He is over 70. Can he do 2 terms? So the point is... Read more ...
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TV Mini-Series ”Roots” reminds me of Black...
I rented DVD of the old time TV Mini-Series "Roots." It was aired in 1977. The story is based on Alex Hailey's novel. He wrote the story of generations of his family going back to late 18th century when an African tribe boy, Kunta Kinte was born. Kunta Kinte was captured by slave merchants and t... Read more ...
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I like Mr. Colin Powell.
Mr. Colin Powell is one of my favorite politicians. Although he was born in poor immigrant family, he worked hard and made brilliant accomplishments in his career, he became the first Black Secretary of State in US history. This is what the 60’s movie “Guess, who’s coming to dinner?” p... Read more ...
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Guess, who's coming to dinner? (1967)
Have you seen the movie "Guess who's coming to dinner?" I saw it last week on TV. The story is one woman took her fiance to her home. Her family were rich and liberal. The problem was her fiance was Afro-American. Sidney Poitier acted as the fiance. Katherin Hepburn was mother of the woman. ... Read more ...
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