Tag / anti-Semitism
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Remembering Jackie Robinson: Racial Equality in Sports
BY BENJAMIN COMPALL If Jackie Robinson were alive today, I wonder how he would feel about the current racial state of sports. Surely, as the first African American professional baseball player, he would feel great pride in seeing how far things have come. As Americans, we love these “first-ever” narratives- and Robinson’s holds a particularly…
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A Yom Kippur Disaster
The ideals of the United Nations supposedly include a standard of cultural and religious tolerance that promote the ideals of international economic progress, recognition of human rights and ultimately, world peace. However, if all goes as planned, the UN will dramatically stray from its principals when the international agency allows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad…
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Today’s Fake Controversy
The New York Times’ Maureen Dowd caused quite a stir today with her new column “Neocons Slither Back.” Critics argue that Dowd employs anti-Semitic imagery to make her point, which is that neoconservatives — specifically Romney adviser and “puppet master” Dan Senor — are attempting to regain political clout with a would-be Romney administration. Politico…
