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• Government or Society?

  Published: August 8, 2007, 4:13 pm

  Tags: Law Amp Amp Legal Matters, Society, Minorities, Racism

  If we have a color-blind government, we’re effectively conceding that there will continue to be a color-conscious society. If we seek a color-blind society, we’ll need to allow for certain color-conscious governmental policies (for the foreseeable future). So, if it’s an either/or choice which is the one which should be

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• Minorities In The News: Hillary’s buying Latinos to make up ...

  Published: August 15, 2007, 12:54 pm

  Tags: Minorities In The News, Quicklinks

  Hillary’s buying Latinos to make up for the blacks she’s losing to Barack. [Bloomberg]

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• Token Minorities: Black Women: Wise Best Friends To White Women Everywhere

  Published: August 29, 2007, 12:30 pm

  Tags: Token Minorities

  So there's this trend. It's been going on for a while. The lead in a television show -- or movie -- is a white girl with some sort of problem. And when she needs to talk, she turns to her BBF: her... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Women Power

  Published: March 6, 2007, 1:15 am

  Tags: Yunnan, Woman, Travel China, Minorities, Naxi, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

  The Naxi ethnic group is a matriarchal society. Traditionally, women are the major decision makers in family matters. After the wedding, a husband goes back to his parents' house and visits his wife in the evenings. It is the woman's responsibility to provide and take care of her children. Not until recently that men are getting more involved as

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• Man at the Dongba Palace

  Published: March 4, 2007, 1:02 am

  Tags: Man, Yunnan, Travel China, Minorities, Naxi, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

  An old Naxi man standing guard at the Dongba Palace in Lijiang. There are several pictographic writings displayed in the building with some locals providing interesting information about the Dongba culture.

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• Dongba Performers

  Published: March 2, 2007, 9:39 pm

  Tags: Man, Yunnan, Travel China, Minorities, Naxi, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

  Among the Naxi people of Lijiang and its surrounding counties, a religious belief called Dongba influenced much of their culture and traditions. In the culture of the Dongba, pictography was widely used to illustrate classical literature. There are about 1,400 words in the Dongba pictography. Moreover, the Naxi people developed their music around

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• Old Naxi Man

  Published: March 2, 2007, 9:25 pm

  Tags: Man, Yunnan, Travel China, Minorities, Naxi, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

  Here's a Naxi old man walking down a street in Lijiang. Take note of the animal skin he's wearing to keep him warm from the winter chill and the stick he's holding is a smoking pipe.

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• The Leaning Pagoda of Chongzuo

  Published: January 2, 2007, 8:40 am

  Tags: Guangxi, Travel China, Minorities, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

  The leaning pagoda in Chongzuo is believed to have been built 400 years ago with black bricks and mud. Several times, it has undergone renovation and the bricks were replaced with modern day cement. I am not clear about the real function of this structure although the tiny rooms in each storey showed signs of offerings of joss sticks and

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• Zhuang Bamboo Dance

  Published: December 8, 2006, 9:33 am

  Tags: Guangxi, Travel China, Minorities, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

  This style of dance is similar to the Philippine tinikling. The tinikling is performed mostly in barrio fiestas with the rhythm of a local waltz. The bamboo players beat the sticks as percussions to the song while a pair of dancers waltz over the bamboo sticks.

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• Zhuang Girl

  Published: December 7, 2006, 8:42 am

  Tags: Woman, Guangxi, Travel China, Minorities, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

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• Red Yao Woman

  Published: December 6, 2006, 9:25 am

  Tags: Longsheng, Woman, Guangxi, Travel China, Minorities, Yao, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

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• Miao Girls

  Published: December 5, 2006, 9:06 am

  Tags: Woman, Guangxi, Travel China, Minorities, Miao, Nanning, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

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• Dong Elaborate Costumes

  Published: December 4, 2006, 8:59 am

  Tags: Woman, Guangxi, Travel China, Minorities, Dong, Nanning, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

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• Zhuang Drummer Girl

  Published: December 3, 2006, 4:39 am

  Tags: Woman, Guangxi, Travel China, Minorities, Zhuang, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

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• "Bronze Drum" Sculpture

  Published: December 2, 2006, 4:14 am

  Tags: Guangxi, Travel China, Minorities, Nanning, Zhuang, China, Chinese Ethnic Groups

  This "bronze drum" sculpture is part of the Nanning Museum complex at Minzu Dadao in Nanning. The museum has quite an extensive exhibit of ancient bronze drums that characterizes a commonality in this multi-ethnic province.

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