British Prime Minister David Cameron, like other European leaders, recently voiced concern about immigration and multiculturalism. Ian Kumekawa writes for the Perspective, Cameron’s comments show a leader, “seeking to channel the social anxieties of a troubled populace into fear and hostility towards an even more vulnerable social group.” As Kumekawa explains, “[b]y singling out a group already hit hard by [...]
The Martin Peretz issue, it seems, is not going away. At least, that’s what the Undergraduate Council would like us to believe. Most students and faculty have moved on, for better or worse, and most probably aren’t aware of the UC’s latest legislative achievement: a bill that “fully condemns” the University’s decision to accept donations in Peretz’s honor. But the UC bill deserves our attention, [...]
Andrew Breitbart's May 2010 defense of the Tea Party in an exclusive interview with the HPR
HPR staff writer Eli Martin has a piece in today’s Crimson criticizing European “Islamophobia.” I don’t want to baldly disagree with Eli that “outright discrimination toward Muslims in Europe is becoming a reality.” But I do want to complicate things a bit. Eli implies that burqa bans and the like could only be products of Geert Wilders-esque prejudice, neglecting a [...]
If you’ve seen Avatar and haven’t yet read Annalee Newitz’s article “When will white people stop making movies like this?” then you’re missing out. Avatar — putatively anti-racist, seemingly simple and beautiful and extraordinarily entertaining — is in fact, she argues, mired with subtle racial biases and white ethnocentrism. She writes: These are movies about white guilt. Our main white [...]
