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Around this time, those who passed as white were referred to through French Creole slang as passant (passing) à blanc or pour blanc (as white). [10] [11] [12] The aforementioned 20th-century writer and critic Anatole Broyard was a Louisiana Creole who chose to pass for white in his adult life in New York City and Connecticut. He wanted to ...
With each visit, Smith analyzes how preservative structures within American society (monuments, road names, holidays, neighborhoods, etc.) can reflect deep, conflicting, foundational truths within America’s past. Smith also considers how the cumulative writing and rewriting of history affects our current societal perception of American slavery.
The song received a considerable amount of airplay during the summer of 1978, prompting critic Robert Christgau to say, "Hear David Jenkins sing 'once you get past the pain' fifty times in a day and the pain will be permanent", referring to the lyrics of the chorus. [4]
Talking past each other" is an English phrase describing the situation where two or more people talk about different subjects, while believing that they are talking about the same thing. [ 1 ] David Horton writes that when characters in fiction talk past each other, the effect is to expose "an unbridgeable gulf between their respective ...
As the car passed me, the driver locked eyes with me, and I saw him and his buddies laughing. So, I took note of his license plate. When I got to work that evening, I mailed him a ticket for ...
A passed pawn that is protected by its own pawns is called a protected passed pawn. In the first diagram in this article, the pawns on the b- and e-files are protected passed pawns. Two or more passed pawns on adjacent files are called connected passed pawns (see connected pawns), and they are very strong. In the diagram at the top, White's b ...
She will get a financial break under a new Medicare policy that caps out-of-pocket prescription drugs costs at $2,000 per year. The drug has controlled her cancer, but she spent $56,000 out of ...
A version of this story first appeared on TKer.co . One of the biggest questions among market participants is how many times the Federal Reserve will cut rates in 2025. Some have even floated the ...