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3 days ago · The admission free meeting had the self-proclaimed intent of protesting “against the unhealthy mask ordinance” that required citizens of San Francisco to wear masks in an effort to combat the ...
3 days ago · Blackface is the practice of non- black performers using burnt cork or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment. In the United States, the practice became a popular entertainment during the 19th century into the 20th.
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5 days ago · Anti-Catholic prejudice was still very much in the mainstream of American life when JFK decided to seek the presidency in 1960. JFK established an informal network of advisers on the religious issue—including speechwriter Ted Sorensen, Dean Francis Bowes Sayre Jr. of the National Cathedral and several journalists. It was clear from the outset that Kennedy had to enter the state primaries to ...
5 days ago · Tim Sullivan’s recent piece for the Associated Press on the state of the Church in America has made the rounds in Catholic circles, and it feels like a generally accurate snapshot of where ...
3 days ago · By the mid-19th century, the wearing of appropriate mourning dress was a sign of respectability. Queen Victoria had a huge influence on the fashions of the mid-to-late-1800s. After the death of her husband, Prince Albert in 1861, Queen Victoria wore black clothing until her own death in 1901. During Victorian times, the type of mourning dress ...
5 days ago · heated debate. discussion or argument in which people become angry and excited. emitting. sending out into the air, for example a noise or smell or a virus. mask shaming. criticising, mocking or ...
1 day ago · Origins. The racist and cultural stereotypes of the Yellow Peril originated in the late 19th century, when Chinese workers (people of different skin-color and physiognomy, language and culture) legally immigrated to Australia, Canada, the U.S., and New Zealand, where their work ethic inadvertently provoked a racist backlash against Chinese communities, for agreeing to work for lower wages than ...
