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SATURDAY, 7 AUGUST 2021

LAST BEST SMALL TOWN

Thornton Wilder’s Classic Our Town Gets the 21st Century Treatment, Race, Class and All

Ed Rampell: The Last, Best Small Town is a heartfelt and philosophical rumination on race and class in a changing America.

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Racism and Resistance: Chinese Exclusion Act

Sukey Wolf: In 1871, after an L.A. murder was blamed on the Chinese, residents carried out a night of terror. Thirty immigrants, including a child, were lynched.
 
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For Justice in Palestine, Boycott Netflix’s Apartheid TV: “Hit and Run”

Dave Clennon: I support of the cultural boycott of Israel. I see the ideological underpinnings of dramas like “Fauda” and “Hit and Run” as false premises for injustice.
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Tokyo Games Prove Olympics Less Relevant Than Ever

Sonali Kolhatkar: Our world is on fire, a pandemic rages on, and the rich keep getting richer. In such a context, how can the Tokyo Olympics be anything other than an ill-timed, tone-deaf spectacle?
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Why Is the Top Chinese Swimmer Not at the Tokyo Olympics?

Rick Sterling: The short answer is that he has been banned from competitive swimming for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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