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Intercultural Communication in the News for the Week of 10/21/12
The week's news relevant to the study of intercultural communication
Storified by WilliamHartPhD · Tue, Oct 23 2012 11:14:50
FEATURED STORIES - 'Alex Cross' in Theaters Now
Alex Cross Official Trailer #1 (2012) - James Patterson, Tyler Perry Movie HDmovieclipstrailers
Tyler Perry goes from Madea to 'Alex Cross'back now at 8:22 with one of the most successful men in hollywood. tyler perry stars as alex cross in a new movie of the same name taking...
'Alex Cross' author James Patterson turns film producerVideo on TODAY.com: Since 2006, one out of every 17 novels sold in America has been written or co-written by James Patterson. The best-se...
'Alex Cross' criss-crosses details about Patterson's character | Mr. Movie | Tri-CityHerald.comFan alert. Tyler Perry's Alex Cross isn't close to James Patterson's Alex Cross. Worse, the plot of Alex Cross , loosely based on Patters...
Quote from the above news story: "The name of the best friend who he's known since grade school is changed, too. It's Tommy Kane, a non-Patterson name. It should be John Sampson." The author of the review does not note this, but Kane is white and Sampson is black. Why the change in this adaptation?
North Carolina Literary Review
Relevant Article in NCLR: "The Case of the Missing Interracial Romance: An Ideological Critique of Kiss the Girls" by William Hart
MORE INTERCULTURAL NEWS
Racist chanting directed at England U21 players during Serbia matchitnnews
Victory for lesbian, years after her longtime partner's death - CNN.com(CNN) -- It was a wonderful life. That's how Edith Windsor describes her partnership with Thea Clara Spyer. Theirs was not a fleeting rom...
Students in blackface re-enact Chris Brown beating Rihanna - CNN.com(CNN) -- It was a homecoming rally to cheer on the Waverly Wolverines football team. They were undefeated this year. Everyone was proud. ...
Asian-Americans Weigh in on Affirmative Actionassociatedpress
Can Contact With Other Groups Reduce Prejudice?The moderator I find most interesting concerns the fact that contact effects on prejudice are stronger when interactants have no choice b...
Depression Brings Worries About Discrimination, Study FindsTHURSDAY, Oct. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Among people with depression, 79 percent report that they've experienced some form of discriminatio...
Shades of GayLet me be upfront: The data here seem to raise more questions than provide explanations. Damon Winter/The New York Times Gallup and the W...
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