After a long legal fight stretching over several decades, accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk was deported to Germany on Monday. There, he is to stand trial as an accessory to the murder of 29,000 people while a guard at the Sobibor extermination camp during World War 2. Demjanjuk was…
Virulently anti-Immigrant Student Group Forms at UNC – UPDATED
There is a new student organization on campus which is making waves this week. The group is part of a national organization called Youth for Western Civilization. This group, which bills itself as “America’s Right Wing Youth Movement” is bringing controversial former congressman and anti-immigrant activist Tom Tancredo to speak…
What is Race?
It’s hard to have a debate about race in America. And one reason it’s hard to have a debate is because no one bothers to define their terms. For example, when talking about race, we seldom ever bother to define what race actually is. In America, we think that people…
Is the Carolina Review racist?
In response to our February issue, sophomore political science major Arielle Reid wrote a letter to the Daily Tar Heel (wrong publication, FYI – Carolina Review accepts letters to the editor) alleging that our magazine is racist. She claims that our February issue was dedicated to “attacking the black race”…
UNC Racist?
Racism, next to smoking a cigarette, seems to be the only deadly sin around here. The road is one way, of course. I don’t mean to be stating the obvious, but it seems that society has placed a “whites only” sign over the boogie monster that is racism. Furthermore, the…
I Have a Dream of Nobama
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou is going to give the keynote address for the UNC Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week. An accomplished writer, she has written twelve best-selling books and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for her spoken word albums. She is also black. And so, the…