Blackboard Exercises
Deconstructing Multiculturalism
Description
1999 Context for Peter Vandenberg’s “Taming Multiculturalism: The Will to Literacy.”
The Euro is established and Hugo Chávez becomes President of Venezuela.
In Laramie, Wyoming, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to kidnapping and felony murder, in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the apparent hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard while in the LaGrand Case: The State of Arizona executes Karl and Walter LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery that led to a death.
Thabo Mbeki is elected President of South Africa; Benjamin Nathaniel Smith begins a 3-day killing spree targeting racial and ethnic minorities in Illinois and Indiana; and Bill Gates personal fortune exceeds $100 billion dollars, due to the increased value of Microsoft stock.
Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France; USA soccer player Brandi Chastain scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the FIFA Women’s World Cup; Mikhail Gorbachev proposes that the UN create an International Men’s Day, which is now commemorated every year on this same date; and King Hassan II of Morocco dies.
SpongeBob SquarePants made its debut on Nickelodeon, and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is released in theaters and becomes the highest grossing Star Wars film. The world population reaches 6 billion people. Shakespeare in Love wins Best Picture at the 71st Academy Awards.
Author
Marlene De La Cruz-Guzman
Date of Upload
11/03/09