Simpson Legacy

If you made a list of fluke beneficiaries of the Simpson case, Arlene Parness would be very close to the top. And she would be dancing. Ever since she put on a borrowed suit, painted a beauty mark above her lip and headed for the Burbank studios of the "Tonight Show," Parness' acting career has blossomed. The once-obscure actress and dancer has found fame playing Marcia Clark for just about anyone who asks. And a lot ask.

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Racism is real, the darkness awaiting the light of a better understanding. Misunderstanding, misapprehension--these foster darkness and chaos. In the small flicker of light available to us, we see blacks and whites in tunnel vision throwing verbal stones at each other. Reason says, lower your voices, lower your hands . Then raise your level of consciousness, solve the problems. Naysayers, of course, are endemic. They go with the tunnel, speaking in the monotone of racial stereotyping.