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Day 260: In case you forgot America has a race problem…

October 9, 2017 phillPop Culture

I travel for a day and all the sudden really obviously racist things happen. My travel compatriot showed me this at breakfast. The video seems to be gone forever, so all we have are the[…]

Day 258: Goodbye, Old Friend

October 8, 2017 phillconfessional into a dashboard

AOL Instant Messenger is closing down on December 15th. As a person who downloaded AIM in beta, it’s hard to explain what this means, particularly when my audience here consists of a few of my[…]

Day 257: It's not a compliment to tell me you didn't realize I wasn't white

October 7, 2017 phillmemoir

I had a funny exchange with a fellow Indigenous scholar this week. This scholar was afraid people would think we were two white guys talking about race (which would be a little obnoxious). I told[…]

Day 248: The Selfish Generation vs. A Different Methodology

September 28, 2017 phillmemoir

I tend to use pop culture elements in my blog posts. Today, I want to use a former gimmick from now WWE wrestling superstar Bobby Roode. When he was in another promotion, he wore this[…]

Day 245: I always loved Langston Hughes

September 25, 2017 phillrealtalk

The president said: I wonder if it’s that simple? I am forty now, Native, born in Richmond, Indiana. I went to school there, then then Oxford, then East Lansing I work at[…]

Day 244: What I think you need to know about race in America

September 24, 2017 phillrantymcrantface

I have argued with myself about making this post for a while. I’ve been hinting at sort of coming at this topic in numerous posts (the ones about CCCC, ones about the police, some about[…]

Day 243: Gaming for fun vs. games as work

September 23, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’ve talked about this topic at length before, but I realized the other night that I haven’t written about it here, at least not as a primary post. Today I want to talk a bit[…]

Day 242: Keep your Hands where my Eyes can See

September 22, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today’s post starts from a Facebook post I made about this news story. I posted this to Facebook: And now we shoot deaf people with walking sticks. Proud moment for the son of a cop[…]

Day 238: The Sound of One Hand Clapping

September 18, 2017 phillrantymcrantface

I’ve been thinking the past few days about the “Digital Humanities” and about the way the academy has of twisting things all up so that they can leverage terminology. Allow me to offer an example.[…]

Day 237: In defense of Jinder Mahal

September 17, 2017 phillrealtalk

I wrote a bit about this earlier, but I want to hit on it again. The current WWE Champion is an Indian who was born in Canada, Yuvraj Singh Dhesi, known in the ring as Jinder[…]