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Day 266: This is the Anthem/put your damn hands up

October 16, 2017 phillrantymcrantface

A little news on the NFL’s stance on National Anthem protests. Meanwhile ESPN can’t seem to support Jemele Hill. I’ve written about this anthem thing before, and I’m not at all shocked that Kaepernick is[…]

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 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 252: Shitty People Can Make Good Art (and the problem of personal politics in the 20-teens)

October 1, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I just caught up on some stuff from Joss Whedon’s ex-wife. Looks like I was too busy with other stuff to see this blow up last month. I’m not personally certain I want to just[…]

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 247: You have to be the change you want to see in the world

September 27, 2017 phillrantymcrantface

The title to this post is not actually a Ghandi quote, but it’s sort of what he was getting at, in a way. I am not going to steal it, so there’s the attribution, but[…]

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 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 232: New keyboard, same old world

September 12, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

Note if this post looks odd: I’m trying out a new keyboard. So far, I think I like it, but it’s a little odd. It has shorter mechanical keys for a quicker response time. It’s[…]