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Introducing…

I’m about to disappear for a week and a half. At least this time I warned you all, right? Tomorrow I am off to a meditation retreat in the Massachusetts wilderness. 11 days of no talking, meditating for 9 hours a day, no eating after

The N-Word

[digg=http://digg.com/political_opinion/The_N_Word_Discuss_its_history_present_use_and_if_it_should_be_banned]Continuing on the theme of language… New York City bans racial slur New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and

In Defense of Political Correctness

[digg=http://digg.com/political_opinion/In_Defense_of_Political_Correctness]I cannot pinpoint the exact year when I started hearing about this thing called Political Correctness. I know I was fairly young (pre-teen, I think) and no one ever gave me a firm definition of what “Politically Correct” meant. I knew it had something to

The N-Word – A Warmup

I just finished reading a book called “The N-Word” that I’m going to talk about/review this week in the context of a larger conversation about language. But to get you all ready, frothing at the mouth, or chomping at the bit for this discussion, I

Why Afrocentrism is not like White Supremacy

[digg=http://digg.com/political_opinion/Why_Afrocentrism_is_not_like_White_Supremacy]During the legendary Barack/Black Church/Tucker post there was some discussion of Afrocentrism (in relation to the church) and how it was either the same as or different from White Supremacy. I noted at the time that perhaps this blog needed a post that talks about