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  • March 11, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Empathy in an Outrageous World

    Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to

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  • February 14, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Here’s to the Maybes

    Here’s to the Maybes, the Almosts, the Ones told “I can’t”, the Ones busied away. Do you ever think about where they must go Once you’ve relegated them to a footnote?

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  • February 13, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    A Single Guy’s (Positive) Take on Valentine’s Day

    If you’re in a good relationship, celebrate that today. Don’t patronize your single friends. Don’t act like you forgot the day. Even a bog standard date on Valentine’s Day ain’t a horror show.

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  • December 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    My Empire of Hurt

    I’ve been in bit of pain for the past few months. I’m starting to come out of it. And I hope everyone in the same boat can do the same too.

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    November 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    India Sweets & Spices Review – Desi Representation & Colorism in Mainstream American Culture

    India Sweets & Spices, about a girl named Alia who discovers family secrets during summer break, certainly does have imperfections. But I’m happy that it exists and that it adds to the growing (and never perfect) list of stories told about South Asians.

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  • November 11, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Inclusivity of Sport

    There are few avenues in life where I have felt more welcome and included than as part of a sports fandom. For a few hours, I didn’t have to be The Muslim representative or wasn’t seen as The Brown Guy.

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    October 23, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Model Minority Myth and Maher

    The Model Minority Myth bolsters the idea that Asians experience less hate & prejudice because $$. And explains lack of empathy with our struggles.

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    October 16, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Where Are You REALLY From?

    Where are you from? You can’t be American! There are people who are so gauche unintentionally. And then there are the ones who know better but purposefully go the other direction…

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February 14, 2011 Demosthenes

My So-Called V-Day

[Originally published way too long ago]. — I’m single; have been for many years now. I’m bitter; have been for over… well it’s been

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February 8, 2011 Demosthenes

The Career Prospects of a (White) One-Legged Busboy

I was thinking about the NFL’s Rooney Rule, which requires teams with a head coaching vacancy to interview at least one ‘minority’ candidate during

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January 27, 2011 Locke

Giving Voice to our Better Angels

I was thinking about the idea of reform the other day. And how one can really judge whether a criminal (or a certain Steelers’

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January 12, 2011 Locke

R.I.P. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil,

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September 22, 2010 Locke

CHEESE!!

I was at the deli section in the grocery store last night to buy some lunch meats and swiss cheese when the old lady

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May 26, 2010 Demosthenes

Techmology As Savior of Mankind

I was flipping through the channels last weekend when I saw that Jurassic Park was on TV. I watched for a few minutes before

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May 9, 2010 Demosthenes

Collective Morality in a Libertarian World

Survival of the fittest. It is an intrinsic component of nature’s wilds and an essential building block of just about every aspect of modern

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May 4, 2010 Demosthenes

Keepin’ it real…

In his seminal treatise, Bring the Pain, the bard Chris Rock expounds on the premise of “keepin’ it real”. N*gga’s love to not know.

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April 29, 2010 Locke

Pandoran Information Systems

A quick thought about Avatar… Wasn’t the evil corporation in Avatar missing a huge potential profit center by ignoring the ways in which the

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April 28, 2010 Locke

The Shifting Brass Ring

One of the more interesting sites in my commute to work everyday from the suburbs to downtown Pittsburgh is passing through Wilkinsburg. Like other

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