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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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March 9, 2010 Locke

Careers out of Passions of Worth

While watching the Oscars on Sunday, I was struck by the obvious passion of and ridicule engendered by actors and those in the film

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February 9, 2010 Demosthenes

Legislating National Identity

From Slate: http://slatest.slate.com/id/2244122/entry/8/ This concerns France’s recent attempts legislate its culture… banning the burqa, specifically. If this were done in the USA, I think

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February 9, 2010 Of cabbages and kings

OMG, I love this ad

Best ad from this year’s Superbowl.

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December 9, 2009 Of cabbages and kings

The (Silent) Road

This afternoon and evening, Pittsburgh experienced an extended blackout due to high winds and rains. (I say extended blackout in the western sense because

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September 15, 2009 Demosthenes

Act right not just be right

NY Magazine recently asked a question regarding the Kanye West/Taylor Swift ‘controversy’: Does his mission to acknowledge the greatness of contemporary musicians not amount

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Six of one, half dozen of the other
July 30, 2009 Demosthenes

Time and Tide and Friendships

Baz Luhrmann once said about friendships, “Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you’ll

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July 12, 2009 Locke

Speaker for the Dead: MJ & McNair

At the end of his brilliant novel, Ender’s Game, the author Orson Scott Card develops the idea of a Speaker for the Dead. “When

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June 27, 2009 Of cabbages and kings

Don’t fraking mess with my Audi!!

Or… Twerpy-looking teenagers don’t have the chops to stick with me I was driving home from a friend’s house last night when a black

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June 18, 2009 Demosthenes

Why do Westerners lie to their children so?

Or, NO THE TOOTH FAIRY DOESN’T EXIST! GO GET A DAMN JOB IF YOU WANT MONEY! A few years ago, I spent the Muslim

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June 2, 2009 Locke

Saving James Harrison’s Pitbull

It appears as though pitbull that attacked Steelers’ linebacker James Harrison’s son will not be put to death. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the

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