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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 19, 2014 Locke

Kickass American (Corporate) Flags

I have to admit, although I would never buy this Corporate American flag, I frickin’ love it. Here’s another one: I have nothing against

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February 17, 2014 Locke

Homosexuality and the Conservative Mind

Damon Linker does a good job of laying out the reasons why conservatives believe that opposing same-sex marriage is not akin to racism. The

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February 14, 2014 Demosthenes

There are No Moral Dilemmas in Canine Police Work

Recently, Rocco, a K-9 Officer who works here in Pittsburgh was fatally stabbed by a 21-year-old man with a criminal record and a reported

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Pittsburgh at dawn
February 12, 2014 Locke

Design Work in Pittsburgh

Recently, Pittsburgh has come into the new for its resurgence due to the twin towers of healthcare and hi-tech. Google has offices here and

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February 5, 2014 Demosthenes

Bite Me, Tiger Mom

One of the commenters over at Rod Dreher’s blog made such an astute and balanced thought that Rod had to single it out. And

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February 3, 2014 Demosthenes

Coke and Chrysler, not Coke vs Chrysler

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Six of one, half dozen of the other
January 29, 2014 Locke

Linguistic Code Switching – I Can Haz Coolie?

Cultural and/or racial context in language is key. From Ta-Nehisi Coates’ dispatches from Paris: The historical upshot of this is that Frederick Douglass necessarily

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Futurama - M.E.A.T.'s Lion
January 28, 2014 Demosthenes

A Vegan Dog, Really?!!!

From the always entertaining and sometimes aggravating whitewhine.com: There are few things more likely to make me go apoplectic than people who don’t treat

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Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938
January 23, 2014 Demosthenes

Dear Northeast Media, STFU!!

… sincerely, Michigan and probably also Montana, Colorado, Wisconsin and much of the upper midwest. So much of the northeast is in the grips

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January 22, 2014 Demosthenes

On Non-Animal Personhood: Animals Don’t Have (Human) Rights

In an io9 article discussing scientific ideas that need retirement, Steve Fuller completely misses the point about animals rights: The fact that claims to

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