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March 11, 2022 Demosthenes

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 a particular race, religion,

November 20, 2021 Of cabbages and kings

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.

Sitakunda park, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

October 16, 2021 Correspondence / Demosthenes

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…

December 15, 2016 Locke

My President was a Third Culture Kid

Although he may not have meant it, Ta-Nehesi Coates’ article on President Obama in The Atlantic pretty much names him a Third Culture Kid (TCK)

May 27, 2015 Locke / Of cabbages and kings

I Bought (Another) House – Wait, Why?

… or Shut-up State Farm, Your “Nevers” Commercial is Wrong! A few years ago, I moved out of my house in the ‘burbs into

May 4, 2015 Of cabbages and kings

Hawkeye is the Best Avenger [SPOILERS!]

[SPOILER ALERT] after the jump! . . . . .

April 21, 2015 Locke

Yellow Indians, White Asians, Black Europeans

… And Green Clovers? It’s easy and sometimes even required in politics to categorize peoples into very simplistic groups. Otherwise it would be difficult