NPR article questions where free speech crosses the line to criminal, in wake of recent killings at the Holocaust Museum, Army Recruiting Center, and in Church, of Abortion doctor. “And it raises another one the nation has long wrestled with: Would enforced silence of the most abhorrent speech prove a more dangerous enemy of the good?”
We stopped in Ottawa, IL, to see the “Shoe Tree,” on a road trip to Peoria, IL this week. As described on Roadside America (a treasure trove of the kitschy things around the US, including the locations of all of the re-appropriated Muffler Men–such as Hot Dog Man, Tire Man, etc.), the tree boasted 30…
DetailsPhoto “Holi in Udaipur” by Andifeelfine I happened to see a commercial for the Banzai Color Stream Battle Blaster between SpongeBob’s (ahem—I mean, MY SON happened to see a commercial for it between SpongeBob’s…) and immediately thought of the Hindu holiday Holi (actually—I thought—wow, that’s a commercialized version of that Indian holiday where they splatter…
DetailsFirst off, I have to tell you my husband HATES the word “play date.” In the olden days (both in the US and Brazil) you just went outside and whoever else was out, that was who you played with. But in today’s world of single parents, two working parents, carefully orchestrated schedules and a good…
DetailsTalk about reinvention. From 30 year old accusations that he preached devil worship (with subliminal messages in his ‘records’ if you played them backwards) to The Osbournes, to my 8 year old singing “I am Iron Man…running over children in my mini-van,” from the back seat of the car on the way to soccer practice,…
DetailsProject Implicit may show you that you have unconscious bias (duh?) and now a new study underway will “research the effects of unconscious racial bias on decision-making and develop strategies to support decision-making based on consciously held American values rather than on racial anxiety and stereotypes.” The projet’s founder is john powell (this is like the blog…
DetailsPhoto credit: Gerald Herbert (from NPR and PR reports) Let us never doubt the critical importance of any and all efforts, big or small, to combat prejudice and racism. As the shooting today at the Holocaust Museum in DC confirms, both are still rampant.
DetailsI found this “Hu’s on First” exchange between Condoleezza Rice and George W. Bush on cross cultural marketer and international sales strategist Cindy King’s website. She was using it as an example of why it’s important to “ask follow up questions to confirm mutual understanding.” The video is funny in and of itself, and some…
DetailsPhylicia Rashad is currently starring in the role of Violet Weston, the mother in August: Osage County, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play by Tracy Letts, now on stage at the Music Box Theater in New York City. Felicia Lee writes in the New York Times article, “Mr. Richards said it was his idea…
DetailsIs this an example of White Privilege? When I was in 8th Grade attending public school in a suburb of St. Louis, I got my class schedule and it indicated I had been placed in a remedial reading class. I (age 13) went to the office, told the first person at the desk it was a mistake, and they…
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