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What if you would like to give thanks for capitalism? (Reconsidering Thanksgiving part 1)
In the run up to turkey day, I am reposting my three-part piece on Thanksgiving. Here is part one: If you are looking for a reason to give thanks this Thanksgiving, how about this: give thanks for cap… more →
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What if you would like to give thanks for capitalism? (Reconsidering Thanksgiving part 1)
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professor what if wrote 3 weeks ago: In the run up to turkey day, I am reposting my three-part piece on Thanksgiving. Here is part one: I … more →
What if Homophobia was Resisted Twilight style?
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professor what if wrote 1 month ago: The following piece is cross-posted here. As it argues, Twilight is a rampantly heteronormative seri … more →
What if god hates fangs?
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professor what if wrote 3 months ago: I just finished the first season of True Blood and am kicking myself for not jumping on the fan-wago … more →
What if Womanism and Feminism were equal?
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professor what if wrote 8 months ago: (A guest post from Renee of Womanist Musings) When we look at labels to describe activism by women w … more →
What if we made the incorrect and imprecise use of “illegal immigrant” illegal?
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professor what if wrote 10 months ago: As Mirta Ojito argues in “No Human Being is ‘Illegal,’” the use of the term … more →
What if you are looking to educate young girls about important black female activists/feminists?
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professor what if wrote 10 months ago: My nine-year-old was assigned a report for Black History Month a few weeks back. While I do wish tea … more →
What if we made June white-male month?
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professor what if wrote 10 months ago: In an earlier post about Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I included the fairly well known joke: Quest … more →
What if our silence indicates our life is ending? (In honor of Martin Luther King, Junior on the eve of Barak Obama’s inauguration)
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professor what if wrote 11 months ago: A poster with the following quote hangs in my campus office: “Our lives begin to end the day w … more →
What if you're "secretly" sexist, racist, and homophobic?
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: Sorry for the interruption in the “What if you could buy social justice?” series, but I … more →
What if you’re not sure whether you’re sexist and racist or just prejudiced and bigoted?
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: This post was inspired by a comment I received on my “What if you were Obama? What Cabinet wou … more →
What if we refused to feast on the sugar-coated version of Thanksgiving? (Reconsidering Thanksgiving, part 3)
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: For most people I know, Thanksgiving is not about celebrating Pilgrims or acknowledging the history … more →
What if Thanksgiving was not about happy Pilgrims sharing turkey with industrious Natives, but about giving thanks for a successful massacre? (Reconsidering Thanksgiving, Part 2)
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: At the outset, I would like to note that I have relied on many useful scholars and writers to put to … more →
What if you would like to give thanks for capitalism? (Reconsidering Thanksgiving part 1)
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: If you are looking for a reason to give thanks this Thanksgiving, how about this: give thanks for ca … more →
What if “traditional” wasn’t used as a catch all term meaning ‘good’ or ‘natural’? (Or, what ‘traditions’ should we vote to perpetuate come Tuesday…?)
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: If you have been on this planet long enough to learn how to read, you have likely come across phrase … more →
What if “Columbus Day” was given the more accurate name “Celebrate Genocide Day”?
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: Today is “Columbus Day,’ a day that has been celebrated in various ways since at least … more →
What if whiteness vanished?
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: On my quick morning read-around before hunkering down to work, it dawned on me that every face I enc … more →
What if the satirical was more common than the stereotypical?
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: Comedy often utilizes broad generalizations and relies on an extreme, in your face approach. Howev … more →
What if WPD's (white privilege deniers) are just as dangerous as WMD's (weapons of mass destruction)?
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: Anyone twenty or older who has been somewhat awake to global issues has undoubtedly heard of … more →
What if you're not quite white?
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professor what if wrote 1 year ago: (With thanks to Minority Militant for prompting me to write this!) Many of the world’s people … more →
