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Promise

Sometimes the greatest talent is just putting one foot in front of the other. How do you tell a child her father gave up eating a bullet. Or his mother a bottle of pills closed her eyes? I swam laps in oceans of vodka backflips into cheap wine I despaired in my world where…

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Promise
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The Daily Kerfuffle

·May 4, 2021

Yes, Jeff Wall, Systemic Racism Exists in America — Part II: Implicit Bias & Disparate Impact

Part I here. Let’s move on from definitions to a more in-depth discussion of what “systematic racism” actually means. Systemic — “relating to a system, especially as opposed to a particular part.” Racism — “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership…

Systemic Racism

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Yes, Jeff Wall, Systemic Racism Exists in America — Part II: Implicit Bias & Disparate Impact
Yes, Jeff Wall, Systemic Racism Exists in America — Part II: Implicit Bias & Disparate Impact
Systemic Racism

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The Daily Kerfuffle

·May 1, 2021

Yes, Jeff Wall, Systemic Racism Exists in America — Part I: Definitions

“How do you define systemic racism? Please be as specific as possible.” Systemic — “relating to a system, especially as opposed to a particular part.” Racism — “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group…

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Yes, Jeff Wall, Systemic Racism Exists in America — Part I: Definitions
Yes, Jeff Wall, Systemic Racism Exists in America — Part I: Definitions

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The Daily Kerfuffle

·Feb 25, 2021

Let’s play Spot-the-Difference(s)!(tm)

Both tweeted “mean” tweets, but which one was confirmed by those now “aghast” at the “mean” tweets of the other?

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Let’s play Spot-the-Difference(s)!(tm)
Let’s play Spot-the-Difference(s)!(tm)
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The Daily Kerfuffle

·Feb 24, 2021

Going forward mainstream (aka real) media interviews with Republican officials need to start with…

Going forward, mainstream (aka real) media interviews with Republican officials need to start with a simple screening question: Is Joe Biden the legitimate President, yes or no? No → interview…

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Politics

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Matthew Spira

·Feb 16, 2021

Love and Hate

Love and hate… can they peacefully co-exist? Hate is cancer that eats away at your everything. Stealing from you. Love is growth finding connections for you: you and others; you and the world; you and the universe. Regenerating you. How do…

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Poem

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·Feb 7, 2021

The Bad Faith of the Right: Part Infinity

A Facebook friend posted a remarkably whiny, bad-faith, clueless opinion piece from the Tennessee Star: “…the rest of the cultural Left can’t begin to fathom, that there will be consequences to persecuting Donald Trump and attempting to make pariahs out of 75 million Americans, and it won’t be long until…

History

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The Bad Faith of the Right: Part Infinity
The Bad Faith of the Right: Part Infinity
History

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·Jan 26, 2021

Me and Bernie, back in the day.

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Me and Bernie, back in the day.
Me and Bernie, back in the day.
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·Jan 24, 2021

Finally got around the binging The Mandalorian.

Finally got around the binging The Mandalorian. It was enjoyable, did an excellent job of creating a stylish version of the Star Wars universe, is better than almost all the movies. but in all honesty the YouTube fan-reaction videos to episodes were ultimately more interesting. I think part of the…

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Finally got around the binging The Mandalorian.
Finally got around the binging The Mandalorian.
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·Jan 22, 2021

The First White President

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ recent essay, “Donald Trump Is Out. Are We Ready to Talk About How He Got In?” is an update to his 2017 piece, “The First White President.” These are long pieces, but well worth the read. As he points out, Trump won every category of white people in…

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The First White President
The First White President
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Matthew Spira

Matthew Spira

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Just a middle-aged dude doing middle-aged things. Poetry repository: matthewspira.org. 1st collection, The End of the Rainbow, on sale: http://amzn.to/32Kkt3d

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