Lack of Foresight and Bad Examples While enjoying some pizza earlier this week, a friend posed the question, “What was your favorite part of the LO (Lake Oswego) Woodshop class?” The three of us at the table chuckled. If you missed the joke, it’s because we never had such a class. Our education was based …
According to Sigmund Freud, “The uncanny is that class of the frightening which leads back to what is known of old and long familiar.” In other words, when an event occurs that confirms an infantile fear, it is uncanny. For example, if you’re scared of plane crashes (despite the virtually nil chance of them happening) …
When you listen to a song like NWA’s “Gangsta Gangsta” and hear Ice Cube talking about stomping out people at parties and gunning down others for the hell of it, it might sound strange considering the only member of the group who had a criminal record at the time was the late Eazy-E. However, Public …
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According to a blurb on The Root, the Justice Department has decided it won’t investigate the controversial murder of Malcolm X. Affidavits have implicated four men besides the three that were arrested, and out of those three, two are widely suspected of being set up. Many suspect the FBI and local police at least knew …
Is there a such thing as dishearteningly inspirational? I read a blurb on The Root this evening that might fit the term. While discussing 13 year old prodigy Autum Ashante’s push to be reinstated at the University of Connecticut, writer Lynette Holloway stated that one possible reason the school rescinded her acceptance was because of …
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With the black unemployment rate almost twice the national average at 16.2 percent compared to 9.2 percent (and 8.1 percent for whites), it’s clear the financial crisis has had a particularly detrimental effect on the black community. This gap has, however, been consistent throughout American history. Unsurprisingly, the lack of employment has been filled by …