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Kalen’s Intro
As I perceived myself, perceiving myself in the center of my life looking all around- I remembered the joy and liberation of embracing the situatedness of my identity.
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Finding content-ment
So I come here in respect, in sincerity, and for a fourth time- to recommit to consistency- I’m ready to blog. I sorely long for the stories I want to read.
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“Poo-tee-weet?”
What a month, what a year, what a life. It bears repeating, that 2020 was one for the record books. My deepest sympathies, condolences and love are with all who experienced loss. And I share all of my love and encouragement with all folks as we enter into a new year. January is oft a…
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Cultural Survival vs. Forced Assimilation: the renewed war on diversity
Ethnologue, published by SIL International, estimates that of the more than two million people who identify themselves as American Indians in the United States, only 361, 978 still speak one of the remaining 154 indigenous languages, and many of those are only spoken by the very old. This is about half the number of languages…
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Diversity may the hardest thing for a society to live with and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without. -Willaiam Sloane Coffin, Jr.
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Everyone Has a Story
We are increasingly open to understanding how we are all connected and that if we sink the ship that we are all on, we all drown. However, we have simultaneously become so focused on our own life experiences that we think we are alone. -Yuhuda Berg
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Stand for Patriotism Kneel for Liberty What I Learned from the Forum and My Thoughts on Patriotism
Patriotism is a strongly held emotional attachment to a nation which an individual recognizes as their homeland (Wikipedia). Patriotism is a strongly held American sentiment, and can be expressed through celebratory parades, national allegiance, and voting. Conversely, patriotism can be used to justify denying liberties to those deemed unpatriotic or those who demonstrate un-American practices.…
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No One Colonizes Innocently
“Between colonizer and colonized there is only room for forced labor, intimidation, pressure, rape, contempt, mistrust arrogance, self-complacency…No human contact, but relations of domination and submission.” Josaphat B. Kubayanda Minority Discourse and the African Collective: Examples from Latin American and Caribbean Literature The aftermath of colonization is assimilation of the minority culture intro the norms of…
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