Tag: Others
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“I am whatever I say I am”
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.” – Alan Watts It’s easy, but kind of pointless. My name is Kalen. I’m majoring in Strategic Communications. I like to read and write. I’m graduating next May. I think I’m pretty funny. I love to drink coffee and eat dessert. I have…
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microaggressions – BIG SCREEN
Get Out was the number one in America last weekend. Written by comedian Jordan Peele, Get Out uses satire to discuss racism and its subsequent prejudices and microagressions. This film combines fiction and reality to make the topic of race more palatable/ comfortable. Microaggressions are a common phenomenon. They plague the media, relationships and conversations. Microaggressions: the everyday…
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Strange Fruit
17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Matthew 7:17-20 Growing a tree takes…
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The Advantage of Viewpoint
Within the political paradigm, the cultural concept, the religious routine, emphasis is placed on distinction. In an effort to maintain their identities, members of certain groups keep to themselves, lest they be tempted to a new way of thought. “Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This produces a feeling…
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More Than Meets The -I-
The need for community it an intrinsic human desire. When asked of the greatest commandment, Jesus said, “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31. Written almost 1,000 years later, The Epic of…
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