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Tag Archives: racism
Blackface a Black Mark on Montreal
The students involved in Montreal’s HEC blackface incident are likely not racist — just mind-numbingly stupid. So the punishment should focus on education, especially when you consider these kids are the future of our economic world! Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Social Media
Tagged blackface, HEC, Montreal, racism, students, stupidity, YouTube
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Finding the Right Steps in the White Guy Linguistic Jig
In trying to find the right words, we often find ourselves tripping over our own tongues as part of what I’d like to call the White Guy Linguistic Jig. But finding a way to keep in step can add so much value and meaning to the words we write. Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Social Media
Tagged Native Canadian, political correctness, racism, words, writing
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Does Free-Market Reluctance Betray Fear of Who We Really Are?
Why the free market should handle businesses like McDain’s that choose to discriminate — and why that will never happen, due to a fear that we may not like what the free market says about ourselves. Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle
Tagged ageism, discrimination, free market, McDain's, Monroeville, racism
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Whitewashed Huck Finn a Lost Opportunity to Learn
Editing offensive-to-modern-ears terminology in Huck Finn only whitewashes the past and ruins an opportunity for teaching our children. Continue reading
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Tagged books, education, Huck Finn, Mark Twain, racism, students
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Sad Commentary
Recent experiences with comments, both here and reading the London Free Press on-line, reveal the need for sites to rethink their comments policies. Continue reading
