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Tag Archives: Racial issues
Modern Film Movements
I’ve been reading about film movements recently (IE- Golden Age of Hollywood, German Expressionism, French New Wave) and that got me thinking about modern movies, which would have to be part of at least one film movement, even if we … Continue reading
Alex Haley VS An American Neo-Nazi
A twitter link on Alex Haley’s response to the racist George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi party, got me thinking that that would be an interesting movie. And then I learned that it was already done, with James … Continue reading
The Courageous Conversations Compass
I came across something interesting in a Professional Development event a while back: the Courageous Conversations Compass. It was used as a method of talking about race. Something I’ve recognized before is how people can talk past one another, and … Continue reading
Critical Race Theory
In a recent episode of the New York Times podcast The Argument, there was a discussion about the use of critical race theory in schools, with linguist John McWhorter taking the anti-CRT position, and Michelle Goldberg suggesting that the real … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged crackpot ideas, Critical Race Theory, Racial issues
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What’s Wrong With Green Book?
One of the most interesting aspects of the latest Oscar race has been the arguments about Green Book. There seem to be three categories. Film twitter seems largely opposed to the film. There’s the sense that the critics are split on … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Eesti, Film, Politics
Tagged academy award nominations, Academy Awards, film criticism, media, Racial issues
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The Northam/ Fairfax Mess
Democratic politics in Virginia is a train wreck right now. It’s only been going on for a few days, starting when Governor Ralph Northam made comments about a proposed bill to expand the legality of late-term abortion that seemed to … Continue reading
On Film and Diversity
This is a response to some points raised by Film Critic Hulk in his piece “What We Talk About When We Talk About Female Filmmaking.” He suggests that some of the standards by which we measure film are biased against … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Film, Politics
Tagged film criticism, identity politics, Racial issues
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Disagreeing without believing the other person is crazy
In political discussions, I’ve sometimes observed a conflation between views someone disagrees with and views they think no reasonable person can hold, when there should be space for views you disagree with but understand can be held by people you … Continue reading
Political Beliefs
I wrote this elsewhere, but I’m rather proud of it. I suppose it’s a companion to the one on religion. The following are some of my political beliefs. On fiscal issues, I think the government should spend money efficiently, in … Continue reading
Poverty and Education
I wrote this for a class on multiculturalism in education, based on an article from Annual Editions- Education. The article is about statistics involving children and poverty, as well as the myriad shortcomings of those statistics. Some methods might obscure … Continue reading