August 30, 2013

What if Miley Cyrus Grew Up in the Duck Dynasty Household?

I was thinking about the Miley Cyrus kerfuffle the other night while watching a Duck Dynasty marathon.  I'm a recent convert to the show, being wary of most of what falls under the category "reality show."  One can never be sure when treadi...

July 16, 2013

'White Hispanic' and other media creations on race

"White Hispanic."  I almost choked on my plate of nachos when I heard that one.  "White Hispanic" sounds eerily like the turn-of-the-last-century, Jim Crow-era definitions of race, which were so arbitrary they are almost laughable in the ag...