Preface: Race isn’t a real thing. The system and larger cultural zeitgeist don’t actually care about your ancestry, the .1% of genetics that distinguish you (and the smaller portion of that we identify as race), or personal peculiarities caused by your biology. The culture and system do, however, pretend to, and, in some cases, evenContinue reading “On the Dissonance of Being a Field and House Nigger at the Same Time”
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Independents’ Day
I’ve been rehashing a debate I had with someone on the street for several weeks, trying to figure out what about the whole thing bothered me so much. I ran into this person in front of a local farmers market. They were asking for signatures in support of rent control and a local politician whoContinue reading “Independents’ Day”
The Drowned Rat Gospel Choir 