I don’t know about you, but I have always felt deeply uneasy about fervid professions of patriotism, especially the kind that Americans are given to. Their earnest hands over their hearts, their shedding of tears upon hearing the national anthem, their stout professions of “My country, right or wrong,” have
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Cowichan Conversations: We should never forget Evander Kane’s role in changing the NHL discourse
Thursday June 4, 2020 Back in 2017, a few months after Colin Kaepernick played his final down as a professional football player, I sat down for a long interview with P.K. Subban in Read more…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Kaepernick Effect
I recently wrote a post entitled, The Vindication of Colin Kaepernick, in which I opined on the decision by Nike to use the former NFLer for a new advertising campaign. I subsequently received a request by an American website entitled Writer Beat to use the piece. The commentary it received
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Vindication Of Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick is someone I admire. As previously noted in this blog, the former NFL player, whose decision to protest police brutality against blacks by taking a knee during the American national anthem, has paid dearly for his integrity. But vindication has finally arrived, vindication sure to end Donald Trump
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Power Of Real Communication
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A True American Hero
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Man Of Courage And Principle
In a world given to self-interest, self-promotion and devastating cruelty, it is heartening to know that there are still giants who remind us of the goodness and principle our species is capable of. Colin Kaepernick, about whom I have written previously, is one such exemplar. Time magazine reports that Kaepernick
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Fighting Back
Colin Kaepernick, the young NFL quarterback about whom I have previously posted, has shown remarkable integrity and fortitude dealing with the furor following his decision to ‘take a knee’ rather than stand for the U.S. national anthem. His action, to protest the brutalization of Black people at the hands of
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: A Glimpse of Last Week in White, Male Supremacy
People, especially people who are white and male: we need to drastically up our game if we are going to move towards equity and away from the increasingly brutal white male backlash that’s been growing. Last week a number of things happened that reinforce the supremacy of white men, but
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