Some time back I posted a url of a gospel group of West African women shaking their behinds. That was in response to a very (Continue Reading)
Some time back I posted a url of a gospel group of West African women shaking their behinds. That was in response to a very (Continue Reading)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGyPo5Mwoq0&feature=related This is a Christian group singing a Christian song. You know how a lot of Christians in the U.S. would view the butt-shaking that (Continue Reading)
Nowhere can I find a write-up on this blog about a friend who exhibits cultural dexterity (a term I got from Sheryll Cashin, author of (Continue Reading)
Recently on moretprs, several members voiced disapproval of the dancing of young girls on a video recommended for classroom use. When I pointed out that (Continue Reading)
In Lies My Teacher Told Me, Loewen sites the U.S. invasion of Bolshevik Russian 1919-20 and how history textbooks do not mention it. Such omissions (Continue Reading)
Written the day Starbucks was closed for “sensitivity training” Roseanne Barr tweeted something gross. Actually, it was a calculated racist slur. Barr became an (Continue Reading)
With the school shootings offering up gun safety once again for the so-called national dialogue, I am reminded of the time when I was about (Continue Reading)
I just watched a part of the program Say Yes To The Dress where brides pick their dresses and then their wedding ceremonies and receptions (Continue Reading)
The man was 97 years old, had been in CCC and the military in WW II. He started a business and was the first Black (Continue Reading)
This is the title of a summary of research sent me by a friend. Overall, the statistics show that when young people have health insurance, (Continue Reading)
Contrary to long custom, the services for the deceased at the Pentecostal church my wife was raised in no longer feature a body. In fact, (Continue Reading)
Here you see the combination of music and dancing in huge crowds, dancing with abandon and a lot of sexuality and some fighting, that scares (Continue Reading)
Over the years, I have noticed each language has a word whose closest English equivalent is “compound”. Brian Barabe suggested the more descriptive “assembly area.” (Continue Reading)
Friends say I am good at synthesizing disparate elements. I am better at that than at analyzing, but before synthesizing must come analysis. At times, (Continue Reading)
Just an aside and a petty one at that: over a year ago I was derided for suggesting that some of our problems in education (Continue Reading)
This video captures the spirit of the Pentecostal worship service I was exposed to. Notice, too, how many Whites in the congregation know how to (Continue Reading)
Recently I found a passage in a book on Urdu poetry which illustrated an approach to literature which contrasts with the Western approach. I mentioned (Continue Reading)
Annotated literature draws me. I love reading it, esp in another language, where notes accompany the text to explain references. There are those who insist (Continue Reading)
My book on Greek diglossia just came and I’ve been reading it. Interestingly, Greek national identity came from religion rather than common descent or language, (Continue Reading)
A terminological issue arises whenever we talk about the American culture. What so often happens is that what I call the Norwegian culture gets put (Continue Reading)
My world view is that the past makes up the present and past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior. That human beings are (Continue Reading)
So often I talk about people’s culture. While there are many cultures in the U.S., we can ask if there is a general U.S. culture. (Continue Reading)
Today my grandson and I were discussing what the GOP is going to do with its crazies. He said he had agreed with a lot (Continue Reading)