GORDON: Readers, have a seat. I’ve got something to tell you and I’m not sure how to say it…
You’re adopted.
You were brought in by links on Reddit and Facebook.
EVAN: I mean, maybe. I actually know for a fact that we have a fair number of regular readers who actually tune in almost daily.
GORDON: And yes, we do love them more than you.
EVAN: Also, I’m not sure that being redirected really works within the context of the word’s definition. Continue reading
Posted in Evan and Gordon Talk, family, morality, race
Tagged adopted, adopting, adoption, birth parent, birthplace, Cherokee, ethnicity, Evan and Gordon Talk, father, mother, parent, parenting, race, Supreme Court, two-parent household, Veronica
I feel like I shouldn’t have to say too much about this. Really, this feels, to me anyway, like it hardly warrants an explanation.
Johnny Depp, a white actor, playing Tonto, a character traditionally portrayed as being of the Potawatomi tribe, in Disney’s upcoming The Lone Ranger is really dumb. “Dumb” is but one of the many four-letter words I could be using to describe it.
Really, though, I should let Mr. Depp speak for himself. He’s an actor a lot of people greatly respect given his extensive acting career, and I think that he should be given the opportunity to explain (1) why he took on the role, and (2) why his character appears the way he does. Continue reading
Posted in film, media, race, Shame Day
Tagged ancestry, blood, Cherokee, Comanche, Creek, Disney, First Peoples, Hanay Geiogamah, I Am Crow, Johnny Depp, Kirby Sattler, Native America, Potawatomi, race, racism, representation, The Lone Ranger, Tonto, tribe
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