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
So Gordon had put up a Shame Day post today involving the following image:
You can read more about what is going on in this image at Native Appropriations.
And while I absolutely cannot disagree whatsoever with the point of his post, which was focused on the inherent flaws in taking on naming one’s team [and as a result, one’s mascot] after a Native American stereotype or straight-up racial epithet, I did cover that in April in my post on the Cleveland Indians.
Really, though, if that image above isn’t reason enough as to why we shouldn’t have sports teams named after entire races of people then I don’t know what else to tell you. A picture is worth a thousand words, people.
In addition, here’s a really cool article [on the ESPN website] asking what would happen if ESPN decided to stop referring to the Washington Redskins by their team name.
That being said, I decided to give both him and myself a break this week. Kat took two off due to her wedding and accompanying marital bliss, and out of respect for her and her husband’s union we’ve decided to join her on her break [in spirit, of course]. The entire CWR crew will be back in action next week.
As has been my wont when doing these posts, on the right is a gif. It is of Nick Offerman, a.k.a. Ron ****ing Swanson, popping and locking.
Posted in blog news, games, race, sports
Tagged blog news, Chicago Blackhawks, Cleveland Indians, native americans, race, severed head, sports, stereotypes, Washington Redskins
GORDON: Today, we’re going to be touching on a nerve that’s still pretty raw in the US, even after a century and a half.
Specifically, we’re going to be talking about the ol’ stars and bars- the flag of the former Confederate States of America.
EVAN: I’d like to remind everyone reading this that I am a Canadian. The most experience I have with the Confederate flag is in seeing it on the top of the General Lee from the remake of, and not the original, Dukes of Hazard.
That being said, Gordon directed me towards an article written not too long ago on BBC, and there is an incredible amount of divisiveness regarding it as a symbol. Continue reading
Posted in America, Evan and Gordon Talk, news, politics, race
Tagged America, asian, bigotry, black, Brown VS Board of Education, Buddhism, Buddhist, celtic cross, Civil War, confederacy, confederate flag, cross, dixie, eastern, Evan and Gordon Talk, free speech, heritage, Hindu, history, Indian, KKK, race, racism, segregation, slavery, swastika, symbols, the south, US, USA, white, white power, white supremacist
As an Asian-Canadian who spends far more time on comic book news sites than actual news sites, this week has been all sorts of crazy. There’s been . . . a lot to take in.
Mighty Avengers
To begin with, next month heralds the first issue of Mighty Avengers. Take out the “gh” and add “nori” and you more or less have an understanding of what the book is all about.
I refuse to show any of the interior artwork, so this variant is all you’re going to get.
The fact that we have far too many titles featuring the word “Avengers” aside, this is a huge deal in that, of the nine heroes in the team, the majority are people of colour. Luke Cage, Falcon, Blue Marvel, and Monica Rambeau are African-American, White Tiger [Ava Alaya] is Hispanic, and Power Man [Victor Alvarez] is a mix of both. Rounding out the team are Spider-Man, She-Hulk, and a new Ronin whose identity is yet to be revealed.
With the very talented Al Ewing on writing, the only thing that would make this book perfect were if Ron Wimberly, who illustrated the variant cover on the left, were the actual artist on the book. Unfortunately, that job was given to Greg Land. I do not have anything civil to say about him. Just click the link. Continue reading
Posted in bizarreness, Canada, comics, film, race
Tagged Adam Strange, African-American, black, Blue Marvel, Canada, Canadian, comics, DC, James Bay, Jeff Lemire, Justice League of America, Justice League of Canada, Luke Cage, Marvel, Mighty Avengers, Monica Rambeau, Moosonee, Power Man, race, Scott Pilgrim, Toronto, White Tiger
Culture War Reporters, since its inception, has never been a place for fiction of any kind. As a result, when both Gordon and I hang out we often find our discussions centre around stretching our creative muscles, asking questions like: “If you had to come up with a team of mercenaries, with a minimum of five members, what would it look like?”
The issue with all questions like this is that we run into a little something King Solomon said, way back in the day [emphasis added]:
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
How do you come up with something original, something that truly hasn’t been done before? Continue reading
Posted in feminism, film, literature, media, race, television, writing
Tagged archetypes, Asians, Badass Adorable, Battle Royale, characters, Cute But Psycho, expectations, film, Hanna, Hit-Girl, Kick-Ass, Kill Bill, Little Miss Badass, media, race, tropes, TV Tropes, writing
For the month of July I was living with my in-laws in Williams Lake. So on Monday, July 22nd, I was able to be present at the “first day of public hearings into Taseko’s proposed $1-billion open pit gold and copper mine near Williams Lake, B.C.”
I was working until about one o’clock that day but my mother-in-law, who is a teacher here in Williams Lake, first went downtown around lunchtime at which point two very separate information centers were happening.
Join us and have hot dogs galore!
At one camp, the Taseko mine representatives were serving burnt hot dogs to visitors. There wasn’t much of a crowd, but the vice president of the mine was offering her students jobs if the mine was allowed to come in.
Meanwhile, at the park nearby the Tsilhqot’in nation had prepared a lunchtime feast. There was music and dancing. Most of her friends were at the park. In fact, most of the crowd seemed to be at the park.
Posted in Canada, Culture War Report, environmentalism, news, politics
Tagged British Columbia, Canada, copper, Culture, economy, first nations, First Nations Rights, Fish Lake, gold, government, mining, money, New Prosperity Mine, politics, race, society, Taseko, Teztan Biny, Tsilhqot'in, Williams Lake
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