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I Don’t Like the Term “African American”
This is going to be a more personal and opinionated post. What “African American” means to me To begin, I don’t like this term because I feel that it does not apply to me. I am Caribbean-American and I feel that the term is used too often to just mean “black”. I would rather be…
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Why do people care so much about height?
A person’s height, or at least the conversation around it, is an interesting social phenomenon. Certain people (especially women attracted to men) place an extreme importance on it, for example only dating within certain height ranges. There are minor cases, like preferring someone taller than oneself and major cases, like naming specific numerical heights as…
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The Movies: A Cornerstone of American Culture
Hello dear readers! Today’s post is perhaps a bit different. It is actually an Ethnography, which is a document written by anthropologists to analyze something about human culture. What you are about to read is an edited version of an ethnography I wrote in my Anthropology class last semester. It is all about a topic…
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Pixar’s “Elemental” – An Optimistic Immigrant Tale
I went to the movies today. After watching “Elemental”, I had an undeniable urge to write about it. The movie is rife with parallels to the experience of immigrants in America, especially that of Asians. In today’s article, I plan to analyze these parallels and break down what this movie is saying. Firstly, it is…
About Me
Hello! I’m a student working towards an AA degree. I started this blog because I had things to say, and I wanted people to hear them. I look up to video essayists on YouTube, but I lack the resources to directly emulate them. This blog is the result of my desire to say things I want heard.
Thoughts by Mekhi 