Myles Walker

Person hiding face while holding remote control.

Just Keep Watching

If you’re a regular MSNBC or Fox News enjoyer, you’re no doubt privy to both networks’ recurring the-other-guys-are-literally-Satan routine. If you don’t watch either network, you may catch wind of something along these lines from acquaintances, friends, or family members. If not them, then from politicians, social media posts, Internet memes, picket signs, bumper stickers,

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Definition of "woke" and related terms.

The Two Wokes

In 1962, novelist William Melvin Kelley provided “a hip assist” to white New York Times readers by translating the black slang term “woke” as “well-informed, up-to-date.” Four decades later, singer-rapper-songwriter Erykah Badu revealed through her song “Master Teacher” that she “stay[s] woke,” and implored her audience to do the same. The early 2010s saw the

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Digital Hate and the Paradox of Tolerance

The paradox of tolerance, first outlined by Austrian-British philosopher Karl Popper, explains that the attractive glitter of universal tolerance may not actually be gold. The paradox suggests that if a society is truly tolerant of everything then it must also be tolerant of intolerance, introducing a slippery slope that could eventually see intolerance completely supplanting

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Children pledging allegiance to the flag.

Deference by Design

When I was first taught to memorize and recite the Pledge of Allegiance, I neither knew what “pledge” nor “allegiance” meant. They were empty, formless words, meaningful to me only because they appeared meaningful to my teacher and my classmates. It’s worth noting (as humbly as possible, I promise) that I always outpaced those classmates

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Fake News: HSCS

The disciplinary actions of an elementary school in Mississippi have left several of its students’ parents angry and concerned. “This isn’t what we signed up for at all,” said one student’s mother, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of what the school’s administration might do to her son. “My child came to this school

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Carnival scene with rides and food stalls.

Fake News: Dreamland

The day has finally come! Patriots, revolutionaries, defenders of the American way–come one, come all! Come celebrate the grand unveiling of Dreamland™ Theme Park with us this Fourth of July! Situated right in our great nation’s capital, Dreamland is your one-way ticket to good old freedom-loving family fun! If you love your stars and bars,

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