Getting Rid of My Southern Accent Meant Losing My Identity
My voice screamed out my class status and everything I was trying to leave behind, I thought. Now I want it all back.
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My voice screamed out my class status and everything I was trying to leave behind, I thought. Now I want it all back.
A Ukrainian woman who has made her home in Galway spoke this week of her fears for her family following the Russian invasion of her native country.
Tribal governments in Oklahoma at a glance Staff reports Address: 2025 S Gordon Cooper Drive, Shawnee, OK 74801 Contact: 405-275-4030, www.astribe.com Did you know? The Absentee Shawnee Tribe was one of the first seven tribes in the U.S. to become a self-governing nation during the 1990s. Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town Address: 101 E Broadway, P.O. Box 187 Wetumka, OK 74883 Contact: 405-452-3987, www.alabama-quassarte.org Did you know? The Hernando de Soto expedition first encountered the Alabamas in northern Mississippi in 1540 and the Koasati in their island town on the Tennessee River. Ap...
The Clapback Mailbag is over. We’ll continue to respond to emails, DMs, tweets and comments every Friday but, to be honest, there’ll never be another mailbag as good as this week’s collection of well-moisturized whiteness. This one is filled with 40 percent more whiteness. This one is the fulfillment of all our clapback dreams. This one exemplifies the concept of white tears. This is what we mean when we talk about “whataboutisms.” This is why the mailbag exists. Advertisement This is white people. In fact, you know I am not a man prone to hyperbole (sarcasm font). However, when th...