Clarifying even more: you’re an American, and you have a Ph.D., and you speak Spanish, and we hate all of that, and it hurts us personally, and you need to try to understand that. THIS was the message and I, sincere to a fault, tried to understand it, allow for it, heal it. In the … More Today

I literally need shots for COVID, flu, and pneumonia, and should remember. In the meantime, there is also this, from a friend: “The state has gone all in on workforce preparation as their central model, and don’t agree that research or excellence do anything to help that. Universities as centers of innovation and economic development … More Inoculation

“The rural bars that played the music were not exactly accepting of all peoples. Living in New Iberia for over a decade now has really opened my eyes to the horrific inequality that exists. Both the poor and wealthy white here propagate violent white nationalism. The justice system (under a very religious Catholic majority) allows … More On Cajun culture, from a friend

It’s something along those lines, the task I was set. Prove to us that you have not stolen from us and you do not look down on us! And the burden of guilt dogs me every day, and I must prove these things so as to earn decent working conditions. The important thing to realize … More That unpayable debt