What I Learned This Week – Page 5

WILTW: Bad Idea

The Sinking Of The Titanic: The Board Game This board game appeared in 1975. Players had to rescue people from staterooms and race to lifeboats. The winner didn’t just win…it was implied that the losers and the people they tried to rescue were lost at sea. T’was perhaps a bad idea to have people perishContinue reading “WILTW: Bad Idea”

WILTW: How To Be Black

With the help of Baratunde Thurston and the esteemed Black Panel*, you too can learn: -How To Be The Black Friend -How To Celebrate Black History Month (buying this book is a start) -The Pros & Cons of Being the Angry Negro -How to become the next Black President -How to harness the power ofContinue reading “WILTW: How To Be Black”

What I Learned This Week – A Different Point Of View…

This week, I realized that all of the books/films I’ve encountered about missionaries have come from a missionary’s point of view. So, I asked The Horde* for books/stories written from the point of view of the people who missionaries (colonizers??) came to save. Here are the recommendations I received: Nervous Condition by Tsitsi Dangerembga ThingsContinue reading “What I Learned This Week – A Different Point Of View…”