Culture in Real Time
Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall

Culture in Real Time

As I read it, culture is comprised of four things in increasing levels of significance: symbols, heroes, rituals and values. By that quite academic frame, it seems that as we parse out our differences in our current multi-cultural war in America, it is a fixation on the symbols that trip us up.

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Whitish Lives Matter | Literate Ape 2067
Chris Churchill Chris Churchill Chris Churchill Chris Churchill

Whitish Lives Matter | Literate Ape 2067

Dateline: Old Chicago, 2067

It’s been 25 years since that magic year of 2042 where, as predicted, whites were no longer the majority in the Reorganized States of America. Everything went as the social scientists predicted. Now, there are far more People of Color in the country. There are now far more People of Color in power throughout the country.

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Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall

7 Billion Books; 7 Billion Covers

As I sit here in the heart of one of the biggest cities in the world and contemplate the very idea of that number of human beings - of all stripes, colors, races, creeds - it's a bit staggering.  The concept of seven billion people is kind of abstract and potentially awful/amazing.

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