No White History Month, Morgan Freeman?
Wilkine Brutus cuts through some of the ignorance that surfaces during African American History month.No White History Month, Morgan Freeman?Scottish American History Month is in April.Jewish American...
View ArticleSaint Valentine like Al Bundy [Video]
Wilkine Brutus sees Valentine’s Day through history, an international lens and his own unique perspective.“The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her.”-Bob...
View ArticleCan Outrospection Save the World?
We need a revolution of human relationships“When I think of history, I think not of the rise and fall of civilizations, and religions or political systems, I think of the rise and fall of empathy....
View ArticleHyeonseo Lee: My Escape from North Korea
Wilkine Brutus finds parts of himself and his own mother’s story in this riveting video by North Korean activist Hyeonseo Lee.Hyeonseo Lee gave a remarkable TEDtalk speech about her North Korean...
View ArticleOn North Korea’s Threats and the Media
Wilkine Brutus interviews a South Korean and visits the North Korean border.The majority of us in the expat community in South Korea are not fazed by the North Korean threats. We’ve grown quite...
View ArticleAsians Look Alike (And So Do You)
Wilkine Brutus explains why people outside of your race may all look the same to you.Asians look alike. Sure. To the untrained eye, all East Asians (Korean-Chinese-Japanese) look exactly alike. Could...
View Article“Every Child Deserves a Champion”
In the classroom, the smallest acts can take on tremendous significance.“-18 sucks all the life out of you, plus 2 says I ain’t all bad.” -Rita PiersonAsk former students about their favorite teacher,...
View ArticleLife Without Father, Part One: Aspire to Be
Wilkine Brutus is a fatherless son. His coping method involves the relentless aspiration to be a good father someday. Wilkine believes that is healthy revenge. —My Korean students–before entering main...
View ArticleGuantánamo Bay Force-Feeding of Yasiin Bey
How far would you go to bring light to a social issue?Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) was force-fed under standard Guantánamo Bay procedure.What steps would you take to bring light to a social issue? Would...
View ArticleIs Suicide Selfish?
Painting suicide with a general brush is like saying all art looks the same.Rising TV star Lee Thompson Young recently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The social media world shared their...
View ArticleShut Up Introverts: Ambiverts Deserve Attention, Too!
We are Ambiverts. We reject the simplistic introvert/extrovert continuum.“There is no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert. Such a person would be in the lunatic asylum.”~Carl G JungDear...
View ArticleSlut-Shaming is Against the Guy Code
Wilkine Brutus on the recent K-Pop scandal and the need to end slut-shaming.“I want a lady in the streets but a freak in the bed.” -Ludacris (music artist/actor) So you’ve stashed a few compromising...
View ArticleKanye West & Angry Black Men
Wilkine Brutus views the grand social narrative of the angry black man through the lens of Kanye West’s latest interviews.Lurking behind Kanye West’s frequent diatribes about his fashion industry...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: Why the Backlash is Wrong
Wilkine Brutus on how the absurd comments against Mandela are lacking the full scope of context.A typical “but he was a communist” diatribe spewed by a Facebook friend unfortunately occurred after I...
View Article“I Got 99 Problems and Palsy is Just One.”
Wilkine Brutus highlights Maysoon Zayid and her work to show the world that “disability is as visual as race.”—“I got 99 problems and palsy is just one. If there was an oppression Olympics, I would...
View ArticleDonald Sterling vs Black People/Product
For Wilkine Brutus, Donald Sterling’s racist comments reminded him that he does and will continue to exist in a wide shadow.—You can pull your fu*kin’ pants up, have a clean shaved head, wear an...
View Article45 Things I Love About Women
Wilkine Brutus with a quirky and subjective list of the things he loves about women.—We love the battle of the sexes. Every country is utterly fascinated by the differences between males and females....
View ArticleFerguson: Black & White Solutions
Here are a few solutions that we can implement to help alleviate the tension between Black and White Americans, and address sociopolitical & economic issues.––– I never expected to return back to...
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