Category: Pop Culture
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MAMP Podcast Episode #3: “K-Pop is Everything”
On episode #3 of the My American Meltingpot podcast, we’re doing a deep dive into the world of K-Pop. Korean popular music has taken the world by storm, and 2018 was the year K-Pop went mainstream in the United States. On this episode, I’m joined by Billboard K-Pop columnist, Tamar Herman and teen K-Pop fan,…
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What Do You Get When You Whitewash the Three Kings? Santa Claus!
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I was wondering… why in the United States does a jolly, old, white man in a red suit deliver presents on Christmas Day instead of the three Wise Men or the Three Kings as they’re also known? After all, Christmas is supposed to be a celebration of Jesus’ birthday. So much of…
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Black People Made America Great in 2018
Hello Meltingpot Readers, It’s officially December, the last month of the year. That means it’s time for people to start making those “The Year that Was” lists. They’re going to look at all of the major milestones and big moments from the last 11 months and try to figure out what 2018 was all about.…
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Five Great Gift Ideas that Say Meltingpot not Materialism
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I don’t know about you, but I almost slapped my calendar this morning for telling me that tomorrow is the first day of December. I’m not ready! December almost always fills me with a feeling of dread because of the obligation to buy friends and family members presents for the holidays. The…
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RIP Stan Lee: The Man Who Brought Color to Comics
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I’m going to be honest, I’m not really a comic book fan, (although I did read a lot of Archie comics as a kid). But because I have two sons (and a husband), over the years I’ve come to appreciate the genre. Not surprisingly, as I delved into the comic world, I…
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Animated Arrogance: The Problem with The Simpsons’ Apu
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Are any of you Simpsons fans? I’m talking about the animated series that has been on the air since 1989 and holds the record as the longest running American sitcom on television. I’m not a fan, simply because I never found the humor on that show funny. Instead, I found it hurtful,…
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Terrence Trent D’Arby and the Soundtrack of my Identity
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Last night I was deep diving into my music-loving past, trying to find music that moved me. I was looking for samples of the type of music that conveyed a certain feeling and mood to send to the composer who is working on the theme song for the new My American Meltingpot…
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American History Is Not Defined by Hate
Hello Meltingpot Readers, This morning I hardly feel like writing. My heart is so heavy and my mind is so distracted by these horrible acts of violence that have taken place in the last few days. Two Black people were gunned down at a grocery store in Kentucky. Eleven people were executed while worshipping at…
