The public intellectual meets pop culture

Hi all, This may seem a bit tangential, but it resonates with me because much of what we're trying to do as we develop courses (or, at least, I'm trying to do as I develop my content) is teach our students how to recognize and navigate an oppressive society while we're trying to recognize and navigate the same thing ourselves. Kao Kalia Yang, Hmong author from St. Paul, wrote the following opinion piece for Monday's Star Tribune. Read the comments section, if you dare, to see a prime example of the challenge we all can face in articulating a critical perspective in a public domain: http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/119214304.html