If you’ve been on social media today, you’ve likely seen footage of a smirking, young Trump supporter appearing to mock a Native American drummer in Washington, DC during yesterday’s Indigenous Peoples March. If the Native American man in the video looks familiar to those of you who, like me, live in Ypsilanti, Michigan, it’s because […]
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Omaha tribe elder Nathan Phillips of Ypsilanti is mocked by young Trump supporters in Washington, DC
Posted in Civil Liberties, Photographs, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged anti-abortion, Black Hebrew Israelites, border wall, Catholic, Chris Stranad, Covington, Donald Trump, Doug Coombe, Eastern Michigan University, Indigenous Peoples March, Kentucky, Little Rock Nine, MAGA, March for our Lives, Nathan Phillips, native american, Nick Sandmann, racism, Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, veterans, Vietnam War, xenophobia 536 Comments
Discussing how deep cuts to mental health care services will impact the poor of Washtenaw County, EMU’s decision to drop their controversial mascot, local ice cream, and the music of Craig Johnson… on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack
The Saturday Six Pack is back on the air this Saturday… Among other things, we’re going to be discussing access to mental health resources in Washtenaw County, where it’s rumored that as many as 90 mental health care workers could be losing their jobs over the next several days. While County administrator Verna McDaniel has […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Health, Michigan, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged Community Support and Treatment Services, CSTS, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Go Ice Cream, Greg Pratt, Huron Valley Central Labor Council, ice cream, mascots, Matt Siegfried, Medicaid, mental health, Michelle Lietz, MISSION, Nancy Heine, NASO, Native American Student Organization, Native Americans, Rob Hess, Verna McDaniel, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Community Mental Health Agency, Youself Rabhi 50 Comments
The ugly return of EMU’s racist mascot, injuries on the set of A Prairie Home Companion, and naming the band Farewell Phoenix… on episode 15 of the Saturday Six Pack
This show came together kind of naturally. It all started a few weeks back, when I got an email from local musician J.T. Garfield. He’d wanted to let me know about an incident involving a friend of his, Nathan Phillips, a local Native American man. Phillips, according to Garfield, had just stopped by his house […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged accusations of racism, Back to Ypsilanti, balls, Brigid Mooney, Chris Stranad, Chris Sutton, Cleveland Indians, Dan Richardson, David Yow, David Yow's balls, De-Chiefing, Doug Coombe, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Farewell Phoenix, J.T. Garlfield, Jesus Lizard, Lee Osler, logos, Martha J. Schmitt, Matt Siegfried, Michelle Lietz, Monkey Power Trio, Nathan Phillips, Native American Student Organization, Native Americans, People's History of Ypsilanti, Pete Larson, racism, reface, Six Pack Portrait Project, Skrillex, Wyandots 47 Comments