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When you just want to eat your steak in peace but you have responsibilities

Wherein a film review of "Independence Day: Resurgence" becomes a reflection on lazy storytelling and treatment of indigenous communities in film, and I segueway into the Matrix.

MCT ReflectionsPlural Possessive10 July 2016diversity, film, ignorance is bliss, independence day: resurgence, indigeneity, indigenous, indigenous communities, indigenous culture, indigenous storytelling, narratives, popular culture, postcolonialism, power dynamics, representation, storytelling, the matrixComment

"Samoa mo Samoa, not Samoa vs Samoa"

By a rough law of averages, most Samoans still place a high priority on the following three things: 1) nuclear and extended family, 2) some form of spirituality, and 3) a principle of service to your fellow people and community. Samoans, like most human beings, are generally an affectionate, generous and loyal sort of people – provided you don’t cross a line.

MCT ReflectionsPlural Possessive21 September 2015alofa, change, conduct, culture, diversity, duty, identity, responsibility, samoa, samoa mo samoa, samoans, serviceComment