Alexie, a Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Indian, mentioned the Anchorage 5th Avenue mall. Apparently, he'd wandered the downtown shopping center with his wife and felt the place reeked of racism. The way shoppers scrutinized the couple. Alexie then leaped from racism to the Diane Benson-Linda McCarriston incident. To Alexie's credit, he advised the adversaries to settle their differences privately but then followed with demeaning remarks about the poem.
Campus is a place to air controversial ideas without fear of reprisals.
Even worse, kiss off any creative ventures. Devote your natural abilities to more positive and creative endeavors. I shared the theater with maybe 10 other watchers. This Sundance Film Fest award-winning flick isn't your usual blockbuster. That it's even screening in town is somewhat of a coup.