Entries by Robert S. Griffin, Ph.D.

Kinjies and Me

Kinji is a metaphor I’ve used privately and now I’m going public with it.   It refers to realizing that something isn’t what you had been led to believe it was.  “I get it now, that’s a kinji, how about that?” The kinji metaphor, or concept, comes from a writing I did for a personal website […]

 Thoughts Prompted by “Rich Men North of Richmond”: Including One About Celebration

I’ve been especially taken by the “Rich Men North of Richmond” phenomenon that’s so big in the news these days (it’s late August of ‘23).  As you know—no need for a lot of exposition here—it’s a song by a heretofore unknown singer/songwriter who goes by the name of Oliver Anthony.  As The New York Times […]

A Tenth White American Voice

Recently (it’s now January, 2023) I wrote a couple of articles that provide the backdrop for what’s here: “The American Political System and White Discourse”; and “Nine American White Voices.”  The thrust of the two was the suggestion that a possible underpinning for American White racial advocacy is this country’s political and cultural heritage, with […]