Some guy once told me he was proud to be white. But “whiteness” was never a culture — it was manufactured as a team sport by the people in power. In this episode of Park Bench Ontology, I break down how the invention of whiteness became a tool of control, division, and identity politics that still shapes our world.

This is existential comedy for the collapse: part history, part philosophy, part absurd truth-telling.

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Tony Soprano’s panic attacks aren’t just mob stress — they’re existential dread. In this episode of Park Bench Ontology, we dive into Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death and how it explains Tony’s breakdowns, projection, and the absurd ways people cope with mortality.

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Uncolonized is Evolving…

New Season. New Ontology.

From Uncolonized → Park Bench Ontology

For years, Uncolonized has been our space to challenge culture, identity, and power. That work isn’t ending — it’s mutating.

We’re evolving into Park Bench Ontology: a lo-fi philosophy podcast about collapse, comedy, and the strange theatre of being human. Think zine-brained philosophy meets Adult Swim absurdity — sitting on the park bench, staring at capitalism’s weird machinery, and laughing so we don’t scream.

The first episode drops 22/09/25. It’s called "For the Love of Don Rickles." I discuss insults, comedy, and death.

Same feed. New lens.

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