From People of Color Organize: In October 12, 1492 the real war against terror, waged by the indigenous people of the continent now called the Americas, began. It has not ended in the 519 years since. On that day some European named Christopher Columbus washed up on the shores of…
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From Crunk Feminist Collective: I want to be in solidarity with Slutwalk. I really do. But my knees are getting weak. It’s inspiring to see women coming together to protest the all-too-real threat and reality of rape and to reclaim our right to define and exercise our respective sexualities outside…
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People of Color Organize has an excellent synopsis of the credibility gaps inherent in the the Occupy Wall Street protests. White leftist activists should take care to listen carefully. From People of Color Organize: It’s been said in comments on People Of Color Organize! as well as on the streets…
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Sunday Blip in Time Unemployed seek protection against job bias Steve Jobs was an Arab-American (h/t: amazinggrace) Why we need to be more accepting of humanized lab animals† Ingraham: Cain Would Be First Real Black President Because Obama Has White Relatives Drilling in the Arctic: Perspectives From an Alaska Native…
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Last Friday, the Hyde Amendment turned 35. From the Center for American Progress: [Last week] the Hyde Amendment, which bans Medicaid coverage of abortion with few exceptions, turns 35 years old. Not even its sponsor, Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), could have imagined its unfortunate success. In its three and a…
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I know for many DWB stands for Driving While Black. Today for the purposes of this blog DWB stands for Dating While Black. For many DWB is a pretty serious matter. It can be a mess out there. For real. Hit it and quit it. Hit and run Same difference.…
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From NYT: Mark Melvin, who is serving a life sentence at Kilby [Correctional Facility in Alabama], filed suit in federal court against the prison’s officials and the state commissioner of corrections, claiming they have unjustly kept a book out of his hands. […] Last September, [Melvin’s lawyer, Bryan Stevenson,] sent…
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Today’s blip in Time On Occupy Wall Street from a Native American woman (h/t: Kay Whitlock) More Americans Facing Hunger and Food Insecurity The People to D.C.: Do You Represent Us or the Banks? Fred Shuttlesworth: Civil Rights Lion Derrick Bell, Law Professor and Racial Advocate, Dies at 80 Alabama…
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