As some already know, I had a challenging year last year. Lost three friends of over forty years in one week. My father and last remaining aunt. Ruptured disc and tumors on my sciatic never. Stage three uterine cancer diagnosis. It’s the cancer thing and the health thing I really…
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Today’s blip in Time Georgia board denies clemency for Troy DavisGeorgia’s pardons board rejected Tuesday a last-ditch plea for clemency from death row inmate Troy Davis despite high-profile support for his claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989. Davis is set to die on…
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America From the Center for American Progress: Jezebel’s sexual lasciviousness, Mammy’s devotion, and Sapphire’s outspoken anger—these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Such representations force African American women to navigate a virtual crooked room…
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View the full film online until October 6. The story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention, is a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal. Better This World follows the radicalization of these boyhood friends from Midland,…
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From Immigration Prof Blog: In an interesting online article in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Robert Castro [pdf] analyzes how imageries based on the historical typification of Indians have been projected onto Latina/o immigrant populations that are in the United States without proper documentation. [He] also explore[s] the…
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From Progressive POC: Is it just me or has there been an uptick in the usage of metaphors, analogies and claims regarding Slavery as it relates to present day people? I can’t help but to notice the prevalence of the topic recently. Maybe it is just because I’ve been doing…
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Today’s blip in Time Poll supports Palestinian state Repeal of gay ban welcomed by civilian partners Amazing time lapse video from the international space station Progressive POC: Slavery in North America (Part I) Today: 9/19: Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America(event will be streamed live) Anti-immigration laws…
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