November 2011
Thousands of Haitian Cholera Victims Sue United... →
blackamazon:
so-treu:
note-a-bear:
freshmouthgoddess:
sonjeayiti:
Attorneys for thousands of Haitian cholera victims have announced a lawsuit against the United Nations for bringing the disease to Haiti and then failing to contain it. Some 450,000 Haitians have been sickened, and more than 6,000 have died, since the cholera outbreak erupted in October 2010. The…
YASS!! i did not know...
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All of you on Twitter
wtfwhiteprivilege:
redlightpolitics:
Racialicious is live tweeting the Q&A with Russell Means about the Lakotah Nation, Thanksgiving and decolonization. The Q&A is also live at Al Jazeera’s stream.
From one of the very recent tweets:
Lakotah men have a life expectancy of less than 44 years, lowest of any country in the World (excluding AIDS) including Haiti.
Oh look. White...
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English is not my native language.
theoceanandthesky:
So everytime I type something wrong or use the wrong word or the wrong tempus or grammar etc. I always get paranoid that someone who has english as their native language, will read what I wrote and spot all the mistakes I made and think, “Is she stupid or something??” or “Damn, her english is horrible, I am never going to speak to her ”.
and this is why criticizing people...
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Angry Black Lady Chronicles » #OWS: The Shocking... →
wildunicornherd:
tl:dr; Naomi Wolf: still full of shit. Examiner.com: still a site where anyone can post anything but it has a newspapery-sounding URL so SJ’ers still reblog the crap out of articles they happen to agree with. Critical thinking: it’s not just for bitter, soulless neo-atheists anymore!
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Police 'killed deaf cyclist with stun gun after he... →
karnythia:
darkpuck:
peak-society:
“A police officer killed an elderly, deaf and mentally disabled man riding his bicycle by shooting him with a Taser stun gun after he failed to obey instructions to stop.
Roger Anthony, 61, was killed as he made his way home in Scotland Neck, South Carolina, after officers responded to a 911 call about a man who had fallen off his bicycle in a car park.
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“On the other hand, people who imagine history flatters them (as it does, indeed,...”
– James Baldwin, “White Man’s Guilt” (via notime4yourshit)
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USPS is not supposed to be profitable.
wildunicornherd:
karnythia:
blackamazon:
sexartandpolitics:
Privatizing the usps would be fine for urban areas but there is no way to turn a profit delivering mail to rural areas without charging prohibitive fees.
*high fives*
I am disturbed at that even being proposed. Folks need mail as long as its SUSTAINABLE why on earth is it in need of profit.
Unless we are now thinking certain...
What Happens When Class Warriors Ignore Race?
blackamazon:
karnythia:
One of the things I think progressives who ignore history don’t understand is that just like racism is taught, so is distrust. Especially in Af-Am households where our parents & grandparents who have lived through Jim Crow, Cointelpro, Reaganomics, & the War on Drugs (better titled the War on Inner City Communities) talk to us early & often about how to stay...
why you need to know about micronesians.
soydulcedeleche:
-they are your new neighbors and fellow residents and citizens.
-they are gorgeous people in every way.
-theyre the newest, biggest immigrant group to the hawaiian islands.
-why? the u.s. was testin nukes out by their islands and blew up their reefs to the point their islands are sinking. they have no choice but to leave their homes to come here.
-their children are being...
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The Social Network is Stalking You →
peecharrific:
A new web feature by USA Today details the ways that Facebook stalks you around the Internet – even when you’re not logged in. Facebook’s tracking methods – in the guise of the innocent seeming “Like” button – record every web site its 800 million-plus members have visited during the previous 90 days, even if you never click on that button, or don’t have a Facebook account.
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So apparently SOPA's not dead...
cruisingwithgunhead:
… and here’s the 29 companies that support it.
Adobe
Apple
Autodesk
AVEVA
AVG
Bentley Systems
CA
Cadence Design Systems
CNC Software – Mastercam
Compuware
Corel
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation
Dell
Intel
Intuit
Kaspersky
McAfee
Microsoft
Minitab
Progress Software
PTC
Quark
Quest
Rosetta Stone
Siemens PLM Software, Inc.
Sybase
Symantec
...
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On a tangent
jaded16india:
Since I am a third world POC MEANIE! images like these only open up new questions before I can get to squeeing how the photographer wants me to:
Was this photo taken with informed consent? I very, very much doubt it.
Who took this photo? Here race and origin doesn’t matter as much as the photographer’s gaze, seen way too many nameless faceless bodies of brown people looking...
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Is this hat for fucking real? →
karnythia:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
xanthophiliac:
kavalierism:
xanthophiliac:
And this site doesn’t even mince words about how it’s a rice paddy hat! And this one even says it ‘sure looks funny’ in the description! Asians and their funny clothes, am I right? And the reviews have gold like someone calling the hat ‘clearly kind of crazy looking’ and someone talking about how they get...
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any group that does not actively SET OUT to be...
jhameia:
deltumbles:
THIS IS REALLY BASIC SOCIAL JUSTICE STUFF, OCCUPIERS. Y U NO DO UR HOMEWORK??
ugh.
Co-sign.
actively is key here
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Don't you just love how black students protesting...
strugglingtobeheard:
Fuck life.
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Dear World
jaded16india:
I know you are very happy about the new UnHate campaign — it’s a good campaign, against intolerance and hate, what’s not to like, no?
Just remember, while Benetton is asking people to Unhate, it is also exploiting third world labour, and actively engaging in inhuman labour practices.
So, let’s call it “Unhate until you do not speak out against our labour practices” okay? Okay.
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Penn State also covered up DEATH threats to BLACK... →
boehnertroll:
This is huge, guys. I can’t even with my school anymore.
Not only did they cover up sexual abuse of children, but they also covered up death threats towards black students. I am ashamed yet again.
strugglingtobeheard:
Massachusetts Senate Votes in Favor Of Three Strike Law: Please Pay Attention/Signal Boost, It’s Important to Object to This!!!
strugglingtobeheard:
Occupy the Hood Boston
11/16 Emergency meeting at State House 10:30 AM - 3 Strikes Law going to House House Roll Call at 11 AM Senate Bill 2059 (formerly S.2054 before being amended) See Bill 2059 for yourself:...
TW: There Are No War Crimes When There Is No War
karnythia:
Wars don’t have incense & drum circles & libraries to shepherd away to safety. You don’t get arrested & get to bond out and go home the next day. Wars are hellish awful things that destroy everything & everyone in their path until one side or another gets tired of the killing or runs out of people willing to die. People starve, they lose limbs, they are raped, they see...
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notime4yourshit:
I dunno why people think a movement dominated by white people, especially white men, is going to bring about substantive change.
For all the Occupy movement’s so called inclusion, POC are still afterthoughts, like shrimp forks at a dinner party. And just like other white dominated movements before them, Occupy folk stay making baseless civil rights comparisons.
It doesn’t...
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Ok cut this shit out Tumblr
karnythia:
cypheroftyr:
Ok, I get it… you want people to be aware of this new law that has everyone turned on their heads about censoring EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET. If you did that there would be no fucking internet left nor any content of value if we couldn’t share things.
Now stop with the alarmist bullshit and let me get back to browsing in peace. All you’ve manage to do is irritate me...
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it seems it's time for a refresher
karnythia:
shewalkslikethunder:
velocicrafter:
when a conversation about race/racism is happening:
1) if you’re white & the conversation is happening amongst POC, don’t step in & try to regulate or play referee. You will only make yourself look like a fool. Trust me on this one.
2) If you’re a non-Black PoC & the discussion is happening amongst Black PoC’s & relates...
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how the fuck are you gonna call it a war crime?
notyourkinddear:
guerrillamamamedicine:
karnythia:
nom-chompsky:
karnythia:
sourcedumal:
nom-chompsky:
like… why the fuck won’t the normal “policy brutality” work?
ows isn’t special. it’s a protest with citizens getting beat up by local cops. happens all the damn time, but this time people are live tweeting it and throwing around geneva goddamn conventions like anyone in the US...
If SOPA passes, the following sites could be...
starkwords:
Tumblr
Facebook
Livejournal
Twitter
The Pirate Bay
Megaupload
Megavideo
Mediafire
Wordpress
Almost any forum site
Tumblr
TUMBLR
TUMBLR
Sign the damn petition
FBI Hate Crime Statistics Report Finds Higher... →
notime4yourshit:
The FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report released today reported that 66.6% of victims of ethnically motivated hate crimes in 2010 were “targeted because of an anti-Hispanic bias” — the highest percentage of such victims in at least the past decade. The remaining 33.4% of victims were targeted because of all other ethnic or nationality biases combined.
Although ethnically...
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uhm. i'm officially "Too Angry" to contribute to...
peecharrific:
LMAO the amount of stupidity in that thread is horrific.
*hugs*. (if wanted).
It’s really horrifying. I’m sorry that the racists there won’t listen to you and the other PoC who are, in no uncertain terms, telling them that their human auction idea is wrong on ALL POSSIBLE LEVELS.
You were right about everything you said. We white folks are failing hard and I...
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Why I used the words cracker, honky and whitey so...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Because after spending a very long time trying to help white allies, using my own free time, a bunch of white people decided to make it all about them and their feelings. They took the list, read it, understood that those things were racist, and proceeded to be racist anyway. There is no arguing with those people. There is nothing but blinding rage.
My rage actually...
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“Here’s what you need to realise about anti-racism: It’s not about you. It’s not...”
– VELOCICRAFTOR (via puggbutt)
masteradept:
Yup!: PLEASE CIRCULATE: If you are arrested at an Occupy Event, call the National Lawyers Guild
coffeeshakes:
anoncentral:
PLEASE CIRCULATE:
If you are arrested at an Occupy Event, call the National Lawyers Guild:
New York City: (212) 679-6018
Los Angeles: (323) 696-2299
Washington, DC: (202) 957 2445
Chicago: (773) 309-1198
San Francisco:…
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An' annuthah thang!
witchsistah:
Fuck that “abstract” or “hypothetical” equality bullshit. If you can only deal with the idea of equality and not the concrete, flesh-and-blood reality, then you are not for equality. If you are okay with folk doing their thing as long as they do it waaaaaaaaaaaay away from you, then you are not okay with those folks. If you are okay with the idea of racial equality but damn near...
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Why Doctors And Patients Talk Around Our Growing... →
brandnewjones:
npr:
In a country with a rampant obesity epidemic, many patients say their doctors don’t spend enough time talking with them about losing weight. But doctors often complain that when they do bring up the issue, nothing changes.
Also, check out our series, “Living Large: Obesity In America”
Maybe it’s because when my doctors have brought it up they sounded like assholes or...
tal9000:
sexandjender:
I’d rather have a sex worker talk to my child about sex than some conservative christian shithead who is going to spread misinformation and make my child believe that you can get breast cancer if you have sex. I’d rather have a sex worker talk to my children about abortion than a conservative christian who is going to tell them lies, lies and more lies. I’d rather have a...
Ohio Governor Signs Bill Restricting Abortion... →
strugglingtobeheard:
fuckyeahchoice:
matsushitayuya:
prolongedeyecontact:
Ohio may have had a lot of victories last night in overturning anti-union bills, but the state that was becoming one of the most unfriendly to workers is still one of the most unfriendly to women and teens looking for help terminating a pregnancy.
Late last week, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed yet another...
The Nubian Witch: "How is racism real? It's just a... →
sourcedumal:
zorascreation:
1. When editors tell Ursula K. Le Guin that featuring her brown-skinned protagonist on the cover art of A Wizard of Earthsea will hurt sales? You know racism is real.
2. When the British publishers of Tamora Pierce’s “Circle of Magic” series feature a light-complected representation of the…
Adding on to this:
-When the Glee fandom sends death threats to Amber...
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If You Are An Ally, Advocate & Hold A Position of...
nuestrahermana:
An Open Letter To Buck Angel:
The fact that you are in a position of power because you are so well known and regardless of whether you like it or not, you have media attention and people look to you as an important voice for the queer community. I am stating this because this is vital to what is happening right now.
It’s offensive and extremely disappointing to watch someone...
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TW: Child murder “It's still legal in Oklahoma to... →
crankyindian:
sexgenderbody:
Foster Child’s Autopsy Results Released(You Tube)
Naomi Whitecrow, a 2-year-old member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes “died of blunt-force injury to the head, abdomen and extremities.”
Oklahoma woman sentenced in child abuse case
An Indiana pathologist ruled the child died of blunt-force injury to the head, abdomen and extremities. A Texas expert testified...
Rules for Being an Ally
fromonesurvivortoanother:
I’ll add more to this later when I can. Currently on mobile so I don’t have rich text for formatting.
Rules for Being an Ally:
You cannot name yourself as an ally. Only other people in the group can.
Being an ally is not a one-time event; it is a constant state of being, and it can be revoked at any time if you do hurtful or problematic things.
You will never be...
TW: Child sexual abuse, molestation Custer Died... →
TW: Child sexual abuse, molestation
karnythia:
I keep seeing people claim that McQueary, Paterno, the janitor who first witnessed Sandusky abusing a child, the President of PSU, etc. did the right thing. But none of them called the police. McQueary didn’t rush in & stop the crime he saw being committed. He called his father &…