“The Taínos (tah-EE-noes), commonly called the Arawak Indians, were the main people who lived in the Caribbean when Columbus arrived in 1492. They are the ones he called “Indians”, thinking he was in Asia.”
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“Spanish genocide and disease wiped out 85% of the Tainos. It shocked Europe, even back then. And yet, despite all that – or, rather, because of all that – the Spanish debated whether the Tainos had souls in the Valladolid Debate (1550-1551).”
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There I said it. History. Repeats. Itself. I’ll say it again. History. Repeats. Most historians balk at this notion with a series of well-intended but nonetheless vehement objections. In my experie…
Click through to check the cartoon about immigration:
“History Marches on; Nativism Marches in Place”
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The news is depressing as hell. I am afraid all the time.
See on www.rawstory.com
“Rapper Jay Z, who attended last weekend’s “Justice For Trayvon” rally in New York City, has spoken out for the first time on the George Zimmerman verdict wi…
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UPDATE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FVZEpYiLI “A Texas woman and her niece are suing a pair of Texas state troopers and the director of the Texas Depart…
Like Cenk Uygur says, what’s the greater violation, being felt up and raped or possessing a joint of marijuana?
The is another example of the “freedom and liberty” we have in the U.S.
The police have the “freedom and liberty” to violate citizens.
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Formal apology for colonial era mass killings comes ahead of state visit by the Dutch prime minister to Jakarta.
People from the Netherlands (Dutch) claim to be among the happiest people in the world (page 23). This is how happy people behave? Invade another country and massacre people?
Or, the Dutch were not happy in 1949? (highest period of European racism)?
See on www.aljazeera.com
A performance packed documentary about Sanchez, poet, activist and seminal figure in the Black Arts Movement. Still going strong at 79.
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A Long Beach Police officer seen beating an unarmed man remains on duty while the department looks into the incident.
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Maria Hinojosa takes us through the lessons Latino USA has learned in twenty years of covering issues related to immigration. Photo courtesy Flickr …
Maria Hinojosa explains that the term “undocumented” should be replaced with RPI “Registered Provisional Immigrant”
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