Month: November 2013

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Texas cop arrested for handcuffing and raping 19-year-old at traffic stop

Texas cop arrested for handcuffing and raping 19-year-old at traffic stop (via Raw Story )

A 40-year-old police officer in San Antonio, Texas is facing charges of felony sexual assault after a 19-year-old woman accused him of handcuffing and raping her during a traffic stop over the weekend. According to an arrested warrant obtained by the…

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The ‘Knockout Game’ Is A Myth

Video from around the world has been edited together to make it appear as though there is a “new” game among African-American youth called “The Knockout Game.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Click through to see the 19 minute video which has been edited down from a one hour and five minute video.

 

After reading The New Jim Crow, I can really connect the dots with what mass media does to demonize black people.

 

European-Americans make up 70% of the U.S., but how often does mass media make a demonizing news segment out of the behavior of a single European-American in the way that this story does.

 

When a European-American shoots up a school or theater, the media doesn’t say that it’s a new mass shooting game.

 

The U.S. seems to have a difficult time acknowledging that any individual can need mental health care. And we know that there can be numerous road blocks in accessing a psychologists. One needs insurance, time and transportation to even begin the process, and poverty makes all three of those hoops more difficult to get through.

 

@getgln

See on ronaldjacksonglobal.blogspot.com

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Brené Brown: Listening to shame

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I hate being shamed, and yet I’ve noticed that parents try to make their children feel ashamed when they do something wrong :/

 

Is shaming a form of oppression?

 

@getgln

See on www.ted.com

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College President Says He ‘Failed’ Black Student In Hate Crimes Case

 

“By failing to recognize the meaning of a Confederate flag, intervene earlier to stop the abuse or impose sanctions as soon as the gravity of the behavior became clear, we failed him. I failed him,” Qayoumi said in the statement.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I’m not sure how the president of a U.S. university does not know the meaning of the Confederate flag???

 

Also, a fourth SJSU student has been charged with a hate crime in this incident.

 

@getgln

See on www.huffingtonpost.com

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This App Demonstrates What It’s Like To Be Undocumented

When Erick Garcia first talked to VOXXI two weeks ago about participating in a hackathon hosted by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s advocacy group FWD.us, he confessed he was nervous.

See on www.huffingtonpost.com