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Month: December 2013
Mystic massacre
The Mystic massacre (May 26th 1637) was the worst massacre in the genocide known as the Pequot War. White Americans killed 400 to 900 Pequots, mostly women, children and old men. They burned down their main town, Mystic (in present-day Connecticut), killing those who tried to escape. Most were burned alive.
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Jayne Weintraub Does Not Believe Zimmerman’s Story
“Not his story about the domestic violence incident. It’s Zimmerman’s story about February 26, 2012 and why he killed unarmed 17 year-old Trayvon Martin.”
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#DecolonizeHistory: Storytelling & Resistance
“I started writing because there was an absence I was familiar with. One of my senses of anger is related to this vacancy – a yearning I had as a teenager… and when I get ready to write, I think I’m trying to fill that.” –Ntozake Shange
#DecolonizeHistory is about storytelling that disrupts space to present narratives that have been actively silenced or neglected.
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“Colonialism set the foundation for all other ‘ism’s’”
– Krysta Williams
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“Massive Resistance: The White Response to the Civil Rights Movement” – Book Review Series #2
Historians of the Modern Civil Rights Movement of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s naturally tend to focus on the movement’s activism and the variety of forms it took. White segregationists receive much…
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Facebook Killer Derek Medina Indicted, Claims Stand Your Ground
A Miami man accused of killing his wife earlier this year, then posting a pic of her dead body on facebook, plans to use a stand your ground defense, and has been indicted
The white racist guide to reporting crime trends
With all the news stories in America about knockout games in November 2013, we got to see some prime examples of how White Americans report a crime trend. CNN, NBC, ABC and Fox News put the racist …
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From Arizona To Florida, Stand Your Ground Ends In Manslaughter
Cordell Jude charged with 2nd degree murder, convicted of reckless manslaughter, in what is called a “reverse Trayvon Martin” case.
“Two cases, over 2300 miles apart – in Florida and Arizona – are in the web of situations involving stand your ground laws.”
Although this situation was different than the Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman case, in this “reverse” case, the darker “Stand your ground” Cordell Jude was convicted, where the lighter George Zimmerman was not.
A big difference however is that Cordell Jude said something like “I’m gonna get you”, or “kill you”, according to witnesses, where George Zimmerman didn’t say that.