Month: January 2014

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Tavis Smiley –Podcast Week Three 2014

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Camilo José Vergara – “Harlem: The Unmaking of a Ghetto”

 

In 1970, award-winning photographer Camilo José Vergara took to the streets of Harlem to document the gradual collapse of a community. As he photographed the iconic New York district over the next 43 years, Harlem evolved from a decaying ghetto into a thriving multicultural neighborhood. Vergara joins us to discuss his latest volume of photography, “Harlem: The Unmaking of a Ghetto”. Copyright Jose Camilo Vergara, from Harlem: The Unmaking of a Ghetto, published by the University of Chicago Press. All rights…

 

Jeanne Theoharis – “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks”

Civil rights icon Rosa Parks didn’t make national headlines until she refused to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955, but she had already spent years in an often dangerous struggle for civil rights. Professor Jeanne Theoharis of Brooklyn College at the City University of New York joins us to discuss “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks”, her new biography of the civil rights icon.

 

J. Peter Pham – Cease-fire in South Sudan

This week, a cease-fire was declared in the violent conflict in South Sudan that has left 10,000 civilians dead and 200,000 displaced since mid-December. The question now is whether the fragile peace between the opposing sides will hold. J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, joins us to discuss the conflict.

 

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Treat Us All Like Justin Bieber!!

The Justin Bieber law enforcement experience is a remarkable one. Tell the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and police departments to treat ALL undocumented immigrants with the same sort of consideration and respect.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Click through to sign the petition.

See on act.presente.org

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Three people killed in shooting at the Columbia Mall

Gunfire pierced the Saturday morning bustle at The Mall in Columbia, a gathering place for many in the planned suburban community, sending shoppers racing for cover as two store employees were fatally shot by a man who police said then killed…

See on www.baltimoresun.com

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Michigan GOPer: ‘Herd all the Indians’ to Detroit, build a fence and throw them some corn

A Republican county official in Michigan is in hot water after making racial comments about Detroit, including the idea that the city should be turned into a detention center for “all the Indians.”

See on crooksandliars.com

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Solidarity Is For White Women…In Academia

 

“The professor grabbed my tablet and closed it on my hands while I was opening my document and then proceeded to try to take my tablet from me while one of my hands was sandwiched in between the tablet and the keyboard.  In dismay I responded, …”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Have you ever had a professor grab something out of your hand?

See on redsociology.com

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Woman Beaten To Death Over Photobomb

A Southern California woman faces a murder charge in the fatal beating of a woman outside a Santa Ana night club last weekend.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Allegedly Pham accidently walked in front of a camera.

 

From the video it seems like a mob attacked her.

I’m wondering if this can be considered a hate crime.

 

See on www.huffingtonpost.com

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On Asian American Privilege

 

“The explosion of online race talk about Asian Americans lately is enough to make your head spin. Are we progressive or conservative? Are we rich or poor? Are we privileged or oppressed? And the thorniest of all: are we allies or colluders on the question of anti-blackness?”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I think U.S. groups are still segregated so much that people don’t even know other groups well enough to know them as fellow humans with the same needs, wants, desires and frailties.

 

One thing remains constant though. Everyone knows which group is the largest oppressor, and that many oppressors are equal opportunity oppressors.

See on www.racefiles.com

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How Justin Bieber Got Deported

 

“Or actually, he didn’t.

 

Canadian teenage pop sensation, Justin Bieber, appears to be suffering from “affluenza.” But if he isn’t careful, he will be on a one-way ticket to Canada. 

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The teen superstar is here on a temporary visa, an O-1, which is usually reserved for foreign nationals with extraordinary ability. There are several ways in which he can be subject to deportation. While he is in jail, ICE could place a hold on him for his DUI charge in Florida, and take Bieber into custody even before he is convicted of any charges. If Bieber is prosecuted and convicted of the felony charge in California for egging his neighbor’s home, depending on the prison term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can initiate deportation proceedings, and possibly deport him to Canada.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Let me know when the deportation proceedings begin.

 

Otherwise, I see U.S. Double Standards / White Priviledge / Institutionalized Inequity in the Criminal Justice System

See on www.racefiles.com

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Family members, activists demand answers in shooting of unarmed man by HPD officer

Community activists and family members want to know how HPD can justify the shooting death of an unarmed man last week.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

After reading “The Warmth of Other Suns” this kind of violence against Black people sounds like more of the same that has happened since the first Africans were brought to Virginia in 1619.

 

See on www.khou.com

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Celebrating the 85th Birthday of Martin Luther King (Part I)

 

“Violence lies like molten lava beneath the surface of our society, just waiting to erupt. We can choose to be bystanders, cover our eyes and ears, or become pro-active to meet the challenge that Dr…”
See on www.huffingtonpost.com