“In the wake of the #AsianPrivilege response hash-tag to #NotYourAsianSidekick and #BlackPowerYellowPeril, it appears as if (among other misguided ideas) there is a prevailing notion out there that, in contrast to other minorities, Asian Americans “lack a history of resistance” (or that we think we do), and that this invisibility and dearth of civil rights history actually confers upon the Asian American community a form of racial privilege.
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Two women shot to death by a man at an Elkhardt, Indiana, grocery store may have known their attacker, police said Thursday.
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Transgender actress and “Orange Is The New Black” breakout star Laverne Cox is currently co-producing an important and compelling new documentary about the life and incarceration of CeCe McDonald.
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Feminism was created as the means for white women to gain the same stolen and genocidal fruits of male dominated white supremacy.
If feminism = pro women’s rights. All women (regardless or race or time) who respect themselves and all men who love women are feminists.
The concept of women’s rights existed before the English word ‘feminist’ and before the books on feminism were written.
feminism: the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.
Feminism will overlap with racism, but that doesn’t mean that feminism is bad. It means racism that exists within feminism is bad.
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Is violence on the streets caused by violence in video games? Do hip-hop lyrics increase misogynistic and homophobic behavior? Are teens promiscuous because of what they see in movies?
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The Trayvon Martin case has brought scrutiny to Florida’s stand your ground law. The Tampa Bay Times finds the self defense law has been invoked more than 200 times since 2005.
Here’s a database of over 236 cases of Stand Your Ground in Florida.
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At Least 194 Children Have Been Shot to Death Since Newtown The NRA says arming more adults will protect kids—but most are killed at home, our investigation shows, often with unsecured guns. You’ve…
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“In the first hour of our special two-hour conversation on poverty in America, panelists Sasha Abramsky, Jessica Bartholow, Greg Kaufmann, and Amy Sosa discuss efforts to increase the minimum wage, the role of organized labor in easing poverty, sporadic employment and long-term unemployment, cuts in SNAP benefits, and the demonization of the poor, among other topics.”
“Our special two-hour conversation on poverty in America with panelists Sasha Abramsky, Jessica Bartholow, Greg Kaufmann, and Amy Sosa concludes with more discussion of the issues and personal stories surrounding poverty in America, 50 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty initiatives.”
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