Border Patrol shootings spark concern, calls for greater transparency in probes.
U.S. is shooting sovereign people at the border as if they are not human and they don’t have a right to freedom of movement.
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In “The Warmth of Other Suns,” Isabel Wilkerson documents the sweeping 55-year-long migration of black Americans from the South.
The awesome book documents the migration of African Americans from the South of the U.S. to the North and West of the U.S. once they had the freedom to move after slavery was abolished.
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I love the straightforward honesty of Lee Mun Wah
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As executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, Fania Davis sees programs like hers as part of the way to end the school-to-prison pipeline.
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**Disclaimer: In this article I focus on the fetishization of Asian females. I acknowledge that there are prevalent fetishes of other races and they are just as problematic. I acknowledge that I c…
I love this article and I love it’s title.
Plus it’s an important topic for supporters of racial justice.
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Experts say the situation may be difficult to change because of longstanding cultural and socio-economic factors.
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“The following is a review sheet with answers exactly as sent to the parents of 5th grade students by the social studies teacher at a school near where I live. My analysis and thoughts follow the three centered diamond icons. Be sure to see the last paragraph for my full analysis. ”
It shows a sample of how poor of an education some of our students receive.
At least the topic is being taught though. Some school districts like in Phoenix canceled ethnic studies for fear that the students would become radical.
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Now we have an idea why the U.S. Customs and Border Protection service was keeping secret an independent report of its encounters at the Mexican border. Because it has something to hide.
“…respond to rock throwing with live ammunition across an international border — on 22 occasions in 2012 — strikes us as excessive…”
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“There are plenty of things to celebrate about being American, but being possessed by a blind mania for working yourself into the ground, buying more stuff and mocking people in other countries just isn’t one of them.”
Another reason I’m not gonna buy any product by Ford (the owners of Cadillac).
Ford is the company that intentionally bought lower priced tires from Firestone that they knew were not rated to support the weight of the Ford Explorer. Then, tires started failing, causing rollovers and over 200 deaths.
Now this Cadillac commercial is trying to sell us on how great the U.S. is by bashing other countries.
One line says “We’re the only ones going back up there”, referring to going into space. They can’t even get their bashing correct.
Citizens of 38 countries have flown in space, and China and Russia have current space programs.
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Segment from Democracy Now aired May 13th, 2009 featuring the great Howard Zinn.
Many will not take history classes in college, or even go to college, so children need to learn as much truth about history as they can.
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