“The flipside of conditional privilege is resistance and struggle.”
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Latinas vastly underrepresented in elected offices
A new report by the group, LatinasRepresent shines a light on the underrepresentation of Latinas in elected offices. The data show that Latinas represent just 1 percent of elected officials nationwide…
Community Village‘s insight:
2014 – “No Latina has ever been elected to the U.S. Senate”
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“Proud to Be”: NCAI’s answer to the R-word mascot debate
I’ve been sent this video a bazillion times in the last few days, and I think it’s a powerful and important PSA to add to the mascot “debate”*. I’ve watched it a few t…
Community Village‘s insight:
Adrienne’s (from Native Appropriations) take on the National Congress of American Indians video against the R-word.
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#BigGame commercial the NFL would never air
Watch the #BigGame commercial the NFL would never air. Get involved by contacting the Washington Professional Football Team, the NFL and the Washington Post:
DC Team
@redskins
Facebook.com/redskins
http://www.redskins.com/footer/contac…
Roger Goodell & NFL
@NFL
@NFLcommish
https://www.facebook.com/NFL
Washington Post
DC’s hometown paper is still using the R-word in its coverage of the team.
@WashingtonPost
@PostSports
https://www.facebook.com/washingtonpost
Thank you to all of the filmmakers who donated their footage.
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Disturbing Images Show Border Agents Encouraging Children to Shoot at Migrant Effigy
“Use-of-Force Policies Called to Question as the Agency’s Culture of Violence is Unabashedly Taught to Children”
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Harvest of Empire – YouTube
“Harvest of Empire is a gripping documentary that reveals the political and social roots that have driven millions to migrate from Latin America to the United States”
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Kim Nguyen Latest Victim of LAPD’s Olympic Division
This is Kim Nguyen a few moments after she “fell” out of an LAPD patrol car in the early hours of March 17, 2013. Her left bra strap is broken and top of her dress is pulled down to her waist. Her …
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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.”
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Asian American Reflections on Martin Luther King Day
Like many others, my Asian American story begins in war. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, my father was a young man studying in Seoul, and my mother a 13-year-old girl. They both largely insi…
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Man who shot video of Border Patrol arrest of undocumented worker arrested
The man who shot cell phone video showing a Border Patrol agent struggling to arrest an undocumented worker has been arrested.
See on www.10news.com