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Harsha Walia on Anti-Oppression, Decolonization, and Responsible Allyship

 

Harsha Walia is a Vancouver (coast salish territories) based South Asian community activist organizing in various migrant justice, indigenous solidarity, and anti capitalist, anti colonial movements.

She is speaking at City is a Sweatshop on February 21st, 2009

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Since the start of the economic crisis, we’ve seen workplace raids, handouts to the rich, increased deportation, targeting of migrants and the shattering of social services. On May 2, join the fightback and insist that NO ONE, poor or undocumented, IS ILLEGAL!

 
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In Silicon Valley, even high-achieving schools fail Latinos, report says

When it comes to preparing Latino children for college, some of the most successful school districts in the South Bay and Peninsula post the worst failure rates.

See on www.mercurynews.com

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Rule No. 1: Notice Difference

My son has taken to calling himself Black as he has learned that Black is a culture/ethnic heritage and not necessarily a skin color. At school someone overheard him say, “Cause I’m Black!

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This blog is one of the best I’ve run accross in speaking insightful truth about race relations. Even if you are not a parent or a transracial parent, it’s still a good blog – quality insightful writing from a mom who is a great asset to our community of truth tellers and oppression fighters.

 

In this article she explains that it’s not racist to notice physical difference. However, when someone mentions race when it’s not relevant to the story or when they try to spin the story to demonize a certain group, that is racist.

 

@getgln

See on www.transracialparenting.com

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Community Village Hub

This site has a collection of blogs on the topics of migrant rights, decolonization, human rights, equity, pluralism, intersectionalism, cultural studies and artists who fight oppression.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I updated my home page to be more readable and my about page to be more to the point.

 

@getgln

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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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See on decolonization.wordpress.com

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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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Mumia Abu-Jamal “Some Who Feel No Reason For Thanksgiving”

“Some Who Feel No Reason For Thanksgiving” To this day, I can hardly bear to think of that quintessentially American holiday—Thanksgiving. When I do, however, I do not dwell on Pilgrims with wide b…

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a complex and savage tale

IMAGE YOU WERE RELATED to one of the most notorious Indian killers in American history. Now, imagine you were also related to some of those Indians. You can now begin to understand the traumatic ba…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Happy Thanks-Taking.

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College President Says He ‘Failed’ Black Student In Hate Crimes Case

 

“By failing to recognize the meaning of a Confederate flag, intervene earlier to stop the abuse or impose sanctions as soon as the gravity of the behavior became clear, we failed him. I failed him,” Qayoumi said in the statement.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I’m not sure how the president of a U.S. university does not know the meaning of the Confederate flag???

 

Also, a fourth SJSU student has been charged with a hate crime in this incident.

 

@getgln

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