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Xicana Nican Tlaca Rising

 

I come from Texas. I am indigenous. I am Xicana. I am Nican Tlaca. We might not remember her indian names any more but Texas was and is holy land.

 

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The version of American “history” that is socially programmed is one of the most powerful tools of colonialism that persists today. Labels like “immigrant” to describe indigenous peoples across Cemanahuac (the “Americas”) are a great example of the great wasichu crime against our humanity and connection to the earth.

 

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Source: xicanachronicles.com

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Making Light of Slavery?

 

Recently in the Texas History class I am teaching a student shared an example of how two friends would quasi reenact an enslaved, enslaver situation at the place where they work. The White person would tell the Black person “get to work” and so on.
This student followed up in an email asking my thoughts: “How do you feel about that though, specifically, making a joke out of slavery? Do you think it’s offensive, ignores the plight of the enslaved, or perhaps something I/we haven’t considered? Or is it okay, diminishing the detrimental effects on the psyche of the African Americans by satirizing it?”
I asked if I could have time to think about it and “reply” here. This student said yes, so here goes.

 

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Source: andrewpegoda.com

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Does race shape Americans’ passion for guns?

 

You can’t talk about guns in America without talking about race, scholars say

 

Source: www.cnn.com

 

The fear of men of color with guns started early in America with the slaughter of Native-Americans and the oppression of enslaved Africans.

 

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Click here to Receive Reparations or Pay Reparations for Oppression, Stolen Land, or 246 Years of Enslavement

 

Hi,

My name is Glenn Robinson and I have been inspired by Damali Ayo’s National Day of Panhandling for Reparations .

I run a blog called Community Village and another called Oppression Monitor. I thought these would be perfect places to ‘panhandle’ for donations that can be paid right back out.

I will use these funds to pay out reparations and use 33 cents from each transaction to maintain the payment system.

You can test our beta versions here:

Reparations through Oppression Monitor

Reparations through Community Village

You can also check the accounting

Thank you!

 

Source: www.gofundme.com

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National Day of Panhandling for Reparations

 

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Source: reparationsday.com

 

Genius damali ayo does it again.

 

I suggest a team of two. One for each sign.

 

REPARATIONS

for

ENSLAVEMENT

ACCEPTED HERE

 

and

 

REPARATIONS PAID HERE

 

 

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Fox’s “Cashin’ In” Cashes In on Japanese Internment

 

“Yeah, you read that headline right. Over the weekend, Eric Bolling, the host of Fox News’ Cashin’ In went to Michelle Malkin-land and justified criminal profiling of Muslims based upon the notion that sending pretty near every Japanese American on the U.S. mainland (120,000+ people) and not a few in Hawai’i to prison camps in WWII contributed to the success of the U.S. war effort. According to Bolling, “we know how to find terrorists among us: profile, profile, profile.”

Doubling down on that sentiment, panelist Jonathan Hoenig said:

…Let’s take a trip down memory lane here: the last war this country won, we put Japanese-Americans in internment camps, we dropped nuclear bombs on residential city centers. So yes, profiling would at least be a good start…

I know this view of Japanese American internment (not to mention killing at least 80,000 civilians with atomic bombs that also poisoned tens of thousands more for years afterward) is meant to drum up controversy; to lift ratings. But for the sake of those of you who, like me, have friends and family members who take the info-tainment on Fox seriously, here are a few facts to consider.

 

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Source: www.racefiles.com

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Notes towards a Chicano history of the US

 

Schools in the US teach a White or Anglo American history of the country. Because of White guilt it is full of lies, half-truths and stuff left out. There is much to learn and unlearn:

 

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Source: abagond.wordpress.com

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Washington University Libraries Builds Ferguson Digital Archives

 

HT Steven Riley @mixed_race

 

“The library at Washington University in St. Louis is building a digital repository called “Documenting Ferguson.” The collection will provide the community with a space to save the media they’ve captured since the death of Michael Brown.

 

The online collection is open for anyone to contribute material.The archive will accept photos, audio, video, and written stories.”

 

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Source: news.stlpublicradio.org

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Malcolm X’s Daughter Exposes Farrakhan (The Extended Clip)

 

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan admits in a 60 Minutes interview and reported on CBS Evening News that his incendiary rhetoric played a role in the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X.

 

Source: www.youtube.com

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Brother Malcolm The Prophet Speaks [VIDEO]

 

In the early 1960s, Minister Malcolm X gave a speech about the problem of unlawful police actions against black people in America. This is a powerful message concerning police brutality that continues some fifty years later.

 

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Source: thoughtprovokingperspectives.wordpress.com