A California woman says she was asked to cover up while working out at her gym because she was intimidating people.
Community Village‘s insight:
How is really harassing who here?
See on www.cnn.com
Identity
Knowledge Session: Who Are Nican Tlaca people?
Lupita Nyong’o Wins Oscar For Role in “12 Years a Slave”
“Lupita Nyongo’s image was recently altered in Vanity Fair magazine to lighten her skin tone. But as you can see in these photos, she’s absolutely beautiful just as she is. And she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress! ”
Community Village‘s insight:
I love that Nyongo won and that Halle Berry had won for Monsters Ball in a previous year.
But what does it say about the U.S. that Black women only win an Oscar if the role they win for was when they were playing the abused or disrespected Black woman.
Next, I want to see an Oscar awarded to a Black woman for playing a role where she’s not being abused or disrespected.
And a curious double standard in U.S. culture is how the U.S. is mostly modest in terms of covering our bodies, even on the vast majority of beaches. However, these two women only won their awards after their bodies were bared on screen.
Southern States Push Anti-Gay Jim Crow Laws
“Over the past few weeks, Republicans in various state legislatures have been advancing bills that target gay Americans for Jim Crow style discrimination. These laws represent an imminent and grave threat to not only the entire gay community but to the entire idea of a secular society.”
See on theprogressivecynic.com
Who Get’s to Be A POC?: Self-Identifying & Privilege
“The one-drop rule was a construction of a white supremacist colonial system that depended on classifying race in order to protect its grip on power.
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I don’t actually know any “white” person who goes around saying they’re black. But I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that’s not a conversation I necessarily think we should shut down every single time. While they may not carry a “political” experience of blackness, there may be cultural, geographic even gendered, classed or religious reasons why a white person may say “hey, I’m black”.
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I think sometimes we’re too quick to say “nuh-uh, you can’t just come over here and say that. Stay in your box. You can’t understand this pain, you can’t get this identity.” And we play misery poker and shut folks down.
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I know plenty of Latin@s who are definitely “white-presenting”, but who consider themselves POCs because of language, culture, national ties etc. I also know some folks from South Asia and the Middle East (ex: Persians) who are officially considered to be “white/Caucasian” but who consider themselves POCs as a result of their identities as immigrants, as post-colonial subjects or even because of the dramatic shift in how the U.S. viewed people from South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa after 9/11. Marginalization and oppression don’t draw neat little lines and racism is often tied up with classism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia etc. etc.”
Community Village‘s insight:
My highlights from a great article from one of Steven Riley’s (of Mixed Race Studies) favorite blogs, Mixed Dreams, towards a radical multiracial/ethnic movement.
PS: POC means Person of Color
See on mixedreamers.blogspot.com
Janet Mock: I was born a baby, not a boy – CNN.com Video
Janet Mock explains why she was upset with her previous interview with Piers Morgan.
Community Village‘s insight:
Get it right Piers Morgan. Respect trans identity.
Respect for Janet Mock! Nice nice fighter!
See on www.cnn.com
Why This Transgender Teen’s Big Legal Victory Matters
Wayne Maines was in a meeting when he got the call. His daughter, a transgender teenager who had been fighting the state of Maine for years over her right to use the girls’ bathroom at school, had finally won.
Community Village‘s insight:
Five states down, 45 more to go.
“Some jurisdictions (e.g., Colorado, Iowa, San Francisco, New York City, and the District of Columbia), however, have indicated that denying transgender people the right to use a gender identity-appropriate restroom violates nondiscrimination laws. In addition, Washington’s Human Rights Commission states that “transgender employees should be permitted to use the restroom that is consistent with the individual’s gender identity.” Some jurisdictions (e.g., Iowa, San Francisco, and D.C.) make clear that transgender people cannot be required to prove their gender to gain access to a public bathroom, unless everyone has to show ID to use that bathroom. Other jurisdictions (e.g., Chicago) continue to allow businesses to determine whether a transgender patron is given access to the male or female bathroom based on the gender on his or her ID.” –source
See on jezebel.com
Multilingual Coca-Cola ad sparks love
A Coca-Cola ad with “America the Beautiful” in different languages that aired during the Super Bowl has sparked anger.
Community Village‘s insight:
Notice CNN doesn’t say what percentage of the comments were hateful vs what percentage where supportive.
And CNN let’s the “English is the way” guy speak first.
CNN you are part of the problem. You frame the story in a negative light instead of a positive light.
See on www.cnn.com
“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.
See on nativeappropriations.com
#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.
See on www.youtube.com