June 2011
25 posts
Arundhati Roy and why she no longer condemns... →
renguray:
“If you’re an adivasi [tribal Indian] living in a forest village and 800 CRP [Central Reserve Police] come and surround your village and start burning it, what are you supposed to do? Are you supposed to go on hunger strike? Can the hungry go on a hunger strike? Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when you have no audience? People have the...
10 Conversations On Racism I'm Sick of Having With...
10 Conversations On Racism I’m Sick Of Having With White People
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The following are 10 conversations that I would be happy never to have with white peepul ever, ever, ever again. While there are countless others, these are at least 10 that I’m...
Bronx Urban Farm Tours!! ALL BOARD!
*Round-trip trolley service leaving from Manhattan!!* All aboard for a narrated group tour of some of the borough’s most amazing working farms, where community farmers tend to their plots of land, micro-entrepreneurs harvest honey, and chickens roam freely. (See attached for official...
“In my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be...”
– Paul Robeson (via afrosoul)
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Beautiful Afrique: Sadza →
beautiful-afrique:
Sadza is the staple food cooked widely Zimbabwe. The most common form of sadza is made with white maize. Despite the fact that maize is actually an imported food crop to Zimbabwe, it has become the chief source of carbohydrate and the most popular meal for indigenous people. Locals either…
I LOVE SADZAAA!
Five Fascinating Latinas for Women’s History Month →
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Education against Racism
We need to understand racism in its many forms and realize that race is only a social construct. We must unlearn those prejudices transmitted from earlier generations and break with the racial hierarchy of slavery. After that, we must reach out and educate against racism. We must also distribute educational materials and organize events to spread the message through parents, schools and...
“This explosive growth of charities also means fierce competition for funds as...”
– Live Aid’s corrosive legacy, David Cameron and the UK’s overseas aid budget | Mail Online
too many people view Africa as one country, a festering swamp of torment and trouble, rather than the vibrant, diverse, resourceful and increasingly-successful continent that it is, home to several of the...
Yesterday I went out with friends to go see a friend play the drums with her band at a place which could easily be subject of one of the brilliant criticisms of hipsterism (hipster racism). Upon walking into the bar a young woman pointed at me and shouted in my face ´¡¡afroafroafro!!´. Later on someone I recently met asked if they could touch my hair because ´es como tan raro, tan vacan, tan...
“When Columbus got off the boat, he asked us who we were. We said we’re the Human...”
– John Trudell (Santee Sioux) 