Columbus Day, reconsidered

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Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery

96-Year-Old African-American Woman Denied Voter ID Says Her Experience Now Is Worse Than Jim Crow

96-Year-Old Tennessee Woman Denied Voter ID Because She Didn’t Have Her Marriage License

The following resolution was passed by the Occupy Boston General Assembly on October 8th, 2011 ( Read more... )

Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan: the story behind the photograph that shamed AmericaThis story tells the continuing story of an iconic Civil Rights Movement era photograph. It demonstrates very clearly the pressure that's put on black people to show forgiveness and to prioritize the feelings of white people who claim to have got over their racism ( Read more... )

Plaintiffs try again to halt Murfreesboro mosque constructionThis protest has been happening for over a year. The protesters, I think, were influenced by the protests in New York about the Muslim community center proposed for a location near the site of the former twin towers. I don't think it's insignificant that the Murfreesboro protest is also ( Read more... )

Some of you may have noticed comments I've been making about the situation in Alabama since the state legalized racial profiling.

Here is the first actual article I've found on the subject of the widespread effect this is having on the state. Naturally it hasn't been getting the coverage it should ( Read more... )

remember the link between immigration laws (e.g. arizona sb 1070) and for profit detention centers?

and the racial demographics of who is in prison?

if not check here

now add this: US state blames immigration law for farm lossesLeaders of Georgia's vital farming industry blamed Wednesday a draconian new immigration law for labor shortages ( Read more... )

aquaeri writes in a comment:(I also apply the same kind of assumption [of bias toward white privilege] to Google search results, particularly post G+, as G+ users are more likely to be white, male, etc and they can apparently affect search results by what they choose to + or not.)
this kind of thing, here and in wikipedia and the wider world, is the ( Read more... )

Article on Huffington Post As usual, the comments section is poison.

at some point you'll probably run into "global south" or "global north".

[note: i had a good link once upon a time, but i've lost it. if someone has a concise clear link, please add a comment.]
[note2: the links i'm providing are not my first choices for various reasons, but will give you an idea. even the wiki link.]

Global North and Global ( Read more... )