...not forget -- ended hopes of true democracy in America for another century. In our own era, fear of black crime has filled our prisons with black men sentenced with laws that are blatantly tilted by race. That fear has allowed cities like New York to resort to violations of constitutional rights on a grand scale through stop-and-frisk laws. We know that advancement is not inevitable and that the...
... By Elaine Low Eating disorders are often seen as a “white woman’s issue,” she says, a stereotype reflected in the lack of research on this topic among women of color. And interestingly, race not only ties in to how eating disorders are portrayed, but also how they develop. From the Asian American clients she sees at her private practice in Urbana, Ill., Mok discerns a common theme that...
This post is a continuation of the last one that I posted about the rape of Native women (trigger warning applies for that post as well) . Also from 2007, it describes in much more detail the legal...had no idea" is not an adequate response and is in fact pretty fucking insulting when discussing a people who have been by and large erased from contemporary dialogues. Don't fucking do it, please.
Maze of Injustice was an Amnesty International study done in 2007 on sexual violence against Indigenous women. There was a follow up study in 2008 that is available on their website in PDF form. Sexual...from their genocide and displacement (see also: every non-Native presently living in North America), commenting only to acknowledge your own ignorance to their suffering is a slap in the face.
Ok, so I've posted a lot about the phenomenon that is the hipster headdress (see here , here , and here ), but I've never really broken it down as to why this trend is so annoying and effed up. A lot...fail all over the comments re: warbonnets traditionally being reserved for men. That doesn't make white women "reclaimining" them, especially in the name of feminism, even a little bit OK.
Yoli somewhat presciently noted that I was unlikely to want to see Wo Ai Ni Mommy. And yet I did. What can I say, it is on the internet. I’m much more likely to watch a documentary if I don’t have to...commands as “choices” quite a bit: Say you’re sorry or go to your room! The little girl notes in one case that she didn’t have a choice. And she never really did. Read the rest at Resist Racism.
First Australian Aboriginal in House of Representatives An Aboriginal man has won a seat in Australia's House of Representatives, becoming the first indigenous person to do so in the country's history...but went on to win four elections in his own right. And Aden Ridgeway represented New South Wales in the senate from 1999 to 2005. Source Mods: Can we have a tag for Australia, please? :D
