Added: microinsults / microinvalidations / microaggressions / microassaults antisemitism misandry
"“Roosevelt needed the support of Southern Democrats for his New Deal programs, and he therefore decided not to push for anti-lynching legislation…though he did denounce lynchings as “a vile form of collective murder”.
Who is the more admirable character, the person who supports lynching because of racist beliefs, or someone who has the presence of mind to call it “vile” and the power to stop the practice, but does nothing for the sake of politics?"
"I don’t play in the oppression Olympics. Yet, I’ve argued that anti-black racism is the fulcrum of white supremacy. This statement has generated some controversy, with some saying I’ve overlooked Native people, and others saying there is a hierarchy of oppressions in which Blacks suffer most.
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While Africans were profiled as animals to justify race slavery, Native Americans were profiled as anti-Christians to justify wars over land and resources. Today’s debates over the dominance of Christianity in our politics echo this history. Religious bigotry continues to drive the expansion of American empire in the form of the war on terror/Islam. And, that war is part of a larger culture “war” that is knocking down rights of LGBT people, women, and religious minorities." 
"Read Tucson Unified School District's objection to assertions made during the interview, and Urrea's response.
The real point is that ethnic studies is not anti-American but is in fact a gateway to American culture for disenfranchised populations who don’t always know how to access that culture." 
"I want to make a difference in this world. Therefore:
I strive to improve race relations. ...
I recognize the people who have made it possible for me to affirm my multiracial identity. ...
I must fight all forms of oppression as the oppression of one is the oppression of all. ...
(CLICK TITLE for whole oath)
Copyright 2004, Maria P. P. Root" "A commentator recently asked us here at MT whether pointing the finger at racism will ever make it disappear. It’s a fair question and deserves a good answer. "
"Blackness is the Fulcrum continues to be, by far, the most read post on Race Files. Many of the conversations I’ve had about it begin with the assumption that Asian Americans are less likely or even unlikely to step up on issues of racial justice."
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"...I found myself working on what many perceive to be “Black” issues – countering vigilante white supremacist groups, fighting the drug war and advocating for criminal justice reform, even teaching at a school for activists in Appalachia and the Deep South." "A video about Samasource a social enterprise that gives work to impoverished people around the world, founded in 2008 by Leila Chirayath Janah to bring dignified, computer-based work opportunities to people living in poverty around the world. The organization's mission is based on the belief that poverty can be alleviated by tapping into the brainpower of the poor and empowering them as producers of goods and services in the global economy. Samasource secures contracts from enterprise customers to provide data entry, digitization, content moderation, and other outsourcing services. The work is divided into smaller tasks called "microwork" which are completed by Samasource's distributed workforce. This workforce comes from Service Partners in 6 different countries including Haiti, India, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, and Uganda.
Samasource is a registered 501(c) non-profit headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Cameron and Mitchell, anyone?... Robert Reich discusses the misconceptions between Public & Private Morality. 
"BARRIOZONA The legal battle over SB 1070 has reached the highest court of the U.S. Supreme Court justices will decide who really holds preemtion over immigration laws. Activists in Phoenix, the heart of the struggle demonstrated againts this law." 
Oksana Makar bravely told from her hospital bed in Donetsk how she was raped, strangled and burned by three men in a savage attack which stripped off 55 per cent of her skin. Via Alexandra Herazo Ferrer |
"The research, to be released on Saturday, found that 54 percent of Asian American teenagers said they were bullied in the classroom, sharply above the 31.3 percent of whites who reported being picked on.
The figure was 38.4 percent for African Americans and 34.3 percent for Hispanics, a government researcher involved in the data analysis told AFP. He requested anonymity because the data has not been made public." 
"But if you look hard enough, there it is, written in the tears of those who wait for the return of the nearly 900,000 Black men in U.S. prisons. It is drawn with the stories of those pushed off the welfare rolls when assistance turned to punishment. And it is plain in the persecution of undocumented immigrants and Muslims, and the resentment and bullying of Asian school children because of the lie of the model minority.
The color line is as vivid as ever if we only have the eyes to see it. Erasing it will require us to first ask the question, on which side do we stand?" 
The Lovings at their Central Point home in southeastern Caroline with their children, Peggy, Donald and Sidney, in 1967. The last U.S. couple to fight the legal battle to marry outside their phenotype / haplotype 
"A person's bravery is significantly increased by the ability to photographically document what is going on around him or her. A protester who can immediately publish on Facebook, Twitter, or other media a photograph of a police officer shoving someone, regardless of the provocation, establishes a prima facie defense to any accusations he or she may be forced to endure." 
Enhance understanding and connection across differences By Mikhail Lyubansky, Ph.D.... 
"No writer understands the border culture between Mexico and the United States more intimately than Luis Alberto Urrea, whose life is the stuff of great novels. Son of a Mexican father and Anglo mother, Urrea grew up first in Tijuana and then just across the border in San Diego. Over the years he has produced a series of acclaimed novels, including The Hummingbird’s Daughter, The Devil’s Highway, and his latest, Queen of America — each a rich and revealing account of the people of the borderlands that join and separate our two nations.
Earlier this year, a number of books were removed from Tucson, Arizona classrooms when the Tucson school district eliminated a Mexican-American studies program on the accusation it was “divisive.” The program included references to Urrea’s work. Urrea talks with Bill Moyers about that episode as he unfolds the modern reality of life on the border."
"I LOVE this! USA Network created an award-winning public service program called Characters Unite, created to address the social injustices and cultural divides still prevalent in our society." 
“If you have the same skin, you can play together but if you don’t have the same skin, you can’t play together.”
~”Kids On Race: The Hidden Picture” with Anderson Cooper
VIDEO 
My suggestions to follow for consistent information on Human Rights and Social Justice. "Leila Janah is the founder and CEO of Samasource, an award-winning social business that connects people living in poverty to microwork - small, computer-based tasks that build skills and generate life-changing income. Janah is a frequent speaker on social entrepreneurship and technology, and her work has been profiled by CBS, CNN, NPR, the BBC The New York Times and The New Scientist. She serves on the board of TechSoup Global."
"White supremacy still exists in deed if not in word, and the fact is that we’re not doing much as a society to fix it." 
Someone who may be posing as a police officer is pulling cars over on Mississippi highways and then shooting drivers dead, authorities said. 
It is time to stop denying racism and defending White privilege, distracting and deflecting with “what ifs” and excuses. It is time to demand justice for the Trayvons and the Rekias, not because it could have been one of our sons and daughters--it couldn't--but because it is simply the right thing to do. Via Rexi44 |
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One world for one people. What's missing is dignity and respect.
Thanks for sharing this.