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In the years leading up to World War II, racial segregation and discrimination were constant factors in the daily lives of many in the United States. This Thursday, April 21, we will explore the path towards equal rights from before and after World War II with special guests. Join wherever you are via #livestream to watch the Fighting for the Right to Fight Symposium. 
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Reports of bombings tend to get huge numbers of mentions on social media, but that doesn't always mean a similar level of news coverage.
Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
The short answer is obviously "Yes." Yet, this question brings up other questions about cultural empathy and how 'connected' we might feel to people of other places than our own global neighborhood. This political cartoon-ish map has more truth in it than we might like to admit; it is subtitled 'How terrible it is the the Western world when a tragedy happens in...?'
Questions to Ponder: Does the 'where' influence if we perceive the event as a true tragedy or not (or maybe just the magnitude or importance of the tradegy)? How come? What does this say about us as inidividuals, society, and the media? How can we teach our students in a way to foster more cultural empathy?
Tags: social media, place, culture, political, terrorism, media.
jorden harris's curator insight,
April 4, 2016 9:52 AM
to me it is mind boggling how we can pay more attention to countries with national threats than others especially with ISIS being so prominent which is a war that is going to take help from not only the united states but the other affected countries - J.H 
Logan scully's curator insight,
April 4, 2016 10:11 AM
It somewhat bothers me how that terrorist attacks outside of Europe and North America is pretty much just ignored by the social media while people are sitting in the hospital for crimes in which terrorists and other religious radicalists have done to their area and country.-L.S.
Brealyn Holley's curator insight,
April 7, 2016 10:20 AM
For the question "Do terror attacks in the Western world get more attention than others?" In my opinion the answer would be yes because a lot of the terror attacks in the Western world are bigger and are expected more than terror attacks near us. ~BH
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Matthew Desmond’s new book makes an undeniable case that we need to fix this all-American tragedy. Via Rob Duke, Deanna Dahlsad
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The lynching of Jesse Washington.
Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
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OF THE THOUSANDS of venture deals minted from 2012 to 2014, so few black women founders raised money that, statistically speaking, the number might as well be zero. (The exact number is 24 out of 10,238, or just 0.2 percent.) Of those few that have raised money, the average amount of funding its $36,000. That’s compared to the typical startup, typically founded by a white male, that typically fails. These manage to raise an average of $1.3 million in venture funding. Via Jim Lerman
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TUCSON, Ariz. - In contrast to enduring stories about extraordinarily high rates of alcohol misuse among Native Americans, University of Arizona researchers have found that Native Americans' binge and heavy drinking rates actually match those of whites. The groups differed regarding abstinence: Native Americans were m..
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For 400 years, Black people were living in a culture where their pain, their culture, and their art were appropriated and sanitized for white consumption, or, more often, shut out of the narrative entirely, replaced by racist caricatures or rendered invisible. For 400 years, the stories of Black people on this continent were untold, belittled, or made the tools of white narrative and white profit.
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The quiet seamstress we want on our $10 bill was a radical active in the Black Power movement.
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An Asian female student at a California college campus was shot down by members of a safe space group for … Continue reading →
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Black Live Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors coined the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag. (photo via laweekly.com) Via Community Village Sites
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Among the more than 160,000 men who stormed the beaches of France on June, 6, 1944, there was 1 combat battalion of African Americans. Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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Gillian Laub’s potent images of racially segregated proms brought Montgomery County’s ‘dark secret’ into the open. Southern Rites, her new HBO documentary, details the town’s triumphs and tragedies in confronting its difficult history
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This is indefensible. Here are 13 figures that illustrate how bad health care access for women of color in our country really is.
Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
Sober up, America. Read the facts – then push-back against the politicians who harm women.
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On June 30th, 1973, Alberta Williams King was gunned down while she played the organ for the “Lord’s Prayer” at Ebenezer Baptist Church. As a Christian civil rights activist, she was assassinated...just like her son, Martin Luther King, Jr. Via bobbygw, Deanna Dahlsad
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Black History Month aims to celebrate the achievements of African American icons who have changed the course of history, but not all are afforded the same recognition. Via bobbygw
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Are baseball umpires racist? Are ministers motivated by money? Christopher Parsons teases important economic lessons from unlikely sources.
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A symposium at Harvard Business School delved into intersectionality—the seemingly obvious yet complex idea that gender interacts with other axes of inequality such as race, age, class, and ethnicity.
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If you're reading this, you probably have some privileges, which you're not aware that you have most of the times. What's more, probably you think so many things are for grantes: such is the nature of privilege.
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Just like Michael Brown, comedian and commentator W. Kamau Bell is six feet four inches tall. And he knows it. Via Community Village Sites
Community Village Sites's curator insight,
December 2, 2014 5:44 PM
In a heavily armed country like the U.S. men, and boys need to watch every move they make. Where their hands are, what color is the object in their hand, how suspiciously are they walking, too fast, too slow.
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The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 scandalized a nation still fighting the Civil War and planted seeds of distrust and sorrow among Native Americans that endure to this day. A personal investigation.
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With a long-awaited executive order, President Barack Obama is set to announce sweeping changes in how the U.S. government treats millions of immigrants who are in the country without authorization. Now it's time for all Americans to change how they talk about them.
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A huge hit upon its release, the 1949 musical South Pacific still resonates with contributors to The Race Card Project — particularly a song about how prejudice is learned, not innate. Via Jocelyn Stoller
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Colorful Prism Of Racism
Racism past and present. Companion to http://www.kitsch-slapped.com/category/colorful-prism-of-racism/
Consumption Junction
Consumerism meets marketing; who & what manipulates the free market of goods & services. See also: http://www.kitsch-slapped.com/category/ze-big-mouth-promotions-stuff/
Crimes Against Humanity
From lone gunmen on hills to mass movements. Depressing as hell, really.
Cultural History
The roots of culture; history and pre-history.
Dare To Be A Feminist
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In The Name Of God
Mainly acts done in the name of religion, but also discussions of atheism, faith, & spirituality.
Kinsanity
Let's just say I have reasons to learn more about mental health, special needs children, psychology, and the like.
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Mostly vintage and retro "badness" but you can decide how delicious it is. http://www.kitschy-kitschy-coo.com/blog/
Nerdy Needs
The stuff of nerdy, geeky, dreams.
Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic
The meaning behind the math of the bottom line in publishing and the media. For writers, publishers, and bloggers (which are a combination of the two).
Sex Positive
Sexuality as a human right.
Vintage Living Today For A Future Tomorrow
It's as easy to romanticize the past as it is to demonize it; instead, let's learn from it. More than living simply, more than living 'green', thrifty grandmas knew the importance of the 'economics' in Home Economics. The history of home ec, lessons in thrift, practical tips and ideas from the past focused on sustainability for families and out planet. Companion to http://www.thingsyourgrandmotherknew.com/
Visiting The Past
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