December 2011
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1. Prevent the coalition of militant black...
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QWOCMAP FILMMAKER TRAINING PROGRAM →
thegang:
Each year, QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS PROJECT offers 4 free Filmmaking Workshops through our award-winning Training Program. Our workshops serve teenagers to elders. To better serve our community, QWOCMAP has conducted Training Program workshops specifically for youth (ages 18 to 25), queer folks of color who are butch/genderqueer/transgender, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African...
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"I am proud to be white."
eccentricafrochild:
Anyone who says this is trying to antagonize black pride .. or they’re truly racist.
Black pride comes from resistance. Black pride comes from survival. We as a people have endured and are currently enduring rape, torture, racism, inferiority complexes, colonialism, segregation, a biased judicial system and being at the fucking bottom of bottoms. THAT IS what the fuck we are...
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“Black woman. Baad woman.
Wear your bigness on your chest like a badge
cause...”
– Assata Shakur
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“…No group in the world has had more money spent on it to have its genetics...”
– Rediscovering Black History. Review of The Black Book. New York Times Magazine (11 August 1974):14+ Reprinted by the permission of International Creative Management, Inc. Copyright 1974 by Toni Morrison.
from What Moves at the Margin; Selected Non-Fiction Edited and with an Introduction by Carolyn...
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“This is very hard for me to watch. I grew up in a black neighborhood and went to...”
– Le Chele of sisterescape, response to Dark Girls Documentary (via fuckyeahfamousblackgirls)
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“I never believed in Santa Claus, because I knew no white dude would come into...”
– Dick Gregory
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WatchAmerican Gangster: J. Edgar Hoover & Cointelpro (Full episode)
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If you are able and want to do some real good for...
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dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Did you want to do a project for PoC? Do you want to help PoC get into the media? Then support their indie endeavors! I can think of four off the top of my head: Peecharrifica’s nail salon business, for which, I last checked, she needed to raise $3K for. Eshusplayground’s play, which you can read about here. Rosegold’s project, which is a story-game written...
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“Comment 1: I’d be willing to bet money that “Jackie” magazine hasn’t referred...”
– From the comment section: http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2011/12/stop-the-presses-dutch-mag-jackie-calls-rihanna-%e2%80%98ultimate-niggabitch%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comments
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“Comment 1: The editor of the magazine was waaay out of line. With that said,...”
– From the comment section: http://theybf.com/2011/12/19/wow-popular-dutch-magazine-calls-black-girls-like-rihanna-a-niggabtch
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Popular Dutch Magazine Calls Black Girls Like... →
howtobenoladarling:
Eva Kroes, editor of Jackie Magazine which boasts thousands of readers in its circulation and has been around for at least 3 years, decided to use the term “N*ggab*tch” as an article title in the most recent issue in relation to Rihanna and other black women. And had the audacity to use it as though it was a term of endearment.
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NAACP warns Black and Hispanic Americans could... →
ladyhippie:
sati5000:
I’m not sure if it’s amusing or incredibly sad that this headline hasn’t made an appearance in a single one of my American news sources.
I really really wish I had a more articulate response than screams of rage.
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400 Free Online Courses from Top Universities →
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“Black behavior, then has often been fascinating to “scholars” whose various...”
– Rediscovering Black History. Review of The Black Book. New York Times Magazine (11 August 1974):14+ Reprinted by the permission of International Creative Management, Inc. Copyright 1974 by Toni Morrison.
from What Moves at the Margin; Selected Non-Fiction Edited and with an Introduction by Carolyn...
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“It seems that at last black people have abandoned our foolish dependency on the...”
– Toni Morrison. A Slow Walk of Trees (as Grandmother Would Say), Hopeless (as Grandfather Would Say). New York Times Magazine (4 July 1976): 104+. Reprinted by permission of International Creative Management, Inc. Copyright 1976 by Toni Morrison.
from What Moves at the Margin; Selected Non-Fiction...
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Color of Change’s Fight for Progress & The Pell...
There’s a Republican-led proposal in the pipeline that threatens to rob more than 9 million low-income students of the opportunity to finance a college education, and the progressive political activists of Color of Change seek our help in defeating it. It’s common knowledge that higher education costs are skyrocketing, saddling recent grads with unprecedented debt. This new measure backed by...
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“Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism. Her earth...”
– Kwame Nkrumah (via questknowledge)
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“I am here among you today looked upon as one of the most brutal men before the...”
– C.J. Miller, His last words before he was lynched for a crime he absolutely did not commit (Bardwell, Kentucky -1893)
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بلا اتجاه أو هوية: Companies pull ads from Muslim... →
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wtfwhiteprivilege:
hummussexual:
“The Florida Family Association, a Tampa Bay group, has led a campaign urging companies to pull ads on “All-American Muslim.” The FFA contends that 65 of 67 companies it has targeted have pulled their ads, including Bank of America,
the Campbell Soup Co.,
Dell,
Estee Lauder,
General Motors,
Goodyear,
Green Mountain Coffee, ...
jadoreafrikque asked: Your blog makes me even more proud of making the right decision to 2nd major in Black Studies!!! Peace & Blessings to you.
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“No history books used in public schools informed us about racial imperialism....”
– bell hooks: Racism and Feminism (via wakeupfrommyquietdream)
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“Being an activist requires you to fight for more than those you love; you have...”
– Staceyann Chin (via newwavefeminism)
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