This piece was originally posted on Rabble.ca here http://rabble.ca/news/2011/05/slutwalk-march-or-not-march “When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.” — Audre Lorde Since April, when thousands marched in a Slutwalk in Toronto in response to a [...]
A pair of letters, originally posted at illvox, are often requested. They are posted here for reference. Posting is not an endorsement of the writing or the issues raised. An Open Letter to White Progressives and Radicals Dearest white progressive/radical, Recent events in which reported progressives and radicals, purposely or ‘unintentionally,’ marginalized people of color, [...]
To a Facebook Friend Who Asked Me: “Are Some ‘Revolutionaries’ Working Against Us?” One’s actions have to both match the situation as well as the best possible outcomes that can be foreseen for that situation. If you are the true and living, this means you have greater influence upon the enviroment around you; and thus [...]
Lately I’ve had my fair share of run-ins with the hipsters and hippies, as well as the hippie/hipster “culture” at large, and have become increasingly annoyed at their depiction/co-option of my ethnicity as a First Nations person. by Jen Musari, on the Native Appropriations website Kelsey pointed me to this post on Sociological Images last week which [...]
For those who were following one of our popular posts on Funk the War and people of color, a visit of the debate going on at Upset the Setup, a new comment highlighting tactics: It doesn’t appear that FTW has taken any lessons from Miami 2003 and scores of other white-led protest blunders that have [...]
Ahhh, The White Left……. today I feel like discussing threats to People of Color that aren’t Right (pun intended). I couldn’t get Ernesto’s article, Overtures to Tea Party: Smart Politics or Hitler-Stalin Pact?, out of my head; so I decided to do more research into what has been characterized as “The Left”, and what it [...]
OK, enough is enough, certain “African-Americans” (and I do mean “African-Americans” to be a pejorative jab) are taking President Obama’s proclamation of a post racial society way too far. The whole “he has to say things like that to fool the white folks” line is passé, and besides he won. Sixty African-American signatories of a [...]
RT @pocorganize: Fall From Grace: The Euro-Amerikan Struggle Against the Federal Government http://t.co/v1tePeppG9 #racism #connecttheleft #uniteblue
Fall From Grace: The Euro-Amerikan Struggle Against the Federal Government http://t.co/v1tePeppG9 #racism #connecttheleft #uniteblue
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