“Recent events in the United States have moved us to action. Violence against women is sadly, not a new phenomenon in our country or in the world, however, in the last year, women of color have experienced brutal forms of violence, torture, rape and injustice which have gone unnoticed, received little to no media coverage, [...]
Racism never really went away.
Reprinted from Alternet.
On October 1, students across the country participated in a “We Are All Jena” walkout to protest the charges against the Jena Six and also to demonstrate solidarity against racial inequalities that are far from eradicated, and further more, whose influence extends far beyond the Deep South. The noose, a chilling representation [...]
Political Correctness is So Last Year! or Another Outrageous Jena 6 Related Story
There is very little need for me to comment:
Students In Blackface “Jena 6″ Reenactment
OCTOBER 2–A group of white Louisiana college students dressed in blackface and reenacted the “Jena 6″ assault while a friend snapped photos and videotaped the staged attack, images that were later posted to a participant’s Facebook page. The photos, which you’ll find [...]
Jena 6 Update: Mychal Bell Released on Bail
Ya’ll know I don’t normally post full articles I find, but this one needs to be read in its entirety for you to grasp why I am pretty worked up about now (I’ll emphasis/bold the excerpt that really pisses me off).
Teen at heart of US racial protests released from jail
AFP – Friday, September 28
CHICAGO (AFP) [...]
civil liberties roundup
just in case you missed the whole ‘dirty voting’ thang the last- oh i don’t know 1,000 times?- it’s good to know that the gop isn’t afraid to be out in the open these days. hubris. arrogance born of knowing that no one will stop them. they have such a compliant network of [...]
A Symptom of the Disease
Jena, population roughly 3000, isn’t a new phenomenon. It’s historically accurate for the Deep South to exhibit this type of racism; after all, they have been doing it for over 200 years. 12% of the population, or 310 individuals are African American in Jena. Jena is also the site of the infamous Juvenile Correctional Center [...]
Thousands descend on Jena LA
A town of 3000 people is currently hosting thousands of protestors. The count varies but at least 10,000 people are believed to be marching through Jena, LA today. A 3rd Circuit CourtJjudge has just announced that a bail bond hearing MUST be held for Mychal Bell within the next 72 hours. The web is rife [...]
republican presidential candidates avoid the brown people
Big surprise. And Tavis Smiley, host of the upcoming All American Presidential Forum being dissed by the top four rethugs, observes
“When you reject every black invitation and every brown invitation you receive, is that a scheduling issue or is it a pattern? I don’t believe anybody should be elected president of the United States if [...]
