1. latinegro: If you actually read the bible then you see how marriage is defined. Thanks for playing.

    latinegro:

    If you actually read the bible then you see how marriage is defined. Thanks for playing.

  2. latinegro: undercoverterrorist: osobigbear: http://unfaircampaign.org Is white skin really fair skin? Something as basic as the color of our skin has shaped our lives, opened doors, put us at the head of the line. Granted us privileges we don’t even realize. We don’t experience the daily disadvantages - the looks, the fear, the hassles - that thrive in the unspoken world of white entitlement. And that’s unfair. For those who think White Privilege is a myth.

    latinegro:

    undercoverterrorist:

    osobigbear:

    http://unfaircampaign.org

    Is white skin really fair skin?

    Something as basic as the color of our skin has shaped our lives, opened doors, put us at the head of the line.

    Granted us privileges we don’t even realize.

    We don’t experience the daily disadvantages - the looks, the fear, the hassles - that thrive in the unspoken world of white entitlement.

    And that’s unfair.

    For those who think White Privilege is a myth.

  3. "Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans are indigenous. So, in a strange way, I’m pleased that the racist folks of Arizona have officially declared, in banning me alongside Urrea, Baca, and Castillo, that their anti-immigration laws are also anti-Indian. I’m also strangely pleased that the folks of Arizona have officially announced their fear of an educated underclass. You give those brown kids some books about brown folks and what happens? Those brown kids change the world. In the effort to vanish our books, Arizona has actually given them enormous power. Arizona has made our books sacred documents now."

    Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and filmmaker. His book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto’s Fist Fight in Heaven,” was on the banned curriculum of the Mexican American Studies Program.

    http://progressive.org/sherman-alexie

    (via chicanainchoos)

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  4. Study: DREAM Act would generate $3.6 trillion for U.S. economy

    univisionnews:

     
    The cost of tuition subsidies would be around $6.2 billion a year, but experts believe that Dreamers would pay for this and more over the long-term (Photo: flickr.com)

    By TATIANA SANCHEZ
    Channel: Economics, Immigration      

    With California’s recent approval of the state DREAM Act and the presidential campaign in full-swing, controversy over immigration reform, and particularly the DREAM Act, continues. The legislation, which would grant temporary legal status to some young adults that grew up in the U.S. and make it easier for them to pursue higher education nationwide, has been at the center of political debates for over a decade now, but its immense potential to revive the U.S. economy often goes overlooked.  

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  5. dynamicafrica: Afrikan Alphabets Book by Saki Mafundikwa Afrikan Alphabets – The story of writing in Afrika is a book written by Zimbabwe designer Saki Mafundikwa. “Afrikan alphabets have a rich cultural and artistic history. Many continue to be in current use today. Their story, however, is little known due largely to their past suppression by colonial powers. This book sets the record straight. Both entertaining and anecdotal, African Alphabets presents a wealth of highly graphical and attractive illustrations. Writing systems across the Afrikan continent and the Diaspora are included, analyzed and illustrated: the scripts of the West Africans – Mende, Vai, Nsibidi, Bamum and the Somali, and Ethiopian scripts. Other alphabets, syllabaries, paintings, pictographs, ideographs, and symbols are compared and contrasted.” 

    dynamicafrica:

    Afrikan Alphabets Book by Saki Mafundikwa

    Afrikan Alphabets – The story of writing in Afrika is a book written by Zimbabwe designer Saki Mafundikwa.

    “Afrikan alphabets have a rich cultural and artistic history. Many continue to be in current use today. Their story, however, is little known due largely to their past suppression by colonial powers. This book sets the record straight. Both entertaining and anecdotal, African Alphabets presents a wealth of highly graphical and attractive illustrations.

    Writing systems across the Afrikan continent and the Diaspora are included, analyzed and illustrated: the scripts of the West Africans – Mende, Vai, Nsibidi, Bamum and the Somali, and Ethiopian scripts. Other alphabets, syllabaries, paintings, pictographs, ideographs, and symbols are compared and contrasted.” 

    (via upfromsumdirt)

  6. unaguerrasinfondo: I’m gonna watch this all damn day. City of Men is probably the best TV series ever created. If you have 570 minutes free, get on the interwebz, order this right now, and watch all of it. and then when you are done you can watch the movie City of Men, which is pretty much just a movie length final episode. en serio, best TV series ever. Afro Brazil / America Latina 

    unaguerrasinfondo:

    I’m gonna watch this all damn day. City of Men is probably the best TV series ever created. If you have 570 minutes free, get on the interwebz, order this right now, and watch all of it. and then when you are done you can watch the movie City of Men, which is pretty much just a movie length final episode. en serio, best TV series ever.

    Afro Brazil / America Latina 

  7. freesamuel: reject-your-reality: thecsph: An Exciting New iPhone App for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Folks! Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes’ LGBT Health and Wellness Project, Out for Health, is pleased to present their Pee in Peace App!  This app is designed to help transgender, gender non-conforming, and other individuals who do not readily fit into expected and conventional norms of gender presentation, easily locate single stall or gender neutral bathrooms in Ithaca, New York! The idea for this app came about after a survey conducted by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission found that nearly 50% of respondents reported having been harassed or assaulted in a public bathroom. Because of this, many transgender people avoid public bathrooms altogether and can develop health problems as a result. It has become Out for Health’s commitment to work toward removing the barriers to accessing safe bathrooms. About the app:Pee in Peace is the premiere interactive map of MOST single stall and gender neutral restrooms in Ithaca, New York.  Because public restrooms can pose some risks (from cleanliness to safety), Out for Health has done the work for you so you can pee in peace! For anyone who needs quick and easy access to a private bathroom -  from caregivers for people of a different sex, to anyone who just prefers a private place, and especially for transgender and gender non-conforming people who may have a specific need for safe and private restrooms.  Everyone deserves a place to pee in peace, right here in Ithaca, New York. Features: Interactive map of nearby single stall and gender neutral restrooms. GPS ‘near me’ search for the closest bathroom. Quick access to walking or driving directions to get you there fast! List includes when restrooms are open and key features, including if the restroom is accessible. Notes section provides special directions for restrooms at local college campus locations. Out for Health is also working toward adding more locations! If you know of a restroom that should be included please use the feedback button in the app to alert them! Requirements: Location data is used to provide walking and driving directions to restrooms and is not collected or stored by the app Network connection is required to update locations and availability Network connection is required to provide driving and walking directions About Out for Health:Out for Health is Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes’ LGBT Health & Wellness Project, providing outreach, education, and information to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people, their health care providers, and the community at-large about the importance of inclusive, welcoming, and respectful care for LGBT people. Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes takes pride in assuring that their diverse patients and communities have access to the sexual health, wellness services, and information they need. They proudly stand side-by-side with their LGBT communities as fellow activists, allies, and people committed to health, wellness, and social change. Very cool, reminds me of Safe2Pee. :) WORD

    freesamuel:

    reject-your-reality:

    thecsph:

    An Exciting New iPhone App for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Folks!

    Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes’ LGBT Health and Wellness Project, Out for Health, is pleased to present their Pee in Peace App!  This app is designed to help transgender, gender non-conforming, and other individuals who do not readily fit into expected and conventional norms of gender presentation, easily locate single stall or gender neutral bathrooms in Ithaca, New York!

    The idea for this app came about after a survey conducted by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission found that nearly 50% of respondents reported having been harassed or assaulted in a public bathroom. Because of this, many transgender people avoid public bathrooms altogether and can develop health problems as a result. It has become Out for Health’s commitment to work toward removing the barriers to accessing safe bathrooms.

    About the app:
    Pee in Peace is the premiere interactive map of MOST single stall and gender neutral restrooms in Ithaca, New York.  Because public restrooms can pose some risks (from cleanliness to safety), Out for Health has done the work for you so you can pee in peace! For anyone who needs quick and easy access to a private bathroom -  from caregivers for people of a different sex, to anyone who just prefers a private place, and especially for transgender and gender non-conforming people who may have a specific need for safe and private restrooms.  Everyone deserves a place to pee in peace, right here in Ithaca, New York.

    Features:

    • Interactive map of nearby single stall and gender neutral restrooms.
    • GPS ‘near me’ search for the closest bathroom.
    • Quick access to walking or driving directions to get you there fast!
    • List includes when restrooms are open and key features, including if the restroom is accessible.
    • Notes section provides special directions for restrooms at local college campus locations.

    Out for Health is also working toward adding more locations!
    If you know of a restroom that should be included please use the feedback button in the app to alert them!

    Requirements:

    • Location data is used to provide walking and driving directions to restrooms and is not collected or stored by the app
    • Network connection is required to update locations and availability
    • Network connection is required to provide driving and walking directions

    About Out for Health:
    Out for Health is Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes’ LGBT Health & Wellness Project, providing outreach, education, and information to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people, their health care providers, and the community at-large about the importance of inclusive, welcoming, and respectful care for LGBT people. Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes takes pride in assuring that their diverse patients and communities have access to the sexual health, wellness services, and information they need. They proudly stand side-by-side with their LGBT communities as fellow activists, allies, and people committed to health, wellness, and social change.

    Very cool, reminds me of Safe2Pee. :)

    WORD

    (via mariposaroja)

  8. chicanainchoos: notzainab: queernonymoose: depressingfacts: Aaron McGruder should have a tumblr. I feel him and a lot of people I interact with would get along quite nicely. Reblogging this for tranziet. i love this with a very large portion of my being i really miss the boondocks comic strip …

    chicanainchoos:

    notzainab:

    queernonymoose:

    depressingfacts:

    Aaron McGruder should have a tumblr. I feel him and a lot of people I interact with would get along quite nicely.

    Reblogging this for tranziet.

    i love this with a very large portion of my being

    i really miss the boondocks comic strip …

    (Source: the-boondocks)

  9. black people matter even in africa…

    so-treu:

    guerrillamamamedicine:

    i have no idea how people who support the arab spring (or at least have witnessed it on the ground) and know about all of the horrific, murderous, torturous acts that libyans took against black africans, scapegoating poor black immigrants, how can anyone think that race, and more specifically, blackness, is not a relevant category of inquiry when talking about the arab spring.

    and that all the leading news agencies, including al jazeera, kept referring to the immigrants as ‘africans’ even though libya is in africa, as if the black folks were from a different continent, and not just a neighboring country.  and gadafi a few years ago was head of the african union, and was crowned king of kings of africa because he, at the time, was the longest reigning state leader of an african country. 

    especially considering the fact that it is referred to as the ‘arab spring’ which hides or shadows the fact that tunisia, egypt, and libya are in AFRICA.

    okay ive said all this before, but what struck me today, really, is that stating that blackness is not relevant to talking about what it means to be a foreigner on/near tahrir, is basically saying that all of many and diverse sub saharan african immigrants and refugees who live in cairo, many of whom came to cairo because their homelands are being destroyed by war.  who are stuck in cairo, in the mazes of un bureacracy and live in ghettos on a pittance, and are super-marginalized in this country and denied access to basic services.  that all of these people, who are foreigners, these people, who are the most vulnerable in this city, are not relevant to the egyptian revolution. 

    if you, in some way, feel vulnerable because you are white and on tahrir, think about for a second what the experience must be for some one who looks black african and thus is considered to be, by sight, an ‘illegal immigrant’ who has no social or state (foreign or local) power backing them and thus their corpus is open to any and all violence, with little to no ramifications because who the fuck is going to side with a black woman against well…anyone…  or *shrug* you could not think about that and be a self-centered asshole.  

    srsly for anyone, esp. expat, to make the claim that in EGYPT, of all places, an analysis of race and power, a critique from the perspective of blackness, is derailing a conversation, only shows WHOSE story is considered to be worthy of listening to. 

    and it is seriously embarrasing to me that people, i actually had some basic level of respect, have turned out, in their attempts to defend themselves, to be anti-black racists (yeah i said it, racist, racist, racist) who think that only white and arab folks’ stories are relevant to the conversation of revolution in africa. 

    tl;dr not. all. foreigners. are. white.  and not all revolutionaries are arab…
  10. zeroing: Jean Michel Basquiat

    zeroing:

    Jean Michel Basquiat

    (via fashionistazapatista)

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