today I’m sharing the poem “Why You Talk So White” by Maya Wegerif. rightfully so she gets aggravated at the question “why you talk so white?” her frustration on her use of the english language in the correct way, she in the poem she re-asks the question to herself “Why do I talk so white?” correcting the grammar in the question. in my…[Read more]

In a majority christian country when someone says we shouldn’t do something because it says not to in the bible, people listen. they do not want to go to hell. There is not always reason beyond the belief in something behind it. When the end of the world is near the people do not think that their ideas are silly. for there is a book that is…[Read more]

sexual harassment is not surprising, yet very disturbing with the quickness that we dismiss each claim of it. It is very important that sexual harassment in the workplace is handled in an appropriate way, which I imagine is not the case for a majority of reported events. people should not be afraid of reporting sexual harassment for fear of…[Read more]

during the Cohen trial, there was a point in which Cohen started saying that Donald Trump says racist things all the time. One Republican Mark Meadows got offended and said that he asked Lynne Patton to come today to show that Donald Trump has a black friend. Patton works for the administration of Trump and was asked to come in before any of the…[Read more]

this was enlightening, though not all that surprising, violent crimes and police killings are not related. always being told that killings happen in bad neighborhoods appears to be just a myth. 13 of the largest cities have more murders committed by police that the US murder rate. in 2018 only 23 days went by without killings, if you thought that…[Read more]

this picture is just so infuriating because there are lots of instances of people just labeling anyone who is not white as being illegal. this picture of people flicking off what is essentially just a symbol of white power. mount Rushmore was created on land that was originally Sioux sacred ground, that was signed to the Sioux people. that is…[Read more]

most people know that white males are more likely to get a job, make more money than a black man with the same qualifications. however the reason I choose this photo is because according to the NAACP there is a higher chance for a white male felon to receive a call back for a job than that of a black man with the same qualifications without a…[Read more]

When Obama was in office there was a reporter who asked if his kids should receive benefits from affirmative action of course obama responded in the negative. later in the news it was reported that obama doesn’t believe in affirmative action. obviously obama, the president at that time, knew that his name carried prestige that would benefit his…[Read more]

this is a representation of white flight over time in Compton, it used to be a majority white neighborhood. but over time it transitioned into a majority black neighborhood then into a majority Hispanic community. the graph comes from a website that talks about how over the span of a career of a police officer the community could change…[Read more]

in Jeff chang’s it’s a hip hop world, he states that “Critics often call hip-hop materialistic, misogynistic, homophobic, racist, vulgar, and violent.” This quote made me think about the movie industry and how its glorification of gangsters. then how the Return to Mecca article talked about Spike Lee’s movie, Malcolm X, and how in the movie he m…[Read more]

this is the memorial of the 761st tank battalion during WW2 the people who made up this battalion were all black Americans. they trained in the deep south and obviously faced oppression throughout their training, being attacked by their fellow soldiers during training. (side note Jackie Robinson was originally part of this group but was removed…[Read more]

Terminal Island is a peninsula located on the border of San Pedro and long beach, this island became inhabited by about a dozen Japanese Americans in 1903 and started businesses that would end up thriving by 1940 when about 3000 people lived there. On February 19, 1942, the entire island was stolen from the people of Japanese descent. These Am…[Read more]

Administrators may search the student’s outer clothing — such as coats and jackets — pockets, backpacks and purses. That being said the 4 black students in question were stripped down one to their bra and another to her underwear by faculty members, the nurse, and the vice principal. This is a predominantly white neighborhood school. The reaso…[Read more]

I bring up this photo because these are two members of an organization called cop watch. This organization is supposed to record incidents with the police to make sure the police officers act in a respectful manner to the citizens they are interacting with. These groups do not look for police brutality though fight it in a non-violent way. It is…[Read more]

According to the Atlantic, the picture was taken January 15, 1971, which was 4 years before the Vietnam war ended and 4 years after the beyond Vietnam speech was given. Now for most of us, MLK day is a day that we have always had, but it was fought for, for nearly 20 years before it was observed in 1985. However, not all the states observe the da…[Read more]

this image is just an overlay of the 2010 census by individual and where they live. there is an interactive link to zoom into any city and there are pretty interesting borders that appear within any city you zoom into. but even at a great distance, you can tell that space is caused from segregation. here is a link to the website, but to me, this…[Read more]