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creativenative1981:

allthecanadianpolitics:

From the article: 6,000 aboriginal children died in residential school system, report finds

Remember folks, this is not in the “distant past” I am a 1st generation survivor my mother was raped and abused in the Residential school here in Nova Scotia when she was a child, she was taken away from her family and unable to see her siblings.  The fallout of the residential school system will be felt by countless people in the newt few generations.  Let this never happen again, anywhere in this world.

(Source: cbc.ca)

abstracthumanoid:

This is too much.

Kevin Allen, a 36 year old black man, has been shot and killed inside a library. A library of all places. What would it take for everyone to see that the cops are actually coming for black people?

He was described as a quiet man who frequented the library and liked to watch videos and listen to music at the computer stations. He was shot around 1:35 PM and taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

How are the racists gonna justify this? Black people getting killed shouldn’t ever be some commonplace occurrence we should just have to accept. This is an epidemic. This can’t be the world we live in.

Cops would kill black people for buying (allegedly stealing) cigarettes, wearing a hood, jaywalking, being in a library, playing with a toy, sleeping, the list goes on and on.

It’s as if white people just want black people to stop existing.

I knew there was evil in the world, but I would’ve never imagined anything like this explosion of racism since August 9th could ever be possible again. And the sheer fact that white people are not only ignoring and disregarding this genocide, but they’d even go to great lengths to justify it. 

How does it feel, looking for reasons to justify murder? Aiyana Jones was only seven. Tamir Rice, only twelve.

Racism is far from over. Kevin Allen, along with the thousands of innocent black people killed in less than one year, never deserved to be forgotten.

This is unjustifiable.

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mentaltimetraveller:

Elad Lassry

raveneuse:

Senga Nengudi, from the R.S.V.P. series, c. 1970. 

blackoutforhumanrights:

“On May 20, 2015 the African American Policy Forum, the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia University and Andrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow and expert on policing of women and LGBT people of color released #SayHerName: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women, a document highlighting stories of Black women who have been killed by police and shining a light on forms of police brutality often experienced by women such as sexual assault.” Please Read this Important Report: http://bit.ly/1cR27AO via AAPF

“Tanisha Anderson. Rekia Boyd. Miriam Carey. Michelle Cusseaux. Shelly Frey. Kayla Moore. These names are etched into tombstones that stand over the graves of black women killed by police – and were echoed at a vigil in New York City on Wednesday, where dozens gathered to show that these women should not be forgotten.” Lilly Workneh: http://huff.to/1Bf7lfy via Huffington Post

“We will not remain silent. If we remain silent, who will march for us, who will speak for us?” Joanne Smith, executive director of Girls for Gender Equity, told Mic. “We are literally fighting for our lives when we demand that the deaths and atrocities against black girls and women in this country be made known and included in our nations racial justice fight of the 21st century. ” Derrick Clifton: http://bit.ly/1LhVFOr via Mic

“Black Women Are Getting Killed by Police Too — So Why Aren’t More People Discussing It?” Derrick Clifton: http://bit.ly/1R8msAx via Mic

innatesoulsurfer:

effyeahsol-angel:

Bessie’s 81 Theatre Tour

This outfit!!

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getreadystartnow:

neat piece of information I found in a book about traditional skills

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manufactoriel:

Fushia 

fuckyeahdementia:

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