April 2012
35 posts
“Social justice is about destroying systematic marginalisation and privilege....”
– » The Revolution Will Not Be Polite: The Issue of Nice versus Good Social Justice League (via lookoutsideyourself)
“Throughout the civilized world the teachings of Marx evoke the utmost hostility...”
– ~ Vladimir Lenin
What everyone who uses the internet needs to know... →
think-progress:
Here’s a quick look at the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, with the full details at ThinkProgress.
CISPA’s broad language will likely give the government access to anyone’s personal information with few privacy protections.
The bill completely exempts itself from the Freedom of Information Act.
CISPA gives companies blanket immunity from future lawsuits.
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“The argument here readily, or maybe grudgingly, admits that whites are just...”
– Charles W. Mills - Do Black Men Have a Moral Duty to Marry Black Women? (via didntmakethefootballteam)
“A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human...”
– Susan Sontag (via vickychou)
“Anyone who claims to be concerned with the fate of black males in the United...”
– bell hooks in We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity (via thechanelmuse)
“A ban would be aesthetically, culturally and environmentally right. But it’s...”
– Ban outdoor advertising | Neal Lawson (via sociolab)
“Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim...”
– V, V for Vendetta
SPICY WIT: a new comedy about being black in the... →
wordsandturds:
hi guys, a good friend of mine is embarking on an incredible project. here is the summary:
SPICY WIT, a new mockumentary-style television series (in the vein of “Family Guy,” “The Office,” & “Awkward Black Girl”) sprung from the minds of several college students around a cafeteria table in early-2009. Since then, these like-minded individuals have tried continuously to...
Five Myths about Crime In Black America →
“Because privilege is conferred by social systems, people don’t have to feel...”
– Allan G. Johnson (via wretchedoftheearth)
“To-day the black man of the South has almost nothing to say as to how much he...”
– W.E.B. DuBois from “The Souls of Black Folk” (via aomuse)
"Once you label me you negate me." ~ Søren...
Omen - Afraid of Heights
“Our manhood was defined by acquisitions. Our womanhood by acquiescence.”
– Spring, “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
“[…] neither a feminism that focuses on woman as an autonomous human being worthy...”
– Bell Hooks (via clarissa-dalloway)
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose...”
– Søren Kierkegaard
“Knowledge is not for knowing: knowledge is for cutting.”
– Michel Foucault (via nevver) 