IT’S FUCKING FRIDAY. DID YOU KNOW THE OLDEST DOG TO EVER LIVE IS 29 AND STILL LIVING TODAY?
LIFE PRO TIP OF THE FUCKING DAY:
BE KIND TO EVERYONE, EVEN THOSE WHO DON’T DESERVE IT.
PERSON OF THE FUCKING DAY:
BADASS WANTED TO TREAT EVERYONE FAIRLY BEFORE IT WAS COOL. more»
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The dog died 6 days ago…
“There are people who argue, and I have never understood the logic of this, that a radical ought to dissociate himself from oppressive institutions. The logic of that argument is that Karl Marx shouldn’t have studied in the British Museum which, if anything, was the symbol of the most vicious imperialism in the world, the place where all the treasures an empire had gathered from the rape of the colonies, were brought together.
But I think Karl Marx was quite right in studying in the British Museum. He was right in using the resources and in fact the liberal values of the civilisation that he was trying to overcome, against it. And I think the same applies in this case.” - Noam Chomsky
University of California and its affiliates,
We, the Black Student Union, will no longer stand for the continuous disrespect of our community.
How many of our freshman will have to move out of their dorms due to racial harassment?
How many times will we be disrespected and demonized for asking questions in class?
How many times will we be spat at and have trash thrown at us while walking to the ARC?
How many times will we be called “nigger” outside of Albertsons?
How many times will we be publicly embarrassed and harassed at campus bus stops?
In 2011, our campus allowed Pippin Commons to host a chicken and waffles dinner “in honor of” Martin Luther King Jr.
In 2012, Pi Beta Phi felt it appropriate to give a “Once you go Black, you never go back” award.
This year, Alpha Phi and Phi Psi felt it appropriate to decorate a fraternity paddle with the words “slave driver” and “little slave” on it.
This week, Lambda Theta Delta felt it appropriate to use Blackface in multiple promotion videos.
Although it is easy to cite Greek organizations as perpetrators of racism, this is not a Greek issue. This is more than that. It is also more than an individual issue. This is a UC system wide issue, and ultimately, a world-wide issue. AntiBlackness and racism is reproduced within each UC campus, whether in the form of nooses at UC San Diego or Ku Klux Klan hoods in UC Davis.
What all of these actions have in common is a lack of respect, a lack of accountability, and a disregard of particular students’ well being on campus.
Because these actions (not to mention the more mundane and less publicized forms of violence) continue to occur despite repeated outcry for justice, apologies are no longer enough. It has never been enough, and it will never be.
We, the Black Student Union, will no longer stand for this.
We demand that WHEN (not if) another incident of organized racism occurs on this campus, official punitive policies will be utilized and in place to address the perpetrators.
We will repeat- the Black Student Union, will no longer stand for this.
While there is racism, we will not rest.
(via summakoh)
Wash Your Face: Reflections on Lambda Theta Delta
“I am more certain today than ever that racism persists not just because of white power and privilege, but because the entire system of racial oppression depends so greatly on People of Color’s participation. Racism can continue to exist because we feed it, sometimes with excited awareness and other times with total lack of consciousness.”
The call at this point shouldn’t be to spend all eternity persecuting these young Asian American men. Should they be held accountable? Yes, of course. But I hazard to believe that it’s much easier to shame and blame than it is to get real with ourselves as People of Color about how we participate in a culture that allows these boys – and countless other People of Color just like them – to exist with such racial blindness. Disrupting the status quo requires more than pointing a finger and hoping no one realizes we’ve all been taught the same racial lessons, whether or not we paint our faces. Rather, it’s calling all of us into account for the behavior of these Lambda Theta Delta members, and choosing to find our most radical selves in order to disturb our own socialization as People of Color living in a racist world.”-PaKou Her
Read full piece here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/18-million-rising/wash-your-face-reflections-on-lambda-theta-delta/572134406151470
That’s how I would describe my politics.
Needs to be cleaned a bit more and evened out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22149863
Same day as the Boston Explosion there was an Explosion in Iraq.
Unlike Boston’s explosion, my twitter, facebook and other social media outlets are not overflowing with posts and prayers.
Perhaps the reasoning is a lack of reporting? Because they aren’t in America, their deaths aren’t important or as relevant to the interests of Americans.
Perhaps it was the color of their skin? Why would we be able to sympathize someone that doesn’t look like us.
Perhaps it’s because they’re not American? They are from another nation and thus it is not an issue we should care about.
I pray for the families of those affected in Iraq and Boston equally.
