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” Grass-roots efforts to preserve and teach youngsters native languages are intensifying around the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia as about 40 indigenous tongues are in danger of disappearing within the next decade.”
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“That doesn’t make this situation even remotely comparable to Zimbabwe, where people are dying, and it’s inexcusable to argue that Obama is trying to steal an election.” I heart Cara, she is my last feminist standing. – LDP
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“I’m about to start writing the story of Brown v. Board of Education. “
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“Lots of commenters make the point that women shouldn’t have children until they’re financially stable, and the fact that a poor woman has a baby is automatic proof that she is a bad mother — because a “good mother” would not have a baby while p
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“Jon from Exurban League seems to feel perfectly fine jumping into that territory and saying that no, you shouldn’t wear a black and white scarf unless you want to send an anti-Semitic message of hate and support for terrorism.”
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“What does it say that Al Jazeera treats Americans with more dignity, respect and love than our own broadcast media?”
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[The post] captures that distinct, tacky awkwardness one feels when white people, especially ones who’ve never been to Harlem, try to act like they’re used to being surrounded by Black people, especially when it’s being done for marketing purposes.
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“Either racial profiling is odious and unconstitutional, with personal and social consequences for communities of color — or it’s not. On April 23, the U.S. Supreme Court, without any dissent, decided that it was not.”
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“Given how often non-privileged groups are subject to non-apology “apologies” … both Pullman’s and Liberman’s posts strike me as a useful resource for pointing out exactly why those so-called apologies fall so far short of the mark.”
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“NABJ is outraged that a former vice presidential candidate would suggest that all black reporters are mouthpieces for the Obama campaign. To suggest this shows not only a stunning lack of judgment but also her unapologetic bigotry”
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“Also, I just googled her name under news to see what else is out there, and in two recent articles Yuri Kochiyama is mentioned as someone’s role model. Not surprising.”
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“Perhaps it’s time that [McCain]…give a speech on the topic of Republican presidential candidates pandering to lunatic fringe right-wing preachers at election time. It could start a whole national discussion.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
BlurpleBerry wrote:
Latoya (that is whom I assume to be LDP), why do the women at Feministing not garner the favor you have reserved only for Cara?
Posted 26 May 2008 at 6:55 am ¶
Latoya Peterson wrote:
Blurpleberry,
I really like Jessica, Vanessa, Ann, and Courtney (I met them a while back) and I am a big fan of Samhita. I also love Holly and Jill from Feministe.
But I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for mainstream feminists to acknowledge what Hillary has been saying and doing and implying. And I haven’t heard a peep. Nothing.
As far as I know, Cara is the only feminist writing for a large blog who has been willing to discuss how what HRC is doing is alienating a lot of people. There are many smaller blog feminists doing the same thing. But it is disappointing to see so many people who would call themselves allies not even address what HRC is saying and doing – yet continue to post celebratory posts if she wins a state.
The Feministing team is staying neutral, and while I understand why they are doing so, I can’t say I’m pleased.
Posted 26 May 2008 at 10:10 am ¶
Cara wrote:
I’m not exactly keeping close tabs, so I can’t produce a complete list . . . but though I haven’t read Pandagon for some time, I do know that (at the very least, a couple of months ago) Pam Spaulding was calling out Clinton on her shit.
Posted 26 May 2008 at 11:54 am ¶
Tree wrote:
Hey. The ‘Raiders of the Lost Race’ article doesn’t mention the fact that the whole movie turns native South Americans into rabid chimpanzees for the scare factor, a part that led to me walking out of the movie theatre.
Not to mention the inaccuracies about South American civilizations in general. (Hello? The Nazca speak an Athapaskan family language, and during the heydey of the Inca high court wrote in quipus–they did not speak Maya, nor did they write in Maya.)
It’s almost as eye-rolling as Apocalypto or King Kong; easily as eye-rolling as King Kong.
It just annoys me more that one of these producers/directors also directed and produced ‘Schindler’s List’…
Posted 27 May 2008 at 7:17 pm ¶