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“I would argue that Jesse Jackson may be doing more harm to African Americans [...] by suggesting that they are unable to effect positive change in their lives until the society around them is perfectly equal – which it may never be.”
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“The move comes after the Dutch Ministry of Justice on Monday decided not to prosecute him for inciting hatred of Muslims with his film denouncing the Koran.”
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“The thing people were going back and forth with was [New Edition had] been doing what we were doing for the longest [but] we couldn’t get cartoons and things that [NKOTB] were getting.”
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“An international coalition of cities to fight racism and discrimination was due to be launched on Monday by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).”
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“When activists started raising questions about the county’s hesitation at burying the woman in a black cemetery, the commissioners asked a white-owned funeral home in Waller to handle arrangements.”
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“Marie, 52, said that as a child raised in the segregated South, she sang both songs. But she grew to feel the sentiments of freedom expressed in the national anthem weren’t a reality “for black folks living in a town with Jim Crow laws.”
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“An op-ed piece in the LA Times claims the “Declaration of Independence’s vision endures.” I can’t argue with that. As specified in the Declaration, the threat of “merciless savages” has been a guiding force throughout US history.”
Spread This Idea
The Octavia Butler Book Club
(Click the book for the latest conversation) Feminism for Real – Jessica, Latoya, Andrea
Yes Means Yes – Latoya
Sex Ed and Youth – Jessica
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