January 2012
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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts,...
– Charles Bukowski (via cityyandcolour)
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When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
– Angela Davis
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…[S]ocial injustice…dehumanizes all of us. Our constructed...
– from Maythee Rojas’s Women of Color and Feminism
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"Why Dr. King's Vision Today is as Urgent as Ever" →
“Sure, gifted African-Americans like Barack Obama can achieve at a level unthinkable in King’s day. But the better test of a society’s colorblindness (or gender equity) is not how the most talented of each race or gender fare, but how the mediocre do.”
Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can...
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If you are a woman, if you’re a person of colour, if you are gay, lesbian,...
– Margaret Cho (via thechocolatebrigade)
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Tied to identities that mark us as belonging to one group or another, each with...
– from Maythee Rojas’s Women of Color and Feminism
'...if King could see America now...he would be... →
thesmithian:
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I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation.
– William Lloyd Garrison
One of my all-time favorite quotes.
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Racialicious: There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions →
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From “There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions” by Audre Lorde
I was born Black, and a woman. I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given and to help effect change toward a liveable future for this earth and for my children. As a Black,…
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December 2011
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Allocation of Goods
stephenexclamation:
Average NBA player yearly salary: ~$5,000,000 Average teacher salary (all levels): ~$40,000 Lives that can be changed by an NBA player: Meh. Lives that can be changed by a teacher: Every-fucking-one around you. This makes sense.
Amen. No wonder I’m so in love with this man.
He still had some doubts about the decision he had made. But he was able to...
– The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho