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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 there were several shootings taking place downtown Ottawa. My school, University of Ottawa, is located in the heart of the city and was on “lock down” as soon as I got to campus for my first lecture. The atmosphere was very tense and fear was rampant amongst...

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yyy pride edition toronto 2014 ft. Dai Burger

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Night.Rhetoric...Mixtape EP by Progress.

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Babylon SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar Produced by DJ Dahi • Mixed By Ali Z • Available 4.8.14

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I am a light-skinned person with a light-skinned/passing Latina mother and a brown-skinned Pinoy father. I do not pass as white. However, I am often seen as mixed Asian by other people, which means I am afforded the many privileges that come with that perception. It means, for instance, that...

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Gay rapper Le1f wrote an angry Twitter tirade about Macklemore’s VMA win.

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i have heard you: all who have voiced opposition to my conducting a writing and performing seminar at the nottoway plantation. i have decided to cancel the retreat.

when i agreed to do a retreat (with a promoter who has organized such things before with other artists and who approached me about...

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Here it is, if anyone’s interested in reading.

The general tone that says: you mean Black women made me do this. “however, in this incident i think is very unfortunate what many have chosen to do with that pain.” Are you kidding me? And she goes ahead and calls the ensuing outrage “high...

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So I’m sure a lot of you have heard about the ridiculous ‘artistic event’ that some are calling a ‘feminist gathering’ being held at a plantation, hosted by Ani DiFranco. Well shits hitting the fan on the Facebook page after some woman kept dismissing the critiques of black women about the...

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San Francisco Police shoot & kill 19 yr old

Warning: the video is graphic.

Yesterday, at 4:45 p.m., SFPD shot a teenager who fled during a fair inspection on a Muni light rail car. The cops claimed that he was armed and had fired shots at them first. After the suspect was shot in the back, no gun was found. Doesn’t this sound awfully familiar? 

Seriously though, you shot a 19 yr old over a $2 fair? And he later died in the hospital, all because he didn’t pay a $2 fair & you assumed he had a gun. Back up arrived before an ambulance did. No back up was needed. There were already other cops on the scene, some even carrying assault rifles.  The man was on the ground fighting for his life. That moment in the video where he struggles to even attempt to get up is some of the most chilling video I’ve seen. Ever. 

It’s okay though right? America will probably ignore this & move on to some more mindless crap,  as is usually the case. I’ve seen it before with the Oscar grant case, Sean bell, James Brissette, and countless others. When will this country’s collective conscious wake up?

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The 8 White Identities, by Barnor Hesse. Breaking down the white gaze.

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The White Apologist: "I’m so, so sorry for what my ancestors did to yours, man! It really breaks me down sometimes thinking about how despicable we were to you guys! Please forgive us!"

The Faux-Humanist: "Stop talking about race. We’re all just human."

The Martin-Lover: "Yeah, but didn’t...

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Beyoncé is a remarkable singer, artist, dancer, artistic visionary, Black woman, feminist (I’d say womanist, really), wife, mother, human being. I write this sentence and like…I can hear the haters (that I call miserys; the opposites of stans) screaming their heads off and thinking of horrible...

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The Legends League Presents: Naturally Born Strangers  Rich Kidd, Tona, Adam Bomb