#racismendsnow

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An amazing quote from Audre Lorde, an American writer who dedicated her work to confront and address injustices of racism, sexism, classism and homophobia. . . . .

[tylysaurus]

Yesterday, I participated in the peaceful protest organized by @jubediyah & @themarchforchange for the racial injustice against BLACK LIVES. It was an incredible experience to march with the beautiful black community of Toronto, and alongside my friends. I’d like to thank @jubediyah for his outstanding leadership in this movement; thank you for steering Toronto in a positive direction, and doing so with such peace and grace. Toronto has spoken, now the country must listen & understand our cry for justice. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻#BlackLivesMatter #MarchForChange #RacismLivesHereToo #RacismEndsNow #Toronto (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGprmfJFNT/?igshid=k55rwjrnphjk

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FRENCH INTELLECTUAL SENTENCED TO 2 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR CALLING MASS IMMIGRATION AN “INVASION” Forced to pay 1800 euros to anti-racism organizations for his crime of opinion.

https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/french-intellectual-sentenced-to-2-months-in-prison-for-calling-mass-immigration-an-invasion

[masetv]

💯 #BreeNewsome #FreeBree #BlackLivesMatter #RacismEndsNow #RacialEquality #ConfederateFlag #respect

[thearrivalists-blog]

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Fish speak to the sea

waves speak to the shores

we float on our vessel

we saw death with our eyes

we avenged our hunger

we struggled because our paths changed

our visions blurred making us yearn

everything i touched became a lesson

we came here in search of life

the path we came on was dangerous

we were anxious of whether we faced life or death

we are still rotting behind barbed wire fences

the life we hoped for is now hopeless

the government did not care what came of us

my people (Tamils) looked at us as entertainment

we are living like dogs

5 years have passed

we are living in fear like animals who have 5 senses

inside 5 layers of electric fence

the beginning itself was fearful

the deep sea welcomed us

we passed danger

we live without support

the soul cannot live without a body

the body cannot grow without a soul

i cannot describe how we are living.

Written by S.

Image: Hannah Patchett

கடலோடு மீன்கள் சேர கரையோடு அலைகள் சேர கட்டு மரத்தில் நாம் மிதக்க கண் எதிரே சாவைப்பார்த்து பசிவந்து பளி வாங்க பாதை மாறி தத்தளிக்க பார்வை மங்கி பதைச்சுப் போக பட்டதெல்லாம் அனுபவம் ஆக வாழ்வை தேடி வலம் வர வரும் வழியே ஆபத்தாக வாழ்வா சாவா என்ற ஏக்கத்தோடு வதைக்க படுகின்றோம் இன்றும் முள் வேலிக்குள் நம்பிய வாழ்க்கை ஏக்கத்தில் போக நமக்கு என்ன என்று அரசு அலட்ச்சியப் படுத்த நம்மவர்கள் வேடிக்கை பாக்க நாய் போன்று நாம் வாழ்கின்றோம் ஐந்து ஆண்டுகள் கழிந்தும் ஐந்து அறிவு மிருகங்களைப்போல் ஐயம் கொண்டு வாழ்கிறோம் ஐந்து அடுக்கு மின்சார முள் வேலிக்குள் ஆரம்பமே கதி கலங்க ஆழ்கடல் நம்மை வரவேற்க ஆபத்துகளையும் தாண்டி வந்தும் ஆதரவு இன்றி வாழ்கின்றோம். உடல் இன்றி உயிர் வாளது உயிர் இன்றி உடல் வளராது நாங்கள் எப்படி வாழ்கின்றோம் என்று சொல்லத் தெரியாது !!! கடலோடு மீன்கள் சேர கரையோடு அலைகள் சேர கட்டு மரத்தில் நாம் மிதக்க கண் எதிரே சாவைப்பார்த்து

பசிவந்து பளி வாங்க பாதை மாறி தத்தளிக்க பார்வை மங்கி பதைச்சுப் போக பட்டதெல்லாம் அனுபவம் ஆக

வாழ்வை தேடி வலம் வர வரும் வழியே ஆபத்தாக வாழ்வா சாவா என்ற ஏக்கத்தோடு வதைக்க படுகின்றோம் இன்றும் முள் வேலிக்குள்

நம்பிய வாழ்க்கை ஏக்கத்தில் போக நமக்கு என்ன என்று அரசு அலட்ச்சியப் படுத்த நம்மவர்கள் வேடிக்கை பாக்க நாய் போன்று நாம் வாழ்கின்றோம்

ஐந்து ஆண்டுகள் கழிந்தும் ஐந்து அறிவு மிருகங்களைப்போல் ஐயம் கொண்டு வாழ்கிறோம் ஐந்து அடுக்கு மின்சார முள் வேலிக்குள்

��ரம்பமே கதி கலங்க ஆழ்கடல் நம்மை வரவேற்க ஆபத்துகளையும் தாண்டி வந்தும் ஆதரவு இன்றி வாழ்கின்றோம்.

உடல் இன்றி உயிர் வாளது உயிர் இன்றி உடல் வளராது

நாங்கள் எப்படி வாழ்கின்றோம் என்று சொல்லத் தெரியாது !!!

[thenewparliament-blog]

The Arrivalists: Asylum seekers in their own words – a new project from the New Parliament Magazine

  The government doesn’t want you to see this, or read things like this.

  It could be argued that Successive governments have de-humanised asylum seekers. They are not people like you and me, they have become ‘illegal arrivals’, ‘detainees’, we’ve all heard the language.

  They are also anonymous, we don’t see their faces we seldom hear their stories; they have numbers, not names...

They have no voice, no face, painted  and portrayed as a threat; they are dehumanised.

  Only when someone is dehumanised, can the government treat them without humanity. Our asylum seeker policy requires this, because if we knew them as people we would not allow it to happen.

  The Arivalists presents the writings and creative work of people who are or have been in the asylum seeker detention system.

  Read their works and you will connect with them as other human beings – people in pain, with sadness, with anxiety and fear. Just people, just like us.

  And the more people that connect with our asylum seekers, the harder it is for the government to continue their current inhumane practices.

  So read the work, share it, spread the word, let’s change the way the rest of Australia feels about the people we have in immigration detention.

    The Arrivalists is a project of The New Parliament Magazine, you can find it here: http://thearrivalists.tumblr.com

    #endthedenial #racismendsnow #thestand @thestand

[warholschildren]

Arguably Racist: Victoria’s Secret

Candy floss link bait for pubescent loners, sure, why not… a little something to help things along when you’re spanking the monkey, ok, you can argue that. But racist? Maybe. You can start by looking at the models chosen for the parade, sure a few ‘token’ faces, but by and large the look is anorexic WASP.

Aside from the whole bag-of-bones WASPy thing, there’s also some of the dubious stuff they do:

How about Karlie Kloss in a ‘Native American’ head dress? Maybe a ‘sexy little geisha’ lingerie set, bringing an Asian stereotype to weird new places. Our favourite: a faux ‘tribal’ pastiche of Burmese neck rings and black male models made up in mock African tribal body paint and gear.

Arguably racist? You know what we think. Discuss.

[accidentlawyersfirm]

You can't be neutral when it comes to injustice. We are all in this together! Black Lives Matter! . . . .

[accidentlawyersfirm]

It seems surreal that in 2020 we still see the need to fight against racism. Black Lives Matter! We must fight against the systemic racism that exists in our country today! Together we can fight and make a difference. . . . .

[accidentlawyersfirm]

To be silent is to be complicit. Black Lives Matter! . . . .

[whytheracecardisplayed]

'Dolittle': Robert Downey Jr. Movie Has Shockingly Racist Origins

Beloved at the time, the books have become infamous in years since. In keeping with 1920s British attitudes, the content of these books is very racist toward black people. The portrayal of Prince Bumpo, a black prince, is particularly upsetting.

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Leaked Jenna Chat Logs Expose Twitch Streamer’s Shocking Racist, Homophobic, & Sexist Slurs

Twitch streamer Jenna is once again in hot water after Discord logs leaked, revealing the shocking use of racist, homophobic, and sexist slurs

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St. Louis Chief Prosecutor Accuses City, Police Union Of Racist Conspiracy In Lawsuit St. Louis' first black prosecutor, Kim Gardner, has sued the city, its police union and five others for what she calls a racist effort to block her reform agenda.

[whytheracecardisplayed]

A racial turning point

Excerpted from an article that originally appeared in The New York Times. Used with permission.

Eunice, Louisiana — Before two-a-day football practices began in August 1969, coach Joe Nagata gathered some of his white senior players at Eunice High School. He told them to prepare for workouts more difficult than usual in heat and humidity that felt like damp clothes inside a dryer.

Desegregation by federal mandate was approaching belatedly and nervously in my rural hometown on the Cajun prairie, 2.5 hours west of New Orleans in St. Landry Parish.

Fifteen years had passed since Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the landmark Supreme Court ruling, declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.

Neil Armstrong had walked on the moon a month earlier. Finally, black students from Charles Drew High School were, by court order, to fully integrate Eunice High School as summer turned to fall.

"We don't know these other young men," Nagata said of the arriving black players, according to Coleman Dupre, our star white running back. "We have to find out who is willing to pay the price."

https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com/post/a-racial-turning-point

[whytheracecardisplayed]

"…place the inferior races upon an equality with the superior; to make a mongrel people; to place a negro or greasy Chinaman on the same level with Grant the hero and Johnson the incorruptible Chief Magistrate.” "…gaping, bullet pated, thick lipped, wooly headed, animal-jawed crowd of niggers, the dregs of broken up plantations, idle and vicious blacks, released from wholesome restraints of task masters and overseers . . . . Greasy, dirty, lousy, they drowsily look down upon the assembled wisdom of a dissevered Union. Sleepily listen to legislators who have given them their freedom and now propose to invest them with the highest privileges of American citizenship.”https://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/september-18-1857-racist-oregon-constitution-adopted/

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Dallas Police Must Have Uniforms, Gas Masks & Other Gear Ready During Guyger Trial In two different memos, officers were told they won’t be granted time off from the time the trial gets under way through at least the first week of October.