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Tag Archives: Culture
Generals and soldiers
“I would like to raise my children to grow to be soldiers But then the general would decide when their life would be over.” by Immortal Technique The rich keep getting richer, the poor keep getting poorer and the rest … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Civil rights, Culture, Hip Hop, Human rights, Immortal Technique, Language, Literature, Music, Poetry, Prison
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This is why we march
We need a cleanup in aisle 7 on Saturday, May 25, 2013… See you there.
Just a plain little thing
“I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, But down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.” by Dr. Seuss Breaking news…my guest post at David Chura’s blog, Kids in the System, is hot off the … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Activism, Civil rights, Common Core, Culture, Dr. Seuss, Education reform, Language, School-to-prison, Social Justice, Writing, Yertle the Turtle
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A tipping point
I am beginning to see why journalists who cover politics never have to worry about having enough material. This week, yet another scandal has rocked the teflon don as it was revealed that the Department of Justice has been creeping … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Anti-war, Associated Press, Civil rights, Culture, Efraín Ríos Montt, genocide, Guatemala, Human rights, Journalism, Language
14 Comments
Its harder not to
“Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.” by Frederick Douglass Just when it looked like we were going to have to talk all week about such bland things like Medicare and Social Security (yawn) and how … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Austerity, Civil rights, Commentary, Corporate media, Culture, Freedom, Human rights, Indignadas, Language, Sister Teresa Forcades, Spain, Venezuela, Writing
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I watched myself disappear
I watched myself disappear before my very eyes when I stayed silent and on the sidelines I faded gradually when I let my Muslim neighbors disappear into the void lost in the maze of detention When I permitted immigrants in … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Activism, Anti-war, Civil rights, Culture, Freedom, Human rights, Language, oppression, Peace, Poem, Political, Social Justice, Writing
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The only light we’ll see
It’s been one of those weeks…death in any language and under any flag is irrevocable. Our spirits should mourn and our hearts bend in compassion, no matter what tribe those who have been killed and maimed pledge their allegiance to. … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Anti-war, Ben E. King, Civil rights, Culture, Freedom, Gospel, Human rights, Montreux Jazz Festival, Music, Peace
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Caught in the hustle
“And who’d think in elementary? I’d see the penitentiary, I wish I could take the pain away if you can make it through the night there’s a brighter day.” by Tupac Shakur When I was a kid, maybe eleven or … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Civil rights, Commentary, Culture, Education, Freedom, Human rights, Prisons, School-to-prison pipeline, Schools, Teachers, Vietnamese American, Writing
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American dreamin’
When I was younger people asked me why don’t you smile more? and I changed the topic I felt like an intruder in someone else’s dream like a borrower of someone else’s threads Some people know what it feels like … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Activism, alienation, Civil rights, Culture, Freedom, Human rights, Language, Poem, Racism, Social Justice, Vietnamese American, Writing
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Deus ex machina
“Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality.” by Hannah Arendt As Chechnyans this week looked out their windows and shushed their children to listen for … Continue reading →