March 2012
The Altered States of Aura - Menage' of Moments:... →
auradacity-of:
“I think it’s tragic what happened to Trayvon, but there’s a bigger picture and that’s the movement of Occupy…. I mean this is something that will pass because anger always passes. But Occupy talks about what’s wrong with the whole damn system at large.”
AND that is when I proceeded to give a…
I. AM. FEELING. THIS.
(…& I’m glad you wore that ass...
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“Though the law itself be fair on its face, and impartial in appliance, yet, if...”
– Justice Stanley Matthews, Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Killed at Home: White Plains, NY Police Called Out... →
mybutbeautiful:
randomberlinchick:
I have no words …
I just heard about this case today and I think I can say this without fear of contradiction:
Black America is in an abusive relationship with America. Black America needs a restraining order against America. Plain and simple!
This is utterly disgusting and further indication of how little value is placed on the lives of Black folks today...
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“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via cooldesigned)
(I’m leaving tumblr today on this note….rock on kids!)
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mybutbeautiful: The capacity for empathy... →
mybutbeautiful:
We are at one of those moments where all those folks who spend their energies tirelessly fighting to preserve dignity for animals on our planet and the health of our planet for that matter need to turn some of their energies to the dignity of human living.
Pay attention to the violation of human…
THIS.
Taking On Police Tactic, Critics Hit Racial Divide
Black and Latino lawmakers, fed up over the frequency with which New York City police officers are stopping and frisking minority men, are battling what they say is a racial divide as they push legislation to rein in the practice.
The divide, they say, is largely informed by personal experience: many who object to the practice say that they have themselves been stopped by the police for reasons...
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“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”
– Tagore
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Poem Reaching For Something by Quincy Troupe
we walk through a calligraphy of hats slicing off foreheads ace-deuce cocked, they slant, razor sharp, clean through imagination, our spirits knee-deep in what we have forgotten entrancing our bodies now to dance, like enraptured water lilies the rhythm in liquid strides of certain looks eyeballs rippling through breezes riffing choirs of trees, where a trillion slivers of sunlight prance across...
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“The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally...”
– David Friedman
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“A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a...”
– Pam Brown
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Justice....
I awoke this morning to the story of Malik Williams of Garfield, NJ. Malik was wanted by Garfield, NJ police on an aggravated assault warrant and turned himself in. While he was being processed he, for some reason, changed his mind, escaped out of a rear door, ran to a garage of a private residence and barricaded himself in. He was eventually tracked by police who allegedly found him armed with...
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CAPEHART / WASH. POST: "One of the burdens of... →
randomberlinchick:
atane:
randomberlinchick:
My brother’s story bears repeating: Cops once took him to jail for being in his own (predominately white) neighborhood when he walking home from his part-time job one summer. He told them that our parents were at home (just around the corner) and could verify that he lived there, but they took him to jail instead … where he was not allowed to make...
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“Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our...”
– Calvin Coolidge
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