January 2012
23 posts
“When you say to a person of color “When I see you, I don’t see you as black! I...”
– Jane Elliot, on the absurdity and invalidation of claims of “Color Blindness” by white folk (via solitaryforager
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Shihan's "This type of Love"
Inspired by my last post and my very significant other.
I want a love like Me thinking of you Thinking of me thinking of you type love Or me telling my friends more than I’ve ever admitted to myself About how I feel about you type love Or hating how jealous you are But loving how much you want me all to yourself type love Or see how your first name just sound so good next to my last name And shit...
apostate: noun.A person who forsakes his religion,...
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Has Christianity Become a "Get Out of Jail Free... →
Sometimes God doesn't change your situation...
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"I mean that, you're bright,you speak eloquently,...
Told to me by a friend today. Thank you.
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December 2011
30 posts
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”
– Melchizedek, in The Alchemist (via theangelontherun
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“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
– Paulo Coelho, (The Alchemist)
4 YEARS ago on this day
I moved to NYC. With only $800, dreams, optimism, and my suitcases. I don’t regret that decision one bit. I came alive in NYC. I found other parts of me in NYC. I learned to believe in the beauty of my dreams no matter how much they may change.
Thank you NYC, the wonderful people I have encountered while living here, and most of all, thank you God, for holding me. Not one night have I...
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"Political power, properly so called, is merely...
Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
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“I think people are into themselves more today than they used to be. There’s no...”
– Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)
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“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– Relevant magazine
(via Diana : megburns : haygirlhay : luciwithani)
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The Occupy Student Debt Campaign
You can sign the Petition here
As signatories of one these three pledges, we have engaged in an act of mutual aid, either by opting to participate in a debt strike, or by supporting one. By adding our voice to the call to strip higher education of its dependence on debt bondage, we are translating the precepts and working ideals of the Occupy movement into an initiative for action.
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"Mumia Abu-Jamal on Black Love"
“Black love itself, in a profoundly Negrophobic nation such as ours, is a radical thing, for it opposes the mainstream trajectory of U.S. life, policy and culture. We need to deepen and expand that ethos, so that it becomes a social force that has the power to attract, and with it, build. As in the discussion on church, social movements – especially radical and revolutionary movements –...
Lock My Body, Can't Trap my mind →
Great interview of Mumia Abu-Jamal penned by Dream Hampton.
