Thursday, February 23, 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
I Won't Pay Someone to Scare Me, But . . .
If I did, I'd go see this one.
From the Huffington Post -
Horror Film About Racism Earns Coveted 100 Percent On Rotten Tomatoes
“I take a devilish glee in putting something that’s not politically correct into the mainstream,” said Jordan Peele, who wrote and directed "Get Out."
By Carla Herreria
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jordan-peele-get-out-rotten-tomatoes_us_58ae08dbe4b01406012f7905?37mtxl0nvaafxhia4i&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
From the Huffington Post -
Horror Film About Racism Earns Coveted 100 Percent On Rotten Tomatoes
“I take a devilish glee in putting something that’s not politically correct into the mainstream,” said Jordan Peele, who wrote and directed "Get Out."
By Carla Herreria
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jordan-peele-get-out-rotten-tomatoes_us_58ae08dbe4b01406012f7905?37mtxl0nvaafxhia4i&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
His Five
What are yours?
From Salon -
5 black actors who should have won Oscars for these roles
This year, 6 black actors are nominated for Academy Awards. Let's salute those in the past who should have won VIDEO
By D. WATKINS
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/22/watch-5-black-actors-who-should-have-won-oscars-for-these-roles/
From Salon -
5 black actors who should have won Oscars for these roles
This year, 6 black actors are nominated for Academy Awards. Let's salute those in the past who should have won VIDEO
By D. WATKINS
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/22/watch-5-black-actors-who-should-have-won-oscars-for-these-roles/
On a Mission
From OZY -
http://www.ozy.com/politics-and-power/the-ex-mormon-feminist-who-paints-womens-naked-bodies/75663
http://www.ozy.com/politics-and-power/the-ex-mormon-feminist-who-paints-womens-naked-bodies/75663
Capable of So Much More
An excerpt from the Atlantic -
Stuck in an American Retail Job With a Foreign MBA
In a new book, a journalist reflects on working as a salesperson in small-town Virginia when he first arrived in America.
By BOURREE LAM
Deepak Singh grew up in northern India. He had a bachelor’s degree in commerce, an MBA, and a job with the BBC World Service in his hometown of Lucknow. Unexpectedly, he met a young woman visiting from western Pennsylvania at a local library; the two fell in love, got married, and decided that Singh would move to Virginia, where she was attending graduate school.
In his new book, How May I Help You?: An Immigrant’s Journey From M.B.A. to Minimum Wage, Singh chronicles his move to small-town Virginia, where he started working a job in retail.* The book reads like an ethnography, documenting Singh’s work experience, his colleagues, and his surroundings, and includes reflections on how the job taught him about American mores and norms. Though Singh was doing minimum-wage work, his book is not a story of poverty, but rather an account of the daily grind of America’s service workers through the lens of an immigrant with an MBA.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/may-i-help-you-deepak-singh/517167/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-022117
Stuck in an American Retail Job With a Foreign MBA
In a new book, a journalist reflects on working as a salesperson in small-town Virginia when he first arrived in America.
By BOURREE LAM
Deepak Singh grew up in northern India. He had a bachelor’s degree in commerce, an MBA, and a job with the BBC World Service in his hometown of Lucknow. Unexpectedly, he met a young woman visiting from western Pennsylvania at a local library; the two fell in love, got married, and decided that Singh would move to Virginia, where she was attending graduate school.
In his new book, How May I Help You?: An Immigrant’s Journey From M.B.A. to Minimum Wage, Singh chronicles his move to small-town Virginia, where he started working a job in retail.* The book reads like an ethnography, documenting Singh’s work experience, his colleagues, and his surroundings, and includes reflections on how the job taught him about American mores and norms. Though Singh was doing minimum-wage work, his book is not a story of poverty, but rather an account of the daily grind of America’s service workers through the lens of an immigrant with an MBA.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/may-i-help-you-deepak-singh/517167/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-022117
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
A Calendar We All Need
From Salon -
Michael Moore launches website devoted to stopping President Trump
Called "Resistance calendar," the site is committed to helping anti-Trump protesters organize nationwide
By MATTHEW ROZSA
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/21/michael-moore-launches-website-devoted-to-stopping-president-trump/?source=newsletter
https://www.resistancecalendar.org
Michael Moore launches website devoted to stopping President Trump
Called "Resistance calendar," the site is committed to helping anti-Trump protesters organize nationwide
By MATTHEW ROZSA
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/21/michael-moore-launches-website-devoted-to-stopping-president-trump/?source=newsletter
https://www.resistancecalendar.org
Monday, February 20, 2017
Letters to the President
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/presidents-day-student-letters-trump_us_58a6f7aae4b045cd34c0b25e?
Town Hall Project
From The Town Hall Project -
We are a volunteer-powered, grassroots effort that empowers constituents across the country to have face-to-face conversations with their elected representatives. We are campaign veterans and first time volunteers. We come from a diversity of backgrounds and live across the country. We share progressive values and believe strongly in civic engagement. We research every district and state for public events with Members of Congress. Then we share our findings far and wide to promote participation in the democratic process and make it as accessible as possible for everyone. We have a team of organizers that works with local groups on the ground to coordinate efforts and encourage citizens to amplify their voices.
Black Campus Life
From BlackAmericaWeb -
BET’s new show scripted show about a fictional Black college, The Quad, has generated some positive reviews. But its storylines that include a shady band director, a strip club-owning alumnus, a college president with secrets and issues of her own have angered others. Hampton University’s president, William R. Harvey had several issues with the show after seeing the first extended episode and fired off an angry letter to BET’s president Debra L. Lee.
While Black Twitter reminded Harvey that the show was fictional, Lee took the criticism seriously and responded to Harvey, as did the show’s star, FAMU grad Anika Noni Rose.
~~~~~~~~~~
Rose, herself an HBCU grad, told Ebony:
“I think what’s important when we’re referencing that letter is that this is someone who saw one episode and made a lot of opinions off of one episode.”
“The show is a fiction, but the show is a fiction based in fact. A lot of the things that we are dealing with and talking about are taken straight from the headlines of what has happened at schools,” she explained. “So to pretend that these things don’t happen is ridiculous.”
~~~~~~~~~~
To the Quad’s critics who have a problem with the show, the actress has some simple advice: “If it’s not for you, turn the station.”
https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/02/20/debra-lee-anika-noni-rose-respond-to-quad-criticism/
BET’s new show scripted show about a fictional Black college, The Quad, has generated some positive reviews. But its storylines that include a shady band director, a strip club-owning alumnus, a college president with secrets and issues of her own have angered others. Hampton University’s president, William R. Harvey had several issues with the show after seeing the first extended episode and fired off an angry letter to BET’s president Debra L. Lee.
While Black Twitter reminded Harvey that the show was fictional, Lee took the criticism seriously and responded to Harvey, as did the show’s star, FAMU grad Anika Noni Rose.
~~~~~~~~~~
Rose, herself an HBCU grad, told Ebony:
“I think what’s important when we’re referencing that letter is that this is someone who saw one episode and made a lot of opinions off of one episode.”
“The show is a fiction, but the show is a fiction based in fact. A lot of the things that we are dealing with and talking about are taken straight from the headlines of what has happened at schools,” she explained. “So to pretend that these things don’t happen is ridiculous.”
~~~~~~~~~~
To the Quad’s critics who have a problem with the show, the actress has some simple advice: “If it’s not for you, turn the station.”
https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/02/20/debra-lee-anika-noni-rose-respond-to-quad-criticism/
Another Shameful Act
From the LA Times -
A chilling moment to mark the 75th anniversary of the executive order that led to Japanese American internment
By Teresa Watanabe
Exactly 75 years ago Sunday, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the incarceration of Yoshihashi and 120,000 other Japanese Americans in desolate camps scattered across deserts and swampland. Yoshihashi remembers his anxiety at being locked up and the shock of seeing the barbed wire and armed military guards at his camp in Gila River, Ariz.
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-japanese-executive-order-20170219-story.html
A chilling moment to mark the 75th anniversary of the executive order that led to Japanese American internment
By Teresa Watanabe
Exactly 75 years ago Sunday, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the incarceration of Yoshihashi and 120,000 other Japanese Americans in desolate camps scattered across deserts and swampland. Yoshihashi remembers his anxiety at being locked up and the shock of seeing the barbed wire and armed military guards at his camp in Gila River, Ariz.
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-japanese-executive-order-20170219-story.html
Home Buying in America
From Thrillist -
HOW MUCH MONEY YOU NEED TO MAKE TO BUY A HOME IN AMERICA
By SAM BLUM
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/how-much-it-costs-to-own-a-home-in-america
HOW MUCH MONEY YOU NEED TO MAKE TO BUY A HOME IN AMERICA
By SAM BLUM
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/how-much-it-costs-to-own-a-home-in-america
Denied No More
From the Washington Post -
For decades they hid Jefferson’s relationship with her. Now Monticello is making room for Sally Hemings.
By Krissah Thompson
The room where historians believe Sally Hemings slept was just steps away from Thomas Jefferson’s bedroom. But in 1941, the caretakers of Monticello turned it into a restroom.
The floor tiles and bathroom stalls covered over the story of the enslaved woman, who was owned by Jefferson and had a long-term relationship with him. Their involvement was a scandal during his life and was denied for decades by his descendants. But many historians now believe the third president of the United States was the father of her six children.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/for-decades-they-hid-jeffersons-mistress-now-monticello-is-making-room-for-sally-hemings/2017/02/18/d410d660-f222-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?utm_term=.b2cada5c809b&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
For decades they hid Jefferson’s relationship with her. Now Monticello is making room for Sally Hemings.
By Krissah Thompson
The room where historians believe Sally Hemings slept was just steps away from Thomas Jefferson’s bedroom. But in 1941, the caretakers of Monticello turned it into a restroom.
The floor tiles and bathroom stalls covered over the story of the enslaved woman, who was owned by Jefferson and had a long-term relationship with him. Their involvement was a scandal during his life and was denied for decades by his descendants. But many historians now believe the third president of the United States was the father of her six children.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/for-decades-they-hid-jeffersons-mistress-now-monticello-is-making-room-for-sally-hemings/2017/02/18/d410d660-f222-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?utm_term=.b2cada5c809b&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Only in Texas
From Atlas Obscura -
Pecan Pie Vending Machine
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pecan-pie-vending-machine
Pecan Pie Vending Machine
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pecan-pie-vending-machine
Enablers
One of the things that I loved about my Mom was the fact she called it like she saw it, no matter who was at fault.
I remember one of my brothers had done something stupid. She was the first to call him on it and refused to defend him when asked about it by someone outside the family.
I am reminded of Tiger Woods after his many indiscretions were made public, standing on a podium with his mother standing behind him. I lost all respect for her.
As my Mom was known to say, "I didn't help you get in the mess, and I'm not going to help you get out of it. You're on your own."
Now, that might seem harsh to some, but my brothers and I understood that if we ended up in jail, it would have been a waste of time calling Mom with our one allotted phone call. She would have let us rot in there.
Enablers.
I see them every day in my work with kids.
Parents who come in and defend their kids no matter what.
Of course, they think they're helping them. Supporting them even. When, in reality, they are stunting their growth because they will be the crutch that these kids will rely on for years to come.
On a larger scale, enabling bad behavior is what the Republican Party is doing. They're turning a blind eye to the crazies in charge by refusing to call out the nonsense that is spewing from Trump and his minions' mouths every day.
I thank God for my third-grade-educated Mom, who was infused with common sense from head to toe, and who was quick to call bullish*t, no matter who it was.
I remember one of my brothers had done something stupid. She was the first to call him on it and refused to defend him when asked about it by someone outside the family.
I am reminded of Tiger Woods after his many indiscretions were made public, standing on a podium with his mother standing behind him. I lost all respect for her.
As my Mom was known to say, "I didn't help you get in the mess, and I'm not going to help you get out of it. You're on your own."
Now, that might seem harsh to some, but my brothers and I understood that if we ended up in jail, it would have been a waste of time calling Mom with our one allotted phone call. She would have let us rot in there.
Enablers.
I see them every day in my work with kids.
Parents who come in and defend their kids no matter what.
Of course, they think they're helping them. Supporting them even. When, in reality, they are stunting their growth because they will be the crutch that these kids will rely on for years to come.
On a larger scale, enabling bad behavior is what the Republican Party is doing. They're turning a blind eye to the crazies in charge by refusing to call out the nonsense that is spewing from Trump and his minions' mouths every day.
I thank God for my third-grade-educated Mom, who was infused with common sense from head to toe, and who was quick to call bullish*t, no matter who it was.
Already Exhausted
From Vanity Fair -
TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE: THE GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT
The Constitution-straining conflicts surrounding the president, his top aides, some of his children, and his licensing-and-development business are a problem with no end in sight.
BY GRAYDON CARTER
We aren’t even a third of the way through the administration’s 100-day honeymoon period and let’s face it: we’re plumb exhausted. We’re exhausted from the flurry of rash executive orders. Exhausted from the human carnage in the wake of the president’s ban on travelers from majority-Muslim countries. Exhausted from the battles with neighbors, allies, and strategic adversaries on the world stage. Exhausted from the lies, the alternative facts, the boasts, the conflicts, and the scandals from this “fine-tuned machine.” Exhausted from our president’s cavalier habit of belittling our judiciary and intelligence services. Exhausted from having craven boneheads chosen to lead departments governing the environment, the Treasury, education, and the interior. Exhausted from an administration that turns a blind eye to Russian intrusions into Crimea, our election, and the imminent elections in Europe. Exhausted from the West Wing circus of misfits, clowns, and ghouls—politics’ answer to the Kardashians. Exhausted from the preening arrogance of the members of the First Family. Exhausted from waking up and not knowing what fresh hell this new president and his birdcage of a mind have cooked up overnight.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/graydon-carter-on-trumps-white-house
TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE: THE GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT
The Constitution-straining conflicts surrounding the president, his top aides, some of his children, and his licensing-and-development business are a problem with no end in sight.
BY GRAYDON CARTER
We aren’t even a third of the way through the administration’s 100-day honeymoon period and let’s face it: we’re plumb exhausted. We’re exhausted from the flurry of rash executive orders. Exhausted from the human carnage in the wake of the president’s ban on travelers from majority-Muslim countries. Exhausted from the battles with neighbors, allies, and strategic adversaries on the world stage. Exhausted from the lies, the alternative facts, the boasts, the conflicts, and the scandals from this “fine-tuned machine.” Exhausted from our president’s cavalier habit of belittling our judiciary and intelligence services. Exhausted from having craven boneheads chosen to lead departments governing the environment, the Treasury, education, and the interior. Exhausted from an administration that turns a blind eye to Russian intrusions into Crimea, our election, and the imminent elections in Europe. Exhausted from the West Wing circus of misfits, clowns, and ghouls—politics’ answer to the Kardashians. Exhausted from the preening arrogance of the members of the First Family. Exhausted from waking up and not knowing what fresh hell this new president and his birdcage of a mind have cooked up overnight.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/graydon-carter-on-trumps-white-house
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Hair Stylin'
From the Undefeated -
HAAAAAAIR-BALL!
Pseudo-conks. ‘Faids.’ Fresh buns. Beard gangs. NBA hair is at the bleeding edge of style
BY JESSE WASHINGTON
Mohawks to ‘frohawks, fades to braids. Dreadlocks, dyes, twists, parts, and something in the NBA Finals that came close to a conk. Peak hair expression has hit black America, with pro basketball at the forefront of the evolution.
Not all of these styles are new — black folks have been creative with their hair since forever. But in past eras, particular cuts heated up the ‘hood, and then the NBA reflected and magnified those individual trends. Think all of the NBA’s 1970s Afros or 1990s cornrows.
Today, when it comes to black men’s hairstyles, never has one league rocked so many. No one particular style is the style. Anything and everything goes — gloriously so.
https://theundefeated.com/features/haaaaaair-ball-nba-hair/
HAAAAAAIR-BALL!
Pseudo-conks. ‘Faids.’ Fresh buns. Beard gangs. NBA hair is at the bleeding edge of style
BY JESSE WASHINGTON
Mohawks to ‘frohawks, fades to braids. Dreadlocks, dyes, twists, parts, and something in the NBA Finals that came close to a conk. Peak hair expression has hit black America, with pro basketball at the forefront of the evolution.
Not all of these styles are new — black folks have been creative with their hair since forever. But in past eras, particular cuts heated up the ‘hood, and then the NBA reflected and magnified those individual trends. Think all of the NBA’s 1970s Afros or 1990s cornrows.
Today, when it comes to black men’s hairstyles, never has one league rocked so many. No one particular style is the style. Anything and everything goes — gloriously so.
https://theundefeated.com/features/haaaaaair-ball-nba-hair/
Sweet Decisions
From the Washington Post -
WHY FEW PEOPLE DARE EAT THE BOSS’S M&MS
The sweet psychology behind the office candy jar, including why no one wants to be caught taking the last piece.
By Bonnie Berkowitz
The office candy dish is like the watering hole in the Serengeti: If you observe long enough and don’t spook the more timid creatures, you’ll get a peek into the inner workings of an entire social ecosystem.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/health/candy-dish/?hpid=hp_no-name_graphic-story-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
WHY FEW PEOPLE DARE EAT THE BOSS’S M&MS
The sweet psychology behind the office candy jar, including why no one wants to be caught taking the last piece.
By Bonnie Berkowitz
The office candy dish is like the watering hole in the Serengeti: If you observe long enough and don’t spook the more timid creatures, you’ll get a peek into the inner workings of an entire social ecosystem.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/health/candy-dish/?hpid=hp_no-name_graphic-story-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
LeBron vs. Charles
From Salon -
5 things LeBron James should say to Charles Barkley next time he sees him
LeBron took the high road too often during Barkley's trash talk. Here's some ammo if Sir Charles comes at him again
By D. Watkins
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/19/watch-5-things-lebron-james-should-say-to-charles-barkley-next-time-he-sees-him/
5 things LeBron James should say to Charles Barkley next time he sees him
LeBron took the high road too often during Barkley's trash talk. Here's some ammo if Sir Charles comes at him again
By D. Watkins
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/19/watch-5-things-lebron-james-should-say-to-charles-barkley-next-time-he-sees-him/
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Stockton's Young Mayor
http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/michael-tubbs-redefining-the-stocktons-of-the-world/64896
Black Fighter Pilot
An excerpt from OZY -
THE FIRST BLACK FIGHTER PILOT
By Jack Doyle
You never know who you’re sharing an elevator with — and back when Rockefeller Center still had elevator operators, it was easy to ignore the elderly Black man in the corner. Neither Eugene Bullard nor his neat uniform commanded the same attention as the 1950s Manhattan elites who shared his little space every evening.
But little did they know that they were sharing a lift with an American who had been smack in the middle of the most dramatic twists and turns of the 20th century. Bullard was a boxer, World War I fighter pilot, Paris nightclub owner and World War II resistance fighter. He escaped the Gestapo and was beaten by police at a civil-rights demonstration. But even for many years after his death, his legacy remained that of an unnoticed, forgotten elevator operator.
http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-first-black-fighter-pilot/67003
THE FIRST BLACK FIGHTER PILOT
By Jack Doyle
You never know who you’re sharing an elevator with — and back when Rockefeller Center still had elevator operators, it was easy to ignore the elderly Black man in the corner. Neither Eugene Bullard nor his neat uniform commanded the same attention as the 1950s Manhattan elites who shared his little space every evening.
But little did they know that they were sharing a lift with an American who had been smack in the middle of the most dramatic twists and turns of the 20th century. Bullard was a boxer, World War I fighter pilot, Paris nightclub owner and World War II resistance fighter. He escaped the Gestapo and was beaten by police at a civil-rights demonstration. But even for many years after his death, his legacy remained that of an unnoticed, forgotten elevator operator.
http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-first-black-fighter-pilot/67003
Handy Gadget
Especially if you have little ones.
Flushable toilet wipe holder that attaches to the toilet roll holder already in place. It's designed to be used with any wipes.
Available at Amazon.
Enjoy!
Flushable toilet wipe holder that attaches to the toilet roll holder already in place. It's designed to be used with any wipes.
Available at Amazon.
Enjoy!
Desperate Women
Why ladies?
Why would you hook up with a nasty, trifling, lying, cheating man?
Why would you demean and debase yourself to sleep with a guy who smells like six-month-old funk?
Why would you lower your standards to a point where you have to crawl up to reach the bottom?
Are you that desperate to say you have a man?
Take it from me - an old woman who has been around the block a few times - you deserve so much better.
Be good to yourself.
Dump the trash.
Better yet . . .
Be good to your environment and live trash-free.
Why would you hook up with a nasty, trifling, lying, cheating man?
Why would you demean and debase yourself to sleep with a guy who smells like six-month-old funk?
Why would you lower your standards to a point where you have to crawl up to reach the bottom?
Are you that desperate to say you have a man?
Take it from me - an old woman who has been around the block a few times - you deserve so much better.
Be good to yourself.
Dump the trash.
Better yet . . .
Be good to your environment and live trash-free.
Friday, February 17, 2017
Shepard Smith slams Trump!! For "Crazy" Press Conference, fox news
I love the fact that this Fox News guy has the balls to call it like it is.
Go Shep!
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Michael K. Williams Asks: Am I Typecast? #QuestionAnswers
https://www.theatlantic.com/questionanswers/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-021617
Quote - God Help Us!
From Slate -
A Selection of Verbatim Quotes From Trump’s First Solo Press Conference as President
By Osita Nwanevu
A Selection of Verbatim Quotes From Trump’s First Solo Press Conference as President
By Osita Nwanevu
On his Electoral College margin of victory:
NBC’s Peter Alexander: Mr. President, very simply you said today that you had the biggest electoral margin since Ron Reagan. In fact, president Obama had 365,
President Trump: I was talking about Republicans—
Alexander: George Bush, 426 when he won. So why should Americans trust—
President Trump: I was given that information. I was just given it. We had a very, very big margin.
Alexander: I guess my question is why should the American people trust you when you accuse the information they receive as being fake when you’re providing information that’s not accurate?
President Trump: I was given that information. Actually, I’ve seen that information around. But it was a very substantial victory. Do you agree with that?
Alexander: You’re the president.
President Trump: Yes.
What Makes Us American?
From the New York Times -
Hyphen-Nation
What makes someone American? How do you define American identity? When do you feel most American? Or least? Nine American citizens describe their struggle to belong in a nation that both embraces and rejects them. Watch a video selected at random or choose a name. Then share your own stories.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/storywall/hyphen-nation?emc=edit_rr_20170216&nl=race-related&nlid=38867499&te=1
Hyphen-Nation
What makes someone American? How do you define American identity? When do you feel most American? Or least? Nine American citizens describe their struggle to belong in a nation that both embraces and rejects them. Watch a video selected at random or choose a name. Then share your own stories.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/storywall/hyphen-nation?emc=edit_rr_20170216&nl=race-related&nlid=38867499&te=1
App To Help With Travel Ban
From Upworthy -
With Trump's travel ban still in flux, these lawyers created a brilliant way to help.
By EVAN PORTER
The app "Airport Lawyer" connects travelers coming into the U.S. with volunteer attorneys who can help them navigate U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Using a nationwide network of thousands of volunteers — Yamada said there are hundreds of attorneys in Seattle alone willing to help, free of charge — travelers from abroad can arrange to have a lawyer meet them at the airport when they land.
http://www.upworthy.com/with-trumps-travel-ban-still-in-flux-these-lawyers-created-a-brilliant-way-to-help?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
With Trump's travel ban still in flux, these lawyers created a brilliant way to help.
By EVAN PORTER
The app "Airport Lawyer" connects travelers coming into the U.S. with volunteer attorneys who can help them navigate U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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| AirportLawyer.org |
http://www.upworthy.com/with-trumps-travel-ban-still-in-flux-these-lawyers-created-a-brilliant-way-to-help?c=upw1&u=6861cbea6edfdfe5a709ee39ad3c14b64135e61f
Fill Up Soon!
From Thrillist -
Check out the link below for a larger view.
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/chart-details-how-far-you-can-drive-on-empty
Check out the link below for a larger view.
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/chart-details-how-far-you-can-drive-on-empty
Restaurant Receipts
From the Washington Post -
The new political battleground: Your restaurant receipt
By Maura Judkis
First there was the Trump administration’s travel ban, then talk about the Mexican border wall and, finally, last week, Alfredo Solis decided it was time to send a message. So the owner of Mezcalero, the hottest new Mexican restaurant in the District, put it at the bottom of his receipts: “Immigrants help make America great!”
“I came to this country 17 years ago, and I work hard. I want to help make America great,” said Solis. “America is great already.”
Around the same time, a customer in San Antonio used a receipt to send a very different message. After a meal at Di Frabo, a local Italian restaurant, the customer wrote on a receipt: “The food was tasty and the service was attentive. However the owner is ‘Mexican.’ We will not return. ‘America first.’ ”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/02/14/the-new-political-battleground-your-restaurant-receipt/?utm_term=.6c8e27f39a26
The new political battleground: Your restaurant receipt
By Maura Judkis
First there was the Trump administration’s travel ban, then talk about the Mexican border wall and, finally, last week, Alfredo Solis decided it was time to send a message. So the owner of Mezcalero, the hottest new Mexican restaurant in the District, put it at the bottom of his receipts: “Immigrants help make America great!”
“I came to this country 17 years ago, and I work hard. I want to help make America great,” said Solis. “America is great already.”
Around the same time, a customer in San Antonio used a receipt to send a very different message. After a meal at Di Frabo, a local Italian restaurant, the customer wrote on a receipt: “The food was tasty and the service was attentive. However the owner is ‘Mexican.’ We will not return. ‘America first.’ ”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/02/14/the-new-political-battleground-your-restaurant-receipt/?utm_term=.6c8e27f39a26
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Curling Captain
From the Undefeated -
Redskins star Vernon Davis: U.S. Curling’s honorary captain
The tight end loves the sport of curling ‘because it’s just you and the stone and the broom’
BY MONIS KHAN, OSMAN NOOR & JANET WEINSTEIN
http://theundefeated.com/videos/redskins-vernon-davis-us-curling-honorary-captain/
Redskins star Vernon Davis: U.S. Curling’s honorary captain
The tight end loves the sport of curling ‘because it’s just you and the stone and the broom’
BY MONIS KHAN, OSMAN NOOR & JANET WEINSTEIN
http://theundefeated.com/videos/redskins-vernon-davis-us-curling-honorary-captain/
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
You First
From the BBC -
Dubai announces passenger drone plans
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38967235
Dubai announces passenger drone plans
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38967235
Quote 2
From the New York Times -
Flynn Is Exactly What Trump Deserves
By Frank Bruni
And the cornerstone of management is the assembling of a team that’s competent and trustworthy. Trump put his together in a cavalier fashion, enchanted by people who were high on energy even if they were low on sanity, decency, discretion, humility or some combination of the above.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/flynn-is-trumps-just-deserts.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
Flynn Is Exactly What Trump Deserves
By Frank Bruni
And the cornerstone of management is the assembling of a team that’s competent and trustworthy. Trump put his together in a cavalier fashion, enchanted by people who were high on energy even if they were low on sanity, decency, discretion, humility or some combination of the above.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/flynn-is-trumps-just-deserts.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
Quote
From the New Yorker -
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
By Jeffrey Frank
This can’t go on much longer, can it? In the past, the nation has had do-nothing Presidencies, and scandal-ridden Presidencies, and failed Presidencies, but until Donald J. Trump came along there hasn’t been a truly embarrassing Presidency.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-embarrassment-of-president-trump
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
By Jeffrey Frank
This can’t go on much longer, can it? In the past, the nation has had do-nothing Presidencies, and scandal-ridden Presidencies, and failed Presidencies, but until Donald J. Trump came along there hasn’t been a truly embarrassing Presidency.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-embarrassment-of-president-trump
Weighted Blankets
An excerpt from OZY -
WHY I'M OBSESSED WITH WEIGHTED BLANKETS
By Taylor Mayol
Insomnia sucks. It interferes with your physical and mental health and can feel like an impossible situation. Trust me, an intermittent sufferer who, for seemingly endless bouts, wakes up multiple times a night with that terrible can’t-shut-off-my-brain thing. Insomniacs will try anything to get some sleep: herbal remedies, meditation, pills, sometimes a glass of wine. But what if the answer could be as simple as a piece of bedding?
Recently my mom gave me a gift: a plain-looking, seemingly quilted, excessively heavy “weighted blanket.” She’d read that these blankets help calm people with anxiety or insomnia. They’re also used to help autistic kids, sufferers of OCD, those with sensory disorders and even veterans with PTSD.
http://www.ozy.com/good-sht/why-im-obsessed-with-weighted-blankets/75244
WHY I'M OBSESSED WITH WEIGHTED BLANKETS
By Taylor Mayol
Insomnia sucks. It interferes with your physical and mental health and can feel like an impossible situation. Trust me, an intermittent sufferer who, for seemingly endless bouts, wakes up multiple times a night with that terrible can’t-shut-off-my-brain thing. Insomniacs will try anything to get some sleep: herbal remedies, meditation, pills, sometimes a glass of wine. But what if the answer could be as simple as a piece of bedding?
Recently my mom gave me a gift: a plain-looking, seemingly quilted, excessively heavy “weighted blanket.” She’d read that these blankets help calm people with anxiety or insomnia. They’re also used to help autistic kids, sufferers of OCD, those with sensory disorders and even veterans with PTSD.
http://www.ozy.com/good-sht/why-im-obsessed-with-weighted-blankets/75244
Drug Enforcement Agency Museum
From Atlas Obscura -
DEA Museum
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dea-drug-enforcement-agency-museum
DEA Museum
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dea-drug-enforcement-agency-museum
Monday, February 13, 2017
How Many Robes and Hoods Have You Collected?
An excerpt from the Atlantic -
'Every Racist I Know Voted for Donald Trump'
Daryl Davis believes the method he used to persuade many klansmen to defect from the hate group can help America to bridge its political divides.
By CONOR FRIEDERSDORF
As a hobby, the black musician Daryl Davis persuades members of the Ku Klux Klan to defect from the organization. Over the years, he has spoken with hundreds of white supremacists. And due to his work, a couple dozen people have left the organization, including at least two prominent figures in senior leadership positions.
Two years ago, after listening to his life story on Love+Radio, the peerless character-driven interview podcast, I wrote about his belief that “when you are actively learning about someone else you are passively teaching them about yourself.” In listening to his most bitter enemies, Davis heard words and ideas that chilled him to the bone—yet he found that by listening and conversing he could subvert them. Some men even handed over their Klan garb, as he reminds critics of his approach. “I pull out my robes and hoods and say, ‘This is what I've done to put a dent in racism,” he explained. “I've got robes and hoods hanging in my closet by people who've given up that belief because of my conversations sitting down to dinner. They gave it up. How many robes and hoods have you collected?”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/every-racist-i-know-voted-for-donald-trump/516420/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-021317
'Every Racist I Know Voted for Donald Trump'
Daryl Davis believes the method he used to persuade many klansmen to defect from the hate group can help America to bridge its political divides.
By CONOR FRIEDERSDORF
As a hobby, the black musician Daryl Davis persuades members of the Ku Klux Klan to defect from the organization. Over the years, he has spoken with hundreds of white supremacists. And due to his work, a couple dozen people have left the organization, including at least two prominent figures in senior leadership positions.
Two years ago, after listening to his life story on Love+Radio, the peerless character-driven interview podcast, I wrote about his belief that “when you are actively learning about someone else you are passively teaching them about yourself.” In listening to his most bitter enemies, Davis heard words and ideas that chilled him to the bone—yet he found that by listening and conversing he could subvert them. Some men even handed over their Klan garb, as he reminds critics of his approach. “I pull out my robes and hoods and say, ‘This is what I've done to put a dent in racism,” he explained. “I've got robes and hoods hanging in my closet by people who've given up that belief because of my conversations sitting down to dinner. They gave it up. How many robes and hoods have you collected?”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/every-racist-i-know-voted-for-donald-trump/516420/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-021317
Most Googled
From Thrillist -
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/estately-map-shows-what-states-have-googled-since-2016-election
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/estately-map-shows-what-states-have-googled-since-2016-election
Cool Schools
From Buzzfeed -
7 Awesome Schools That Make The Whole Day Feel Like Recess
There’s a classroom on an airplane. An airplane!!!
By Terri Pous
https://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/school-is-cool?utm_term=.icpddQ5VE#.toDllY2xW
7 Awesome Schools That Make The Whole Day Feel Like Recess
There’s a classroom on an airplane. An airplane!!!
By Terri Pous
https://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/school-is-cool?utm_term=.icpddQ5VE#.toDllY2xW
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Who Says?
From the Undefeated -
White immigrants weren’t always considered white — and acceptable
Italians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Slavs and other European groups had to overcome prejudice over many years
BY BRANDO SIMEO STARKEY
Who, exactly, is white?
The answer sounds obvious — we know a white person when we see one, we think. But when Italians poured into America in the late 1800s and early 1900s, they were not considered white upon arrival. A century later, though, when Teresa Giudice of The Real Housewives of New Jersey maniacally hoisted a table on national television, she did not do so as a member of a supposedly inferior people. No, she was a crazy white lady throwing furniture.
The story of how European immigrants during that era became white enlightens us on our current political realities. Italians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Slavs and other European groups, at the time called “new immigrants,” sought to overcome their subordination by showing, through their behavior, to be deserving of being considered white.
In 1911, Henry Pratt Fairchild, an influential American sociologist, said about new immigrants, “If he proves himself a man, and … acquires wealth and cleans himself up — very well, we might receive him in a generation or two. But at present he is far beneath us, and the burden of proof rests with him.” They ultimately met that burden and crucial to their success was that they were not black and they actively helped in maintaining a racist society.
https://theundefeated.com/features/white-immigrants-werent-always-considered-white-and-acceptable/
White immigrants weren’t always considered white — and acceptable
Italians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Slavs and other European groups had to overcome prejudice over many years
BY BRANDO SIMEO STARKEY
Who, exactly, is white?
The answer sounds obvious — we know a white person when we see one, we think. But when Italians poured into America in the late 1800s and early 1900s, they were not considered white upon arrival. A century later, though, when Teresa Giudice of The Real Housewives of New Jersey maniacally hoisted a table on national television, she did not do so as a member of a supposedly inferior people. No, she was a crazy white lady throwing furniture.
The story of how European immigrants during that era became white enlightens us on our current political realities. Italians, Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Slavs and other European groups, at the time called “new immigrants,” sought to overcome their subordination by showing, through their behavior, to be deserving of being considered white.
In 1911, Henry Pratt Fairchild, an influential American sociologist, said about new immigrants, “If he proves himself a man, and … acquires wealth and cleans himself up — very well, we might receive him in a generation or two. But at present he is far beneath us, and the burden of proof rests with him.” They ultimately met that burden and crucial to their success was that they were not black and they actively helped in maintaining a racist society.
https://theundefeated.com/features/white-immigrants-werent-always-considered-white-and-acceptable/
A Viable Alternative
An excerpt from OZY -
WHY DETENTION SUCKS ... AND MANUAL LABOR IS BETTER
By James Watkins
When OZY’s Sean Culligan, then 16, hurled a water balloon that hit a car passing outside his high school, the effect was not quite what he’d hoped. Caught in the act by a teacher, who viewed the “prank” as a serious misdemeanor, young Culligan was given a one-way ticket to detention for the rest of the week. But his punishment wasn’t to sit in silence or write “I must not throw things at cars” 100 times. Instead, detention involved janitorial work — picking up litter, carrying supplies, even cleaning the bathrooms. That was par for the course at a Catholic school back then.
Too severe? We might not see eye to eye with young Culligan’s tormentors, but something might be said for making detention a bit more … physical. When detention in the majority of schools across the world is spent in silence, reading or writing lines of penance, couldn’t it be made more productive? How about using the time to teach misbehaving children the value of hard work and community service, and respect for the environment and teamwork, rather than trying to bore them into obedience? Whether working alongside the janitor to tidy classrooms or tending to a community garden, schools should ditch detention and replace it with manual labor.
http://www.ozy.com/immodest-proposal/why-detention-sucks-and-manual-labor-is-better/74515
WHY DETENTION SUCKS ... AND MANUAL LABOR IS BETTER
By James Watkins
When OZY’s Sean Culligan, then 16, hurled a water balloon that hit a car passing outside his high school, the effect was not quite what he’d hoped. Caught in the act by a teacher, who viewed the “prank” as a serious misdemeanor, young Culligan was given a one-way ticket to detention for the rest of the week. But his punishment wasn’t to sit in silence or write “I must not throw things at cars” 100 times. Instead, detention involved janitorial work — picking up litter, carrying supplies, even cleaning the bathrooms. That was par for the course at a Catholic school back then.
Too severe? We might not see eye to eye with young Culligan’s tormentors, but something might be said for making detention a bit more … physical. When detention in the majority of schools across the world is spent in silence, reading or writing lines of penance, couldn’t it be made more productive? How about using the time to teach misbehaving children the value of hard work and community service, and respect for the environment and teamwork, rather than trying to bore them into obedience? Whether working alongside the janitor to tidy classrooms or tending to a community garden, schools should ditch detention and replace it with manual labor.
http://www.ozy.com/immodest-proposal/why-detention-sucks-and-manual-labor-is-better/74515
Gift Ideas
From StumbleUpon -
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1q8v12/:1Gs+Y_unE:nqF@Fcuw/mentalfloss.com/article/75376/most-popular-valentines-day-gift-searches-state
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1q8v12/:1Gs+Y_unE:nqF@Fcuw/mentalfloss.com/article/75376/most-popular-valentines-day-gift-searches-state
A Renaissance Man
From the Public Domain Review -
W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/w-e-b-du-bois-hand-drawn-infographics-of-african-american-life-1900/
W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/w-e-b-du-bois-hand-drawn-infographics-of-african-american-life-1900/
101 Books to Read Before Kindergarten
From Pinterest -
http://growingbookbybook.com/101-books-read-kids-kindergarten/#_a5y_p=5828592
http://growingbookbybook.com/101-books-read-kids-kindergarten/#_a5y_p=5828592
The South's First Black Millionaire
From OZY -
THE STORY OF THE SOUTH’S FIRST BLACK MILLIONAIRE
By Sean Braswell
http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-story-of-the-souths-first-black-millionaire/75532
THE STORY OF THE SOUTH’S FIRST BLACK MILLIONAIRE
By Sean Braswell
http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-story-of-the-souths-first-black-millionaire/75532
Friday, February 10, 2017
I Wish You Were
An excerpt from the NewYork Times -
Am I Imagining This?
By Roger Cohen
The enormity of the defiling of the White House in just three weeks is staggering. For decades the world’s security was undergirded by America’s word. The words that issued from the Oval Office were solemn. It was on America’s word, as expressed by the president, that the European continent and allies like Japan built their postwar security.
Now the words that fall from Trump’s pursed lips or, often misspelled, onto his Twitter feed are trite or false or meaningless. He’s angry with Nordstrom, for heaven’s sake, because the department store chain dropped his daughter Ivanka’s clothing line! This is the concern of the leader of the free world.
Unpresidented! (sic)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/preserving-the-sanctity-of-all-facts.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0
Am I Imagining This?
By Roger Cohen
The enormity of the defiling of the White House in just three weeks is staggering. For decades the world’s security was undergirded by America’s word. The words that issued from the Oval Office were solemn. It was on America’s word, as expressed by the president, that the European continent and allies like Japan built their postwar security.
Now the words that fall from Trump’s pursed lips or, often misspelled, onto his Twitter feed are trite or false or meaningless. He’s angry with Nordstrom, for heaven’s sake, because the department store chain dropped his daughter Ivanka’s clothing line! This is the concern of the leader of the free world.
Unpresidented! (sic)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/preserving-the-sanctity-of-all-facts.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Shaking Up the World
From the Undefeated -
The Undefeated 44: African-Americans Who Shook Up the World
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/
The Undefeated 44: African-Americans Who Shook Up the World
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-undefeated-44-most-influential-black-americans-in-history/
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