Thursday, May 31, 2018
Ambien Maker Pushes Back
People of all races, religions and nationalities work at Sanofi every day to improve the lives of people around the world. While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.— Sanofi US (@SanofiUS) May 30, 2018
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
NFL Caves
NFL -- who exploits players for 3yrs then abandons them to a lifetime of pain -- sided with a draft-dodging racist who uses fake patriotism to squash peaceful protest. Corporations shld rethink sponsoring moral cowardice before we start asking: whose side is Nationwide really on? pic.twitter.com/ytVSiE4wfX
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) May 29, 2018
Outstanding Pastry Chef
An excerpt from the New York Times -
An Alabama Chef and Her Beloved Desserts Hit the Big Time
By Kim Severson
An Alabama Chef and Her Beloved Desserts Hit the Big Time
By Kim Severson
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| Dolester Miles, who was named Outstanding Pastry Chef by the James Beard Foundation in May, has worked for more than 30 years at the Highlands Bar & Grill in Birmingham, Ala. CreditBob Miller for The New York Times |
Still, amid all the hand-wringing over politics and privilege, it was Ms. Miles’s win that somehow captured hearts. In her own small way, she was like Meghan Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland, at the royal wedding: a secondary character in a larger, predominantly white narrative who emerged as an African-American beacon.
“Her honor acknowledges and celebrates generations of restaurant and home cooks whose recipes got lost in the their employers’ brands,” said Toni Tipton-Martin, a food journalist whose 2015 book, “The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African-American Cookbooks,” explored the history of black cooks in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/dining/dolester-miles-alabama-pastry-chef.html?emc=edit_nn_20180530&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=3886749920180530&te=1
Preschool Cookbook
My nephews Ethan’s pre-k class made a cook book, and all the kids had to come up with all the recipes😂😂 so much better than I could’ve imagined. pic.twitter.com/X5d0Sqzw5N— Jordan Adams (@JordanKAdams97) May 16, 2018
Starbucks' Training Video
We got a hold of Starbucks’s racial bias training video: pic.twitter.com/ePXy5Qqtzr— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 30, 2018
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Thank God!
From Vulture -
Shonda Rhimes, Kenya Barris, and More Celebrities React to Roseanne Cancellation
By Hunter Harris
http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/shonda-rhimes-kenya-barris-rita-moreno-reacts-to-roseanne-cancellation.html
Shonda Rhimes, Kenya Barris, and More Celebrities React to Roseanne Cancellation
By Hunter Harris
http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/shonda-rhimes-kenya-barris-rita-moreno-reacts-to-roseanne-cancellation.html
Rewriting Racist Headlines
From the New Yorker -
How Alexandra Bell Is Disrupting Racism in Journalism
By Doreen St. Félix
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-alexandra-bell-is-disrupting-racism-in-journalism?mbid=nl_Daily%20052918&CNDID=27124505&spMailingID=13602117&spUserID=MTMzMTgyODE2ODQxS0&spJobID=1402650940&spReportId=MTQwMjY1MDk0MAS2
How Alexandra Bell Is Disrupting Racism in Journalism
By Doreen St. Félix
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-alexandra-bell-is-disrupting-racism-in-journalism?mbid=nl_Daily%20052918&CNDID=27124505&spMailingID=13602117&spUserID=MTMzMTgyODE2ODQxS0&spJobID=1402650940&spReportId=MTQwMjY1MDk0MAS2
Again.
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
I’m a black doctor. My neighbors called the cops on me for listening to Biggie.
By Mary Branch
I cannot prove that this was an act based on bias. But in studying and practicing medicine, I have developed skills in pattern recognition. They are well adapted to making a diagnosis of racism.
After that incident, I could not sleep for a few nights, because of how hurt I felt. Having a policeman approach and confront me left me feeling embarrassed, humiliated and powerless. I felt like an unwanted outsider in a community of which I thought I was a member.
Not long ago, two African American gentlemen were arrested in a Starbucks in Philadelphia while simply waiting for a colleague; I understand how fearful and helpless they must have felt. Then there was the woman wrestled to the floor by police at a Waffle House; I can relate to her likely feelings of anger mixed with submission. These scenarios aren’t new, nor are the emotions they stir up in us. As people of color, we’ve learned to present ourselves in an assimilated manner to shield ourselves from overpolicing. The poet Paul Laurence Dunbar described it best: “We wear the mask that grins and lies.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/my-white-neighbors-called-the-cops-on-me-for-listening-to-hip-hop/2018/05/28/54930d04-4fbe-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.364456acb582&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
I’m a black doctor. My neighbors called the cops on me for listening to Biggie.
By Mary Branch
I cannot prove that this was an act based on bias. But in studying and practicing medicine, I have developed skills in pattern recognition. They are well adapted to making a diagnosis of racism.
After that incident, I could not sleep for a few nights, because of how hurt I felt. Having a policeman approach and confront me left me feeling embarrassed, humiliated and powerless. I felt like an unwanted outsider in a community of which I thought I was a member.
Not long ago, two African American gentlemen were arrested in a Starbucks in Philadelphia while simply waiting for a colleague; I understand how fearful and helpless they must have felt. Then there was the woman wrestled to the floor by police at a Waffle House; I can relate to her likely feelings of anger mixed with submission. These scenarios aren’t new, nor are the emotions they stir up in us. As people of color, we’ve learned to present ourselves in an assimilated manner to shield ourselves from overpolicing. The poet Paul Laurence Dunbar described it best: “We wear the mask that grins and lies.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/my-white-neighbors-called-the-cops-on-me-for-listening-to-hip-hop/2018/05/28/54930d04-4fbe-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.364456acb582&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Monday, May 28, 2018
Horrible
1500 innocent children ripped from their mothers’ arms at our border. Lost in Trump’s “system”. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddle masses yearning to breathe free -- and we will torture them for wanting a better life. From Shining City to Evil Empire in under 500 days. pic.twitter.com/Qg07vb0aBg— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) May 27, 2018
Sunday, May 27, 2018
378 Killed Since He Took a Knee
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
Police Killed At Least 378 Black Americans From The Moment Colin Kaepernick Protested
These Americans deserve to be more than another statistic.
By Sebastian Murdock
When former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem in August 2016, it was in protest of unjust police killings of black Americans.
For his courage, Kaepernick lost his job, the NFL lost its mind by forbidding the peaceful action ― and meanwhile, at least 378 black Americans have lost their lives in police killings.
That most recent estimate of black police violence victims comes from data compiled by The Washington Post and analyzed by HuffPost.
Last August, HuffPost reported that based on the Post’s data, at least 223 black Americans had been killed by police gunfire in the year since Kaepernick first sat, then took a knee, to protest police violence. Less than a year later, that number has increased by at least 155 people.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/police-killed-378-black-americans-colin-kaepernick_us_5b070160e4b07c4ea10655be
Police Killed At Least 378 Black Americans From The Moment Colin Kaepernick Protested
These Americans deserve to be more than another statistic.
By Sebastian Murdock
When former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem in August 2016, it was in protest of unjust police killings of black Americans.
For his courage, Kaepernick lost his job, the NFL lost its mind by forbidding the peaceful action ― and meanwhile, at least 378 black Americans have lost their lives in police killings.
That most recent estimate of black police violence victims comes from data compiled by The Washington Post and analyzed by HuffPost.
Last August, HuffPost reported that based on the Post’s data, at least 223 black Americans had been killed by police gunfire in the year since Kaepernick first sat, then took a knee, to protest police violence. Less than a year later, that number has increased by at least 155 people.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/police-killed-378-black-americans-colin-kaepernick_us_5b070160e4b07c4ea10655be
The Best Outdoor Tents
From Slate -
The Best Outdoor Tents on Amazon, According to Hyperenthusiastic Reviewers
For roughing it or glamping.
By STRATEGIST EDITORS
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/05/the-best-outdoor-tents-on-amazon-reviews.html
The Best Outdoor Tents on Amazon, According to Hyperenthusiastic Reviewers
For roughing it or glamping.
By STRATEGIST EDITORS
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/05/the-best-outdoor-tents-on-amazon-reviews.html
Damning Evidence
An excerpt from the Baltimore Sun -
Trump has little advice to offer Naval Academy graduates
Daniel Barkhuff, William Burke
These are just a few of many examples of graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy making big choices laden with courage and self-sacrifice that come from a history of countless small choices: to be truthful, to stay committed to a code of honor and duty, and to choose a harder right over the easier wrong — even if the choice is contrary to their own short-term personal interests. These are the choices that make one fit to lead.
Contrast this to the personal and professional honor of the sitting president of the United States, who time and again makes small choices guided by self-interest, ego, impulse and immediate self-gratification. He could never do what we ask our U.S. Naval Academy graduates to do. He is a physical coward, a liar and no leader at all.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0523-trump-usna-20180522-story.html
Trump has little advice to offer Naval Academy graduates
Daniel Barkhuff, William Burke
These are just a few of many examples of graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy making big choices laden with courage and self-sacrifice that come from a history of countless small choices: to be truthful, to stay committed to a code of honor and duty, and to choose a harder right over the easier wrong — even if the choice is contrary to their own short-term personal interests. These are the choices that make one fit to lead.
Contrast this to the personal and professional honor of the sitting president of the United States, who time and again makes small choices guided by self-interest, ego, impulse and immediate self-gratification. He could never do what we ask our U.S. Naval Academy graduates to do. He is a physical coward, a liar and no leader at all.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0523-trump-usna-20180522-story.html
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Gladwell on School Shooters
https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/malcolm-gladwell-on-school-shootings-and-the-return-of-paul-schrader?mbid=nl_Daily%20052618&CNDID=27124505&spMailingID=13586914&spUserID=MTMzMTgyODE2ODQxS0&spJobID=1402348413&spReportId=MTQwMjM0ODQxMwS2
Cool Homes & Appliances
From Buzzfeed -
17 Homes And Appliances That Prove We're Already Living In The Future
No, we aren't talking about Pat from Smart House.
By Francesca Rea
https://www.buzzfeed.com/francescaarea/homes-that-are-living-in-the-future?utm_term=.dx0o04ldE#.qjjeX8vxy
17 Homes And Appliances That Prove We're Already Living In The Future
No, we aren't talking about Pat from Smart House.
By Francesca Rea
https://www.buzzfeed.com/francescaarea/homes-that-are-living-in-the-future?utm_term=.dx0o04ldE#.qjjeX8vxy
Inspiring Teacher
An excerpt from CNN -
A 6th-grade teacher wrote 'Invite me to your Harvard graduation!' -- 21 years later, the student did just that
By Andrea Diaz, CNN
Judith Toensing didn't just teach her students, she inspired them.
A sixth-grade teacher from Yuma, Arizona, Toensing made a strong impact on one of her students 21 years ago.
At the end of the school year in 1997, Mrs. Toensing, wrote a note on the student's report card: "It has been a joy to have you in class. Keep up the good work! Invite me to your Harvard graduation!."
This week, the student, Christin Gilmer graduated from Harvard as a doctor of public health.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/us/teacher-harvard-graduation-21-year-old-note-trnd/index.html
A 6th-grade teacher wrote 'Invite me to your Harvard graduation!' -- 21 years later, the student did just that
By Andrea Diaz, CNN
Judith Toensing didn't just teach her students, she inspired them.
A sixth-grade teacher from Yuma, Arizona, Toensing made a strong impact on one of her students 21 years ago.
At the end of the school year in 1997, Mrs. Toensing, wrote a note on the student's report card: "It has been a joy to have you in class. Keep up the good work! Invite me to your Harvard graduation!."
This week, the student, Christin Gilmer graduated from Harvard as a doctor of public health.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/us/teacher-harvard-graduation-21-year-old-note-trnd/index.html
Friday, May 25, 2018
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Say Their Names
Say their names...— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 24, 2018
The NFL's call is unAmerican https://t.co/3H7XABjZg9
An early look at Thursday's front... pic.twitter.com/lm5eucXVrU
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
More Damaging Than a Statue
From the Washington Post -
Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis says rap and hip-hop are ‘more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee’
By Jonathan Capehart
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/05/22/jazz-musician-wynton-marsalis-says-rap-and-hip-hop-are-more-damaging-than-a-statue-of-robert-e-lee/?utm_term=.858abdf50469&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis says rap and hip-hop are ‘more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee’
By Jonathan Capehart
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/05/22/jazz-musician-wynton-marsalis-says-rap-and-hip-hop-are-more-damaging-than-a-statue-of-robert-e-lee/?utm_term=.858abdf50469&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Cartoons That Speak Volumes
From the Washington Post -
Santa Fe: Cartoonists lambaste the political reactions to another school shooting
By Michael Cavna
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/05/22/santa-fe-cartoonists-lambaste-the-political-reactions-to-another-school-shooting/?utm_term=.47cc2f549852
Santa Fe: Cartoonists lambaste the political reactions to another school shooting
By Michael Cavna
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/05/22/santa-fe-cartoonists-lambaste-the-political-reactions-to-another-school-shooting/?utm_term=.47cc2f549852
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Monday, May 21, 2018
An Open Letter to the President
https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/2018/05/18/an-open-letter-to-president-trump-on-the-difference-between-hiv-and-hpv/
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Sick & Tired
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
Houston Police Chief Says He’s Sick Of Inaction On Gun Control
“I’ve hit rock bottom and I am not interested in your views as it pertains to this issue,” he said.
headshot
By Sebastian Murdock
Acevedo said he has had enough inaction when it comes to protecting children.
“Today I spent the day dealing with another mass shooting of children and a responding police officer who is clinging to life,” the police chief wrote Friday. “I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve shed tears of sadness, pain and anger.”
~~~~~~~~~~
FACEBOOK POST -
Art Acevedo
May 18 at 7:43pm ·
To all my Facebook friends. Today I spent the day dealing with another mass shooting of children and a responding police officer who is clinging to life. I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve shed tears of sadness, pain and anger.
I know some have strong feelings about gun rights but I want you to know I’ve hit rock bottom and I am not interested in your views as it pertains to this issue. Please do not post anything about guns aren’t the problem and there’s little we can do. My feelings won’t be hurt if you de-friend me and I hope yours won’t be if you decide to post about your views and I de-friend you.
I have never accepted the status-quo in anything I do and I’ve never accepted defeat. And I won’t do it now. I will continue to speak up and will stand up for what my heart and my God commands me to do, and I assure you he hasn’t instructed me to believe that gun-rights are bestowed by him.
The hatred being spewed in our country and the new norms we, so-called people of faith are accepting, is as much to blame for so much of the violence in our once pragmatic Nation.
This isn’t a time for prayers, and study and Inaction, it’s a time for prayers, action and the asking of God’s forgiveness for our inaction (especially the elected officials that ran to the cameras today, acted in a solemn manner, called for prayers, and will once again do absolutely nothing).
I close by saying, I wish those that move on from this page the best. May God Bless you and keep you.
https://www.facebook.com/ChiefArtAcevedo/posts/1676298439150998
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/houston-police-chief-says-he-is-sick-of-inaction-over-gun-control_us_5b003eefe4b0a046186c4346
Houston Police Chief Says He’s Sick Of Inaction On Gun Control
“I’ve hit rock bottom and I am not interested in your views as it pertains to this issue,” he said.
headshot
By Sebastian Murdock
Acevedo said he has had enough inaction when it comes to protecting children.
“Today I spent the day dealing with another mass shooting of children and a responding police officer who is clinging to life,” the police chief wrote Friday. “I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve shed tears of sadness, pain and anger.”
~~~~~~~~~~
FACEBOOK POST -
Art Acevedo
May 18 at 7:43pm ·
To all my Facebook friends. Today I spent the day dealing with another mass shooting of children and a responding police officer who is clinging to life. I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve shed tears of sadness, pain and anger.
I know some have strong feelings about gun rights but I want you to know I’ve hit rock bottom and I am not interested in your views as it pertains to this issue. Please do not post anything about guns aren’t the problem and there’s little we can do. My feelings won’t be hurt if you de-friend me and I hope yours won’t be if you decide to post about your views and I de-friend you.
I have never accepted the status-quo in anything I do and I’ve never accepted defeat. And I won’t do it now. I will continue to speak up and will stand up for what my heart and my God commands me to do, and I assure you he hasn’t instructed me to believe that gun-rights are bestowed by him.
The hatred being spewed in our country and the new norms we, so-called people of faith are accepting, is as much to blame for so much of the violence in our once pragmatic Nation.
This isn’t a time for prayers, and study and Inaction, it’s a time for prayers, action and the asking of God’s forgiveness for our inaction (especially the elected officials that ran to the cameras today, acted in a solemn manner, called for prayers, and will once again do absolutely nothing).
I close by saying, I wish those that move on from this page the best. May God Bless you and keep you.
https://www.facebook.com/ChiefArtAcevedo/posts/1676298439150998
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/houston-police-chief-says-he-is-sick-of-inaction-over-gun-control_us_5b003eefe4b0a046186c4346
Bigger Venue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/19/the-royal-weddings-teenage-cello-player-skipped-his-u-s-debut-to-play-in-the-ceremony/?utm_term=.8c1bc098f199
Saturday, May 19, 2018
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