Thursday, March 9, 2017
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Samantha Bee Explains Donald Trump’s Obama Wiretap Tweet: “White Guy Shoots Self In D*ck, Tries To Pin On Black Guy”
Weighing the Pro & Cons
From Politico -
A Letter From Black America
Yes, we fear the police. Here’s why.
By NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES
My friends and I locked eyes in stunned silence. Between the four adults, we hold six degrees. Three of us are journalists. And not one of us had thought to call the police. We had not even considered it.
We also are all black. And without realizing it, in that moment, each of us had made a set of calculations, an instantaneous weighing of the pros and cons.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/letter-from-black-america-police-115545.html#ixzz4aqOVdXSb
A Letter From Black America
Yes, we fear the police. Here’s why.
By NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES
My friends and I locked eyes in stunned silence. Between the four adults, we hold six degrees. Three of us are journalists. And not one of us had thought to call the police. We had not even considered it.
We also are all black. And without realizing it, in that moment, each of us had made a set of calculations, an instantaneous weighing of the pros and cons.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/letter-from-black-america-police-115545.html#ixzz4aqOVdXSb
Whiplash
From the LA Times -
To black Americans, Trump behaves like a classic Southerner — and we feel erased
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
To black Americans, Trump behaves like a classic Southerner — and we feel erased
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
Talk about whiplash. During the brief era of Donald Trump, black people have been living in trepidation and silent outrage, grappling with the meaning of a man who took office largely on the promise to nullify or reverse whatever America’s first black president, Barack Obama, had accomplished — good, bad or indifferent.
Seeing our historical gains dissolve at the whim of white rage is all too familiar for black folks, which is not to say that the last two months haven’t been a shock. That Trump is not just another white politician but one who is spectacularly unqualified to be president makes the setback that much more racially charged, and ominous.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-kaplan-trump-as-a-southern-man-20170309-story.html
Comedian Dave Chappelle addresses Village of Yellow Springs council meeting
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/03/08/dave_chappelle_speaks_at_his_town_council_meeting.html
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Rock Arch Washed Away
From the BBC -
Malta's Azure Window collapses into the sea
Malta's famous Azure Window rock arch has collapsed into the sea after heavy storms.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the news was "heartbreaking".
A study in 2013 said that while erosion was inevitable, the structure was not in imminent danger of collapsing, the Times of Malta reports.
The popular limestone arch on Gozo island was featured on the first episode of the HBO series Game of Thrones and in several films.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39207196
Malta's Azure Window collapses into the sea
Malta's famous Azure Window rock arch has collapsed into the sea after heavy storms.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the news was "heartbreaking".
A study in 2013 said that while erosion was inevitable, the structure was not in imminent danger of collapsing, the Times of Malta reports.
The popular limestone arch on Gozo island was featured on the first episode of the HBO series Game of Thrones and in several films.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39207196
Honoring Teachers
From OZY -
WE SHOULD BUILD STATUES FOR TEACHERS
By Fiona Zublin
Building statues is one way communities decide on, and indicate to the world, what they value. There are statues of generals, presidents, reformers, ministers, Oscar Wilde and, in the Loire Valley, a jarringly naked statue of Leonardo da Vinci. What we don’t have are statues honoring the thousands of extraordinary teachers who, day in and day out, motivate American youth, keep them from dropping out, spend their summers crafting lesson plans and make a visible, lasting difference.
http://www.ozy.com/immodest-proposal/we-should-build-statues-for-teachers/74783
WE SHOULD BUILD STATUES FOR TEACHERS
By Fiona Zublin
Building statues is one way communities decide on, and indicate to the world, what they value. There are statues of generals, presidents, reformers, ministers, Oscar Wilde and, in the Loire Valley, a jarringly naked statue of Leonardo da Vinci. What we don’t have are statues honoring the thousands of extraordinary teachers who, day in and day out, motivate American youth, keep them from dropping out, spend their summers crafting lesson plans and make a visible, lasting difference.
http://www.ozy.com/immodest-proposal/we-should-build-statues-for-teachers/74783
Grab Your Pen and Paper . . .
It's time for school.
WARNING: Don't read if you have not seen the movie, "Get Out."
How Get Out deconstructs racism for white people
“Stay woke.”
By Aja Romano
Get Out ingeniously uses common horror tropes to reveal truths about how pernicious racism is in the world. It doesn’t walk back any of its condemnations by inserting a “white savior” or making overtures to pacifism and tolerance. No: In this film, white society is a conscious purveyor of evil, and Chris must remain alert to its benevolent racism. He has to in order to survive.
http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/7/14759756/get-out-benevolent-racism-white-feminism
WARNING: Don't read if you have not seen the movie, "Get Out."
How Get Out deconstructs racism for white people
“Stay woke.”
By Aja Romano
Get Out ingeniously uses common horror tropes to reveal truths about how pernicious racism is in the world. It doesn’t walk back any of its condemnations by inserting a “white savior” or making overtures to pacifism and tolerance. No: In this film, white society is a conscious purveyor of evil, and Chris must remain alert to its benevolent racism. He has to in order to survive.
http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/7/14759756/get-out-benevolent-racism-white-feminism
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