Not the Only One

Black men who commit the same crimes as white men receive federal prison sentences that are almost 20 percent longer on average. That's according to new data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

This is just such a “I didn’t care when they came for the Palestinians because I dont believe Palestinians are human” moment — sorry brah we are all Palestinians when it comes to hard right governments amping their murderous repression vibes up with machine learning. If you can’t bring yourself to care about Palestinians, at least care about your own damn self? Idk jfc

One of the world's most brutal conflicts is marking its first anniversary this week, but with the war in Gaza and other events dominating news, the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is going underreported.

Logic, it's hard! 1. Why do people deliberately stop talking, or making sounds in general, when you, a #blind person, walk towards them? People, make your regular sounds. Sounds are helpful. 2. Why do people shout in your face just as you're reaching an obstacle, thus distracting the hell out of you? Even worse, combined with 1, it can be a jump-scare. Really not helpful! This latter case has just happened to me, and I nearly dropped my groceries. I don't often #Rant #Grumble, but sometimes… 😖

Tomorrow is the final day of the inquest into the death of Tane Chatfield. His family will address media at the NSW Coroners Court in Lidcombe at 9am. If you can, come sit in. It matters, and so does #JusticeForTane.

Many of these people are educated, and hold jobs or positions that give them some form of power or influence over Black people.

Right. When it comes to societal safety nets people want to limit benefits and use the old Reagan ‘welfare queen’ argument. This highlights a small minority of people ‘cheating’ the system. Talk about corporations or wealthy individuals cheating the system and the same people complaining about the poor cheating turn around and say ‘it’s being smart’ when wealthy cheat.

Today I’d like to look at Professor Silverman’s concept of “cultural blind spots” –the idea that vestiges of colonial violence in Belgian objects and artwork went almost entirely unnoticed by the public- and similar structures in American society today. One of her most vivid examples involved chocolate hands, a regional specialty of Antwerp. Called Antwerpse handjes in Dutch, these sweets are associated primarily with the myth of the founding of the city, in which the hero Brabo slew the tyr...