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433 - D. Elisabeth Glassco: on Louis Armstrong
“Because of the way they are treating my people in the South, the US government can go to hell” and [US President Dwight D. Eisenhower] “has no guts’ for not sending in the military to protect the Little Rock Nine.” He called Eisenhower "two-faced" and described Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus as an "uneducated plough boy". 3/ #BlackMastodon #Histodons #History #StillWeRise #BlackHistory #Music
848 - Colourism: Why We Can't Talk About Racism Without It
Singer and ELLE cover star Halsey, who is biracial, explained how her privilege from having light skin and being white passing means she is far less likely to be a target of police brutality after a Twitter user accused her of “never claiming her black side” amid the Justice for George Floyd protests in a since-deleted tweet. “I’m white passing. It’s not my place to say ‘we’. It’s my place to help. I am in pain for my family, but nobody is gonna kill me based on my skin colour. I’ve always b...
2486 - Why Is It So Damn HARD To Get A Job?? - YouTube
It is an accurate capture. I am totally burned out from the job search. I am a highly qualified candidate and was treated with disdain, fear, insecurity, disrespect. I secured a job this week and never ever would I want to undergo a job search ever again. I don't care how bad I am treated, I don't care I would not ever put myself through a job search like I went through. I have 10 years to retirement and honestly, I cannot wait to retire and get out of this h-llhole of the world of work. I...
2904 - Telling us we should be grateful to live in Australia overlooks the hardships and sacrifices of migration - ABC News
In high school, I was regularly targeted and picked on because I was one of a few non-caucasian students. I tolerated slurs like "chink" and "slit-eyes" and being asked what "ching-chong-ling-long" means. I hid away from physical violence by being involved in as many activities as I could, so I would be safe in the schoolyard.
5498 - TracyWesterman
How is it possible that our communities have the WORLDS highest rates of CHILD SUICIDE & we have NO targets 4 Indigenous suicide & MH in #ClosingTheGap & its ALSO excluded by the prod commission review. So NO targets; no accountability 4 funding & not a national priority. I smh
7681 - One of my students in the diploma course on public policies tells me that what she learned about #rstats in the classes helped her to help llama wool producers to negotiate the price and earn 3 tim...
9779 - Distressing, disappointing': Universities Australia releases report into extent of sexual assault and harassment
The head of Universities Australia has apologised to victims of sexual assault and harassment in university communities while releasing a damning report into the prevalence of the offences across the sector.
9788 - To trainees from marginalized backgrounds, don't settle for an institution that does not value you & your work by not willing to invest in you. The idea of staying at institution that is not willin...
10224 - Black People in the US Were Enslaved Well into the 1960s
More than 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, there were black people in the Deep South who had no idea they were free. These people were forced to work, violently tortured, and raped.
