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838 - Controlling the Crown: Legal Efforts to Professionalize Black Hair - Saran Donahoo, Asia D. Smith, 2022
Similar to other aspects of life, White cultural norms influence the evaluations and expectations placed on Black women in the workplace. Even though Bo Derek inspired many White women to wear braids after her character in the film 10, the New York District Court sided with American Airlines when Renee Rogers sued her employer for denying her the right to wear similar braids to work. Nearly 40 years later, laws in California and New York City have finally acknowledged this approach as racial ...
3171 - Joëlle: "Eurovision desperately trying …" - disabled.social
Eurovision desperately trying and failing to keep the Song Festival free from politics proves what every marginalized person already knows: Everything is political. Life is political.
3521 - Nithin Coca నితిన్: "@mekkaokereke Until we can c…" - disabled.social
Until we can call out #humanrights violations anywhere, I think we'll continue to fail to address either #climate or historical injustices. Giving one country a pass because they produce more #EVs or have more solar panels is merely kicking the can down the road.
3660 - Puneet Singh Singhal: "Key Components of Independent …" - disabled.social
Key Components of Independent Living: 1.) Self-determination and choice 2.) Accessible environments 3.) Support systems 4.) Inclusive education and employment opportunities
7460 - I'm writing an article on ableism. What's your most shocking example? Xxx
8537 - I often hear people say "if we Aboriginal people in Australia were warriors like the Māori they would've kept their land" as if the Māori people also aren't also the victims of genocide and land ...
10023 - Business Plot
The Business Plot (also called the Wall Street Putsch and The White House Putsch) was an alleged political conspiracy in 1933 in the United States to overthrow the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install a dictator. Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler asserted that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans' organization with Butler as its leader and use it in a coup d'état to overthrow Roosevelt. In 1934, Butler testified under oath before...
10477 - Global inequality is not a hierarchy of ability or merit. It is a hierarchy of brutality and exploitation.
10862 - Make sure all of my care is done by women, immigrants, black and/or LGBTQIA professionals.
I am about to turn 40 and last year I finished the long process of replacing medical doctors to make sure all of my care is done by women, immigrants, black and/or LGBTQIA professionals.
You know what happened? I was finally HEARD, taken seriously and given options I’ve never been offered before:
