February 2012
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Homeless Mother Charged with Felony Larceny for... →
felony larceny???? this is some bullshit…and note the reference to her selling drugs…yes, she was looking for a way to feed her kids i’m sure….
5 NYC Students Arrested By NYPD Every Day In... →
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Lent: Learning to Suffer? Or Learning to Love?
From Rev. Emily C. Heath, follow her here: Twitter: www.twitter.com/calledoutrev
…Lent is ideally a time of deepening our spiritual life and our connection to Christ. That might be a spiritual practice like prayer, worship attendance, or Scripture reading. But, ideally, it can be something that doesn’t involve only our own lives. It can be something that changes the lives of others...
Darrell Gilyard Controversy: Church Hires...
From the Huffington Post
A convicted sex offender can keep on preaching, but children are barred from attending his sermons.
The Florida Times Union reports thatlawyers for Darrell Gilyard withdrew a motion to allow minors at sermons conducted by the former Jacksonville, Fla., megachurch pastor.
Though children are not allowed, attendance at the Christ Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church has...
“The historical exclusion from White, ideal models of femininity and the...”
– Morris / Perceptions of Black Girls in Classrooms
its funny because this quote can easily be interpreted to mean that this is a *good* distinction. Like “black women don’t feel included in traditional forms of femininity, but that’s okay because it makes them stronger.” It’s a double edged sward,...
“Anytime you beg another man to set you free, you will never be free. Freedom is...”
– Malcolm X (via warriorsrise)
Child Trafficking Advocates: Victims Are Not... →
somalymamfoundation:
“These kids go through horrors you can’t even imagine. I mean, having to have sex with 10 to 15 strangers every night; nobody chooses to do that. And we’ve mislabeled it ‘teen prostitution,’ putting the blame on these kids.”
A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words →
Cheiloproclitic - Being attracted to someones lips. Quidnunc - One who always has to know what is going on. Ultracrepidarian - Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge. Apodyopis - The act of mentally undressing someone. Gymnophoria - The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you. Tarantism - The urge to overcome melancholy by dancing. Autolatry - The...
“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss,...”
– Malcolm X
People of Color Organize: The Color Complex in... →
peopleofcolor:
We have a few guests staying with us this week, one being an Arab girl. Late one night, we- my white American roommate, my Somalian roommate, and I- got in a conversation about boys with her. Typical late night girl talk. When asked about our preferences in men, we all listed an…
Post colonial issues…I fear we will always have them. Lets create another universe...
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Christians, Racial Jeopardy and American Politics,...
Racial Jeopardy and American Politics
by Lisa Sharon Harper 01-26-2012
During a roundtable chat with a group of emerging young evangelical leaders recently, someone posed the question: “Has America become a post racial society?”
Well, we haven’t had a race riot in a while — does that mean race isn’t relevant anymore?
A black president just gave the State of the Union Address. How about...
Washington State Human Trafficking Bill Passes... →
State Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, today won unanimous Senate passage of her bill aimed at halting the sexual abuse of minors.
Roach joined eight other senators, of both parties, who also sponsored legislation to crack down on teen exploitation.
Senate Bill 6257 closes loopholes by enhancing…
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Austin talking in all caps: Stupid things I found... →
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Let me get this one straight, mimicking someone’s cultural aesthetic is ignorant and racist? Simply liking the traditional dress of native cultures is grounds for calling someone an ignorant racist? This isn’t blackface…
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Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant
Thursday, March 1, 2012
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Social Hall, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not. The presence of the former does not guarantee the presence of the latter. While interpreters explain away disabilities in specific characters, they celebrate the rhetorical contributions that...
January 2012
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just heard a snippet of viola davis' acceptance...
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Harvard and Slavery: Seeking a Forgotten History →
theyweremorethanjustslaves:
Harvard University was the first institution of higher learning in colonial America. Founded in 1636 as a training ground for aspiring ministers, it capitalized on this early start and became during the nineteenth century the nation’s most influential university, and by the middle of the twentieth century, arguably the world’s. Not surprisingly, then,...
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