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My post to the brother who thinks Capitalism doesn't care about race, gender etc
The Movement won't have traction if we don't understand how race, sex and sexual orientation has been used to divide and used in concert in particular ways.Do I think that everyone white is in the same class background? No. Do I think everyone of colour is in the same class background? No. Do I think everyone cis-gendered is in the same class ( Read more... ) -
Queering Black History Month
Queering Black History Month
Call for Nominations: Deadline Monday, January 19, 2009
Do you know a Black, African, or Caribbean LGBTQ person who has contributed significantly to Canadian society?
Are you a Black, African, or Caribbean LGBTQ activist, artist, academic, leader, or volunteer in Canada?
To commemorate Black History in 2009, ( Read more... ) -
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If anyone white comes to me with any bullshit about Prop 8 and Black people. I am gonna go OFF ( Read more... ) -
Proposition 8 post - for epilady
This one is not perfect but it's for epilady ....who's done some serious anti-racism work to be able to give some learning.... I am so glad to be on your flist.
I would post a link to this young white femme but I suspect from reading all her blogs she's just young and upset and well a few other things that I won't get into. Here's what I posted on another ( Read more... ) -
From my sister in NYC
Forty Acres: a poem for Barack Obama from Nobel winner Derek Walcott
The West Indies poet Derek Walcott, winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature, writes exclusively for The Times to mark the election of Barack Obama as President
Derek Walcott Nobel prize winning West Indian poet
Derek Walcott was born in St. Lucia in 1930. He divides his time ( Read more... ) -
Stem Cell Awareness Week is on....
linked tokino_kid for our family....
The Month of November is National Marrow Awareness Month in the US.
November 3-9, 2008 is Canadian Stem Cell Awareness Week.
November 17-23, 2008 is Anthony Nolan Week in the UK.
( So let's try and build some awareness! )
Where to go for more information:
OneMatch
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In Toronto
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New Years Resolution: Friends Only
I'm having a great time in London and on this journey.... I'm starting the so called New Year according to this calendar by making this journal a friends only.
You can request to be added and I probably will...unless I don't....
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Sleepy at the wheel.
So, I am learning to drive ( Read more... )