How can China be free when he is still treated like this? READMORE The film starts with Ai Weiwei returning home after 81 days in detention for tax evasion, which is basically the Chinese government doing a cover of Eliot Ness because they’re tired of the artist speaking out and you can’t blac[...]
Posts Tagged ‘free speech’
Why I am not praising Caitlin
Caitlin, formerly known as Bruce Jenner has become the face of the Trans Gender community, despite the fact that Jenner’s reality does not reflect the majority of Trans Gender people’s reality. All I have heard about Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover shot is how “beautiful” so[...]
May 26th, 2015 - 5:00 pm § in America
Black protest in the world of sports, or lack thereof
Professional sports are a huge component of Black male culture. Historically, Black professional athletes took full advantage of their influence and used the platform sports presented to address social issues that were affecting the Black community. Black athletes use to be more than athle[...]
Stall em out
The world is Sick and tired of the ongoing fighting between Israel and Palestine, it is safe to say that the world wants peace between the two. 135 nations recognize Palestine as a state, the UN granted Palestine with observer-state status in 2012. The recent news that the Vatican now recognizes P[...]
April 20th, 2015 - 12:09 pm § in Hypocrisy
Flags, Protests, Cops, and Playboy Models
What we have here is a former Playboy model and Air Force veteran physically wrenching an American flag away from two female black protesters because she’s unhappy that they were stepping on it, which is a legal form of protest in the U.S., because she thinks it’s disrespectful to the fl[...]
China: Government blocks restaurant promise of free food to the beautiful
In February, teams of security guards and demolition workers descended on the restaurant to remove the sign.. Authorities in Zhengzhou accused the restaurant of damaging the city’s image and claiming the garish sign did not have official permission.. Xue Hexin, the restaurant m[...]
Is This For Real? Michael Eisen Goes Turncoat
Why I, a founder of PLOS, am forsaking open access By Michael Eisen | Published: April 1, 2014 PLEASE NOTE BEFORE YOU READ THIS THAT IT WAS WRITTEN FOR APRIL FOOLS DAY ON DR. EISEN’S WEBSITE!!! I co-founded the Public Library of Science (PLOS) in 2002 because I believed deeply that the open a[...]
March 23rd, 2015 - 10:33 am § in Uncategorized
Supreme Court tackles free speech on vanity license plates
Is a license plate design a state action or personal speech? This question is at the heart of a dispute that the U.S. Supreme Court will begin considering today in a case arising from Texas, where a state board nixed a specialty license plate design (photo to left) sought by the Sons of Confederate[...]
I am Filipino
In some respects I feel like I am Filipino. I know I would have been treated differently by some Filipinos if I could actually say I had Filipino blood in me. I still have to show Filipinos pictures of my family for them to believe that I am a Cordova, or that I know anything […][...]