Who is Black? Striking Images of the World’s Dark-Skinned People Inaccurately Considered Non-Black Indigenous Australians and People of Oceania from the Atlanta Blackstar By now it’s evident that Africa is not the only place on earth that has indigenous Black people. Australia and the islands [...]
Posts Tagged ‘people of color’
January 21st, 2016 - 1:26 pm § in Politics, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Jayapal runs for McDermott’s Seat, Sawant out!
Jayapal to Announce She’s Running for Jim McDermott’s Seat Jayapal, 49, is a fascinating candidate: She doesn’t live in McDermott’s district. She comes to politics from the corporate world, having worked on Wall Street. As an Indian and an immigrant, she is likely to identify with many of [...]
November 29th, 2015 - 5:35 pm § in Misc.
Slain Colorado Springs civilians are people of color
Both civilians killed in Friday’s rampage in Colorado Springs are minorities: Ke’arre Stewart, who is black, and Jennifer Markovsky, a Native Hawaiian. “CBS Denver reports that one of the civilian victims killed has been identified as Ke’arre Stewart, 29, an Iraq War veteran [...]
November 20th, 2015 - 1:38 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Why we should rename Garfield High School
At Garfield High School, the Education You Get Depends on Your Color by Allie Holly-Gottlieb APR 27, 2000 The Stranger This is a great essay and very worth reading. Sadly, however, it fails to reflect that facts today. Garfield is rapidly becoming a white neighborhood school. Soon its catchme[...]
Commentary by SMS: Debating People of Color
How we use words like “diversity” and “people of color.” The argument for categorizing people as “people of color” is facile, an argument based on a poltical game of numbers. I suppose there is a political benefit of lumping the issues of immigrants from L[...]
October 15th, 2015 - 12:07 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: The Fallacy of Race
a. Iran, China, Europe b. Italy, Japan, Nigeria c. India, Africa, Italy d. Egypt. Italy, Mexico e. Israel, Sri Lanka, Sweden[...]
October 5th, 2015 - 12:22 am § in Misc.
Is this racist, sexist, gay, anti gay, or just two beautiful shy men?
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September 3rd, 2015 - 11:48 am § in Misc.
Slur of the day
Golliwog A predominately UK expression which originally was a children’s literature character and type of black doll but which eventually became to be used as a jibe against people with dark skin, most commonly Afro-Caribbeans.[76][...]
Chinazaor: An Igbo Provost is Fired From The University of Illinois
Chinazor Onianwah I was full of pride back in 2012 when Prof. Adesida was appointed provost of University of Illinois, it wasn’t just because of his academic achievement, but because I attended high school in the town he hails from, Effon Alaaye Ekiti in Ondo state, Nigeria. Back in late eig[...]