February 2012
“A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and...”
– Dr. Patricia Hill Collins quoting Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz in her talk Answering the Call to Community Service. (via sexartandpolitics)
A microcosm of one of the fundamental issues with the non-profit industrial complex.
(via myflagisblackandred)
lord yes
(via dumbthingswhitepplsay)
“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are...”
– George Orwell (via thinksquad)
“Sometimes, the most stupid things we think we’ve ever said are the most...”
“Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health...”
– Marilyn Ferguson (via eloquentandhonest)
Pinoy Tumblr.: “The most homophobic people I know... →
pinoytumblr:
“The most homophobic people I know are closet homosexuals themselves. Loudly they proclaim order, an adherence to what is natural (however they construct the notion of “natural”), the true and straight path. When your TV host, government official or even religious leader (especially of the…
“Take the automation of production for an example. The same technology that is...”
– Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
Valentine's Day →
Expectation:
Reality:
Laughter is the best medicine
the sociologist: One's a Crowd →
thesociologist:
By ERIC KLINENBERG
MORE people live alone now than at any other time in history. In prosperous American cities — Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and Minneapolis — 40 percent or more of all households contain a single occupant. In Manhattan and in Washington, nearly one in two households are occupied by a single person.
By international standards, these numbers are...
Black people serve 60% longer sentences than... →
leftcollection:
“A new study by M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr of the University of Michigan Law School shows that Black Americans receive almost 60% long prison sentences than white Americans who committed the same crime.
The study covered 58,000 federal criminal cases and found that there was a significant difference between the sentences given to...
socialistscum:
“People are not mirrors: they see you completely differently than the way you see...”
– (via psych-quotes)
socialistscum:
Oppressors aren’t just ideas and thoughts. Oppressors are alive and well, and they have addresses and phone numbers. They lay their heads down at night. Remember that.
“If we all did the things we are capable of we would astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison (via thelittlephilosopher)
Police: I see you're homeless and have no money, that will be a $1,000 fine.
Homeless person: But I don't have any money.
Police: That's another $5,000 fine for assaulting an officer of the peace.
Homeless person: How am I supposed to come up with that kind of money.
Police: They're called bootstraps.
Homeless person: I can't afford bootstraps!
Police: *Into radio* I'm gonna need backup.
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