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knowledgeequalsblackpower:

theatlantic:

Farm-to-Table in Communities of Color

It’s true that, for youth of color, heading back to the farm recalls a fraught history of slavery and exploitive migrant labor. She says that immigrant youth often say, “Why would I go back to the farm that my immigrant parents worked so hard to get us off of?” For young people of color, claiming direct access to food by picking up the pitchfork at a local urban farm can feel like a step backwards.

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When it comes to funding, black farmers receive about one-third or less than what other farmers receive, which has resulted, Gail Myers points out, in black farmers losing their land. In fact, this asymmetry led a group of black farmers to sue the USDA for damages, claiming discriminatory treatment. The farmers agreed to a settlement, and in 1999, over 15,000 claimants received restitutions. Soon afterward, Native American, Latino, and female farmers stepped forward with their own civil rights lawsuits against the USDA. Discriminatory lending has cost the federal government billions in settlements.

alexandraerin:

thegoddamazon:

sexincomics:

“Yrra… Mogo can see us…”

Green Lantern Corps, by Peter Tomasi and  Fernando Pasarin.

not on mogo, man…

Technically, I think this is a threesome.

lightspeedsound:

shevathegun:

octopoots:

sanjireed:

arashinoatoniji:

senjougahara:

bommiesbread:

sentimentalsaturdays:

Okay. Let me clear the fuck out of this shit, because it is REALLY pissing me off.

Psy was an extremely well-known, well-respected musician WELL before Gangnam Style was even fucking thought of. He’s one of the senior musicians of Korea and he gets a lot of respect for his fearless stages and the way he writes songs to say whatever the hell he wants and believes, regardless of the Korean public’s extremely judgmental eye. I’m so sick of the way he’s being treated all around the world ever since Gangnam Style went viral, he’s just being called here and there to do the dance and whatever and then being sent off like he’s just a comedy dud. When he came on Ellen, she didn’t even bother fucking introducing him, he had to interrupt and ask to introduce himself. He came out on stage and she literally just asked him to teach the dance before he even said anything. Like that is so flat out disrespectful are you kidding me.

Point being, before you ignorant ass little fucks decided he was the new laughingstock of the world and decided all on your own that he was just some annoying, talentless little comedy figure, get your fucking facts straight. Learn some respect, especially to the people that deserve/have already earned it.

SOMEONE FINALLY UNDERSTANDS PREACH IT

Not to mention how skewed this dumbass headline is. Yeah, let’s focus on the fact that a native Korean doesn’t know what herpes is rather than the fact that when it was explained to him, he took it like a champ. “He said I’m like the herpes… that keeps coming back. I think it’s really cool. Thank you.” That was Psy’s response to this incredibly rude shit BJA said. Let’s completely disregard the fact that he even knows enough English from studying in the US for some years to come on these shows and take this shitty treatment with such a good attitude. Psy is a satirist. Gangnam Style was satirical. But he has to come on these shows that only care about his funny faces, funny dances and funny personality and he can’t do anything about it.

Nobody takes him seriously just because he’s not singing in English, because it’s so easy to strip what they know him for of its significance and just look at the fat guy shaking his hips and think that’s all that matters. Nobody takes him seriously because they don’t “get it,” and they don’t want to try to get it, either. And it pisses me off.

Yes! I always get pissed off the media when they bash Psy. They seriously need to get rid of their stereotype for Asians and need to go back to kindergarten and learn about respecting others.

I Personally think this dude is the cancer of music along with countless others in the music industry totally cheap,tasteless,and unskilled so called “Music” but thats just what i think.

did you just ignore everything everyone else said

iis that you bja

yeah but cancer like is super hard to kill just saying and it also forces the surrounding cells and shit to mutate

so jokes on you, psy’s music will stay around AND change the face of pop music if it’s like cancer

but also true like wtf white ppl

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thegreenwolf:

Well, this is depressing.

sincerelysarita:

Nineteen-year-old Tarikuwa Lemma is a survivor, of an international adoption scandal. When she was 13, she was effectively sold from her native Ethiopia to an American family. The corrupt “adoption agency” convinced her father, who was a widow, that Tarikuwa and her younger sisters were headed to the U.S. as part of an educational exchange program, and that they would return home every summer and on holiday breaks. Little did he know, his daughters had been placed with adoptive couples in the U.S., never to return. Tarikuwa’s name was changed against her will, and she was forbidden by her American “family” from speaking her native language. The issue of transnational adoption, its evangelical Christian component, and the exploitation of communities that sometimes results, is the subject of the book, The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce, who appeared, along with Tarikuwa, on last Sunday’s “Melissa Harris Perry” show on MSNBC. Below is Tarikuwa’s satirical look at the “rescue” of children from her home country, to “better lives” in America.

clutchmag:

Stop ‘Rescuing’ African Children Through Corrupt Adoptions

Tarikuwa Lemma appearing on Melissa Harris Perry Show April 28, 2013.

From The Grio — Nineteen-year…

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hangedwoman:

tacticalwitch:

hangedwoman:

Somebody once told me they felt this graphic was disrespectful, but I love it. A lot. I mean, Odin can love you, but he’s still got no time for bullshit and sobstories if you’re in a situation that you can pull yourself out of with hard work. 

That is different than having depression or being in a situation beyond your control, though. It’s UPG, but I’ve found that the Allfather can be very sympathetic toward depression. A friend of mine once theorized that it’s because he has associations with the mind and with madness, and so he could possibly be considered a god to seek for aid with mental struggles or illnesses. That was her UPG, of course, but it makes sense to me as somebody who has gone to the Allfather for strength in dealing with depression and anxiety.

Anyway. Kind of off-topic in regards to the graphic, but it popped into my head and I felt like sharing my thoughts. Point is, I really like the graphic.

Seeking out help for depression and anxiety is ‘growing the fuck up’.  It takes some big ol’ gonads to admit you have a problem and want help to change it and I’ve got a huge ammount of respect for anyone who takes that first step, whether that first step is going to a professional, or seeking the aid of Odin.

I also love this graphic. :D

Jesus loves you, Odin demands you grow the fuck up, and Loki will bitchslap you with a dead trout if you don’t quit your fucking whining about nothing, but it’ll probably make you laugh, and then you’ll feel better. 

Now that is some excellent commentary and I totally agree. Seeking help is totally ‘growing the fuck up.’ Speaking from experience, it takes a lot of courage, and that’s totally something that Odin respects. :D

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