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Zuky: Gangster Culture
"Actually, every racial and/or ethnic group in America has its history of street gangs. As deplorable and unfortunate as it is, the reality is that gangsterism is a predictable response to certain social conditions having nothing to do with genetics. Nevertheless, the story of African American gangs does indeed have unique characteristics, because the African American story is unique. So let's talk about Black gangs."

Free Hawai'i: LISTEN TO WHAT ONE HAWAIIAN SAYS ABOUT BEING PART OF THE US
"Under the laws of occupation, the US continuously violates and ignores the guidelines - one of which is having its own citizens relocate to the Hawaiian Kingdom."

No Rest for the Awake: Why I Can't Take My Eyes Off of Arundhati Roy
"Needless to say she makes so many important points for people who are engaged with struggles against neo-liberalism, imperialism, militarization, and nation-states which seem to have honed to perfection the art of violent indifference. Her responses to the idea that social change or the pursuit of justice should be prevented or stalled because of the possibility that what happens the "day after" will be either violent or uncomfortable is particularly important to those of us who stand on the fearsome edge of decolonization, overlooking an abyss of uncertainty should we ever choose to break with the warm comforting caress of the colonizer."

Gay Persons of Color: China to launch gay Internet television show
"This Thursday, a Chinese web site will launch the country's first show to focus on gay issues. The producers of the weekly, hourlong "Tongxing Xianglian" ("Connecting Homosexuals") hope to improve public understanding of Chinese gay people."

No Snow Here: CosmoGirl Scholarship Contest Voter Fraud
"Of course, a video like Davis’, which examines how a white standard of beauty is imposed on black girls from an early age, directly counters the foundation that magazines like CosmoGirl are based on. When I was a teen, these magazines would put out the requesite article on beauty for all skin tones once in a while, the same way they did with articles on fashion for all sizes, and then ignore us for another year before doing it again."

The Transracial Korean Adoptee Nexus: Penelope Cruz wants to join the Celebrity Adoption Circuit
"Wow, it’s amazing all the things you can pull out of this particular quote. Of course there is the standard “own kids” wording portraying adoptees as “not your own.” And then what the hell is this “my life won’t be complete if I don’t adopt.”"