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Bonnie Lynn.
My life is an everlasting contest of the things that will make me cry most.
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I received an Ask earlier that implied that there is no way that I could be 22 and have done all of this on my own. You’re absolutely right - I am the product of my family, my professors, my friends and community standing behind me for so many years.
My name is Noha, and these photos are a glance into the past few years of my life - different life experiences, meeting new people, working at interesting places. Alhamdulilah, God has blessed me with so many opportunities to make a difference in my life and hopefully, the lives of others.
My family came to the United States when I was young. We were the typical immigrant family chasing our own type of American Dream, and I made it my goal to create my own.
Never, ever tell a child that they cannot accomplish their dreams. I am so far from reaching my goals, and am still on my way. But never once did anyone stop or dissuade me - and if they tried, I made it my goal to prove them wrong. This is for all you young girls out there who don’t know what you’ll be when you grow up - rest assured, I’m not too certain where I’ll end up either. :) But work hard, place your faith in God, and do not rest until you give it all you’ve got.
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Spaghetti With Broccoli Pistachio Pesto…RECIPE
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brown person: I want more representation in Hollywood
Hollywood: *points at extremely light skinned brown person with stereotypically European features that they cast as a terrorist* um sweetie(:
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For years, I opened my 11th-grade U.S. history classes by asking students, “What’s the name of that guy they say discovered America?” A few students might object to the word “discover,” but they all knew the fellow I was talking about. “Christopher Columbus!” several called out in unison.
“Right. So who did he find when he came here?” I asked. Usually, a few students would say, “Indians,” but I asked them to be specific: “Which nationality? What are their names?”
Silence.
In more than 30 years of teaching U.S. history and guest-teaching in others’ classes, I’ve never had a single student say, “Taínos.” So I ask them to think about that fact. “How do we explain that? We all know the name of the man who came here from Europe, but none of us knows the name of the people who were here first—and there were hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of them. Why haven’t you heard of them?”
This ignorance is an artifact of historical silencing—rendering invisible the lives and stories of entire peoples.
Rethinking Columbus: Towards a True People’s History by Bill Bigelow (via bestoffates)
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