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“Cultural critic Stanley Fish come talkin bout–in his three-piece New York Times ‘What Should Colleges Teach?’ suit–there only one way to speak and write to get ahead in the world, that writin teachers should 'clear [they] mind of the orthodoxies that have taken hold in the composition world.’ He say don’t no student have a right to they own language if that language make them 'vulnerable to prejudice’; that 'it may be true that the standard language is a device for protecting the status quo, but that very truth is a reason for teaching it to students.’ Lord, lord lord! Where do I begin, cuz this man sho tryin to take the nation back to a time when we were less tolerant of linguistic and racial differences. Yeah, I said racial difference, tho my man Stan try to dismiss race when he speak on language differences. But the two be sho nuff intertwined. Remember when a black person could get hanged form the nearest tree just cuz they be black? And they fingers and heads (double entendre intended) get chopped off sometime? Stanley Fish say he be appalled at this kind of violent racism, and get even madder at the subtle prejudice exhibited nowadays by those who claim that race is dead, that racism don’t happen no mo. But it do happen–as Fish know–when folks don’t get no jobs or get fired from jobs and worse cuz they talk and write Asian or black or with an Appalachian accent or sound like whatever ain’t the status quo. And Fish himself acquiesce to this linguistic prejudice when he come sayin that people make theyselves targets fro racism if and when they don’t write and speak like he do.”

— Vershawn Ashanti Young, “Should Writers Use They Own English?”

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Happy Birthday Trayvon Martin

Rest in Power

February 5, 1995 - February 26, 2012

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TEMS — at the 2023 MET Gala (May 1, 2023)

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“Circle of braids” by Lemon Fee on INPRNT

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Omg Suzy you’re so crazy

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i know his treasure island media exclusive would go crazyy

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ultraviolet view of Jupiter.

Image Credit: NASA

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I want everyone to understand that even if Israel wins this (I mean it won't but just imagine), it won't recover from this. It won't recover from getting caught off guard on Oct 7th. The government and the IDF spent days unable to have a strategic response to the Palestinian fighters while their own soldiers deserted and their allies openly questioned the wisdom of a ground invasion in Gaza. That's why they're bombing Gaza, it is the only way to project strength to the world but it is also alienating billions of people. The world has never been more pro Palestine than this moment in time.

Just like how America being forced to flee Afghanistan led to a series of Ls globally, Israel struggling against Hamas, PFLP, Islamic Jihad, and other groups will have disastrous effects locally and internationally. I mean, the political class is already falling apart with Netanyahu blaming government officials for this disaster. The Israeli government have no unity or cohesion which is not a great sign to put it lightly. War usually binds people, even rival political groups, and especially allies. America has been hinting that it doesn't approve of some of actions taken by Israel. It could be just Biden and his people trying to softly distance him from the genocide in Gaza but you also have former and current military leaders disapproving of Israel's military strategy.

The thing is you don't see Iran openly questioning the Palestinians. You don't see Hezbollah running to the press to let them know they think Hamas' strategy is weak. Every single Palestinian militia group, including the ones in the West Bank, are working together. Iran, Hezbollah and the Palestinians are all coordinating. In the past week, they would attack Israeli settlements and military bases and American bases in Iraq and Syria at the same time. They've even managed to get new support from the Yemeni Ansar Allah group.

Israel's main export is security- meaning weapons manufacturing and training. How many countries will rush to have their police or soldiers train with the IDF after witnessing them fold while in battle (in the latest ground incursion, the IDF lasted only 15 minutes inside Gaza according to Al Jazeera)? How many countries will line up to buy Israeli tanks after seeing them get taken out easily by guerilla fighters? How many countries and individual investors will want to invest in Israel when it can't go 5 years without a war or genocide?

I believe with all my heart we will soon see a liberated Palestine.

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Sigmar Polke Untitled (Blue) 1992 Set of 10 Cibachromes trials 61 x 51cm The estate of Sigmar Polke / ADAGP, Paris, 2015

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alek malek for xi scorpii spring 2024

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THE X-FILES (1993-2018) - 3.20 • “José Chung’s From Outer Space”

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By Gabriel Moses

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The peak of the whole "white person fixes racism" genre of the 2010s was the makers of Hidden Figures making up a good white person who fixes racism they also made up

Literally taking an organization that was already desegregated (NASA was never segregated, even!) by the time of the film, and resegregating it so a fictional white guy can desegregate it again

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6 O’clock Blues — Solange

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Venus - April 3 2023 and May 5 2023

Credit: JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Kevin M. Gill