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WHAT TO DO AT AN ICE CHECKPOINT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE A WHITE CITIZEN

(please, please, please copy, paste, and share widely):

-Border Patrol can verify citizenship within 100 miles of a border or “external boundary.” This includes coastlines so NYC is within the 100-mile zone.

-Border patrol can only ask brief questions about citizenship, and they cannot hold you for an extended time without cause.

-You always have the right to remain silent. You do not need to answer their questions.

-***WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU ARE A BORN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WHITE, YOU NEED TO SPEAK THE FUCK UP.***

-The most important acts of resistance are the small ones. Make it difficult and uncomfortable for ICE agents to do their jobs. They are counting on citizens to turn a blind eye and allow them to deport undocumented citizens without challenge. Disabuse of that notion.

-If you are on a train, bus, or anything else and ICE or CBP boards, you need to stand up and loudly let everyone know that they have the right to remain silent or only answer questions in the presence of an attorney, no matter their citizenship or immigration status. There have been numerous reports that confronting the agents in this way has caused them to leave without verifying citizenship. THIS CAN SAVE LIVES.

-If you see anyone being held up by immigration, loudly ask if they are being detained and if they are free to go.

-Immigration officers cannot detain anyone without reasonable suspicion, an agent must have specific facts about you that make it reasonable to believe you are committing or committed, a violation of immigration law or federal law.

If an agent detains you, you can ask for their basis for reasonable suspicion, and they should tell you.

-Always say no to a search and let everyone know that they can and should refuse consent to a search.

-They cannot search or arrest anyone without facts about that make it probable that they are committing, or committed, a violation of immigration law or federal law.

-Silence alone meets neither of these standards. Nor does race or ethnicity alone suffice for either probable cause or reasonable suspicion

-As white citizens, we have a level of privilege which protects us from retaliation from ICE for being “rude” and making a scene, which makes it our DUTY to speak up and make sure people without the same privilege know their rights. GET LOUD. YELL. YELL IN SPANISH IF YOU KNOW IT. LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY DON’T HAVE TO SAY SHIT. MAKE ICE UNCOMFORTABLE. THROW SAND IN THE GEARS OF WHITE SUPREMACY.

BONUS INFO:

-It is perfectly legal to record immigration agents as long as you are not on government property or at a port of entry. If your train/bus gets board, pull your phone out and start videotaping immediately.

-If you are detained or see someone getting detained, get the agent’s name, number, and any other identifying information. Get it on tape.

-Contact the ACLU if you see someone’s rights being violated.

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They’ve Always Been Watching Us: From COINTELPRO and Martin Luther King, Jr to the NSA’s surveillance program, the US Government has been keeping a close watch on the American Left for a long time.

by Andy Warner and Jess Parker

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We are all in our feelings and just can’t get over this great loss,

Meanwhile she probably rolling through doors in heaven rn like.

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August 2018 New Releases - Coming Soon!

Books:

Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? - Sherri L. Smith

August 7th | Penguin Workshop | 8 and up | 112 Pgs

Finding Yvonne - Brandy Colbert

August 7th | Little, Brown BYR | 12 and up | 288 Pgs

Temper - Nicky Drayden

August 7th | Harper Voyager | 12 and up | 400 Pgs

Finding Langston - Lesa Cline-Ransome

August 14th | Holiday House | 8 and up | 112 Pgs

So Done - Paula Chase

August 14th | Greenwillow Books | 8 and up | 304 Pgs

Fresh Ink: An Anthology - Lamar Giles

August 14th | Crown BYR | 12 and up | PK and up | 208 Pgs

Run - John Lewis  

August 14th | Abrams ComicArts | 12 and up | 160 Pgs

Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood - James Baldwin  

August 24th | Duke University Press | 8 and up | 120 Pgs

The Day You Begin - Jacqueline Woodson

August 28th | Nancy Paulsen Books | 5 and up | 32 Pgs

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 - Alice Faye Duncan

August 28th | Calkins Creek | 9 and up | 40 Pgs 

Harbor Me - Jacqueline Woodson

August 28th | Nancy Paulsen Books | 10 and up | 192 Pgs

Mirage - Somaiya Daud

August 28th | Flatiron Books | 12 and up | 320 Pgs

Find more children’s and young adult books by Black authors here 

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The year is 2018. Your bills are on autopay. You just got paid and you still have $1200 from the last check. When you want something, you buy it without moving money around. Your credit cards are paid off. You and your friends have 2 international trips planned and paid for this year. Your parents are in great health and you’re able to help if they need anything. You love your job. Your desired creative career is falling into place and you get to take your little cousins to Six Flags and Universal Studios over the Summer. Your relationships are healthy and supportive. All of the toxic energy from the past 6 years is gone. You going to concerts, eating good across the states and your crib has art and warmth throughout. 2018 is going to be so good to you.

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Contestants in the 2017 Miss Peru competition used their platform to bring awareness to violence against women. Instead of stating their body measurements when they stepped up to the mic, the women reported statistics like “the 65% of university women assaulted by their partners” and “more than 80% of women in my city suffer from violence.” Source Source 2

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Robert Rodriguez Cast Rose McGowan in ‘Grindhouse’ To Make Harvey Weinstein Pay

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Love

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well i’ll be damned

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Shoutout to the black boys

Shoutout to the black boys who do ballet. Shoutout to the black boys who are gymnasts. Shoutout to the black boys who are acrobats. Shoutout to the black boys that do yoga. Shoutout to the black boys who are cheerleaders. Shoutout to the black boys that play soccer. Shoutout to the black boys that play volleyball. Shoutout to the black boys that play tennis. Rugby. Golf. Hockey. Shoutout to the black boys who are models. Shoutout to the black boys who are poets/writers. Shoutout to the black boys who cook/bake. Shoutout to the black boys that are opera singers. Shoutout to the black boys that are fat. Shoutout to the black boys that are skinny/bony. Shoutout to the black boys with eating disorders. Shoutout to the black boys with mental illnesses. Shoutout to the black boys with disabilities. Shoutout to the black boys who are gay. Shoutout to the black boys who are trans. Shoutout to the black boys who are bisexual. Shoutout to the black boys who are asexual. Shoutout to the black boys with crooked teeth. Shoutout to the black boys with huge/tiny ears. Shoutout to the black boys with weird belly buttons. Shoutout to the black boys that are short. Shoutout to the black boys that can’t grow facial hair. Shoutout to the black boys that are afraid to be themselves. Shoutout to the black boys that never feel like they are enough.

You are enough, and we love you. If they don’t, I sure as hell do. Don’t let anyone tell you that you aren’t talented or beautiful, or “not black enough” or “man enough” because of the things you enjoy or deal with in live. You are valid. You are loved. You are important. And that’ll never change.

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Tech deal: Fetta Bluetooth headphones with built-in MP3 player for $14.99 (89% off $133.99) 

I’ve never seen headphones like this before. The headphones connect to any device (phone, computer etc) via Bluetooth or a wire, but you can also load in an SD card full of songs and the headphones function as their own standalone MP3 player. It also includes a microphone for calls and an FM radio tuner.