Tag: Privilege
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RC 327: A Line In The Sand Part 2: Black Lives Matter
Anti-racism and Black Lives Matter is not just for a week or a month, it’s for a lifetime. The danger is that as this article points out, us white people have a history of dealing with racism and handwringing that actually doesn’t create action. Obfuscating it with their guilt and ‘need to listen/know more’ which…
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Cummings and goings
Jonathan Pie correctly sums it up – totally sweary but very justifiably so. It’s not really about who Dominic is, well a little – it couldn’t happen to a nicer man, etc. It is complete karma. But the anger at the hypocrisy when many have suffered more and the utter contempt with the lies from…
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End of the world is insane
Well if there is going to be the end of the world, I may as well provide a nice soundtrack…. Next up after the DJLex Lizzo vs NIN mashup that everyone seems to love played on RC 320, is this REM vs Cypress Hill mashup from DJ Jamie Derelict (hmm, alias?) which isn’t new, but…
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The Racism Game – Baratunde Thurston TED Talk
Amazing, funny and thought-provoking look at how racism is reported by Baratunde Thurston, but also how we can flip the script, and change the system by each of our actions. How gentrification and white (and usually cis/straight) fears lead to ‘drone strikes’ on those who look or act different, but that it doesn’t have to…
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Caitlyn Jenner wins Arthur Ashe Award
Finally got around to watching Caitlyn Jenner and her Arthur Ashe Award speech (not for me the 15 second news churn, I take my time!). It’s amazing stuff. Don’t get the hate from certain people, yes I don’t like her Republican or reality show affiliations either, but it’s interesting how she’s used her platform to…
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Cardboard Stories and MRA types
You know I was 50/50 about posting this, then I read the comments from rich, white, educated entitled fedora types saying ‘I was homeless once! What are you complaining about!’ and it made me mad, and definitely needed to post this. It’s like the ‘OMG Homeless People / Those On Benefits Have A Phone/Car/Big TV’…