Art is…

Art is

Favianna: artist. agitator. intellectual.

“I care about: women, sex, sluts, queers, love, migration, justice and the planet. I work for global justice.”

 

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American Revolutionary: Grace Lee Boggs

 

Grace Lee Boggs, 99, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights and Black Power movements, she challenges a new generation to throw off old assumptions, think creatively and redefine revolution for our times.

 

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American Revolutionary: Grace Lee Boggs

 

Grace Lee Boggs, 99, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights and Black Power movements, she challenges a new generation to throw off old assumptions, think creatively and redefine revolution for our times.

 

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Source: www.pbs.org

 

Wisdom

 

Alicia Menendez Interview: Trans People & Media’s Invasive Questions | Janet Mock

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Janet Mock flips the script on the Fusion host asking about her body, vagina and identity to demonstrate how transgender people are treated by journalists.

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Bill of Rights for People of Mixed Heritage

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I’ve always wanted to include Dr. Root’s wonderful Bill of Rights here on DailyMulti. It rang very true when I first saw it in the 90’s…and it still does now. 🙂 – Jay
Bill of Rights for People of…

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The Rates of Race #2

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The military does a bang up job when it comes to keeping track of the races of our fighting men and women. If you were to look at the “Active Duty Master File” for 2010, you’ll find a breakdown of …

Community Village‘s insight:

Check the disparity by race in homeless vets.

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June Flashback: Moses Roper (English, African-American, Native American) [American]

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Known as: 19th century author (Wrote one of the first important books on life as a slave, “Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery”) 

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being universal

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“Being universal” is the idea that there is a way of being human that is beyond culture and ethnicity, that one can transcend race. Like wanting to be known as a writer, not as a “black writer”. Th…

Community Village‘s insight:

this article. Abagond hits another home run

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Case of blonde girl beggar strikes nerve in Mexico

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Case of blonde girl beggar strikes nerve in Mexico

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How To Enslave A People When Slavery Is Already Illegal

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The most super-obvious, criminally under-reported, social genocide of our time.

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