Tag Archives: Race
Quick Hit: Jay Smooth on the Trayvon Martin case
TweetAs always, Jay brings it home. Approx. transcript after the jump (thx Melissa!!) Tweet
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“Do I look suspicious?”
Originally posted in Feministing
TweetStudents at the historically Black college Howard University have put together this beautiful little video about racial profiling and the assumption that any man of colour in a hoodie is suspicious. In light of the comments about how Trayvon Martin’s clothing was as much to blame for his death as the man who killed him, [...]
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Hombre y hombre? It’s love
Originally posted in Feministing
Tweet Via Colorlines, a beautiful video from Somos Familia, a project that works to promote acceptance of LGBTQ people in the Latino community. It stuck a chord with me in particular, coming from a Cuban family, and knowing how important it is for those of us in the Latino community to speak to one another [...]
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Drop the i-word
Originally posted in Feministing
Tweet Colorlines has just launched this really important campaign to get folks to stop calling people, and particularly immigrants, “illegal.” I wrote not too long ago about how the AP style book promotes this language. Watch the video (transcript after the jump) and you’ll be convinced. Then go sign the pledge and do what you [...]
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Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell premieres August 9th on FX
Originally posted in Feministing