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This book is written at a time when political divisiveness, polarization, extremism, hate crimes, xenophobia, and violence are increasing at an alarming rate. Furthermore, the racial inequality and injustices that led to the Civil Rights Movement have not been fully remedied. In "I Am A Prisoner of Hope," Samuel Lotegeluaki offers insight into the assumptions, attitudes, fears, and greed that have led to some of these current problems. He challenges...
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People with a superiority complex do not value or respect other peoples culture or customs. In fact, they will unknowingly as well as overtly destroy it. People with an inferiority complex will not maintain or practice their own customs, culture or disciplines, but instead try to assimilate into a culture they feel is superior to their own. This title explains in detail a tragic psychological state in black and white America.
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Movimientos como el Black Lives Matter han puesto el foco en el racismo. En su prólogo, Lucía Mbomío establece que se trata de una cuestión tan urgente en España como en Estados Unidos. Pero ¿sabemos hablarlo? ¿Cómo no ponerse a la defensiva si nos dicen que hemos hecho un comentario racista? ¿Por qué a una amiga negra le molesta que le toquen el pelo? ¿Qué hay detrás de conceptos como microagresión o apropiación cultural?
Vamos a hablar...
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This book is a collection of op-eds published on Pressenza. Each article looks at a different aspect of the Western dynamic as played against other cultures and as seen through current events. While the mainstream often views these issues as either political or economic, I argue that these conflicts are deeper and rooted to a cultural historical formative landscape that I call the White-West.
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En 1956, Howard Zinn s'installe à Atlanta afin d'enseigner au département d'histoire du Spelman College, un établissement d'enseignement supérieur uniquement fréquenté par des femmes noires. Arrivant de Boston, il découvre un Sud profond secoué par le mouvement des droits civiques, dans lequel le militantisme étudiant joue un rle important. Intellectuel capable de penser l'histoire sans renoncer à la faire, Howard Zinn s'engage sans hésiter...
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The acclaimed work that debunks our myths and false assumptions about race in America
Maurice Berger grew up hypersensitized to race in the charged environment of New York City in the sixties. His father was a Jewish liberal who worshiped Martin Luther King, Jr.; his mother a dark-skinned Sephardic Jew who hated black people. Berger himself was one of the few white kids in his Lower East Side housing project.
Berger's unusual experience-and his...
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In decades of community organizing, racial justice, and pastoral work, Sandhya Rani Jha has discovered that communities and individuals who honor and recognize their ancestors tend to thrive and navigate hard seasons with more ease. People of color and white people alike have a myriad of ancestors (biological, cultural, and movement) who can help us navigate the challenges of today by learning from both the wisdom and follies, the suffering and overcoming,...
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What if I say YES? when I'm asked if all people around the world with different races were originally BLACK. I am black myself, but that doesn't make me say yes because that seems a lot like defending my ethnicity. Historians would never convince me to say yes too because historians need much more help from scientists to defend themselves, I always believed that unproven historical theories are just fiction tales. I somewhat believe in science but...
10) Resolve
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This collection of poems reflects upon the years between 2016 and 2021. This time was, marked by the election of Donald Trump to the office of President. He won office by vowing to "build a wall," "drain the swamp," and generally, "Make America Great Again." President Trump's reliably callous treatment of race- and human-relations ensured that news and social media would be consistently awful.
During these years, all forms of media were flooded with...
11) The Wallmapu
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The Wallmapu -por si desean saberlo los fans del autor- mantiene algunas matrices de sus libros periodísticos anteriores: historias de despojo territorial, la violencia del racismo, la sobrevivencia de un pueblo y una cultura a la adversidad, su humor característico, las referencias al rock (de allí el título del libro, un guiño al clásico disco de Pink Floyd) y la personificación de sus protagonistas describiendo sus entornos y personalidades.
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Avec cet essai, paru en 2020 sous le titre Who Belongs in Québéc? Raquel Fletcher dresse l'un des portraits les plus complexes et actuels du Québec contemporain. Sans jugement ni parti pris, Qui est québécois représente une lecture essentielle sur les enjeux identitaires de notre société.
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"In the midst of civil unrest in the summer of 2020 following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, one of the great literary voices of our time, Elizabeth Alexander, wrote a moving reflection on the psyche of young Black America, turning a mother's eye to her sons' generation. Originally published in the New Yorker, the essay brilliantly and lovingly observed the lives and attitudes of young people who even as children could...
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A panoramic cultural and legal history that traces the roots of antisemitism and racism to early Christian theology
Since the earliest days of Christianity, theologians expressed pervasive anxiety about Jews as equal members of society, and, with European expansion in the early modern period, that anxiety extended to people of color. This troubling legacy still haunts us today. Christian Supremacy demonstrates how theological and legal frameworks...
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Canada's official model for integrating newcomers, the cultural mosaic, is based on false assumptions and fails to meet immigrants' new social and cultural needs.
Canada's government delivered its official policy on multiculturalism in 1971, adopting a model called the cultural mosaic. While on the surface the policy and model seemed benign, they were based on false assumptions. The Mosaic Myth deconstructs the theory of the cultural mosaic to...
16) New York No-Nos" Is More Than Just a Guide-It's a Toolkit for Understanding and Appreciating the Uni
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Welcome to New York City, the vibrant, fast-paced metropolis that never sleeps. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned local, navigating the social norms and unspoken rules of this dynamic city can be challenging. "New York No-Nos: 40 Things You Should Never Do in the Big Apple" is your essential guide to mastering the art of urban etiquette in the world's most iconic city.This book highlights 40 key behaviors to avoid, ensuring you blend...
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Money cannot buy merit, wealth is not a substitute for esteem, and power is not an alternative for respect. That is the underlying message of author Madhulina Bandyopadhyay's Yes to Dignity.
Yes to Dignity is a quest for acceptance of a first-generation American in an institutional culture of covert racism. As Daniel Kahneman said:
"A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished...
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Race is not real-yet it is being propagandized to divide the American people.
In an era of racialized theories and anti-racist activism, race essentialism is foisted upon Americans, even when increasing numbers of people report belonging to more than one category.
Fe Bencosme refuses to pick a category, and she encourages others to do the same. People should form their own beliefs, not conform their behavior and thinking to meet the ideological...
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Your DEIJ efforts are stagnating because you continue to center whiteness. Creating a truly anti-racist organization requires learning how to identify and rectify the systemic, and often unconscious, centering of white culture and values in the workplace.
Corporate America continues to struggle with racial equity in a post-George Floyd world. As the United States becomes more diverse and the public consciousness continues to shift, successful racial...
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Black women are in charge. They are in charge of their dreams, goals and self-worth. They are no longer giving a F*CK, if a man leaves them, they still have a family, and career to hold down. Due to the overwhelming call for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency medical technician, black soundly crying, BLACK LIVES MATTER! Sure, they want love, but no longer at the expense of their dignity and self-respect....
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