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Melissa Harris-Perry: Nothing is riskier than being poor in...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:49:19 -0500

Melissa Harris-Perry: Nothing is riskier than being poor in America [full video]

notime4yourshit: The “blaxploitation” films of the early...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:48:37 -0500

The “blaxploitation” films of the early seventies were not black films. They had nothing to do with being black for the most part, they looked inside the black community, found the lowest elements and emboldened them. Distorted them! The result of that distortion has been a confirmation in the minds of most whites that our people are thugs and exploiters — loveless, lustful and shallow as hell. - Maya Angelou

theladyloca: The one and only Miss Aretha Franklin performing...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:39:45 -0500

theladyloca:

The one and only Miss Aretha Franklin

performing Rock Steady on Soul Train circa 1973.

I just… love being Black.

And our history rich with cultural rights of passages,

such as Soul Train

lol

Look at all these fabulous fro having brown folks

getting down with the get down.

Raise your hand if you also grew up watching Soul Train.

I was a late 80’s and entire 90’s viewer.

lol

Again, I love being Black.

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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:38:01 -0500

loverofsoul: Oh, bless!

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:32:29 -0500

loverofsoul:

Oh, bless!

blacknfit: When you’re black and great, people clearly just...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:24:44 -0500

blacknfit:

When you’re black and great, people clearly just can’t handle it. If Ochocinco can get fined everytime he pulled out that sombrero, this chick should be heavily heavily fined… for the rest of her life.

pleadingthefilth:

polerin:

thegoddamazon:

daintyblackpegasus:

imbobswaget:

nak1a:

so this is caroline wozniacki mocking/making fun of/imitating serena williams in a recent exhibition match in sao paulo, brazil.

fuck her.

fuck her life.

fuck her career.

fuck the horse she rode in on.

this isn’t “harmless fun” as one article described it. its racist. out and outright racism. mocking and making fun of the bodies of black women for a laugh? real funny, stupid white girl. real real funny.

this is why no one likes you white girls

she can go get hit by a greyhound bus, tbh

That’s why Serena destroyed your ass and you mad.

Stay pressed, pink-faced piglet.

Jesus what the hell. What the holy hell.

Someone spit on her pls.

thepeoplesrecord:againstpower: Anti-NDAA Movement begins in...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:19:01 -0500

thepeoplesrecord:againstpower:

Anti-NDAA Movement begins in Los Angeles

The LA v. NDAA coalition has been working for months to bring the anti-NDAA movement to the City of Los Angeles, and now have released a petition to demand the City Council to pass a resolution of non-compliance against the “due process”-destroying NDAA 2012.

(For more information about the NDAA, check out this article from Young Americans for Liberty and then head over to sign the petition.)

The coalition is an amazing collaboration of different groups spanning different ideologies from Occupy Los Angeles and the ACLU, to the Republican Liberty Caucus and the Tenth Amendment Center, as well as the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and antiwar organizations like Come Home America and Antiwar.com. Religious groups include the Islamic Shura Council, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace. Young Americans for Liberty is also represented, though at the individual level with volunteers being part of the coalition.

This is decidedly an anti-partisan coalition to combat the bipartisan consensus in the rule of law abrogating NDAA 2012.

Los Angeles is a very important city politically in this struggle against the NDAA 2012. If we succeed, the rest of Southern California will follow. Once we win Southern California, the rest of California will most likely follow. Nationally, that means we will have 55 lawmakers in Congress who will have no choice but follow the will of the voters of California.

Please take a time to support our efforts.

Please help us bring this message to the City of Los Angeles to combat NDAA 2012.

Fight the NDAA, sign this petition, share it & talk to people about the NDAA. The only reason there isn’t widespread outrage and political pressure against the NDAA is because the corporate media does not talk about it. Plan direct actions against the NDAA, share posts about the NDAA, support fights against it, etc.

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amongthewhisperingtrees: Everything runs off the same energy...

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:48:00 -0500

amongthewhisperingtrees:

Everything runs off the same energy system. Really Powerful image set.

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Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:46:19 -0500

liberalsarecool: Props to Michelle.

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:38:09 -0500

liberalsarecool:

Props to Michelle.

Anderson: On the red carpet for the Oscars last year you...

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:35:21 -0500

Anderson: On the red carpet for the Oscars last year you changed your look… kind of and it seemed to flip people out. People were writing about this, blogging about this. And Gabby at the Olympics recently, when she did really well I saw people commenting about her hair and stuff. I just thought it really odd that people notice this so much. Do you find it strange that people comment on how you appear so much?