Kerry Washington being amazing as always.
Understand colorblinders out there. Please get it.
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Diane Sawyer: So, have you thought, how many women is enough? How many women [on the Supreme Court] would be enough?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Nine, nine. [Applause.]
Sawyer: Oh! Oh. [Laughs.]
Ginsburg: Well, there’ve been nine men there for a long long time, right? So why not nine women?
(x)RUTH FOR ALL THINGS
blogging again for her awesome face in the last gif
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Q&A with Afro-Peruvian activist, writer, poet, musician, human rights advocate, feminist and educator, Monica Carrillo.
Monica Carrillo, Founder and Director of LUNDÚ, speaks to Americas Quarterly about the Afro-descendant population in Peru and measures that her country is taking to promote social inclusion.
This is a great English interview concerning African Diaspora in Peru and Latin America, discrimination, gender equality, women’s rights, and general Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Latino issues. Must watch.
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Photo of the day: Amber by Djele
What if our children knew they came from royalty? #ALTV60K http://j.mp/ZBXBI4
What if our children knew they came from royalty?
Photo of the day: Amber by Djele
#ALTV60K http://j.mp/ZBXBI4
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Changó is a Yorúbá deity from the pantheon of the Orishas. He was the 4th king of Oyó and represents fire, drums and power. “Santeros” prey to Changó for strength, defeating their enemy and many other reasons. “Kabiosile Chango´”
Changó es una deidad del panteón yoruba de los Orishas. Él era el cuarto rey de Oyó y representa fuego, los tambores y la fuerza del mundo. “Santeros” rezan a Changó para la fuerza, derrotar a sus enemigos y muchas otras razones. “Kabiosile Chango´”
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She dance with delicate steps, with courteous gestures with her hands gently touching her skirt. She is painted, placed earrings, bracelets and is regarded in an imaginary mirror. Then, on knees bathes, the water having the pleasure of touching her sweet body.The sweetness and harmony of the beautiful Oshun this ever-present in each of the decisions in our lives and its waters become calm our homes to remove from them any disturbance. Oshun Ye yeoo!
Maferefun Ochun.
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Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: ‘You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of you who are more robust and individual than others will be encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself — educating your own judgements. Those that stay must remember, always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this particular society.’
Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook (via momentary)
(Source: larmoyante)
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I’m an actress who occasionally does material by feminist black writers who give their impressions of black men. When I did ‘for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf,’ I was attacked outside the theater. It’s a writer’s perogative to write it as she sees it. But I know for myself, I’m ready to reinforce other ideas about the [black] family. I think it’s a tragic flaw in black literature and drama that so much responsibility is put upon the artist to present images that are positive. It’s unfair to dump all the responsibility onto the artist. On the other hand, it’s not fair that there aren’t enough projects being done that cover a wide span of black life. So any one project done takes on so much responsibility to present good images of our race. - Lynn Whitfield
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Remembering the legendary Native American dancer Maria Tallchief who passed away at 88 last Thursday, April 11.
My Feminism Is (MFI) is a space for Feminists to share their thoughts and feelings. MFI is for the loud, outspoken, fiery, sassy feminist and also for the shy, just-coming into her own, silent-storm feminist. This is not a space to male bash and hate. However, male, white, class and heterosexual privilege and any other privilege one can think of will be openly discussed. MFI is a space to keep it real. PRIVILEGE IS REAL. As an African-American woman, I have an insight into the world. I see the world not only through the lens of my gender but the lens of my race. However, my view is not 20/20. I have heterosexual and class privilege. There are issues I may have never heard of or never understand. But I am willing to learn; this is what I want MFI to be: a place of exchange. So come on FEMINISTS, let's take some names and kick some ASS (Intellectually but Gangsta!)
