January 2012
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Why We Must Learn America's Islamic History
“American Muslims are often mispercieved as foreigners unwilling to assimilate. Yet, a survey of modern Islamic history and early American religious history reveals a uniquely different reality: the presence of Muslims in what would become the United States of America dates back to the earliest arrivals of Europeans in the Americas. Some Muslims, such as Estevanico de Dorantes,...
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Exposing appropriation
New zine with images and critiques of cultural appropriation: http://zinelibrary.info/files/headdress.pdf
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Seriously my favourite quote from Jensen, D., & McBay, A. (2009). What we leave behind. New York: Seven Stories Press (p.83). On compartmentalization: “The real world does not resemble our compartmentalized version of it.  Where do I end and you begin?  Are you still in the air you just exhaled, the air I now take in, the air that carries with it the sweetness of your breath?  Do you...
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From Emory Douglas-Sun reporter 1993
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Art of the Toilet Paper Roll
“Three artists who have turned the inglorious brown tossaway into beautiful and inspired design goodness”.
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My dog has no whistle. How does he smell?...
A brilliant response to the comments by Liberal party member Teresa Gambaro today (can you believe that she is the Coalition’s citizenship spokeswoman?).
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Updated URL: The POC Decol Hui
The POC Decol Hui aims to open up space for discussion around being marginalised gendered tangata whenua and non-pakeha tau iwi people in Aotearoa. Examining the inherent power dynamics interwoven into our lives, connections between racism, sexism, colonisation, classism and other oppressions, and working in predominantly pakeha activist scenes… and how these things affect us and the...
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“Disdain for “political correctness” is often positioned as a concern that some...”
– http://www.whattamisaid.com/2010/02/conservatives-political-correctness-and.html What Tami Said (via witchsistah)
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Decolonise Your Minds: Marginalised gendered...
Really looking forward to The People of Colour Decol Hui on Sat 4th – Sun 5th Feb 2012 in Tamaki Makaurau. A two day celebration of Decolonisation, Feminism and Anti-Racism, for POC feminists and activists, all mixed up with DIY workshops, skill share and talks. I’ll be opening a discussion on “The real impacts of marginalisation on bodies”. The organisers are planning a “Decolonise the Mic”...
Jan 8th
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