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A prof’s view of the Ryerson racism report
47 minutes ago
by Todd Pettigrew
Ryerson's task force on racism reminds us how complicated academic life gets when tolerance and intellectual freedom clash.
Macleans OnCampus - oncampus.macleans.ca/education · Rank: 4,443 ·  247 references
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10 Things We Would Actually Like To See Shrinked And Pinked
1 hour ago
By Andrea Grimes "Shrink it and pink it." It's the age-old (er, years-old?) mantra of techno-creators trying to market products to stupid, technophobic, incapable and barely functional women who run kicking and screaming from anything with a screen, plug or battery. That's what happens when women en ...
Heartless Doll - heartlessdoll.com · Rank: 3,650 · 66 references
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Picture Book: FINDING LINCOLN, by Ann Malaspina, Colin Bootman (Illustrator)
1 hour ago
by Nathalie Mvondo
Few picture books got me emotional to the point of crying, and to do so in a public space. When a book is real and resonates with all the fibers of being, well, you just can’t help it. I read FINDING LINCOLN, by Ann Malaspina, several times; it never failed to touch me and to force my admiration: ad ...
Multiculturalism Rocks! - nathaliemvondo.wordpress.com · 10 references
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The Torch Has been Passed to a New Generation — and It Doesn’t Include ...
2 hours ago
by Hannah Giles
Every generation feels misunderstood by those preceding it. And it doesn’t help matters that the older generations, and establishments, feel obligated to wield the Hammer of Thor against every move and thought we make. Yet, this is how societies develop, grow, evolve and ultimately survive. It’s lik ...
Big Journalism - bigjournalism.com · Rank: 697 · 334 references
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Racism in Italy.
3 hours ago
by modernityblog
I was just pointed towards this post, well worth a read, Roma is not just a city in Italy, it is an ethnicity: “As for the persecution of the Roma people, the situation of Italy is emblematic: out of about 6,500 Romanian Roma present on Italian soil, over 3,000 of them are detained in prison. It is ...
ModernityBlog - modernityblog.wordpress.com · Rank: 42,635 · 149 references
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After saying 'I don't play the race card,' Michael Steele blames his ...
3 hours ago
by theGrio
Steele more recently targeted the entire "left" when Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) invoked slavery in the debate over health care reform...
theGrio - thegrio.com · Rank: 1,309 · 370 references
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S2: Iceland (Video)
4 hours ago
by roniweiss
In the first episode of ROL: Season Two, Roni tries to make friends with Icelandic horses, visits Reykjavik, Gullfoss, Geysir and Þingvellir National Park and encounters a rival travel show.
Roni On Location - ronionlocation.wordpress.com · Rank: 124,353 · 1 reference
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why i won’t support the saints.
4 hours ago
by Sara Elizabeth
I finally did the research on the insipid “who dat” chant, and I am happy to say that my theory can be well-supported. On (and previous to) Superbowl Sunday, I said that I refused to pull for a team that had a chant that encouraged people to remain grammatically incorrect. And quite frankly, I also ...
...so Sara said. - sosarasaid.wordpress.com · Rank: 66,491 · 15 references
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Barking Green Party Are Right to Make a Stand
5 hours ago
by Salman Shaheen
Image: Daily Mail As a lefty and an ethnic minority who has always campaigned for the rights of immigrants and against the division of racial hatred, I think it’s fair to say that I have a little bit of a vested interest in Nick Griffin failing to oust Margaret Hodge in Barking to become the BNP’s f ...
The Third Estate - thethirdestate.net · Rank: 6,996 · 62 references
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