The Crocodile Chronicles

\ˈkrä-kə-ˌdī(-ə)l\ noun 1. a person of multiracial, multiethnic or multicultural descent. 2. Someone with an appreciation of and for diversity. All original content © 2011

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Another day spent learning from #PauloFriere #pedagogyoftheoppressed

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Paulo Friere giving me life on this dreary day #pedagogyoftheoppressed

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The Great American Sentence contest - one sentence, no submission fee - why not take the chance? 

(Full disclosure - they ask you to post on social media - not necessary but beneficial)

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Exotic means there, not here. Them, not us. You, but definitely not me. Exotic is a word defined by the speaker’s perspective, which assumes dominance and normalcy over the person being called exotic.

I’m not a parrot. So don’t call me exotic.

It’s a micro-aggression. It’s a backhanded compliment. And it’s simply inaccurate.

(via theweekmagazine)

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If At The End OF His Speech, You Still Think That Mascot “Honors” Him, You’re Still Missing The Point

There’s been a long-standing debate surrounding sports teams with names and mascots derived from Native American people. Some argue that these names are “paying tribute” or “honoring” Native Americans, but this moving speech from 15-year-old Dahkota Brown sheds much-needed perspective on on how these team names affect students like himself. Still not convinced? Check out the Center for American Progress’ recently released report, "Missing the Point: The Real Impact of Native Mascots and Team Names on American Indian and Alaska Native Youth" for a detailed breakdown of why this conversation is so very important.

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Powerful.

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Jamila Lyiscott: 3 Ways to Speak English

“I have decided to treat all three of my languages as equal because I’m articulate. But who controls articulation, because the English language is a multi-faceted oration subject to indefinite transformation . . . I know I had to borrow your language because mines was stolen, but you can’t expect me to speak your history wholly while mines is broken.” -- Jamila Lyiscott

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“White privilege is just the ability to be viewed as an individual not as a member of the collective and to be given the benefit of the doubt.” - Tim Wise

I personally have misgivings about Tim Wise that I need to mull over (he's benefitting from the hardships of people of color by discussing how he benefits from the hardships of people of color. It's like the white privilege version of Inception) - but I think this video can be a good tool for learning ways to navigate conversations about race when you're in a discussion with someone who doesn't understand white privilege.

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this needs more notes

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crying

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Rihanna as Tip in the first official Dreamworks Animation Trailer Home

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Comedian Hari Kondabolu on David Letterman (x)

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What’s this tolerance business?

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Tolerance also proliferates the US vs THEM trope of social identity. It suggests the larger, hegemonic “we” is merely tolerant of the ‘other’ which does nothing to trouble notions of identity entirely. 

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"Not all men are part of the problem, but, yes, all men must be part of the solution". - Charles M. Blow

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Intimate photos of agender youth challenge society’s gender norms

"I think a lot of people like to see gender as this scale of blue and pink," Emma, a 20-year-old college student, told the magazine. "I never really identified with either side of that, or even in between blue and pink. It’s so much more complicated — my identity varies so much on any given day. Sometimes I tell people I’m gold or something."

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babiiiiies

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Comedian and journalist Stella Young is tired of people telling her she’s an “inspiration” just for getting up in the morning. In a hilarious, hard-hitting, and thought-provoking talk at TEDxSydney, she explains why.   

Watch the full talk here»

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Amanda shares: Last week while in the grocery store, our 5 yr old daughter Macy, home from Ethiopia almost three years, grabbed the latest issue of “O” magazine off the rack and yells, “MOMMA, LOOK! THIS LADY HAS BIG HAIR JUST LIKE ME!”. Made me (and everyone else in line) giggle. Love that my girl is proud of her big, free hair!

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Representation in the media matters!!!

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South Korea’s Not-So-Subtle Racist Hiring Practices

Every year, hundreds of young English speakers drift into East Asia, looking to while away a couple of aimless years between college and the inevitable round of grad school applications that await them back home. Korea is an especially popular destination: The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education alone plans to hire 655 foreign teachers in 2014, a fraction of the 22,000 expat educators working in the country. But if you want to teach English in Korea, it’s a lot easier if you’re white.

For most would-be instructors, the racism begins before the even get through the door, thanks to the standard South Korean practice of requiring applicants to submit photos alongside their resumes. Some employers are more blunt: A recent Craigslist ad for English teachers from TalknLearn, a Seoul language academy, simply states, “Need: White” on its list of required qualifications. When black teachers do make it into the classroom, they’re often passed over in favor of their white counterparts.

“I’ve had kids pulled from my class and placed in Caucasian teachers’ classes due to the request of the parents wanting their child to learn from a white American and not a black one,” said Megan Stevinson, an American English teacher in Seoul, whose parents are black and Korean.

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