[boy-so-pale]

[khenti-renaissance]

Assata Shakur

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[fabforgottennobility]

CORAZON ESPINADO

[sinfullvibes]

date a latina so she can sana sana colita de rana ur broken heart

[wocinsolidarity]

The Radical Work of Healing: Fania and Angela Davis on a New Kind of Civil Rights Activism

"Self-care and healing and attention to the body and the spiritual dimension—all of this is now a part of radical social justice struggles."

Sarah: How might restorative justice help with this transformation?

Fania: A lot of people think that restorative justice can only address interpersonal harm—and it’s very successful in that. But the truth and reconciliation model is one that’s supposed to address mass harm—to heal the wounds of structural violence. We’ve seen that at work in about 40 different nations; the most well-known is, of course, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

In South Africa, the commission invited victims of apartheid to testify, and, for the first time ever, they told their stories publicly. It was on all the radio stations, in all the newspapers, it was all over the television, so people would come home and tune in and learn things about apartheid that they had never known before. There was an intense national discussion going on, and people who were harmed felt vindicated in some way.

That kind of thing can happen here, also, through a truth and reconciliation process. In addition to that sort of hearing commission structure, there could be circles happening on the local levels—circles between, say, persons who were victims of violence and the persons who caused them harm.

Angela: How does one imagine accountability for someone representing the state who has committed unspeakable acts of violence? If we simply rely on the old form of sending them to prison or the death penalty, I think we end up reproducing the very process that we’re trying to challenge.

So maybe can we talk about restorative justice more broadly? Many of the campaigns initially called for the prosecution of the police officer, and it seems to me that we can learn from restorative justice and think about alternatives.

[crisalido]

Soy el mejor libro que nunca leerás

Moose Blood (via ambivertid)

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[fabforgottennobility]

CORAZON ESPINADO

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[byncknowles]

Destiny’s Child 2004 / 2017

[khofnak]

if we’re being honest it was black lives matter that really paved the way for all of these recent protests like I hope people as a whole aren’t assuming otherwise

[blackwoolncrown]

Oh and by the way? Every post about fighting off fascism and resisting Trump goes DOUBLE for white people.

Because YOU more than me are likely to get away with standing up in a racist’s face when they try to go off on a Muslim. YOU more than a group of black teens is less likely to get plowed into by a bigot’s truck at a protest. This is the price you pay for privilege: you are responsible, now. You more than anyone else, due to your ability to blend in and also to be seen as ‘one of their own’ even in disagreements, YOU have more safety and validation given to you than we do.

Tired of people complaining about white people? Then make a new stereotype about you. Want us to know you’re an ally? Stand up for us vocally. Your voice needs to be up front and loud for the next 1460 days.

It’s on YOU to show everyone that white people aren’t the greedy, fearful, hateful cowards that the KKK, Nazis, Fascists, Bigots and destruction-happy corporate bigwigs make you out to be.

[feministyami]

This

[jazmynedrakeford]

Happy birthday Assata ig: JvzDrvke shirt: AggravatedYouth photographer: photosbydarrin

[thecalendarwomen]

#SayHerName: why Kimberlé Crenshaw is fighting for forgotten women

More than 70 black women have died at the hands of the police in the past three years. Professor and activist Crenshaw, who coined the term ‘intersectionality’ in the 1980s, is determined they will not be forgotten

When she speaks at public meetings, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw has a trick. She asks everyone to stand up until they hear an unfamiliar name. She then reads the names of unarmed black men and boys whose deaths ignited the Black Lives Matter movement; names such as Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin. Her audience are informed and interested in civil rights so “virtually no one will sit down”, Crenshaw says approvingly. “Then I say the names of Natasha McKenna, Tanisha Anderson, Michelle Cusseaux, Aura Rosser, Maya Hall. By the time I get to the third name, almost everyone has sat down. By the fifth, the only people standing are those working on our campaign.”

The campaign, #SayHerName, was created to raise awareness about the number of women and girls that are killed by law enforcement officers. For Crenshaw – who coined the term “intersectionality” in the 1980s to describe the way different forms of discrimination overlap and compound each other – it is a brutal illustration of how racism and sexism play out on black women’s bodies.

[ambitiousblackfeminist]

All hail queen mother y'all.

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For Orlando. For my home. For peace.

[cuboftea-deactivated20180302]

I’ve seen more straight people outraged by the death of a lion and a gorilla than mention 50 dead gay people, and 52 wounded.

[feministyami]

Authorities in Santa Monica found possible explosives as well an assault rifles and ammunition in the car of a man who told them he was here for the L.A. Gay Pride festival in West Hollywood, a law enforcement source said.

My heart aches