H2K

This is my other blog, the one for reblogging an ass ton of random shit. Go check out HeadToKeyboard, thats my art blog, comics will be posted there soon!

[fatehbaz]

“‘Disgusting’: 72% of Alberta inmates haven’t been convicted of crimes – the highest proportion in Canada.” 20 June 2018.

“70 per cent of prisoners in Alberta are in remand, the highest in Canada.” 13 May 2019.

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Excerpt [Short. “Indigenous inmates make up 45 per cent of all people in Alberta’s federal prisons.” Edmonton Journal. 22 January 2020]: The latest federal data released Tuesday [January 2020] by Dr. Ivan Zinger, Correctional Investigator of Canada (CSC), states the “Indigenization” of the federal system has hit a record high with 30 per cent of all inmates serving a federal sentence identifying as Indigenous. He expects that number to climb to 33 per cent in the next three years. Indigenous incarceration rates among the eight federal prisons and three healing lodges in Alberta, including the Edmonton Institution and Edmonton Women’s Institution, are even higher, sitting at 45 per cent. Fifty-eight per cent of the inmates at the Edmonton Institution and 65 per cent of woman at the local female institution are Indigenous. “I don’t think there’s a person alive in Canada that hasn’t heard there’s over-representation,” said Chris Hay, executive director of the John Howard Society of Edmonton. “And yet, in the last 25 years, the problem’s actually gotten worse. It hasn’t gotten better with all this knowledge and royal commissions, commissioned by the government, it hasn’t even stayed the same, it’s actually gotten worse for Indigenous persons.”

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“A typical cell at the Edmonton Remand Center.”

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“Alberta prisoners made 67 allegations of sexual assault in the last five fiscal years; Only one resulted in a criminal charge.” 7 November 2018.

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Built in 1979, the Edmonton Remand Centre, was meant to contain 380 prisoners, but nearing the end of its time, before the new super remand was built, it was containing over 800 people in custody, almost 3 times more than its original capacity (Wikipedia, Edmonton Remand Centre). The prisoners were, “double- or triple-bunked, housed in a violent pressure cooker” (Jonny Wakefield, Edmonton Journal, April 15th 2018). From the very beginning, there have been accounts of prisoners resisting the oppressive conditions of the Edmonton Remand Centre. […]

The  government response to the awful conditions and overcrowding was to build a  $580-million new Remand Centre [opened 2013] that could contain almost 2000 people (Jonny Wakefield, Edmonton Journal, April 15th 2018). [J.K.], who spent 15 months at the Edmonton Remand stated “It doesn’t matter if they made 1,800 beds or 3,000 beds, they would have found a way to fill it.” (Jonny Wakefield, Edmonton Journal, April 12th 2019).

Alongside this new expansion came the same oppressive conditions and prisoner resistance. On January 8th 2018, 55 men went on a several day hunger strike at the Edmonton Remand Centre, to protest guard brutality and increased lock down time. [C.G.], a prisoner at the Remand, reported that, “They do a lot of foul stuff to us. They bring their anger to work and they take it out on us… They’re still using way too excessive force on inmates. People are sick of this” (Stephanie Dubois, Edmonton Journal, January 8th 2018). It was reported that the hunger strike ended as a result of ongoing communication between Remand staff and prisoners […] However, [T.C.], a prisoner who was a part of the hunger strike, reported that he had seen none of their concerns be addressed, such as asking for the release of a prisoner being held in the maximum security pod for over a year, the lockdowns of certain pods for more than 20 hours a day and looking into the excessive force by the guards (Jonny Wakefield, Edmonton Journal, February 2nd 2018). Alberta Justice, called the hunger strike “non-compliance” and justified the actions of the Remand Centre, to segregate the prisoners for 23 hours a day, take away their clothes, and confiscate their canteen items […].

Again, In July of 2018, 200 men went on a hunger strike in response to a two day lockdown that occurred after two men had overdosed in their cells, including one man who died (Angela Jung, CTV NEWS, July 25th 2018). The men were protesting the increasing time in lockdown. [D.R.] commented on the up to 23 hour a day lockdown conditions, saying that, “We’re out of our cells for one hour, three or four times. The maximum we’re out of our cells for is five times a day” (Stephanie Dubois, CBC News, July 23rd 2018)

This text excerpt from: Saskatchewan-Manitoba-Alberta Abolition Coalition. “Hunger strikes against mistreatment at Edmonton Remand.” 5 August 2020.

[marauders4evr]

“My privilege will try to make me complicit by default.”

This really hit home, so I’m posting it for others to see.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fukTk8gJ3M

[Image description: A photoset of a white vlogger in front of a bookshelf filled with DVDs, with the captions: "How is it my responsibility, or even my place, to apologize for the actions of my ancestors? Because they did it in my name. They did it for the prosperity of their descendants. But I don’t want any benefits conferred through slavery. I know it’s impossible for me to shed every single advantage that my ancestry affords me, but the least I could do is examine it. Be critical of it, to be as proactive as possible when it comes to the whole ‘not being complicit in historical atrocities’ thing. As a person of considerable privilege, I consider it my responsibility because my privilege will try to make me complicit by default.“]

[jewishzevran]

This thread is a few years old but it bears repeating. I’m tired of being treated as if I am invisible. Listen to Jewish voices when we talk about fascism. I am begging you.

[freetheshit-outofyou]

[dankmemeuniversity]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[raccooncomic]

108. Quarantine

[just-shower-thoughts]

Paper has 6 sides, yet we can only use 2 of them effectively.

[the-inarticulate-chikin]

the other four are for bloodshed

[magicalgirlmindcrank]

Hello welcome my ADHD themed gameshow, "So you were holding it literally moments ago but now it's gone" the where YOU look for whatever you were just holding while going increasingly mad

[magicalgirlmindcrank]

I'm just trying to get the mood right

[firetinasty]

Reblog if you didn't notice the missing words

[textsfromtheborderline]

[jadorexjaii]

Oh okay

[amynchan]

It’s… in words…

[maikusakabe]

oh, hey. I know some people who need this printed and stuck everywhere they’ll see

[itshardtoactnormal-blog]

That’s dope

[itshardtoactnormal-blog]

A History Of Black Cowboys And The Myth That The West Was White

Brad Trent, “Ellis ‘Mountain Man’ Harris from ‘The Federation of Black Cowboys’” series for The Village Voice, 2016

A quick internet search of “American cowboy” yields a predictable crop of images. Husky men with weathered expressions can be seen galloping on horseback. They’re often dressed in denim or plaid, with a bandana tied ‘round their neck and a cowboy hat perched atop their head. Lassos are likely being swung overhead. And yes, they’re all white.

Contrary to what the homogenous imagery depicted by Hollywood and history books would lead you to believe, cowboys of color have had a substantial presence on the Western frontier since the 1500s. In fact, the word “cowboy” is believed by some to have emerged as a derogatory term used to describe Black cowhands.

An ongoing photography exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem celebrates the legacy of the “Black Cowboy” while chronicling the unlikely places around the country where cowboy culture thrives today. Through their photographs, artists like Brad Trent, Deanna Lawson and Ron Tarver work to retire the persistent myth that equates cowboys with whiteness.

Deana Lawson, “Cowboys,” 2014, inkjet print mounted on Sintra, courtesy the artist and Rhona Hoffman Gallery

In the 1870s and ’80s, the Village Voice reports, approximately 25 percent of the 35,000 cowboys on the Western Frontier were black. And yet the majority of their legacy has been whitewashed and written over.

One notable example of this erasure manifests in the story of Bass Reeves, a slave in Arkansas in the 19th century who later became a deputy U.S. marshal, known for his ace detective skills and bombastic style. (He often disguised himself in costume to fool felons and passed out silver dollars as a calling card.) Some have speculated that Reeves was the inspiration for the fictional Lone Ranger character.

Most people remain unaware of the black cowboy’s storied, and fundamentally patriotic, past. “When I moved to the East Coast, I was amazed that people had never heard of or didn’t know there were black cowboys,” photographer Ron Tarver said in an interview with The Duncan Banner. “It was a story I wanted to tell for a long time.”

Ron Tarver. “Legends,” 1993

In 2013 Tarver set out to document black cowboy culture, in part as a tribute to his grandfather, a cowboy in Oklahoma in the 1940s. “He worked on a ranch and drove cattle from near Braggs to Catoosa.” Another artist, Brad Trent, shot striking black-and-white portraits of members of the Federation of Black Cowboys in Queens, New York, an organization devoted to telling the true story of black cowboys’ heritage while providing educational opportunities for local youth to learn from the values and traditions of cowboy life.

Kesha Morse, the FBC president, described their mission as using “the uniqueness of horses as a way to reach inner-city children and expose them to more than what they are exposed to in their communities.”

Trent’s images capture how much has changed for black cowboys, who now dwell not only on the Western Front but on the city streets of New York and in rodeos held in state prisons. Yet certain values of cowboy culture remain intact. For Morse, it’s the importance of patience, kindness and tolerance.

Ron Tarver, “The Basketball Game,” 1993 

Brad Trent, “Arthur ‘J.R.’ Fulmore, from ‘The Federation of Black Cowboys’” series for The Village Voice, 2016

Ron Tarver, “A Ride by North Philly Rows,” 1993 

Brad Trent, “‘Mama’ Kesha Morse from ‘The Federation of Black Cowboys’” series for The Village Voice, 2016

Ron Tarver, “Concrete Canyon,” Harlem, 1993

[wahtdahel-blog]

So much more needs to be said on this topic.

[slime-chunks]

minecraft villager: hrn…

everybody out loud: hrn..

[maplebungus-deactivated20221118]

you after reading this post: hrn…

[raspberrychainsaw]

Eat your Jason David’s Franks™, Bruce.

[theprideful-deactivated20251201]

If you guys have ADD/ADHD, autism, OCD, or something else that affects your ability to concentrate, I highly recommend the chrome extension Mercury Reader. You just open whatever link you're using, then click on the MR icon (it should look like a rocket) and it'll simplify the page so that it's in a focus-friendly layout. Instead of having random pictures and word boxes all over the screen, it'll be in a vertical format with nothing to distract you so you can focus on what's important. You can also adjust the text size (small, medium, large), font (serif, sans), and theme (light, dark). And the best part is, it's completely free! It's honestly one of the best things I've ever downloaded.

This is an article without the extension. See that messy format, and how the actual article content only takes up a fraction of the page? It's no wonder it took me 7 hours to write that paper.

The same article, this time with Mercury. The user-friendly settings are at the top, and the rest of the article is formatted vertically down the middle with no free-roaming pictures or words. How nice.

[mysharona1987]

Somewhere Mexico is laughing.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[j0jin-deactivated20210309]

Scotland is not boring

[redpinejo]

When I say I love bagpipes, this is what I mean

[mahigxn-deactivated20200629]

Absolute banger

[rinhkitty]

WHERE’S THE SOURCE, OP??????

[thesummoningdark]

This is Clanadonia

What the video doesn’t quite capture is that when you’re this close, their drumming feels kind of like being punched in the chest. When they’re playing on the street like this, every other busker in a 500m radius just goes and has a tea break, because there’s no point in trying to be heard over Clanadonia.

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

What the Summoning Dark says. They used to play outside the Thistles in Stirling when I was at Uni there pretty regular like, and you could basically hear them anywhere in the old town center.