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Dominican Republic to be ‘Socially Cleaned’ of all Hatians/Dark Skinned Dominicans in two days

In two days about a quarter of a million people will be made stateless. They will have no homes, no passports, and no civil rights. There are several reasons for this, but the primary reason is racism.

 At issue is a ruling by the Constitutional Court in the Dominican Republic to strip away the citizenship of several generations of Dominicans:

Dominican Republic has always had a longstanding hatred towards Haiti for years but what they’re doing is literally taking anyone who’s family lineage cannot be traced back to 1929, and putting them on a one-way bus back to Haiti, whether they were born in the DR or not. They don’t care. 

The US State Department has denounced the Dominican government for this plan, and pointed out that it is a gross violation of human rights according to the U.N. charter.

Below are 5 things you need to know about what is happening in the Dominican Republic:

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when you talk about politics with a friend and you don’t know their views

Why I Hate “Cruelty Free” Labels That Don’t Address The Treatment Of Workers

I’ve seen SO many people say “I need to pick my battles and I choose animal rights as my issue because animals don’t have a voice” but here’s the thing, you can’t say you support animal testing without sounding like a douchebag, public opinion is overwhelmingly negative, labor rights violations on the other hand… 

Child labor:

Animal testing:

Labor Unions:

PETA:

Cruelty to animals:

Sweat shops:

We live in a culture that sentimentalizes animals and hates the working class.

bisexual activist and queer theory blogger Patrick RichardsFink 

this is an interesting point, although mathematically inaccurate: assuming the women:men, 0.78:1 ratio is correct, men make $1.28 for every woman’s $1

A white man makes $1.34 for every dollar that a black man makes

A white man makes $1.52 for every dollar that a latino man makes

A white man makes $1.24 for every dollar that a white woman makes

A white man makes $1.44 for every dollar that a black woman makes

A white man makes $1.67 for every dollar that a latina woman makes

That’s some bullshit right there.

Let’s take it a step further. For every hour a white man works, a black woman has to work 86 minutes to earn as much money. 57.6 hours a week compared to the white man’s 40.

Take it another step further. Assuming a Monday through Friday, 9 to 5 job, from Thursday 12:45pm through Friday end of business, a white man gets paid for his work, a black woman is, by comparison, working for free.

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THE LAST LINE

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This. I am tired of seing this numbers without thinking about woc. (via arobynsong)

We all know that feeling, vending machine

#i am also full of snacks and darkness

We know why.

A silent protest in Love Park, downtown Philadelphia orchestrated by performance artists protesting the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson. The onslaught of passerby’s  wanting to take photos with the statue exemplifies the disconnect in American society.  Simply frame out the dead body, and it doesn’t exist.  

Here are some observations by one of the artists involved in the event:

I don’t know who any of these folks are.

They were tourists I presume.

But I heard most of what everything they said. A few lines in particular stood out. There’s one guy not featured in the photos. His friends were trying to get him to join the picture but he couldn’t take his eyes off the body.

"Something about this doesn’t feel right. I’m going to sit this one out, guys." "Com’on man… he’s already dead."

(Laughs.)

There were a billion little quips I heard today. Some broke my heart. Some restored my faith in humanity. There was an older white couple who wanted to take a picture under the statue.

The older gentleman: “Why do they have to always have to shove their politics down our throats.” Older woman: “They’re black kids, honey. They don’t have anything better to do.”

One woman even stepped over the body to get her picture. But as luck would have it the wind blew the caution tape and it got tangle around her foot. She had to stop and take the tape off. She still took her photo.

There was a guy who yelled at us… “We need more dead like them. Yay for the white man!”

"One young guy just cried and then gave me a hug and said ‘thank you. It’s nice to know SOMEBODY sees me.’

Peep Show sort-of-political fanfiction -- I went there

(Hallway of MARK’s and JEREMY’s flat.) JEREMY Mark… (knocking on MARK’s bedroom door) Mark, if you’re not still sobbing, I have rather big news. [He can’t spend a whole day sobbing, the poor bastard.] MARK (from inside the bedroom) I am still sobbing Jez. I informed you quite explicitly at breakfast that I’d be sobbing all day today. You said you’d leave me alone.

JEREMY Please Mark, it’s important. I think you’ll like it. I think you’ll be pleased!

MARK Fine Jez, come in. But I’m not getting up. [Because I haven’t got any pants on.]

(Cut to MARK’s bedroom, interior.) JEREMY [The poor sod. Dobby did a number on him. But my news will cheer him up! I’m a good mate.] So, Mark. Do you remember that article by that actor from a few days ago, the one that was all, “We should stop voting and have a revolution because poor people and black people are getting all kinds of fucked over,” yeah? You said something like, “This twat wouldn’t know a revolution if his own bloodied, guillotined head were shoved up his arse in the public square”?

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