"All my friends have been killed, Iโm sick of it."
- Protestor Jamell Spann yells at Ferguson police officers.
It should be illegal to not reblog.
I feel like very few, or at least not many of the people of tumblr are aware of what is going on in my home country Hong Kong right now.
You guys gave alot of coverage and support when Scotland was voting for its independance, so Iโm hoping youโll all support the people of Hong Kong as well.
Right now, many of us are in a mass demonstration of pro-democracy against China. But wait a sec, isnโt Hong Kong China? This is a big misconception amongst foreigners, but please, we are far from being similar to China at all.
A little history class: Hong Kong used to be colonized by the British, and before you white-knights begin going all โthem damn white racist ppl taking over another asian countryโ please donโt. We are thankful Britain took us under its wing and instilled in us values that I feel made us what we are today; that is, a democratic people with respect for free speech, amongst many things.
On the other hand, China is communist, with government controlled media and news. Google, instagram, facebook and many tv shows are blocked in China. It really is just a few steps from North Korea imo.
So whatโs the problem here? Britain unfortunately had to hand back Hong Kong to China, but one of the requirements is that Hong Kong be allowed to operate as โone country two systemsโ, meaning Hong Kong should be able to have its own democratic government. But China has broken its promise. A while back, China tried to put a mandatory โnational educationโ curriculum in all our primary schools. We all know what that is; a communist brainwashing regime. And now, they have announced that in 2017 Hong Kong will be able to vote for its president; BUT only from 3 candidates hand picked by its PRO-BEIJING legislation.
As you can see, China is trying to takeover completely and turn us into another communist state.
Of course, we have taken to the streets. In a mirror if the Tiananmen protests, students have also stepped up to fight for our rights and our future, albeit in a peaceful protest of course. But the police force who have always been a friend of the people, are now responding with force, something that had never been done before in Hong Kong.
First it was pepperspray, then teargas. Then, armed forces came in qith rubber bullets. They warn they will come out with live ammunition soon if we do not get off the streets but the people continue to sit tight, disrupting businesses China so strive to takeover and make use of. Itโs been 2 days now, but the people plan to continue at least till 1st October or even beyond. The significance is that October 1st is Chinaโs National day, not ours, Hong Kong has not been granted itโs own National day.
Please spread the news. This is a country weโre talking about. These are my people.
You can join this event to wear yellow in support of my people on October 1st.
why isnโt this all over my dash honestly
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He is 84 why are you hitting him
why are you hitting him period?
Why is the NYPD such fucking pigs? I want them all dead tbh
can this be shown like at the beginning and ending of commercial breaks or something? just, often and endlessly repeated.
I canโt stress how important this is and how religions or ideas should not justify taking away basic human rights
Backstage at Lane Crawford fall 2011 campaign by Mert Alas Marcus Piggot
ASIAN PRIDE
Zooted
For Christmas santa gave me a little bit of body confidence
Zachary Eagle (today free) was charged with shooting and killing his own father with a hunting rifle. Zachary claimed he did it because he was being sexually abused, and feared the same would happen to his little brother and sister. He was sentenced 7 years in Juvenile Prison with the possibility of being sent to adult prison at age 21.
On August 1st he ended his time in juvenile corrections and began adult probation as part of his sentence.
a young boy kills someone to protect himself and his siblings and goes to prison for 7 years and will never get a proper education and maybe even a career. a cop repeatedly shoots an 18 year old, unarmed kid and he gets $1000,000+
Ji Hye Park @ย Christophe Lemaire Spring 2015