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Photos by Deanna White, Duke University student studying abroad in Havana, Cuba through Mexico Solidarity Network’s program, Spring 2015.

“Every second here is challenging: I’m communicating across cultures, speaking a language not native to my tongue; I’m trying to understand a people I have only heard rumors of; and most significantly of all, I am trying to form a grasp on a socialist society when I have only been raised with the lens of capitalism through which to look through.”

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Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.

Carlos Castaneda (via purplebuddhaproject)

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Powerful video shows the harrowing talk parents often have with black kids 

Shortly after a Staten Island grand jury voted not to indict the officer who killed Eric Garner in a chokehold, Mayor Bill de Blasio told ABC News, “What parents have done for decades who have children of color, especially young men of color, is train them to be very careful when they have … an encounter with a police officer.”

Black parents and young people alike are doing just that in a new video that offers 10 rules of survival. The 2-minute PSA-style video from the SALT Project walks through some basic, but potentially life-saving tips for handling any police stop.

The tender, yet pointed 7 words that sum up all of the advice

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