Ρ Ο Π Τ Ρ Ο Ν

Proud To Be

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:35:00 +0000

David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:04:00 +0000

David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture

Not a New Idea: Just Pay it Forward

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:09:00 +0000

Ethnic Fraud and Red Face Posers

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Ethnic Fraud amd "Red Face" Impersonators

April 6, 2014

By Woawachin Suta Win
The escalating debacle regarding whether or not the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Attorney General is an American Indian takes me back to my days as an undergraduate at a top university in the United states almost two decades ago.
There were roughly 200 students who “checked the box” as Americans Indians/Alaska Natives but who did not respond to outreach efforts by the student peer counseling program, never came by the American Indian Studies Center, and who otherwise blended into the mainstream of the public university we attended with a population upwards of 25,000 students.......
....... It seems to me that non-Indians often appropriate Native identity in the United States not only to take advantage of perceived benefits in higher education and employment as a racial minority, but also to oppress Natives by infiltrating our communities at the highest levels. Or, just as ominously, by placing themselves in positions of authority as Native Americans within the mainstream a la Ward Churchill. While in his case, Mr Churchill (whose writings were fascinating and inspiring to me regardless of his status as a white man) was more radical than most Native radicals, in the local situation we appear to have the more common phenomenon of the fake Indian or wannabe being an apologist for the traditionally white institutions that figure prominently in the social problems we face and overcome every single day as individuals and as a people.

EUobserver / Private security firms bid on Greek asylum centres

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:27:00 +0000

EUobserver / Private security firms bid on Greek asylum centres
Private security firms are bidding to guard EU-funded migrant detention centres in Greece amid a report by Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), which says poor conditions in some of the facilities are causing disease.
Michael Flynn, who runs the Global Detention Project at the Swiss-based Graduate Institute of International Studies, says outsourcing detention facilities to private security companies is a growing phenomenon.
“There should always be a concern when a state invites a for-profit contractor into the management structure of something like immigration-related detention,” he said.
Introducing private contractors shifts the policy focus away from the well-being of migrants to the bottom line of a company, he said.

Monumental Myths

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:59:00 +0000

The Death Penalty in 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:32:00 +0000

Forgetting Triangle Shirtwaist | Workers' Rights

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The U.S. Cities With the Highest Levels of Income Segregation

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:42:00 +0000

The U.S. Cities With the Highest Levels of Income Segregation

Representation and Irish Apes: Tactics of De-Humanization Through Imagery

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:47:00 +0000

Irish Apes: Tactics of De-Humanization

Leopard Seal Nurtures and Feeds NG Photographer Penguins for Days

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 08:08:00 +0000

The Black Bruins [Spoken Word] - Sy Stokes

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 07:27:00 +0000

Cowboys & Indians March Together in Washington DC - On Horseback

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:50:00 +0000

On April 22nd, a group of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities from along the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline route, called the Cowboy Indian Alliance, will ride into Washington DC and set up camp near the White House to tell President Obama to reject the pipeline.
On April 27th, thousands of people will join them to stand together for a final message that the Keystone XL pipeline and the tar sands must be rejected — to protect this, and future generations.
REJECT AND PROTECT - All Together To Protest XL Pipeline

Louisiana death row inmate freed after nearly 30 years behind bars

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:03:00 +0000

)

Oglala Lakota First Nation to Adopt Own Cryptocurrency | MAZACOIN

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 08:29:00 +0000

President Obama Appears in Zack Galifianaki's Between Two Ferns "Show" | Epic Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:56:00 +0000

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama from President Barack Obama

President Obama made an appearance on Zach Galifianakis' fake web talk show Between Two Ferns. And as you would expect of an episode of Between Two Ferns, it was horrifying and great.
Spoiler alert: The conclusion to the show is sensational. There's a large red button on the table between them, which Obama decided to press. The backdrop falls away, showing a room in the White House. "Thanks for doing my show and thanks for letting me shoot my show here all these years," Galifianakis says. "Seriously? You've been shooting these shows here in the Diplomatic Room? Who gave you the permission to do that?" Obama asks.

Galifianakis replies, "Bush."

From my album: Bayou Cultures

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 03:15:00 +0000

Album: Bayou Cultures | Louisiana

Woman's Day | If it Doesn't Happen to You It Doesn't Mean It Doesn't Happen

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 02:54:00 +0000

The American South in Maps

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:16:00 +0000

Discouraging Statistical Maps of the American South[... there are lots of things to love about the South. It's clean and quiet. There's delicious food, good people and often amazing weather. But that's exactly why it makes us so sad to think about all the ways in which the region is struggling today.] Huffington Post

Political Prisoner Marshall Eddie Conway Released After 44 Years | Black Panthers

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:07:00 +0000

Political Prisoner Marshall Eddie Conway Released After 44 Years

Mythopedia | A New Fact Checker from MEDIA MATTERS

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:10:00 +0000

Language VS Dialect | What are the Differences?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:00:00 +0000

Economist: Differences Between Language and DialectTwo kinds of criteria distinguish languages from dialects. The first are social and political: in this view, “languages” are typically prestigious, official and written, whereas “dialects” are mostly spoken, unofficial and looked down upon. In a famous formulation of this view, “a language is a dialect with an army and a navy”.

Tina Turner - Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu - (720p Rework - 2014)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:30:00 +0000

Animals making funny sounds and noises - Funny animal compilation

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:44:00 +0000

How Things Make Better Sense When We Remember Better

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 09:24:00 +0000