8 Accounts of Black People Being Used As Guinea Pigs – Atlanta Blackstar
Gynecology Invented Through The Torture of Black Women In the 19th century, the father of modern gynecology, J. Marion Sims, conducted his research experiments on enslaved Black women. Sims performed the invasive and torturous procedures without anesthesia. J. Marion Sims’ justification for choosing not to anesthetize his test subjects was that he did not believe …
I’m about to get really fucking nerdy but I promise this is worth reading even if you aren’t a magic player.
You see the lady on the card? Thats the first trans person in magic.
Today they released some of the lore for this set and its fucking cannon.
Not only…
Luke and his ghosts: a dialogue
okay but this is definitely how it goes
Luke: Ben, I would really like to talk to you about this.
Obi-Wan: *looks on with concern from the Force, but doesn’t appear, because Luke has to figure things out for himself*
Luke: Master Yoda, I could really use your advice.
Yoda:…
Police ask for public’s help in search for missing 19-year-old
Police say Sebastian Stadler, 19, hasn’t been heard from since his mom dropped him off on Kensington Road on November 25.This is Sebastian. He’s missing. He’s my neighbour’s son.
Sebastian has not exactly had the greatest of histories with staying with either of his parents (if I recall right, he once broke into his dad’s house while he was away on business instead of staying with his mom), but like the article says: he doesn’t usually stay away for a whole month without contact, so his parents are worried about him.
I’m crossing my fingers that he’s just couch surfing, and it’ll be like that time my grandmother thought my uncle was dead for several months because he up and left and forgot to call until he needed money.
He’s been found.
it’s not good news.
This Korean Singer Is Suing Sony For Using Her Music In ‘The Interview’
Sony initially negotiated with Yoon Mi Rae to use her music, but the two sides couldn’t agree. So Sony used her music anyway.literally if any of you thought franco and rogen “cared” about the korean people you can stop now (lmao idk how you could think that with the content of that movie but some people….)
they literally stole a korean artist’s song w/o permission or compensation. sony doesnt give a shit about koreans. they’re just using koreans as props for some cheap laughs.
i hope sony is in ruins after this
Police ask for public’s help in search for missing 19-year-old
Police say Sebastian Stadler, 19, hasn’t been heard from since his mom dropped him off on Kensington Road on November 25.
This is Sebastian. He’s missing. He’s my neighbour’s son.
Sebastian has not exactly had the greatest of histories with staying with either of his parents (if I recall right, he once broke into his dad’s house while he was away on business instead of staying with his mom), but like the article says: he doesn’t usually stay away for a whole month without contact, so his parents are worried about him.
I’m crossing my fingers that he’s just couch surfing, and it’ll be like that time my grandmother thought my uncle was dead for several months because he up and left and forgot to call until he needed money.
Chris Rock Talks White People, Racism, What “Racial Progress” Really Means, and Isolation
Frank Rich: What would you do in Ferguson that a standard reporter wouldn’t?
Chris Rock: I’d do a special on race, but I’d have no black people.
Frank Rich: Well, that would be much more revealing.
Chris Rock: Yes, that would be an event. Here’s the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it’s all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people were crazy. Now they’re not as crazy. To say that black people have made progress would be to say they deserve what happened to them before.
Frank Rich: Right. It’s ridiculous.
Chris Rock: So, to say Obama is progress is saying that he’s the first black person that is qualified to be president. That’s not black progress. That’s white progress. There’s been black people qualified to be president for hundreds of years. If you saw Tina Turner and Ike having a lovely breakfast over there, would you say their relationship’s improved? Some people would. But a smart person would go, “Oh, he stopped punching her in the face.” It’s not up to her. Ike and Tina Turner’s relationship has nothing to do with Tina Turner. Nothing. It just doesn’t. The question is, you know, my kids are smart, educated, beautiful, polite children. There have been smart, educated, beautiful, polite black children for hundreds of years. The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people.
Frank Rich: It’s about white people adjusting to a new reality?
Chris Rock:Owning their actions. Not even their actions. The actions of your dad. Yeah, it’s unfair that you can get judged by something you didn’t do, but it’s also unfair that you can inherit money that you didn’t work for.
Frank Rich: Would you seek out someone to interview who might not normally be sought out?
Chris Rock: I would get you to interview somebody, and I would put something in your ear, and I’d ask the questions through you.
Frank Rich: You’d have a white guy.
Chris Rock: And I would ask them questions that you would never come up with, and we’d have the most amazing interviews ever.
Frank Rich: And we’d be asking white people and black people?
Chris Rock: Just white people. We know how black people feel about Ferguson — outraged, upset, cheated by the system, all these things.
Frank Rich: So you think people can be lulled into saying the outrageous shit they really feel?
Chris Rock: Michael Moore has no problem getting it. Because he looks like them. But the problem is the press accepts racism. It has never dug into it.
Frank Rich: When Obama was running for president, a certain kind of white person would routinely tell reporters, “He’s just not one of us.” Few reporters want to push that person to the wall and say, “What do you mean he’s not like you, unless you’re talking about the fact that he’s African-American?” Where else besides Ferguson would you hypothetically want to interview white people?
Chris Rock: I’d love to do some liberal places, because you can be in the most liberal places and there’s no black people.
Frank Rich: I assume one such place is Hollywood.
Chris Rock: I don’t think I’ve had any meetings with black film execs. Maybe one. It is what it is. As I told Bill Murray, Lost in Translation is a black movie: That’s what it feels like to be black and rich. Not in the sense that people are being mean to you. Bill Murray’s in Tokyo, and it’s just weird. He seems kind of isolated. He’s always around Japanese people. Look at me right now.
Frank Rich: We’re sitting on the 35th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel overlooking Central Park.
Chris Rock: And there’s only really one black person here who’s not working. Bill Murray in Lost in Translation is what Bryant Gumbel experiences every day. Or Al Roker. Rich black guys. It’s a little off.
But the thing is, we treat racism in this country like it’s a style that America went through. Like flared legs and lava lamps. Oh, that crazy thing we did. We were hanging black people. We treat it like a fad instead of a disease that eradicates millions of people. You’ve got to get it at a lab, and study it, and see its origins, and see what it’s immune to and what breaks it down.
Reasons why I will always love Chris Rock.
THE NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION RESPONDS TO THE GRAND JURY’S DECISION NOT TO INDICT POLICE OFFICER DARREN WILSON IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF MICHAEL BROWN
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Bar Association is questioning how the Grand Jury, considering the evidence before them, could reach the conclusion that Darren Wilson should not be indicted and tried for the shooting death of Michael Brown. National Bar Association President Pamela J. Meanes expresses her sincere disappointment with the outcome of the Grand Jury’s decision but has made it abundantly clear that the National Bar Association stands firm and will be calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to pursue federal charges against officer Darren Wilson. “We will not rest until Michael Brown and his family has justice” states Pamela Meanes, President of the National Bar Association.
President Meanes is requesting that the citizens of Ferguson, Missouri not allow this decision to cause an unnecessary uproar in the community that could lead to arrests, injuries or even deaths of innocent people. “I am asking for everyone to remain as calm as possible and to join in solidarity as we continue to support the family of Michael Brown and put our legal plan into full effect” says President Meanes “I feel the magnitude of the grand jury’s ruling as Ferguson, Missouri is only minutes from where I reside”, adds President Meanes.
Over the last couple of months, the National Bar Association has hosted Town Hall meetings informing attendees of their Fourth Amendment (Search & Seizure) constitutional rights, whether it is legal to record police activity, and how citizens should behave/respond if and when they interface with police officers. “The death of Michael Brown was the last straw and the catalyst for addressing issues of inequality and racial bias in policing, the justice system, and violence against members of minority communities,” states Pamela Meanes.
The family of Michael Brown requested that District Attorney McCullough step aside and allow a special prosecutor be assigned to the investigation to give the community confidence that the grand jury would conduct a complete and thorough investigation into the tragic shooting death of 18 year old Michael Brown. The grand jury’s decision confirms the fear that many expressed months ago — that a fair and impartial investigation would not happen.
“The National Bar Association is adamant about our desire for transformative justice. While we are disappointed with the grand jury’s ruling, we are promoting peace on every street corner around the world. The only way to foster systemic change is to organize, educate, and mobilize. We are imploring everyone to fight against the injustice in Ferguson, Missouri and throughout the United States by banding together and working within the confines of the law,” states President Meanes.The National Bar Association thinks the ruling in Ferguson is BS and that the special prosecutor had no intention of a fair investigation!
This is the organization in charge of all lawyers in this country!
So it’s safe to say that this is not kosher.
Starting Over: A birthday wish
I will be 29 on the 22nd of October, and all I want this year is to be able to start over. I suffer from major depressive disorder, and had a breakdown a little over a year ago. It was the primary reason that I left my job and I have been living …I did it.
I made myself a crowdfunding/donation page for people to give me birthday moneys so I can get myself out of this fucking hole.
Ugh, I already feel sleezy for begging for money even as a birthday present and with a “perk”.
Starting Over: A birthday wish
I will be 29 on the 22nd of October, and all I want this year is to be able to start over. I suffer from major depressive disorder, and had a breakdown a little over a year ago. It was the primary reason that I left my job and I have been living …
I did it.
I made myself a crowdfunding/donation page for people to give me birthday moneys so I can get myself out of this fucking hole.
Ugh, I already feel sleezy for begging for money even as a birthday present and with a “perk”.
