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unfollower: no see lesbians are not more accepted than gay men they’re more sexualized please do...

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:49:55 -0400

unfollower: no see lesbians are not more accepted than gay men they’re more sexualized please do...

"[A]nyone using social media sites — and especially Twitter — ‘has lost this world and his..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:13:58 -0400

“[A]nyone using social media sites — and especially Twitter — ‘has lost this world and his...

israelfacts: A Health Ministry inspector poured bleach over...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:34:24 -0400

israelfacts:

A Health Ministry inspector poured bleach over pots full of food in a Sudanese restaurant in Tel Aviv Sunday night.

The inspector, from the ministry’s district office for Tel Aviv, was participating in a raid by police and municipal inspectors on illegal businesses owned by African migrants. Altogether, the raid shut down 10 businesses in the city’s Neveh Sha’anan neighborhood, confiscating their equipment and welding the doors shut. The equipment was then loaded onto vans by other African migrants who had been hired as contract workers.

Many diners saw the inspector pouring bleach on the food, and one, asylum-seeker Aladin Abaker from Sudan’s Darfur region, posted photos of the incident on his Facebook page. He also described his feelings of humiliation.

“Everyone − except the destroyers − was in tears from the humiliation,” he wrote. “The waitress told us, ‘I’ve seen very harsh things in my life, like torture in Sinai, but this humiliated me more than what happened to me in Sinai.”

Abaker accused the inspector of “insensitivity to people and their culture, which sees food as a sacred thing that must be respected,” and said the raid was aimed at “embittering our lives so we’ll return to Africa ‘voluntarily.’”

Altogether, he said, more than 200 kilograms of meat, chicken and fish and over 500 prepared meals were destroyed.

The inspectors said they didn’t know where the meat came from and therefore feared for the diners’ health, Abaker wrote. “We told them: But this is the only place we’ve eaten all our meals for four years now, and none of us ever had stomach problems. Even whites eat here.”

The Health Ministry responded that inspectors had discovered “deplorable sanitary conditions, food stored under unsuitable conditions and temperatures, and food from unknown sources. In order to preserve the public’s health and that of the diners themselves, it was decided to destroy the food immediately. As part of the process of destroying the food, chemicals suitable to this purpose are used. It should be noted that this was a routine process of food destruction that is no different from other destructions of food/meat.”

Tel Aviv’s deputy city manager, Ruby Zelof, said the raids were carried out “to eradicate the undesirable phenomenon of businesses operating illegally, with sanitation and safety problems and illegal connections to electricity and water, and sales of alcoholic beverages without permits.”

Haaretz | Photo credit: Aladin Abaker

Israel is deporting Africans and also planning to put tens of thousands into detention camps.

Knesset Member Miri Regev — a member of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud Party — called the refugees “a cancer in our body” and Danny Danon — also a Likud Knesset Member — wrote on his Facebook page referring to the Africans as “infiltrators”. Interior Minister Eli Yishai said the African asylum seekers threaten “the Zionist dream,” adding, “Jobs will root them here.”

See also:

Why is the birth rate in Israel’s Ethiopian community declining? Ethiopian women who immigrated to Israel were coaxed into agreeing to injections of long-acting birth control drugs, or told they would not be allowed into the country

Israeli woman has her photo taken with Africans, titles the Facebook album: “Late night tour of the Tel Aviv Safari”, captions the photo: “There are no signs forbidding taking pictures with the animals. There were no signs that forbid feeding, but we passed on that.”

nevver: Compartment Car, Edward Hopper

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:38:35 -0400

nevver:

Compartment Car, Edward Hopper

blackcurator: Autumn (2008) Kara Walker

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:48:19 -0400

blackcurator:

Autumn (2008) Kara Walker

SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE: thefindingaid: The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:15:32 -0400

SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE: thefindingaid: The Finding Aid: Black Women at the...

#The Finding Aid: The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art and Archiving...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:15:10 -0400

#The Finding Aid: The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art and Archiving...:...

fuckyeahfeminists: Costco CEO Craig Jelinek supports raising...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:03:20 -0400

fuckyeahfeminists:

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek supports raising the minimum wage.

Costco announced record profits today, averaging $10,000 in profit per employee compared to $7,400 at Walmart.
The secret to Costco’s success is paying employees well, providing benefits, and giving them an opportunity to unionize.

So large corporations’ excuses that treating & paying workers well would damage profits are all a crock of shit.

tastefullyoffensive: [via]

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:36:07 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

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did-you-kno: Source

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:34:26 -0400

did-you-kno:

Source

Walter Mosley—An (African) American Treasure. npr: After...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:23:36 -0400

Walter Mosley—An (African) American Treasure.

npr:

After six years, author Walter Mosley breathes life back into his detective hero Easy Rawlins — thought dead after crashing his car off a cliff. Easy embarks on another case, but as the lines blur between death and dying, he may discover answers to questions he hadn’t thought to ask.

— Book Review: ‘Little Green’ By Walter Mosley

artruby: Gordon Parks, Segregated drinking fountain, Mobile,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:07:52 -0400

artruby:

Gordon Parks, Segregated drinking fountain, Mobile, Alabama, 1956, (1956) at Adamson Gallery.

On the book list for my nephew! soulbrotherv2: You Can Do It!...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:53:51 -0400

On the book list for my nephew!

soulbrotherv2:

You Can Do It! by Tony Dungy

Tony Dungy’s little brother, Linden, is a third grader who is having a bad day at school. Linden is the youngest of the Dungy family and the least motivated because he hasn’t found “it.” In a family where everyone seems to have found their special talent, all Linden knows is that he wants to make people happy.

With encouragement from his parents, a helping hand from his older brother Tony, and inspiration from God, Linden learns that if he dreams big and has faith, he can do anything!

unimpressedcats: taco cat is taco cat spelt backwards

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:22:25 -0400

unimpressedcats:

taco cat is taco cat spelt backwards

Photo

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:09:59 -0400

soulbrotherv2: African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy...

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:06:39 -0400

soulbrotherv2:

African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today (The Library of Black America series) edited by Mel Watkins and foreword by Dick Gregory

This collection of anecdotes, tales, jokes, toasts, rhymes, satire, riffs, poems, stand-up sketches, and snaps documents the evolution of African American humor over the past two centuries. It includes routines and writings from such luminaries as Bert Williams, Butterbeans & Susie, Stepin Fetchit, Moms Mabley, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Redd Foxx, Ishmael Reed, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence, and Chris Rock. This anthology includes classic stage routines, literary examples, and witty quotations presented in their entirety.

gradientlair: Legendary Black women in film/television! Diahann...

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:06:21 -0400

gradientlair:

Legendary Black women in film/television! Diahann Caroll (77), Cicely Tyson (79), Nichelle Nichols (80), Ruby Dee (90).

lauramcphee: Young girl wearing Samba dress, 1950s (Seydou...

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:26:11 -0400

lauramcphee:

Young girl wearing Samba dress, 1950s (Seydou Keita)

nyc-arts: This Saturday! Take a journey through Harlem’s rich...

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:07:25 -0400

nyc-arts:

This Saturday! Take a journey through Harlem’s rich history, from the swinging Renaissance to today’s vibrant cultural scene: http://bit.ly/11VRrFq http://on.fb.me/ZRTMmS

nevver: Thank God it’s Frida

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:40:43 -0400

nevver:

Thank God it’s Frida