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Bodies of missing US balloonists found off Italy

There is yet to be an identification, but the Italian coastguard stated they found... more

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Classic Video Game Characters In A Race

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50 Horse and Equestrian Blogs

Learning about horses and equestrianism is a fun hobby whether you can afford to... more

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The One

I'm often being told that there is only one God and that God is typically the God... more

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The Most Extreme High School Girls Hurdles Race You Will Ever See (VIDEO) - The Daily Blender

I haven't laughed this hard this whole week...but if she was my daughter, I would... more

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German Students and Teachers Bullied and Beaten By Muslim Immigrant Gangs in Germany (VIDEO) - The Daily Blender

Hard to believe, but German students and teachers are being bullied and beaten by... more

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The End of Existential Angst or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Liberal Conservative in Me

Those who descended from the beings that populated what we know today as Africa may... more

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Does Integration Equal Disintegration?

We all may hate each other, but for some crazy reason we cannot stop having sex with... more

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Anti-Americanism

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I'm White, I'm Male, So The @#$% What!!!

"I don't have a job, a home or a car! I don't have anything and you want me to apologize to you because you don't have anything either!? Spare me! Why don't you go cry to Oprah, Jennifer Lopez, Tyler Perry, Alex Rodriguez, Kobe Bryant or Will Smith!!!"

You can lob epithets like racist, bigot, homophobe, misogynist and the like at the infamous White Man and no one will say much. It's expected. He is The Man after all. He's not even human. Just an oppressive automaton who is responsible for all the world's ills and he even has the audacity to not apologize for simply being? How dare he!? Good thing there are liberal white men out there. At least they express their tacit guilt. But really, what is inherently wrong about him taking pride in his European heritage? Is it because you view your existence as inauspicious due to this heritage? He exploited and oppressed you and because of this there should be no celebration of European virtues. You supported his whims through your labor. He killed you. He took your land. He deceived you. He raped your women. But what is it about him that makes him behave this way and if he thinks himself superior is he truly superior or do you give him power by thinking him evil? What if he is just like you?

What if he feels powerless even though you say he controls "everything?" What if he feels like nothing? Why must you treat him as if he is some comic book-esque supervillian? Why do you laugh in his face when he expresses his frustration? What does this say about you? Are you envious of the access his skin color affords him? Do you see his lack of melanin as a blessing? Do you not feel your abundance of melanin is a curse? Do you have to overcompensate in order to battle against a deep-seated inferiority complex? Is your black or brown pride a by-product of the acknowledgement of his existence? Who were you before you found out about him? How did you see yourself then? Probably not as brown or black. Perhaps you were just you.

That's it! That's why the white man is evil! He made me acknowledge the fact that I was 'some thing.' I'm not 'some thing,' I am some ONE!

Is this all his fault? What if it is all OUR fault? And by 'our' I mean us, not them...and by 'not them' I mean them.

Hey, I clicked those hyperlinks and I'm lost. Us? Not them? What?

We're all lost. Click the link below and let's see if we can build a compass...together.
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Elections Put First Women of Color in Governor Posts | Womens eNews

Early returns indicated that Election Day was good for many Republican women running... more

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Chaske Spencer talks Twilight Racism and the Game of Hollywood

This is my interview with Chaske Spencer. Perhaps no better way to wish you all a happy Day of the Dead than by taking a moment to talk with an actor acquainted with the undead and Chaske has come to fame as both Dracula and Sam Uley the leader of the Wolfpack in Twilight. Chaske is also the founder of Shift the Power to the People a charity focused on making sustainable change in communities across the world. Starting with the Cheyene River Sioux Tribe who were devastated by a brutal winter storm season and are working hard to rebuild their water and power infrastructure. He opens up about his new production company and projects and is even willing to talk about experiences with addiction, poverty, and racism.

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RACEBENDING.COM: I’m curious, did your parents, being educators, talk about Indian Boarding Schools? Was that something that drove them to say, maybe make a positive change to address some of those issues, to do good in the community?

CHASKE SPENCER: I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken of the reservation, taken to the boarding schools, and pretty much taught to be ashamed of who they were as Native Americans. You can feel that impact today.

I think that’s why there is so much alcohol and drug abuse on reservations, because the self-esteem of those people–they were robbed of the self-esteem for who they are. Our people were a beautiful people, and they still are.

The impact of that has affected generations. You had abuse, sexual abuse, at these boarding schools, plus, they were forced to cut their own hair–to be ashamed of who they were. If they spoke their own tongue, their mouths were washed out with soap. You can feel that effect today.

It’s very sad but it’s an awareness; I think our people do know, but some are ashamed to talk about it. If you start talking about it, you realize that’s a key point in our history, where we turned, where something happened. I believe it’s coming back with the Sundances, the Sweat Lodges and Native American spirituality coming back. We were just granted our rights here in the 1970s.

RACEBENDING.COM: Do you think that media representation plays a role in this, because there is a lack of positive portrayals in the media? So many overtly racist practices were allowed to continue well after segregation and other practices had stopped.

CHASKE SPENCER: Yeah. I went to all white school where I dealt with racism. There was a point–when I was a kid–where I said I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker, with blond hair and blue eyes. My mom right there told me to never be ashamed of who I am.

It was just conditioning. You see it everywhere in Hollywood–you know, in the media in general–it’s conditioning, conditioning everywhere you look. It took somewhere into my teens for me to really understand who I was and to start being proud of who I was.This is my interview with Chaske Spencer. Perhaps no better way to wish you all a... more