We responded to 9-11 attacks, by killing 63 civilians for each American who was killed by the attacks. Protesters have responded to police brutality (which has killed MORE people than 9-11) by breaking shop windows, including the window of my favorite coffee shop, Bittersweet. Tell me again how the protesters aren’t nonviolent enough. I believe…
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This video I took while marching in the Ferguson protests in Oakland contains one of the most memorable and important moments of my life- a young organizer begging his fellow protesters not to intimidate and frighten a trapped white businessman. “We’re not going to let each other be split apart. That’s what they want us…
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Both the pro-life and pro-choice are idealistic movements fighting for goals that are far too small, and it makes me sad. As idealists, we should be fighting for the highest possible goal.
Harvard has an online tool called Project Implicit which can measure your unconscious prejudices. Malcolm Gladwell, a famous African-American author, took the test and it showed he had “a moderate automatic preference for whites.” His result is not unusual; according to Harvard, 70% of people of all races get this result.
“What is it you’re reading?” asked the lady next to me on the bus stop bench. Her face was pale like a mushroom and unkempt black hair straggled down her back. She was morbidly obese, wearing a gray sweatsuit, and had a walker wedged between her legs. But despite all this, her face was friendly…
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Reflections on the Eve of Bin Laden’s Death. I woke up this morning and read that Bin Laden was dead. It made me remember September 11th. The funny thing about September 11th is that all of us have a story. All of us Americans.
“Mayor Robert Duffy One City Lecture Series:” Downtown! With exquisite politeness I was ushered to the coat room and presented with refreshments. Was it just me, or was a choir of angels blowing a heavenly fanfare over that FOOD? There were strawberry cream puffs shaped like swans, chocolate cream squares, miniature fruit tarts with…
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