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865 - Racism 101: Enough With The 'Angry Black Woman' Stereotypes. Let's Talk About Tone Policing | LAist
Tone policing doesn't have to be race-related. But, in the wake of George Floyd's death last May and the summer's Black Lives Matter protests, tone policing in a racial context took center stage. Protests in cities across the U.S. were tainted by mainstream media's depctions of acts such as vandalism and arson as widespread. People, especially BIPOC women, encounter tone policing everywhere from the office to online encounters on social media to the workplace. No women saw this more than the...
1886 - The Need for Leadership to Address White Supremacy in the NGO Sector - PBA
One of the topics discussed was the need for greater diversity in leadership, particularly around race and gender. Stracke admitted during the panel discussion that leadership in the trade union movement was “too white”. “One of our values that we say is ‘diversity is our strength and solidarity is our power’,” Stracke said. “And that’s about the diversity of our movement and our movement is very diverse… but I think we as a union movement [still] need more voices. “We’ve very white in te...
1947 - Working Class History: "#OtD 4 Apr 1935 bodies of Germ…" - disabled.social
#OtD 4 Apr 1935 bodies of German anti-Nazi activists Dora Fabian and Mathilde Wurm were found in London. Despite burglaries and threats, the deaths were ruled suicide, while the British government and media was keen to appease Hitler
1973 - Snowshadow: "Mi'kmaw fishers say DFO office…" - disabled.social
Mi'kmaw fishers say DFO officers left them to walk for hours at night after seizing boots, phones Protest held Tuesday; Trudeau calls reports 'very troubling' #Indigenous #HumanRights #News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dfo-accused-after-mikmaw-fishers-say-boots-seized-1.7161195
2891 - Hundreds of Australians say they skip meals, visit food banks and 'dumpster dive' as the cost of living crisis continues - ABC News
A mother skips meals to make sure her son can eat dinner. Later in the week she will join a line of people accessing a food bank for the first time in their lives. Others get through the day on little more than coffee or a bread roll, going hungry to pay rent, electricity bills or buy their pets food.
5206 - oz_f
The anti-Muslim narrative in Australia is sort of hard to sustain when you realise Muslim Punjabis were here, often living with and marrying into Indigenous communities, since the 1800’s. Probably why we never learn about it!
6682 - Great White Hope and the Double Standard of Race in Sports
I'm an avid sports fan. As a native Bostonian, growing up, I followed all of the teams and still do.
9069 - Can't stop thinking about "rights not deeply rooted in history." The ADA only passed thirty years ago. It doesn't even have enforcement powers to protect disabled people. For most of history the pr...
10923 - Mx. Kit O'Connell — Hire me!: "Among those arrested was forme…" - disabled.social
Among those arrested was former #Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart, who was indicted by a federal grand jury and is expected to be charged with conspiracy to impede or injure law enforcement, according to court records.
Spokane #ICE protesters, including Stuckart, arrested by federal agents https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jul/15/spokane-ice-protesters-including-stuckart-arrested/
