My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant : soupsoup: In April 2008, I was part of a Post team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings a year earlier. Lolo died a...
View Article"Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our...
“Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expected to educate the heterosexual world. The...
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aeraspais:ahhrealmormons | donniaandjokesy | nohpets | degausse |...
aeraspais:ahhrealmormons | donniaandjokesy | nohpets | degausse | aeraspais: There are no in-betweens and don’t even think about hitting up most ~designer (Chanel etc) counters. once this woman at...
View Article"He was doing it because he lost his job and I was sick. … He did it. He did...
“He was doing it because he lost his job and I was sick. … He did it. He did all of this.” - Melinda Brady • Explaining what she says may have led her husband, David Laffer, to kill four people in a...
View ArticleHow many US deaths are caused by poverty and other social factors? About the...
How many US deaths are caused by poverty and other social factors? About the same as deaths from heart attacks and stroke, study finds: The investigators found that approximately 245,000 deaths in the...
View Article"Many women of color, like their Anglo counterparts, eschew the term...
““Many women of color, like their Anglo counterparts, eschew the term ‘feminism’ while agreeing with it’s goals (the right to an abortion, equality in job hiring, girls’ soccer teams). But women of...
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chrisbtoo:whitewhine: “Sent from my iPhone” Don’t see how...
chrisbtoo:whitewhine: “Sent from my iPhone” Don’t see how this is a whine. If it’s an American on Verizon, their phone won’t work in Paris, will it? Even if it’s a GSM phone, it might be carrier...
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sapphrikah:nirak: “Think Bigger: 3 billion dollar theft gets...
sapphrikah:nirak: “Think Bigger: 3 billion dollar theft gets man 40 months, 100 dollar theft gets another 15 years.” - @JPBarlow Once again from ross’s twitter. Privilege. Rich privilege....
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"But the experience Bristol describes is also far from unusual, and it’s...
“But the experience Bristol describes is also far from unusual, and it’s probably safe to say that more people can relate to regretting a fumbling, alcohol-fueled sexual encounter than can’t. Mike...
View Article"WOAH. really?? Now, this is going to come off extremely racist only because...
“WOAH. really?? Now, this is going to come off extremely racist only because I’m white. but why the fuck does everyone have to blame white “nativists”? I’m sorry, i’m a white girl who was born in...
View ArticleEver notice that everyone's supposed to have bootstraps except white people?
zeitgeistmovement: Oh - that wealth was “deserved”. Hm; what physical labor did you do or contribute to society in any way that was not derived from your privilege? There are white people who...
View ArticleEver notice that everyone's supposed to have bootstraps except white people?
Ever notice that everyone's supposed to have bootstraps except white people?: bankston: I disagree. People who don’t understand my depression have callously told me to pull myself up by my bootstraps...
View Article"My job was to hold the ultrasound probe on this woman’s abdomen so that the...
“My job was to hold the ultrasound probe on this woman’s abdomen so that the physician could actually see the uterus on the ultrasound screen. And when I looked at the screen, I saw a baby… . I saw a...
View Articlebankston: I’ll go with you there. Most people don’t want to take the trouble...
bankston: I’ll go with you there. Most people don’t want to take the trouble to think that far. They’re looking for simplistic answers so they can file the problem away quickly, before it causes them...
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squee-gee:nefariousnewt:heftyheretic:transonicyouth: Well, if...
squee-gee:nefariousnewt:heftyheretic:transonicyouth: Well, if it’s its own body, then why don’t we just take it out and let it fend for itself? Oh, wait…
View Article"We need to get girls interested in computing by first grade. By fifth grade,...
“We need to get girls interested in computing by first grade. By fifth grade, it’s game over. Computing has an image crisis. A boy geek subculture has grown up around gaming that involves violence....
View ArticleUpdate on the Korean adoptee who was dumped
Update on the Korean adoptee who was dumped: jaded16india:jemimaaslana: So, I did a little digging around after my last post on the Korean girl who was dumped by her adoptive parents. And the above...
View Article"Tourist industry officials say Brazil should be on the list of countries...
“Tourist industry officials say Brazil should be on the list of countries whose citizens do not need a visa to enter the U.S. There are currently 36 countries on Washington’s visa waiver list, but none...
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