“So I don’t really worry about the young, whose excesses are confined to lecture halls and quadrangles, so much as I fear the old, whose tyrannies are legislative.”
-The Message
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Wealth Distribution: Baby Boomers Are Tyrants
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“The Big Dance”
“I didn’t know there were so many Spanish people around here,’ he mumbled.
Mario smiled. ‘To you, they’re Spanish. To me, they’re Puerto Rican, Dominican, Panamanian, Cuban, Ecuadorian, Mexican, Afrocano, Afro-Cubano. A lot of different things. A lot of different sounds mixed together. That’s America, mijo.”
-The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Artist: Maggie Ellis
Black Friday The True Star
It’s time to get it popping, for some that’s literal as Black Friday fights are common. One minute we’re giving thanks and gratitude for stolen land, the next everyone’s throwing hands Alabama Riverboat style over the last flatscreen. America. Who doesn’t love a good sale? Happy shopping all. Via: Style Caster & The.Olio.Stories
We Walked Off
I’m lost, I said
Though I know she was sleeping.
And empty
And aching
And I don’t know why.
Photo: David Van Dartel
There, There
This is super apt since Columbus Day just passed. There, There is author Tommy Orange’s literary debut. It tells the story of the Native American diaspora, the consequence of a genocide that America masks and glorifies. Through various perspectives, the reader is able to see the cause and effect the massacre of these people have had generationally.
Imagine trying to put together the pieces of broken glass. Gathering up all the pieces is nearly impossible, even if you did what tools could you use to put it all back together? How do you do it without getting shards underneath your skin, without bleeding? This is the struggle of the contemporary Native Americans, trying to rebuild what was dismantled and destroyed.
Beyond history class, Columbus Day and Thanksgiving, where are the voices of the Native American people? This book is gritty, thought provoking, heart rending and necessary. These voices need to be heard. Their stories are integral to the history of the American people.
Love To Those Who’ve Loss
Sending love to those who have loss during these mass shootings. #GunControlNow