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suillira:

nbcnews:

Students hold Georgia school’s 1st racially integrated prom

(Photo: NBC News)

Almost half a century after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed racial discrimination in schools and other public places, black and white students in Georgia’s rural Wilcox County danced together for the first time at prom over the weekend.

Read the complete story.

What year is this again?

The Whites-only prom was still held though. So… what do you still have? A prom that Blacks can go to and a prom they can’t go to.

I don’t know why this is a surprise to people. Most major cities in the us are segregated. Somebody somewhere lives in a black neighborhood whites wont go into until they decided is valuable property….

Its a pretty good idea to know about the land that we live on regardless of where you are.

(Source: piekne-zycie)

chiefelk:

Earlier today my friend Dawn (Lakota) and I (Nakoda) decided to address the infatuation of the Pine Ridge Indian reservation, why so many people go there to live out their Indian fantasies, and why so many white people believe that they are our savior. We brought up Aaron Huey’s Honor The Treaties project as a perfect example. She told me that people were especially upset with him because he had taken and published photos of ceremony. I didn’t know this, and was absolutely mortified. As two people who are from the Great Plains, practice our traditions, speak our languages, dance at powwows, etc, Dawn and I felt extremely violated by the publishing of our sacred moments.

This conversation happened to take place on Twitter. We didn’t “@ mention” Aaron or even say things that were attacking him personally (please feel free to check both of our timelines to confirm this). The next thing we know, Aaron himself is full on at us and decided to completely bulldoze our feelings. After feeling that his tweets weren’t enough, he sent me an email (you know, to take me into private, and put me in my place) to tell me how he has every right to publish these photos and how dare I say otherwise on Twitter (and how dare I engage someone else in my public discourse of him). And this guy Rick he is referring to is a Lakota spiritual leader (as if Dawn and I are not familiar with him). He said Rick gave him permission to publish the photos so everything is basically totally A-OK, and so we should chill out. Whether that is true or not (it isn’t) that is not the point.

He has since deleted his tweets, but I decided to save them and share them with the world. White male saviorism doesn’t just happen in Dances With Wolves or Avatar, it’s alive and well in our current society. In fact, it may have been amplified since now you’re awarded, given National Geographic spreads, and Tedx Talks as your platform to spread your exploitative message.

(Source: awakewiththerisingsun)

klehook-chmis:

Kick-is-on-lo Cud was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle. During her long life, she saw the coming of white settlers, the exile of her Duwamish and Suquamish people from their traditional lands, and the growth of the new city named for her father. She didn’t move to the Port Madison Reservation with the rest of her people, but stayed in Seattle. She earned her living doing laundry for some of Seattle’s prominent families. A white friend asked to call her “Angeline, ” and others later added “Princess.”

Photographer: Edwin J. Bailey
Image Date: 1890

abrahan:

THE BREATHING LIGHT IN HOUSTON AT NOTSUOH.  4/13/2013