November 2011
October 2011
“White people default and refer to hip hop videos, Latino telenovelas, & extremely conservative Muslim practices to mournfully shed silent, condescending tears over the “sexism” they see in our cultures, without batting an eye at the extreme ignorance, hypocrisy, and racism in their words. They simultaneously ignore the many women of color who themselves have seen the sexism in their cultures and wish and work tirelessly to see it eradicated, the best and only people suited for such a job in the first place. They forget how privileged they are over the many women of color who are immigrant, who live in poverty, who are undocumented, who are living in third world countries, all to whom which mainstream white feminist history, culture, and rhetoric means absolutely nothing, and just isn’t relatable or accesible in any concievable way, shape, or form, no matter how many “White Saviors” might say otherwise. They forget how imperialism and colonization historically enacted by their ancestors in the past and by them in the current day IS AGGRAVATING and CREATING the sexism and lack of human rights WOC experience.”
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(via theangryblackwoman)
nehru jackets: Greedhead Music →
nehrujackets.tumblr.com
Now that Relax is out I’ve been putting a lot of work into the future of Greedhead Music (and Media).
I’m proud to be putting out our second official release, Keepaway’s debut LP Black Flute on January 10th. It was produced in LA by Sunny Levine who did Ariel Pink’s excellent record last year….
It’s weird to read something like this and just know, I will be purchasing each of these. Brand loyalty makes me feel guuuuilty
NYPD Shadows Muslims Who Change Names →
sfgate.com
Muslims who change their names to sound more traditionally American, as immigrants have done for generations, or who adopt Arabic names as a sign of their faith are often investigated and catalogued in secret New York Police Department intelligence files, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The NYPD monitors everyone in the city who changes his or her name, according to internal police documents and interviews. For those whose names sound Arabic or might be from Muslim countries, police run comprehensive background checks that include reviewing travel records, criminal histories, business licenses and immigration documents. All this is recorded in police databases for supervisors, who review the names and select a handful of people for police to visit. Since August, an Associated Press investigation has revealed a vast NYPD intelligence-collecting effort targeting Muslims following the terror attacks of September 2001. Police have conducted surveillance of entire Muslim neighborhoods, chronicling every aspect of daily life, including where people eat, pray and get their hair cut. Police infiltrated dozens of mosques and Muslim student groups and investigated hundreds more.
“The Arab/Muslim Catch-22: If you seem too foreign you are suspicious and if you try to fit in you are… suspicious.” -vsthepomegranate
