"The oppressor makes his violence part of the functioning society. But the violence of the oppressed becomes disruptive... because it is disruptive it's easy to recognize, and therefore it becomes the target of all those who in fact do not want to change the society" - Kwame Ture
David Beckham calls out wife Victoria for saying she grew up ‘working class’ in new Netflix docuseries:
“Be honest! What car did your dad drive you to school in?
Let’s never forget that Frantz Fanon's dissertation was rejected, which was later published as Black Skin, White Masks. Academia has always tried to push out those who question its colonial, capitalist, racist, and heteropatriarchal foundations.
When retail giants like Target come into neighborhoods and end up pushing out mom and pop stores it’s like “oh, well. That’s capitalism.” But when a Target or Amazon Go closes, all of a sudden it’s a societal problem that we should all be alarmed about.
This is a shit take. Literally all my college students can write an essay about why you are wrong. Highly recommend reading Gloria Anzaldúa’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.”
MY children belong to ME, they developed and grew inside of ME,
I raise them to work hard,
I raise them to be honest. loving and kind,
I raise them according to MY values and beliefs. They do NOT belong to teachers, government institutions or unions.
They belong to ME!
Property developer and CEO Tim Gurner: "We need to see unemployment rise. Unemployment has to jump 40, 50 percent in my view. We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around."
I wanna tell you about some (but not all) the bullshit I experienced when I was working at the Child Abuse Prevention Center as a facilitator, and later as a coordinator of parenting classes.
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