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In The Oppression Olympics, No One Wins

From This Pop Life:

“The Oppression Olympics” refers to the idea that somehow, you can deny someone their suffering in order to posit your own. People who play the Oppression Olympics get so hung up on their own entitlement to being the Chosen Ones of Fucked Up History that they’re defensive that anyone else would try to lay claim to that legacy, even in what is clearly a show of solidarity.

Or as someone on the LiveJournal community Debunking White put it: “the I’m-oppressed-so-you-can’t-be game.”
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There Are Two Americas

In light all of the recent outrage about Barack Obama’s pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, I would like to weigh in.

Until today, I had not seen the Reverend preaching, although I had heard snippets of what he had supposedly said.

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Degrees of Separation: Saddam Hussein, al Qaeda, and the Pentagon

Many news sites are reporting that a Pentagon study has confirmed there was no link between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda.
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Racism Is Alive And Well, Part Three: We Must Believe

Geraldine Ferraro’s recent racist remarks are actually nothing new for her. In 1998, she made similar comments about Jesse Jackson:

“If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn’t be in the race.”
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Racism Is Alive And Well, Part Two: When White People Are “Attacked”

Another currently hot topic in the realm of racism, is the series of comments made by former Vice Presidential candidate and Hillary Clinton campaign Finance Committee member Geraldine Ferraro.

In case you haven’t heard about this, here’s what she said:
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Racism Is Alive And Well, Part One: When Racists Attack

The March 12 story about an African-American female reporter being brutally attacked by the white family of a murder suspect has been all over the news.
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Sixteen Maneuvers to Avoid Really Dealing with Racism

I just read this post from Holly at Feministe.usSixteen Maneuvers to Avoid Really Dealing With Racism.
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Possession with Intent to Pleasure

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In a development reported in multiple Internet news sites and blogs, “a federal appeals court has struck down a Texas law that makes it a crime to promote or sell sex toys.” (1)

It’s difficult to get one’s head around the idea that any state would consider sex toys a threat, but apparently that is the case. According to Statesman.com:

The state also argued in a brief that Texas has legitimate “morality based” reasons for the laws, which include “discouraging prurient interests in autonomous sex and the pursuit of sexual gratification unrelated to procreation.” (2)

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Sacrifice Is So Hot This Season

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Photocollage by The Automatik

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