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Lessons from MLK
January 18, 2010
My middle-order MLK and the DREAM for Immigrant Rights was posted earlier today at Change.org but I will use my space here to share with you two more great lessons from Martin Luther King Jr., that guides my daily life and philosophy. The source is... [+]
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18Jan
Recap of Netroots Nation San...
January 15, 2010
I had the pleasure of attending a fantastic Netroots Nation event yesterday where once again, advocates brought up the terrible idea of ‘piecemeal approaches,’ derided DREAM advocates and then proceeded to say that the best we could hope for is that things do not get... [+]
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15Jan
Avatar - Epitome of Apologetic White...
December 27, 2009
SPOILER WARNING. It’s The Last Samurai in a new Avatar. Ex-Marine from “jar-head clan” finds himself in a lush and rich planet called Pandora, falls in love with an exotic ‘native’ and becomes one with the ‘good indigenous people’ after warding off the evil humans trying to... [+]
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27Dec
Fort Hood Sparks Muslim Bashing in...
November 7, 2009
Media Bias on Fort Hood Tragedy This isn’t particularly surprising. American civil liberties get massacred during such crises. Instead of calling Major Hasan an ‘alleged’ shooter till he is confirmed guilty by a court of law (Fifth Amendment), speculators have already gone judge, jury and executioner on... [+]
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07Nov
My Name is Khan And Hence I was...
August 15, 2009
Imagine detaining Tom Cruise in Mumbai because his common name is on a list of common names allegedly associated with ‘terrorism.’ Shahrukh Khan is living a Kafkaesque nightmare — detained in New Jersey for his last name while he is in the United States shooting “My... [+]
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15Aug
Morons of the Week: Those Britons...
June 11, 2009
In elections held 2 days ago, Nick Griffin and the far-right British National Party won seats for the FIRST time! All was celebratory in the BNP camp till he got pelted with eggs for his reactionary point of views. The British National Party opposes what Nick... [+]
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11Jun
'The Tan Klan' Bandaid Badge
June 1, 2009
Anti-immigration forces call groups like the National Council of La Raza ‘The Tan Klan’ and the latest insinuation is that judicial nominee Sotomayor is also a part of the Klan. What is the Tan Klan? The so-called Latino Klan without the hoods and nooses. Of course, one... [+]
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01Jun