The rulings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
“I’m just going to fuck everyone over as often as I can.”
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Interesting to note though that a. these “minority districts” are now defined much more broadly, including influence and coalition districts, b. this hasn’t necessarily led to equitable numbers of people of Color in Congress, and c. this growth started under Reagan. Confused? Good.
There are so many social issues that are stripped of federal protection because individual states should decide. I’m from California, my state happens to be pretty liberal, and we’re really into the idea of ballot initiatives anyway (see: Prop 19, Prop 187, Prop 8), so there’s definitely a lot of voter input in the way the state government is run. Theoretically, I should be stoked about the idea of Big Jerry being the boss of me instead of the congressional Hegemony Mafia being all up in my business. Honestly though, I’ve only seen the “state government” stand in for “the voice of the people” in ways that restrict human rights. Just saying.
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see? selena rocked high waisted acid wash jeans. proof they are everything.
*bangs gavel*
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Aaron Sorkin’s new show, The Newsroom on HBO. June 24th, come sooner.
WE SO EXCITED.
White People's Attitudes Towards POCs: A history
- 1300s White People: THOU ART BRINGERS OF THE PLAGUE!
- 1400s White People: THY MOORISH SKIN DOTH MARKETH THOU AS EVIL!
- 1500s White People: LOL WE SHALL NOW STEAL YOUR ALGEBRA AND SHIT
- 1600s White People: WHY HULLO THURRR, STEADY SOURCE OF INCOME AND OPPRESSIVE SLAVERY!
- 1700s White People: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THESE NATIVES WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE HUMANS, NOT SMALLPOX GARDENS?
- 1800s White People: WE SHALL FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS TO OWN YOU ALL! PROPERTY! LIBERTY! JUSTICE FOR US! NOT YOU!
- 1900s White People: LOL @ trying to sit at our COUNTER! DIS MINE!
- 1990s White People: what is this thing called rap and how may I obtain street cred, ahem, yo?
- ....and 2000: WE ARE ALL THE SAME ACTUALLY WE ALL BLEED RED REALLY SO LIKE, STOP CALLING US RACISTS! WE ARE ALL HUMAN!
Our problem, our difficulty, is in you thinking that I should, in fact, feel some shame about my homosexuality. Our quarrel is that I refuse to share your shame with you.
- Son of Baldwin
President Obama Speaks Out On Trayvon Martin of the Day: In stark contrast to Geraldo Rivera’s stunningly callous victim-blaming, President Obama this morning delivered a powerful statement of support for Trayvon Martin’s parents in response to a question about the ongoing investigation.
“When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids,” the president said. “I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this… You know, if I had a son he’d look like Trayvon.”
[think.]
prophecy:
now that tim wise writes abt trayvon martin, 2520s will feel “included” yet essentially still miss the point of how bodies of Color are not valued.
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