Category: Social Justice
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White Supremacy Pyramid
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Read more: White Supremacy PyramidI want students to explore the ways that race and racism are part of all of our lives. Erin Stutelberg The Empathetic Museum. [@empatheticmuseum] (November 24, 2024). “From @everydayisjuneteenth Check their bio for further links.” [Image]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/empatheticmuseum/p/DCw8Y_yS-nz/
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Juneteenth Rodeo by Sarah Bird
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Read more: Juneteenth Rodeo by Sarah BirdIn the late 1970s, as they had been doing for generations, Black communities across the region held local rodeos for the talented cowboys and cowgirls who were segregated from the mainstream circuit. It was to these vibrant community…
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ by Timothy Snyder
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Read more: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ by Timothy SnyderOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder is a survival guide for democracy in perilous times. Drawing from the rise of totalitarian regimes in the 20th century, Snyder offers 20 urgent lessons that illuminate…
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Museum Workers Walk Out, an exhibition conflated anti-Zionism with antisemitism
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Read more: Museum Workers Walk Out, an exhibition conflated anti-Zionism with antisemitismA collective of Wing Luke Museum workers participated in a walkout on Wednesday, May 22, and have been withholding labor in protest of Zionist language in the new exhibit “Confronting Hate Together”. We love the Wing Luke Museum…
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bell hooks on dominator privilege
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Read more: bell hooks on dominator privilegebell hooks, one of America’s most influential feminists, says some writing she loves that is written by patriarchal men. In this clip, she explains why she reads it anyway.
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Imposter Syndrome is a Scheme
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Read more: Imposter Syndrome is a SchemeOn May 21, at Smith’s 145th Commencement, the gender equality activist and author Reshma Saujani said to the graduates, “People ask me all the time: how do I overcome imposter syndrome?” “And honestly, I’m done answering that question.…
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My Body Doesn’t Oppress Me, Society Does
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Read more: My Body Doesn’t Oppress Me, Society DoesPatty Berne and Stacey Milbern present a social model of disability, explaining how universal design, adaptive devices, and meeting people’s access needs can limit the social, economic, and physical barriers that render physical impairments disabling in an ableist…
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What is Juneteenth?
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Read more: What is Juneteenth?At the end of the Civil War, though slavery was technically illegal in all states, it still persisted in the last bastions of the Confederacy. This was the case when Union General Gordon Granger marched his troops into…
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William Dorsey Swann: The First Ever Drag Queen [SafeSpace]
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Read more: William Dorsey Swann: The First Ever Drag Queen [SafeSpace]The Empathetic Museum. [@empatheticmuseum] (June 6, 2023). “From @safespace_vids.” [Video]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/empatheticmuseum/reel/CtKdQW9NlkY/
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The Power of Language
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Read more: The Power of LanguageWords wield immense power in shaping our perceptions, emotions, and interactions. In this post, we gather texts, images, and thoughts that illustrate that “Language is a political instrument, means, and proof of power”.
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