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unclewaynemunson · 2 years

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Wayne Munson would never take hush money from the government.

He’d never trusted the government. He’d known that the American Dream they tried to sell him didn’t exist; he’d known that since his parents moved him and his brother from the south of the Appalachian mountains to Indiana, only to end up in a trailer park working day and night at the quarry. He’d known that the cops would always treat trailer folk with a little extra suspicion ever since the first time his brother was sent to jail. He’d known that the hospitals were less willing to help people like the Munsons ever since his mother could’ve survived her illness if it weren’t for their lack of money. He’d known that he would never be more than a laborer at the plant ever since his education became an unaffordable luxury for his father. And he’d known that the mysterious energy lab at the edge of town had some shady business going on ever since he got called in to fix one of their power outlets and had to sign some sort of statement that no, he had not seen the kid in the hospital gown with the shaved head that he definitely had seen wandering around the hallway.

The years after that only made his distrust of the government grow. It was one thing after another: the misidentified body found at the quarry, the girl who got poisoned by the same mysterious substance that had infested his buddy Eugene’s pumpkin harvest, the mall that killed many of his friends’ businesses in town before it burned down - not to mention the way his nephew got treated by school officials and attendance officers.

The way the government shamelessly blamed Eddie for murdering three teenagers, easily making some sort of scapegoat out of him, doing nothing to find him and help him while he was probably hiding somewhere scared out of his mind, had been the final straw. So when he finally got reunited with his nephew, who was barely even alive and had apparently been doing those government folks’ jobs for them along with some other kids, he laughed square in their faces when he read the documents they demanded him to sign.

“You take me for a fool?” he asked the man in the neatly pressed suit sitting opposite him.

“Mr. Munson, we only ask you to collaborate for the good of this country, and -”

“You think I care ‘bout the good of this country? You think I’m a patriot, huh?” Wayne glared at the man. “I been livin’ in a trailer park all my life. Lost my mama to your hospital, lost my brother to your justice system, lost my own future to your corporations. And look - look at this boy here.” He couldn’t help it that his voice cracked as he gestured helplessly at Eddie’s pale face, tubes in his nose and surrounded by beeping machines. “Lost my nephew to your twisted little science experiments.”

The man seemed unmoved. “You know just as well as I that we’re the ones taking care of the bills that are currently keeping him alive, Mr. Munson.”

“Don’t you dare hold that over my head,” Wayne answered, coldly. He knew he had the upper hand; he could easily spill all their dirty little secrets to whatever party was interested in them. And if he truly lost Eddie, nothing would be holding him back.

“Look, Mr. Munson, why don’t we settle this in a civilized manner,” said the man. “We can provide you a new trailer - maybe even a real house, how about that? We can give you enough money to get you and your nephew comfortable.”

Wayne scoffed. “And where was your money when me and my buddies at the plant needed a raise? Where was your civilized settlement when we had that strike to demand safer working conditions and all we got were budget cuts? Where was your willingness to cooperate when -”

“Let’s keep to the subject at hand, Mr. Munson, and -”

“Oh I’m keeping to the subject, alright! You know what, I got a counter offer for you: you make sure that my boy gets the very best treatment there is; you make sure he gets outta here healthy and safe; and you use your hush money to grow yourself somewhat of a conscience, do something with it that’s actually useful for this town’s community, something that’s gonna help them instead of destroy them further. And then, maybe, just maybe, I will sign those papers of yours. How does that sound, sir?”

So when Eddie woke up, Wayne had nothing to give to his nephew. Their living room had a crack in its ceiling that would always remind the boy of what happened there. Their pantry was still stocked with canned food and their water still ran cold half the time. But they were used to that, and Eddie had never asked for more than Wayne’s love, a bed to sleep in, and some food in his belly. And this way, Wayne’s dignity was still intact. He could look at himself in the mirror. More importantly, he could look into Eddie’s eyes. And Eddie’s eyes, those beautiful wide eyes full of emotion, could look back into his, full of life and love and understanding. That was something which couldn’t be bought with dirty hush money, and it was the most important thing in the world.

#wayne munson my beloved #don't mind me rambling about stranger things #wayne munson #eddie munson #stranger things #headcanon #drabble #fruity ficlet

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religion-is-a-mental-illness · 8 months

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By: Ricky Gervais

Published: Feb, 2008

I loved Jesus. He was my hero. More than pop stars. More than footballers. More than God. God was by definition omnipotent and perfect. Jesus was a man. He had to work at it. He had temptation but defeated sin. He had integrity and courage. But He was my hero because He was kind. And He was kind to everyone. He didn't bow to peer pressure, or tyranny or cruelty. He loved you. He didn't care who you were. He loved you. What a guy. I wanted to be just like Him.

One day when I was about 8 years old, I was drawing the crucifixion as a part of my bible studies homework. I loved art too. And nature. I loved how God made all the animals. Yhey were also perfect. Unconditionally beautiful. I was an amazing world.

I lived in a very poor, working-class estate in an urban sprawl called Reading, about 40 miles west of London. My father was a laborer an my mother was a housewife. I was never ashamed of poverty. It was almost noble. Also, everyone I knew was in the same situation, and I had everything I needed. School was free. My clothes were cheap and always cleaned and ironed. And Mum was always cooking. She was cooking the day I was drawing Jesus on the cross.

I was sitting at the kitchen table when my brother came home. He was 11 years older than me, so he would have been 19. He was smart as anyone I knew, but he was too cheeky. He would answer back and get into trouble. I was a good boy. I went to church and believed in God--what a relief for a working-class mother. You see, growing up where I did, mums didn't hope as high as their kids growing up to be doctors; the just hoped their kids didn't go to jail. So bring them up believing in God and they'll be good and law-abiding. It's a perfect system. Well nearly. 75% of Americans are God-fearing Christians; 75% of prisoners are God-fearing Christians. 10% of Americans are atheists; 0.2% prisoners are atheists.

But anyway, there I was, happily drawing my hero when my big brother Bob asked, "Why do you believe in God?" Just a simple question. But my mum panicked. "Bob," she said, in a tone that meant "shut up." Why was that a bad thing to ask? If there was a God and my faith was strong, it didn't matter what people said.

Oh...hang on. There is no God. He knows it, and she knows it deep down. It was as simple as that. I started thinking about it and asking more questions, and within the hour, I was an atheist.

Wow. No God. If Mum Had lied to me about God, had she lied to me about Santa? Yes, of course but who cares? The gifts kept coming. And so did the gifts of my new found atheism.

The gifts of truth, science, nature. The real beauty of this world. Not a world by design, but one by chance. I learned of evolution...a theory so simple and obvious that only England's greatest genius could have come up with it. Evolution of plants, animals, and us...with imagination, free will, love, and humor. I no longer needed a reason for my existance, just a reason to live. And imagination, free will, love, humor, fun, music, sports, beer and pizza are all good enough reasons for living.

But living an honest life--for that you need the truth. That's the other thing I learned that day, the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity.

I hope I haven't offended anyone with this article. Okay, that's a lie.

#Ricky Gervais #atheism #i love jesus #leaving religion #religion #truth #religion is a mental illness

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anti-dazai-blog · 19 days

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Second Anniversary Special

As many of the long-time followers of this blog know, I originally started out on the classic literature side of tumblr, which is what lead to my venturing into bsd. As an homage to my roots as a classic lit enthusiast, I’ll be going through all the works that I’ve read written by bsd authors:

The Spider’s Thread by Akutagawa

This short story is brought up in a lot of animes, which is unfortunately the most likely way western bsd fans. I could make an entire separate post of commentary on how the American school system doesn’t cover most foreign literature (outside of English [as in from England] and French works), and that is an absolute travesty. However, that’s not what we’re covering right now.

Anyway. The Spider’s Thread is a very short story—like two pages at most. You can go read it now. For all the other entries I plan on rating the novels out of 5, but this one’s truly too short to rate. If you wanna read it you can find a hundred pdfs online. The same probably goes for most works of classic literature, so. Go wild enjoy the wonderful world of free online pdfs.

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

I was probably assigned other works by Poe, but this one is most likely his most famous short story. I was assigned it in middle school/high school/ and at least twice in college. Again, very short short story—you can read it in a few minutes tops.

5/5 for the sole reason of it aligning with my personal sense of humor. I get that it’s not supposed to be funny, but unreliable narrators are and will always be hilarious to me. I love a guy insisting that he’s not crazy while he’s off murdering a guy. Cask of Amontillado-core protagonist. Funny because E.A. Poe also wrote Cask of Amantillado. I’m out here starting to suspect that E.A. Poe just really loved writing his unnamed unreliable narrator protagonists.

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

I’ve never read Tom Sawyer, but in 11th grade my class read Huckleberry Finn. 3/5 because I don’t like the way it was taught in class, but I did enjoy analyzing it more than some other books we did.

Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky

Currently reading it so I can’t give much feedback, but so far I’d like this guy (Raskolnikov not Dostoyevsky) to meet Meursault from The Stranger. If anyone’s made this crossover, please send it to me. And if not and you wanna go make it yourself—please I’ll love you forever.

Dracula by Bram Stoker

I mean we’ve all done Dracula Daily. Or at least I’ll assume you’ve heard of it. 5/5, Mina’s best girl, Quincey’s best boy, I have very basic opinions but I’m standing by them.

--Bonus

The Stranger by Camus

Meursault the prison is clearly named after Meursault, the fictional character who famously goes to prison, right. We’re all on the same page about this, right?

Anyway if you’ve never heard of or read the stranger, [spoilers] it’s about this guy who kills a guy for no reason (“it was just so hot outside, idk what happened but now there’s a dead guy, this is a good enough criminal defense right? You’re not gonna send me to jail for just this one little mistake---oh you’re giving me the death penalty? Ah. I see.”) Solid 4/5—points deducted for being a little slow by some parts (although I can’t vouch for how it is in the original French, this was only my impression from the English translation I read)

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After making this list, it’s clear that I haven’t read too many books my bsd authors, so next years my anniversary special will be more about the classic literature I have read. I do plan to keep posting until then. So please enjoy another year of the anti-dazai blog!!

#Anniversary special #Once again I’m about 10 days late #I think the same thing happened last year #Alas the drawbacks of creating a blog right before final assignments start being due #Bsd #akutagawa #mark twain #bram stoker #fyodor dostoevsky #edgar allan poe #albert camus #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #Not proofreading this just gonna post #Desperately trying to get a post out on the date I promised to post by

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sparklekitteh · 2 years

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Can we talk just a moment about how Eddie Munson is so ADHD-coded? And how well Joseph Quinn (instinctually, or intentionally, I'm not sure) played a teenager with untreated neurodivergency in the 80s?

Boy is pure hyperkinesis: Constantly fidgeting, twirling his hair when he talks to Chrissy (ADORABLE), pacing... yes, a lot of it is from the pressure of the unfolding story but look at him before anything bad happened to him. He was like a spring wound too tight even when times were good.

Unable to pass English class yet weaving stories with the Hellfire Club, indicative of a mind that hyperfixates on preferred tasks and struggles with tasks that aren't interesting

Highly stimulative musical preference

Self-medicating with drugs

He is very perceptive, empathetic, and he *sees* people for who they are. High emotional intelligence, high empathy (I think this is why he sees the younger students as sheepies to be guided TToTT)

SPOILERS FOLLOW

Okay, this is a headcanon and a spoiler: When we learned that Eddie is 17 from his missing poster, my mind went back to him saying 86 was his year, that he would finally get to graduate. At first I thought he was saying he had been held back, but I don't think that's the case. Eddie's not a dumb kid by any stretch.

Headcanon: Eddie is the poster child of gifted child syndrome.

Probably skipped a grade in elementary school because he was SMART -- probably excelled at math, reading, everything, and teachers were thrilled.

Eventually faced challenges that didn't stimulate his brain and it all came crashing down -- couple that with a dysfunctional home life (mom isn't in the picture, dad was hotwiring cars and now in jail I guess?, ended up fostering with his uncle) and you have the recipe for a kid who turns to music, drugs, and DnD for comfort, stimulation, and escape, and barely passes by in school.

In my experience as a kid in American schools in the 80s/90s before the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990, the American education system in the 80s didn't really have supports for kids with ADHD, autism, neurodivergency... basically, you either had maybe 1-2 teachers who understood and tried to help you by adjusting lessons or having mercy on your grades, or you started failing and getting in trouble because you couldn't conform to their expectations. A lot of kids with behavioral issues ended up being either homeschooled or going to alternative schools, often military academies or juvenile reform schools that were like... your last stop before jail.

I think Eddie was on track to graduate early until he hit that roadblock and started failing English class. Maybe he had a teacher who expected him to conform to their lesson plan and didn't give him room to adjust to his needs, or maybe he just entirely lost interest after DnD took over his attention.

All he really needed was an understanding teacher and maybe someone to tutor him, help him study and pass that damned English class.

Please Eddie, English was my favorite and I have a weakness for long-haired metalhead outcasts

Long story short, the American school system failed Edward Munson and they and all of Hawkins owe him an apology and a hero's tribute in the town square.

#eddie munson #stranger things #adhd things #stranger things headcanons #eddie my beloved

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heterophobicmaxanne · 2 years

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bds boston published the results of a "mapping initiative" to outline how "zionist actors" were "linked" to harms like ableism, policing, the prison industrial complexm, gentrification and privatization of the medical system. the map includes such terrible actors as the synagogue council of massachusetts, the adl and aclu, the jewish community relations council, the gann academy (a jewish high school) and the jewish teen foundation, yachad (an org supporting jewish people with disabilities), the harvard semitic museum and the harvard center for jewish studies.

and of course there is the super obvious antisemitism of publishing a list of semi-random jewish organisations who have done such terrible things as "featuring a 'full-scale reproduction of a first millennium B.C. house from ancient Israel' in their first floor gallery" and linking them to an insane number of vaguely defined evils for which the jews zionists are then responsible. and the fact that this is something leftist activists thought was totally cool and fine less than five months after the colleyville synagogue hostage crisis where a british citizen took hostages in a synagogue to force the release of a pakistani al qaeda terrorist who blamed israel for the verdict by an american jury that put her in jail - you know, essentially handing antisemitic terrorists like the halle shooter a fun list of targets in the boston area.

but there's also the more subtle antisemitism of it where the link between the jewish people and the land that is now israel is consistently denied and jewish people returning to israel from the diaspora are presented as 'colonizers' who are displacing the 'true' indigenous population (as if they aren't also indigenous to the region and as if they haven't been forced to flee from there and literally everywhere else). and when jewish people do anthropological and archaeological research in the area and show their own historical ties to the region to disprove this narrative, they're accused of engaging in "a modern extension of the racist theorizing that has characterized western anthropology and archaeology from its beginnings".

idk. i'm just very tired.

#bds #israel #antisemitism #antizionism #palestine

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blackcultureis · 1 year

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How do the systems instituted by slavery impact African-Americans today?

Disclaimer: This post specifically focuses on the United States of America.

In order to answer the question of how slavery still impacts African-Americans, we need to consider the social structure, institutions, and circumstances that slavery created.

One important thing to know about colonial slavery is that slaves had no social standing. They were not seen as human by white people or the law. "Science" would back the assertion that Africans were subhuman (which still affects our medical system today). Slaves were legally beaten, raped, bought, sold, and tortured. After slavery, the majority of southerners attitudes towards black people did not change, which is evidenced by the black codes put in place during the reconstruction era. These laws were created to reproduce the system of slavery even after it was abolished.

Black codes restricted the freedom of African Americans so that they would be forced to continue working on plantations even after they were free. They were not allowed to leave their cities, or their plantation due to trespassing laws specifically instituted for that purpose, they couldn't hunt, or be unemployed, or "loiter," or else they would be put in jail. Some black codes also forced former slaves to refer to their employers as "master," or even allowed employers to whip the slaves. Already, you can see how the justice and law systems were used to keep Black people enslaved. Later on, Black codes became less used, and instead there was Jim Crow laws. These laws kept Black people in separate neighborhoods, usually poor ("ghetto") neighborhoods. They kept them in separate schools, usually poor schools. There were repercussions to being caught in a white neighborhood. Ever heard of a sundown town? Those still exist.

There is one famous institution that started with slavery that still exists to this day, and that's the police. But back then, they weren't called police. They were called slave patrols. In the south, police forces were created with the intention of preserving slavery. When you take that in context with what happens with police today, a lot of things start making sense.

So, you may be thinking, well, it's 2023. Slavery is over, segregation is over, everything is fine, right? Well, no. Even after Jim Crow ended, black people were in the same place they were before. The same poor neighborhoods, the same jobs, and the same schools. And because the social structure first created by slavery, and later Jim Crow, was the same, it was very hard for African-Americans to change their circumstances. And when they did try, it was often met with repercussions. For example, once schools were integrated, a group of nine students, famously known as The Little Rock Nine, were at the forefront of integration efforts. I won't get into all the details of the routine abuse they faced. If you read the linked article, though, you'll learn that one girl was not only beaten, but even had acid thrown in her face. Black people that moved to previously all white neighborhoods were targets of hate crimes. It has gotten better, but make no mistake: racism is still alive and well in America.

When Black people talk about disproportionate way poverty affects us in the United States, or the high rate at which the police kill us, or poor education, or the lack of opportunities, or the unfair treatment we face in the legal and medical systems, it doesn't come from nowhere. We are not "playing the victim." Remember, segregation ended in 1964. Joe Biden, the current president of the United States, was born in 1942. Segregation did not end until he was twenty-two years old. It was not that long ago. It affects us to this day.

Below the cut, there are sources for all the information in this post, and some extra stuff too. I implore you to do your own research.

Chattel Slavery and the dehumanization of slaves:

Theme-One-Background-Info-1.pdf (njsbf.org)

The Horrible Torture and Dehumanization of Slaves in Plantations | The African Exponent.

On Black Codes and Jim Crow:

How the Black Codes Limited African American Progress After the Civil War - HISTORY

Black code | Laws, History, & Examples | Britannica

Black Codes (article) | Reconstruction | Khan Academy

The Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws (nationalgeographic.org)

Black Codes - Definition, Dates & Jim Crow Laws - HISTORY

How America was built on slavery:

How America was built on slavery: Those roots can still be felt today | ASU News

The Police:

The History of Police in America and the First Force | Time

Trespassing laws:

What Lies Behind That ‘No Trespass’ Sign - The Atlantic

Sundown town:

Sundown town | Meaning & History | Britannica

#black history #black history facts #jim crow #racism cw #racism #black history month #systemic racism #black history matters #anti blackness

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beardedmrbean · 1 year

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In a discussion on a poll declaring patriotism is on the decline, The View’s Sunny Hostin dismissed the issue of internment camps for Uyghur Muslims by declaring the United States imprisons far more Black people.

A Wall Street Journal/NORC survey found only 38 percent of respondents considered patriotism “very important,” which is a drop from 70 percent in 1998.

Alyssa Farah Griffin argued at one point that despite its flaws, the U.S. is the greatest nation and must act as the leader of the free world or communist China will.

“If America is not the number one global power, it’s not going to be Denmark, it’s going to be communist China, a country that right now the government is imprisoning Uyghur Muslims in concentration camps. It is a deeply racist government, it’s a human rights-violating government, it’s a government that if they are the leader of the free world, we are not a free world like we are right now,” Griffin said.

She later declared, “Nowhere else in the world do all these women sit at this table.”

“We all know it’s a great country because we all have benefitted from some of the great things about this country,” Joy Behar said, noting however young people fear regular mass shootings and a broken healthcare system.

Hostin jumped in and circled back to Griffin mentioning China’s internment camps.

“When I listen to Christopher Wray, the head of the FBI, he said white supremacy is the biggest domestic threat to this country and so as a woman of color and with a 6’2″ black kid in college and a 5’7″, 5’8″ Black kid in high school, I don’t see that part of American exceptionalism. I’m sorry,” Hostin said. “I think this country has a lot of problems that could be solved. Yes, maybe they’re putting Muslims in jail in Afghanistan, I think you mentioned?”

“China,” Griffin replied.

“China? They’re putting a lot more Black people in jail here,” Hostin said.

According to an NBC News report, Chinese officials have worked to coverup the torture carried out at these camps. More than one million Muslims are reportedly held captive in these reported camps, which human rights groups have widely condemned. Prisoners reportedly face abuse, work in factories, and are forced to renounce their religions.

According to a report from the think tank Prison Policy Initiative this year, the U.S. had approximately two million people detained in prisons and Black Americans make up around 38 percent of that population, meaning approximately 760,000. None of these prisoners are held in concentration camps, according to any reports.

Griffin asked what country on the planet is ahead of the United States on race. No one offered up the U.S. as leading China and others on race and Whoopi Goldberg described a different America than what she’s seen before.

“This is really about all of things that we believed we were doing that we don’t do anymore,” she said. We don’t teach people that it is your birthright to vote in this country. It’s a gift. We don’t teach people what their rights are as human beings.”

Watch above via ABC.

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#nunyas news #I get that people are being locked #up for the crime of being Muslim #but you have to understand #that people are being locked up for actual crimes here #and that's much worse.

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gritsandbrits · 2 years

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If you were to fix all the Descendants movies, how would you do it? From the plot to characters and character development.

I already wrote an outline of my version of D2

But in short all the characters gets arcs and development across the movies

Audrey's character gets explored mainly how she overseen by her grandma a lot generational trauma and how it's not helping Audrey grow as a person

Ben is no longer a trophy husband. He has equal say in his relationship and active in the plot. Also Belle and Beast aren't abusive

Chad is not the Jerk™ that everyone hates but someone who genuinely wants to be Prince Charming/Hero but has very serious flaws to overcome. He gets this chance rescuing an unexpected damsel in distress Dizzy

Auradon is in its own dimension; basically alternate history earth

The isle of the lost is actually not where Villains live; it's a place where anyone can go to of they are feeling lost in life. They can only leave if they chose to overcome a personal challenge

The Sea3 and their crew gets more development plus Prince Hans is there cuz ✨redemption✨

Evie, Carlos and Jay all possess magic abilities; Carlos the power to talk to animals, Jay the power of invisibility and Evie transfiguration magic. Also they have their own stories

Hades and Maleficent is NOT canon that's just a crackship that gone horribly wrong. Hades is instead with an OC inspired by Persephone (not the actual goddess tho)

None of the parents arr abusive though they do have toxic traits stemming from generational trauma (we don't want our families hurt by villains who have no qualms about hurting children)

The new Lead is my oc Paige, a normal girl with no established disney connections. She comes from Our World as an outsider would provide a unique view and tbh less risk of turning into a mary sue (like what happened with Mal)

The AKs aren't props they get established personalities and don't exist to be bullies to the VKs

A clear magic system: Fairy Godmother is strong but not as strong as the literal greek gods; Ariel and Melody can only turn into mermaids through Triton; the kids can use magic but not strong spells plus the magical items are kept under strict lock

Lonnie gets a name change and actual Chinese motifs then "throw in everything that looks Chinese!"

More disney characters like the actual characters not just extras in ugly outfits

It is an international school so no weird MURICA FUCK YEAH undertones (like c'mon AMERICAN FOOTBALL 💀 shouldn't they be playing soccer instead)

Instead of racism allegories it is more of Class disparities; as well as the idea of redemption and that community is better than exile/jail

Ben and Paige don't get married; they're still teens so they have a lot to explore

The main couples are: Ben&Paige, Chad/Audrey, Huma, Jane x Doug, Jay x OC, Carlos x OC and Evie x OC; plus oc x canon and other canon x canon

And that's just scratching the surface. :]

#gb asks #long post #descendants #descendants oc #descendants au #descendants rewrite #descendants reboot

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iwantjobs · 16 days

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5/2/2024: People seems to forget this, I believe it were the Jewish students who were the first to ignite this fight at Harvard by placing many pictures of children and people kidnapped by the Hamas terrorists on the walls of the university's buildings. I remember this, but you can do search to confirm. Quickly, the anti-Israel students fought back with anger and threatened physical fights and ripping off the pictures on the war calling the words of accusing the Jewish students of being Zionists, and apartheid supporter. Soon the anti-Israel students started blocking the Jewish students from entering classes. Then as soon as Netanyahu started his genocidal revenge, that is when the anti-Israel students got louder and started calling genocide. Sometimes Jewish people can act like they are completely innocent and always crying anti-Semitic and anti-Semitism. Mike Johnson calling anti-Israel students protesters as Hamas-supporters is completely wrong unless he too wants to start a WWWIII as one for the top Congress people. You calling them Hamas-supporters like like them blaming all Jewish students as Israel supporters of genocide, stealing land, and apartheid on their people. Hey Mike Johnson, go study your separation of church and state argument in the First Amendment and go study the religious symbol on Israeli flag and get back to me what you think your Founding Fathers would think and your Constitution think since you are the one who champion for the Israeli $11 billion bill which got shot down in December. You also said you are a man who live by the Bible 100%. Ask your Jesus how he would feel if he finds out you are helping the very people who your Bible allegedly blamed for nailing Jesus to fight to steal back the land where he was born? The Jews said your Bible was wrong to accuse them for nailing Jesus. Who do you believe Mike Johnson. You did said you live by your Bible 100%. Imagine you nailed Jesus, and your descendants come back 3,000 years later to fight back for the land where Jesus was born. Do you think that is a work that Jesus would approve? I believe that would be the work that Satan would approve, never Jesus--Nit under his name please. Now I am taking the quote from the self hating Jews group called Not Under My Name to protest for a free Palestine saying the Jews in Israel don't represent all the Jews in America and outside of Israel. I firmly believe in the last 76 years, the Mike Johnson people have been living their American lives 100% on the Bible and not 100% on the Constitution--that is why they are wrong and because of them violated the separation of church and state argument in the First Amendment, their support for a religious symbol of Judaism on Israeli flag causes this religious war in the Israel-Hamas war to turn into a war on babies and children which will leader to a WWWIII with nuclear weapons. "Thanks a lot Mike Johnson people," said the Constitution and your Found Fathers. Go back to school and learn the Constitution again. And go back to Bible school and rewrite the Bible because your Israeli besties and your Jewish bestfriends are saying they were falsely blamed for nailing your Jesus. Then you and drag all your less religious white Americans to go back to school and learn the definition of democracy--Ask your teacher if democracy has a system called apartheid that prevents the terrorists from seeing their grandparents, administrative jailing terrorists as young as 12 with no formal charges, land grabbing in the Occupied West Bank by Israeli and American settlers supported by IDF, etc. Peace, love via suing.

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terrifickid · 4 months

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Nah nah

I 💯 would but

I get a premonition right when I see this guy that I'll train at his dojo in tel Aviv when I'm 33.

Years later I'm 34 and training there and think, oh well so much for that premonition - he says, 'start your dojo' - I'm like, huh? Ya maybe bro.

I get back and check my ID I turned 33 when I was there.

Before that, I get a premonition from an FB ad. A school, I get a premonition before to go to journey to center in Switzerland - I'm like, never again no way. Sure enough, when I get back home I enroll and the 2 schools taught me the same thing - the very thing I natural did and we can look back now and know it panned.

I noticed this signature way before in my life's events - they were encrypted, signed in causal reality that nobody could control.

Surely it's a prank tho - except the very psalm 91:1 that gets shown to me in my breakdown at a 1-off Bible study is the very same thing - oh and years later it's talking ascension right there. And what happened when I did the thing?

And now, I'm getting the model from zuster denecamp on invitation from the same tel Aviv guy and hit river of deceit and unlock the schizophrenia cause by a mirrored person who's also TK? Cause of the 'bird of prey' early bird premonition from the dojo website which went Christian?!

Ok well, I fly to Maui and lo and behold there's a Christian jujutsu church? We check out that model as well who ever heard of such a thing? That's US code compliant you better believe it.

Ain't no way that's a prank because I already did the noodling on hypnosis which is impossible - I wasn't hypnotized to confabulate premonitions. It's encrypted signed authenticated message from command.

Or schizophrenia, but permiacare told me off the bat spiritual isn't regarded that way - of course it's relevant.

And why? What other choice would I have for SSI the team consensus action? 97 dollar flight to center Pacific with flights to any continent, visa free year round weather. Access to sea and away from brewing civil war. Perfect tactical position. Booked.

It's too improbable, how did I live, this series of events. Thing after thing. It's design.

So we're talking 7 times 11, we're talking dragon. If I don't let go of these resentments somehow I'll mortify.

And again, cut it anyway you like what's indisputable is HI is the only American state with the proper weather at the base case outcome of what I see now and saw the as the only possible future which is starve on the street and get jailed.

Well so what.

So we're already packed and the fitness and diet team I picked up in Colombia came thru. I've got 12 years urban stealth camp experience, equipment - it's now a $10 poncho and a train to LA.

I've been programming quant for 8 years? It's not impossible - I'm 20/20 - it's all been a breakdown of the execution systems. Ok. Small price to pay for unparalleled speed and power.

UpWork was destined to fail and any economic issues only compound. My condition precluded me from any other alternative and the law enforces the status quo.

Why I gotta fight non-stop with everyone? That's not written nowhere. And the very same scenario got me back my will to live - I'm making it up?

Only shot I got. We hit Maui and train up in the mountains shugendo style. Study jujutsu and volunteer. I'll see what contacts I can drum up and assess the terrain and social disposition for long-term entrenchment position.

Bonus is, it's a perfect base to ship animals to, out of disaster areas across the Pacific theater.

It's a dragon or I'm a fool.

Point being is what sense is to be made of this? Is my so-called innate nature or heartfeltness just a brain tumor? Seems like. What am I turning down a promotion to build a baseball field?

We're at a complete impasse,

it's Kobayashi maru and it always was.

We died at 24, followed the inner light for 20 years, battled across the world and when I woke up an purple energy vortex appeared in my new minds eye. I've traversed that tunnel for months, recouped all losses and now I've got a ticket to Maui and a plan.

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Maybe it's because I'm an American but when people reply to my posts with something like "well in MY country, we don't have that problem." I get really mad. It feels like you're saying that Americans have x problem because we're too lazy or stupid to do something about it. 90% of the time that is not the case.

Homelessness, high death rate to guns, people being struck by cars, child abuse, high crime rate over all....these are all things that we WANT to change, and know how to change, but literally do not have the power to do so. These are all factors of how our country is run and people have been trying since the damn place was founded to make it better, but have been blocked at every turn by our government.

Did you know you can go to jail and be severely fined for fixing a pothole without approval?? Same thing if you feed or try to house homeless. If your landlord finds out you are letting more people live in your home than what is on your contract, you get fined at best, kicked out AND fined at worst. In some cities if you are seen growing your own food in your own yard cops will come and *rip it out of your yard*, literally salt the earth, and FINE YOU.

You can't eat healthier because your food budget for the week is $50 and a salad cost $10-$15. You make about $1000 a month and rent is $1500. There is no where cheaper to move. You need a car to go to work, but can't afford to buy or maintain one. If you're lucky enough to live somewhere with a bus system, you need to be to work at 8am. You need to take the 7am bus to get there on time. If you leave work later than 10pm? The busses are no longer running. The doctor is only open 10am-4pm on weekdays. You work the entire time and need to beg a sick day to go. If you take more than three sick days in a six month period you can be fired (PTO is an exception, but minimum wage jobs very rarely have that). Your child is sick? You have to send them to school anyway so they can infect everyone else and get worse, because there's no one at home to care for them.

We know what the problems are. We don't have the power to fix them peacefully. Violence is the only language we can speak and be heard.

#us politics

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March: Book One

Title: March: Booke One

Genre: Young Adult Graphic Novel

Target Age Group: 13-16

Summary: The graphic novel starts with a frame story of congressman John Lewis preparing for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American president. He tells two young boys the story of how he rose from a poor son of a sharecropper in Alabama to activism. He tells them about sneaking to school when other children were required to stay home and help harvest the crops for the season. Lewis always admired pastors and especially those who involved the bible in teaching about how segregation was unjust. He applied and went to ministry college in Nashville where he met Jim Lawson, a non-violent resistance organizer. Hundreds of students trained to be yelled at, assaulted, and be the victims of hate crimes in order to be allowed to sit at a lunch counter. A comic book created by the resistance organization about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired many to the cause. A series of sit-ins led to many assaults on the students who were primarily African-American. The jails were filled with the protestors and they were let go. Finally, one protestor’s house was bombed, the resistance group marched to the capitol building and pressured the mayor into finally desegregating lunch counters.

Justification:

This graphic novel piqued my interest because I had seen it won the Coretta Scott King Honor and my library system had interviewed the co-author a few years ago. I work on a bookmobile in impoverished areas of Houston and it gave me great pride to offer this as a giveaway book to the children who see Barack Obama and John Lewis as heroes. I had also wanted to learn more about it in order to provide better reader’s advisory for these young kids.

Evaluation:

First, The graphics are extremely polished. Each scene and frame could easily be a shot of a high budget movie or television show. The black and white illustrations don’t just show the expected dialogue. It conveys the action and terror of assault. It visually shows the opposition of the white and black folks in Nashville by placing them on different sides of the frame. The detailed facial expressions run the gamut of concern, awe, confusion, distrust, hatred, and determination. The reader is never confused as to how characters feel or fit into the battle between segregation and blacks.

Second, the writing is comfortably paced, never boring with too many details or monologues. It suits the typical pacing of a graphic novel, but doesn’t feel rushed to show action. It starts by showing the character of Lewis by telling a story of his concern for his chickens on the farm he grew up on. He made a make-shift incubator for eggs who didn’t fit under the mother hens and wanted to save for one out of a Sears catalog. However, when it came time to eat the chickens, the felt conflicted and hurt. He would use this point later in the novel when he told of going on a long road trip with his uncle and seeing the emotional removal that many people have from the food that they eat. This metaphor for out of sight out of mind relates well to segregation and feeling like the lesser-thans should stay in their place. The authors clearly did not set out to write a children’s book where they gloss over details or shy away from more advanced writing elements.

Third, the emotional impact was lasting. From the very beginning, we as the audience are drawn into Lewis as a character because of his desire to protect those that are less powerful than him. We, in the future and valuing education, root for him as he runs to the bus to get to school despite knowing his father will be furious with him. Lewis’s determination shines through, not just as seriousness, but as a willingness to fight and suffer for what he knows to be right and to what he sees as right in the eyes of god. He is not only looking after his flock, so to speak, but fighting to keep his worldview of god creating him in his image as well. I went into this series knowing only a little about John Lewis, namely that he was involved with civil disobedience in the south during Jim Crow, but this story humanized his struggle and made it seem as relevant as the day that it happened. I believe that having a living human that the teens today can look at and see themselves in helps them know that they are not alone, the struggle continues, and it has its roots in their grandparents lives as well. It is not just a struggle on their own.

References:

Lewis, J. (2013). March: Book One. Top Shelf Productions.

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Racism: Individuals' thoughts and actions and institutional patterns and policies that create or reproduce unequal access to power, privilege, resources, and opportunities based on imagined differences among groups.

The song is actually about the suffering caused by prejudice and hatred and serves as a means of bringing attention to social and political issues. It's about how the system can falsely accuse young people and the injustices they face. This song speaks out about how unnecessary discrimination is for everyone, including Michael himself. I love that he doesn't sing, "I am upset about this situation" which would be too obvious. Instead, he uses short, hard phrases that let you think about them on your own. A very well-thought-out set of MJ's lyrics. It highlights some obvious issues, such as segregation and "Throw the brother in jail" (if Martin Luther were still alive, he wouldn't let this happen). It also demonstrates his ire at people's judgmental attitudes. His skin color is always questioned as he addresses the issues that are clearly about him (Don't you Black or White Me). I'm sick and tired of being the target of hate) - if he has done anything that merits so much hatred from numerous individuals, fine, but he is a "victim." Everyone has their own little theory about Michael Jackson, but what did he do wrong? Nothing. Despite the fact that he is almost too good a person, there are always unfounded accusations and quick judgments.

Jim Crow: Laws implemented after the U.S. Civil War to enforce segregation legally, particularly in the South, after the end of slavery.

The Jim Crow laws kept whites and blacks apart by any means necessary while segregation was in place. For instance, the image below depicts how black people were disparaged for exercising their rights in comparison to whites. Black people were not treated the same as white people. They were separated, but they were not treated equally. Why do white people have access to a posh filtered water fountain while black people are forced to drink water from a small sink?

Miscegenation: A demeaning historical term for interracial marriage.

This couple exemplifies miscegenation, a term that refers to interracial marriage. In the Netflix series "Love is blind," this married couple is featured. Before they were a part of the social experience, Lauren and Cameron never had a relationship outside of their race. They are deeply in love for the first time dating outside of their race now that they are married. A lot of people today believe that everyone should date people of their race, which is not true, and this couple is an illustration of why.

Hypodescent: Sometimes called the "one drop of blood rule"; the assignment of children of racially "mixed" unions to the subordinate group.

The children of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West exemplify hypodescent, also known as the "one drop rule." The mother is a white woman, while the father is an African American man. If they were alive during slavery or segregation, each of these children would be considered black, despite the fact that their mother was white. However, their father is black. If you had even a trace of black blood in you, you were treated like a black person, no matter how you looked or who your parents were.

Racial Ideology: A set of popular ideas about race that allows the discriminatory behaviors of individuals and institutions to seem reasonable, rational, and normal.

One manifestation of racial ideology is education. Because of their education, many people believe that white people are more knowledgeable than black people. Overcrowding, a lack of supplies, and underpaid teachers were all consequences of schools that served students of color receiving significantly less funding than schools that served students of white students. Due to these disparities, educational opportunities for black people differed from those for white people, leading many to believe that black people are not as intelligent and educated as white people. White people attend elite private or suburban schools, whereas black people attend city schools, which give the impression that they are less knowledgeable.

Microaggression- Common, everyday verbal or behavioral indignities and slights that communicate hostile, derogatory, and negative messages about someone's race, gender, sexual orientation or religion.

The following are some typical instances of microaggression that persist today. Because of their race, it is assumed that people of color are dangerous, criminal, or deviant. As a result, when a Black or Latino person approaches or passes, a White person clutches their purse or checks their wallet. A store owner follows a racial customer throughout the store assuming that they will steal. Black people are viewed as poor and of low class. They automatically make the assumption that you are a criminal, that you are going to steal, or even that you are dangerous and do not belong.

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EJI was founded in 1989 by Bryan Steveson, the famous lawyer and author of “Just Mercy.” EJI is a “private nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons.” EJI challenges the death penalty, unjustified punishment, and provide services for people who have been incarcerated back into the world. The reason this organization is necessary is because of how black people are treated in the system. Such as the very reason Bryan Stevenson created the organization in the first place. Bryan Steven traveled to the South as a lawyer fresh out of law school to help represent people who cannot afford legal help. Bryan Stevenson represented many of whom were on death row. While Bryan represented many clients, Walter McMillian was his most famous. Walter McMillan was a black man on death row who was wrongly convicted of murdering a white girl. In Walter McMillan case there was extraordinarily little evidence to incriminate Walter and it was coerced by people in power. Things like that do not happen anymore, yet there are injustices that happen every day against people of color. These injustices occur when people do not have proper representation and wealth to get that representation. EJI states “In the American criminal justice system, wealth—not culpability—shapes outcomes.” The very reason why EJI was created.

EJI believes that “ “ tough on crime” policies that led to mass incarceration are rooted in the belief that Black and brown people are inherently guilty and dangerous—and that belief still drives excessive sentencing policies today.” In order to truly cause change will be to change the perspective of the American people. “We are committed to changing the narrative about race in America.” Just like many of Artist in this world using their Art to change perspective of the American people. Such as Glenn Ligon's work highlighting his black and white features. EJI is changing the minds of the people one case at a time. By showing that the statics of black criminals is nothing more than a manipulated statistic and that racist bias is the true cause of it.

Citations

Equal Justice Initiative, 21 June 2022, https://eji.org/.

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Systemic Racism Holding Back Black Americans: Civil Rights Group

The National Urban League released its annual report on Tuesday. The report states that blacks are behind whites in key areas, such as wealth, education and social justice.

The civil rights group said it's Equality Index a compendium of typical outcomes by race in many aspects of life revealed that Black Americans, despite making economic and health gains yet, they only receive 73.9 percent of the benefits white people enjoy in the US. The organization said this shows how difficult it is to overcome systemic racism for people of color.

"These numbers are changing so small and only slow. This tells me that the institutional disparity that is based on race seems to have been constructed in American society," Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League, stated.

The index found that the median household earnings for Black individuals, at $43,862, is about 37 percent lower than the whites, who earn $69,823. Black Americans are more likely to not enjoy the benefits of homeownership which is the primary source of US generational wealth.

Census data show Black couples are twice as likely as their white counterparts to be denied a mortgage or a home improvement loan. This is a mere 60 percent of the home equity that median white households possess, and just 13 percent of their wealth.

"In the area of wealth, there's been almost no changeat all since the days of civil rights," Morial said. "The gap in wealth has grown wider."

Among dozens of health measures, one stands out: The life expectancy has decreased slightly in Black Americans, where a child born today can expect to be 74.7, four years fewer than a white infant.

There are also lifelong differences: Black women are 59 percent higher than women of white to have children and are 31% more likely to succumb to breast cancer. Black males have a 52 percent higher chance die of prostate cancer.

The report comes two years after the country was confronted with racism following the death of George Floyd. Floyd was a Black man who was brutally beaten to death by a white cop during an arrest in Minneapolis.

Floyd's death sparked nationwide protests and demands for equality and an end to the brutality of police against Black people.

Although some states tried to change the way they police were conducted following the murders of non-armed Black men however, the study found that blacks were twice more likely to be threatened or used force by police officers than whites. You can obtain additionalinformation on community by browsing housing discrimination site.

They are also three times more likely be jailed in the event of being they are arrested. They were 93% more likely to become victims of hate crime by 2020.

There are numerous gaps in education Preschoolers of different races are generally educated but the classrooms in which they are educated are very different.

Schools that have more minorities students are more likely than others to have less experienced, poorly trained or even uncertified teachers. These students are less likely to enroll in STEM classes that could lead to better-paying jobs. Black students are less likely to be able to complete college.

People of all races suffer from drug overdoses roughly equally. However, white people are five times more likely to die of cirrhosis and chronic liver disease. Whites are twice as likely to be suicide-prone as those between the ages of 15-24. Black men are nine times more likely to die of homicide.

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ashapik · 2 years

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Systemic Racism Holding Back Black Americans: Civil Rights Group