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slime mold (by myriorama)

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:37:44 -0500

slime mold (by myriorama)

redc: blackacrylic: Sister Souljah on Larry King Live Part 1,...

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:48:52 -0500

blackacrylic:

Sister Souljah on Larry King Live Part 1, Part 2 (1992)

Rap artist, activist and author Sister Souljah addressing the controversy that arose after remarks she made following the 1992 LA Riots. Sister Souljah was quoted as saying: ”If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” As a result Bill Clinton infamously compared Sister Souljah to white supremacist and Klu Klux Klan member David Dukes. In this interview Sister Souljah puts her comments into context while providing a sharp social analysis of White supremacy, racism and capitalism in America and their toxic impact on the socio-economic infrastructure of American society. She also explains why she proudly identifies as an African and why she chose to express herself through Hip-Hop music. The Guardian later described Sister Souljah’s comments as a key event in the history of Hip-Hop.

This is amazing

redc: It astounds me that i still encounter black british...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:08:31 -0500

redc:

It astounds me that i still encounter black british people of my generation that are so unaware of their heritage. This weekend gone by I had a conversation with my friends husband, and indeed my friend who I have known for nearly 15 years. I dont know exactly how we got onto our Jamaican heritage, but the conversation started about race and skin tone and the fact that they had very little to do with each other. I mentioned that my son (fair skinned, blue eyes and blondish hair) and his wife (brown skin, dark brown eyes and hair) despite being visually very different are the same ‘colour’ by the fact that they are a quarter White. I am totally aware that by breaking down people’s into percentages of their genetic make up only goes to reinforce racial profiling and stereotypes, however it is something that we as British people seem to need to do - in the same way we cling on to our class system. Despite being multicultural We are far from homogenisation. Anyway. He disputed the fact that they were the same colour or race because of my genetic makeup. He said that as my father’s forefathers had been brought to Jamaica as indentured labourers from India, that it made me less Jamaican. He said that my link to India was closer to his link to Africa. That in fact there was very little connection to Africa as he was half Jamaican and half Bajan. Now this isn’t a new argument or something that hasn’t been thrown at me before, but it didn’t stop me feeling completely affronted by his statement. Why do black british people believe that they have more of a stake in west Indian culture then anyone else? Why doesn’t our education system inform people about our colonial past? How can anyone still believe that there people are the original natives from Jamaica when the Arawaks were wiped out during colonisation - and that the original slaves taken to the west indies were actually Irish. Why does being black mean that you are Jamaican and not indeed African or of African descent? Why despite the fact my family has been in Jamaica since the 19th century do I have to say I’m Indian and not Jamaican. So many questions. So much anger and not at the colonial past, but at the present mass of people of all races that are so uninformed and so unwilling or uninterested that they accept the non-information given at school level and refuse to educate themselves about their heritage. A friend of mine who I studied with and who herself comes from a very mixed background, but is a proud St.Lucian once said to me that mixed race people are more aware/educated about their heritage because they have more to prove. I definitely think she is right. You see my friends husband is black, and there’s no denying it. If you didn’t care to ask, his identity as a black man is clear. Whereas myself and others of mixed heritage sit in a third space, which often makes not only ourselves but others uncomfortable as we cannot easily be defined. Which goes back to my earlier point of the British need to classify in order to comprehend - the anthropological definitions applied to in order to control the masses. Colonisation of our minds.
So back to my discussion with my friends husband - I finished off the conversation by telling him to look closer at the Jamaican coat of arms ’ Out of Many People Come One’. Says it all really.

youmightfindyourself: Panasonic’s new LED bulb goes a long way...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:06:22 -0500

youmightfindyourself:

Panasonic’s new LED bulb goes a long way to bridging the psychological gap that keeps people buying inefficient incandescents because they prefer the way they look. Using just 4.4 watts of power, the LED filament in this bulb is rated for up to 40,000 hours of use. So if you were to install one just after you were born, you wouldn’t have to change it until your 40th birthday, with just a few hours of use every day.

Philippines Eagle Owl

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:05:28 -0500

Philippines Eagle Owl

Worlds Largest Yellow Diamond

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:02:16 -0500

Worlds Largest Yellow Diamond

Photo

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:01:25 -0500

SAN

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:30:50 -0500

SAN

King Shag

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:25:27 -0400

King Shag

awakeinthedream: down by the river.. (by Tamzin:))

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:52:06 -0400

awakeinthedream:

down by the river.. (by Tamzin:))

Picasso Triggerfish

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:24:40 -0400

Picasso Triggerfish

youmightfindyourself: Being in flight is one of the most...

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:51:12 -0400

youmightfindyourself:

Being in flight is one of the most unnatural, extraordinary, ordinary experiences of modern life. When we climb to 30,000 feet, our perspective looking down at the world becomes that of a deity, and the rules of time and space are altered as we rush over the earth. In flight we are able to view the most remote corners of the natural world and the vast spread of the world we have constructed. It gives us the unique perspective to look at the interaction of the natural and constructed in a truly holistic way. In its totality, the unnatural or extraordinary experience produces great fear and excitement. We confront death a little every time the doors close – and this closeness to death intensifies the extraordinary experience of being in flight. On the other hand, our ‘in flight’ experience is filled with the most unremarkable daily activities: reading a comic book, finishing a crossword puzzle, eating, sleeping. The cabin becomes our shared world, temporally removed from the world that we’ve left back on land. What connects the ordinary and the extraordinary is a powerful trust in the human capacity to take us beyond the mundane. The plane becomes a temple of humanism, where we put faith in all that get us and keeps us up in the air – engineers, pilots, researchers, air traffic controllers – a web of people, underwritten by collective knowledge, keeping us alive, together. -Phillip Kalantzis-Cope

This portable LED lightbulb can be carried in your wallet.

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:50:05 -0400

This portable LED lightbulb can be carried in your wallet.

HK Arms pre-1997

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:33:04 -0400

HK Arms pre-1997

Photo

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:32:09 -0400

BIOT Arms

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:58:42 -0400

BIOT Arms

BAT Arms

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:55:15 -0400

BAT Arms

London Bridge Station, Tooley Street entrance in 2018

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:53:55 -0400

London Bridge Station, Tooley Street entrance in 2018

Inside the new Kings cross station entrance.

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:13:33 -0400

Inside the new Kings cross station entrance.

Westfield D&G party

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:37:11 -0400

Westfield D&G party