“The wonderful writer Luis Alberto Urrea says that a deep truth of our time is that “we miss each other.” He is singularly wise about the deep meaning and the problem of borders. The Mexican-American border, as he likes to say, ran straight through his parents’ Mexican-American marriage and divorce. His works of fiction and non-fiction confuse every dehumanizing caricature of Mexicans — and of U.S. border guards. The possibility of our time, as he lives and witnesses with his writing, is to evolve the old melting pot to the 21st-century richness of “us” — with all the mess and necessary humor required.“
Category Archives: Social Issues
The 6 Worst Foods To Buy If You Care About Humanity
Check out this article about the six worst foods you can buy…and yes, shrimp is on the list! Sorry 🙁 if you like shrimp or any of the other foods on this list compiled by Global Citizen.
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/deadliest-foods-produce-tomato-shrimp-chocolate-te/
“You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution.” – Fred Hampton
Here is more information on Fred Hampton that should expand your knowledge past what we discussed in class.
Biography of Fred Hampton, Black Panther Party Leader – https://www.thoughtco.com/fred-hampton-biography-4582596
Martin Luther King Jr. Speech in NYC in 1962
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech in New York City to “commemorate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was recently discovered . In a measured but passionate tone, Dr. King reviewed the history of human rights in America, noting that the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation had fallen far short of achieving equality for all of its citizens.”
Maui Women’s March – Sat. January 21st
Civil Rights Discussion – January 19th
MAUI PEACE ACTION free public program:
MPA co-hosts the ACLU of Hawai‘i for a civil rights discussion Thursday, January 19, 2017, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., UH Maui College, Ka Lama 103.
Topics to be discussed are: Safeguarding Civil Rights in a Trump Administration, Community Control of Police Surveillance, and Ending Mass Incarceration in Hawaii. Coming to Maui to speak on these issues are ACLU-HI’s Legal Director Mateo Caballero; Legislative Coordinator Mandy Finlay, and Deputy Director Kit Grant.
The program is free to the public and is sponsored by the ACLU of Hawai‘i, the UHMC Human Services Department, and Maui Peace Action. Light refreshments, ADA-accessible. Walk-ins welcome. RSVPs help us plan: [email protected],
Dakota Access Blackout Continues on ABC, NBC News
This article from Fair.org is a good example of the media bias in the United States. This is an important story that connects to Hawai’i with the announcement by the Department of the Interior “final rule” that “aims to re-establish a government-to-government relationship with ‘the Native Hawaiian community’.” Read this story in Civil Beat if you would like to learn more.
I found this paragraph on the Dakota Access Pipeline “Quick Facts About Dakota Access Pipeline” and thought it was interesting considering the approach they have taken.
“Protecting landowner interests and the local environment is a top priority of the Dakota Access Pipeline project. As an operating principle, Dakota Access Pipeline is committed to working with individual landowners to make accommodations, minimize disruptions, and achieve full restoration of impacted land. We will listen to and address questions from the community, landowners and other interested stakeholders about the project, proposed routes, landowner communications and more. It is our intent to live up to our promises of openness, honesty and responsiveness before, during and after construction and throughout operations.”
DNA Dragnet: In Some Cities, Police Go From Stop-and-Frisk to Stop-and-Spit
Here is a link to an interesting article I read this morning on ProPublica. Police in some states are starting to collect DNA samples from people who are not under arrest!!