February 2012
143 posts
“We need to look @ the history of the Oscars more closely. My mother was the...”
– Chicana Feliz (via lenxo) (via nezua)
“Peace begins with me. Reconciliation begins with me. Healing begins with me. So...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via nezua)
Think Mexican: The Oscar Is Mexican: Academy Award... →
thinkmexican:
The story behind the Academy Award’s Oscar statuette is itself one fit for the movies.
It starts in the 1920’s during the Mexican Revolution. Emilio Fernández was studying in Mexico’s military college when he decided to take up arms and help support the revolutionary cause of Adolfo de la…
the one word all brown people hate
chimalxochitl:
almondskeyes:
exotic
Exotic…the fuckkk I look like
“So when the Irish, when Germans, when Italians were coming, and they didn’t...”
– Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Race-The Power of an Illusion (via volviomarilia
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“I am afraid of getting older … I am afraid of getting married. Spare me from...”
– Sylvia Plath, written in 1949 at age 17 (via mooonshadows)
“When we were children, we used to think that when we grew up we would no longer...”
– Madeleine L’Engle (via 365daysyoga)
Watchprocrastination here we come.
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Word Games: The New York Times Crossword Puzzle's...
univisionnews:
The New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz admits a clue in Thursday’s puzzle was a mistake. (Michael Sharp, Rex Parker) By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
Every crossword puzzle in The New York Times has a theme. On Thursday last week, that theme — in a way that turned out to be both ironic and fitting — was ERROR.
At issue was a clue that caught many readers and close...
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.”
– Marvin Gaye. (via wheresthefreecanddyy)
“i am visible—see this Indian face—yet I am invisible. I both blind them with my...”
– Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (via mcojdc)
I really hate the phrases "Well you have a right...
deliciouskaek:
todiedreaming:
Nah, nigga.
I have a right to complain when I go to Wendy’s and they get my order wrong.
I’m entitled to my opinion when people ask me whether or not I think Beyonce uses lace fronts or Malaysian weave.
I am not complaining or simply stating my opinion when talking the racism.
I am talking about my rights as a human to not be persecuted and exploited.
The 10 most offensive things Pat Buchanan has... →
thesoapboxschtick:
Pat Buchanan, former republican presidential candidate and conservative douche bag extraordinaire, was fired from MSNBC last Friday. Good riddance!
Wanted to close the borders to protect white dominance. (Source) “If we do not get control of our borders, by 2050 Americans of European descent will be a minority in the nation their ancestors created and built.”
Blamed lower...