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"All Lives Matter" and the deep-rooted, misled, abhorrent nature of this sentiment
As a white person, a quote from author Sheri Faye Rosendahl resonates with me: “The only thing that should come after ‘I’m not racist but…’ is ‘but racism is so ingrained in my society and culture that on some level I definitely am and need to do my part to destroy the system of oppression that people like me have created and benefit from on the daily’ ”.
By Katie Kenyon6 years ago in The Swamp
Seperated by 3.8 kms with a time difference of 20 hours
The 19th century was an era of standardization. As railways were connecting whole landmasses, countries were supplanting nearby occasions with an arrangement of hour-wide time regions. As sea navigation became more common, and since there was no common time agreed, sailors faced a lot of difficulties. As a result, many countries decided to standardize on a system of navigation and maps. They all came together and met in Washington DC for the International Meridian Conference to accept on standard time. There were 41 delegates from 25 countries who attended the International Meridian Conference. Many countries including the US, even before the Conference started using Greenwich as the basis for their time zone system. Additionally, 72% of the world's trade at the time relied upon ocean graphs, which had just embraced Greenwich as the prime meridian. So, countries just adopted the British standard time as an official at the Meridian Conference. In this way, the Prime Meridian at Greenwich became the center of world time.
By Siddharth Shankar V6 years ago in The Swamp
Commentary: The Birthday Party is an American Tragedy
When Kayne West stated that he was going to run for President in 2020 in a cryptic tweet, I thought that it was just another publicity stunt. Still, I diligently analysed every word, combing through for any hint about his policy platform. ‘[T]rusting God’? Perhaps he’s running on a religious fundamentalist platform. ‘[U]nifying our vision’? Proposing an end to the bi-partisan system, perhaps. ‘[B]uilding our future’? The usual buzzwords around education, or is Ye considering trying to cause a tech industry boom? Or perhaps it’s an allusion to environmentalism, aiming to plant more trees.
By Tate Devonald6 years ago in The Swamp
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter is not a terrorist organization. It is a movement whose narrative has been hijacked like any other activism that promotes social change. Unfortunately, there will always be opportunists ready to re-write history as they see fit. Propaganda in the media is nothing new. In fact, it’s dependency of content thrives on negative press. However, it is decided upon the people on how you you choose to respond.
By Carly Tillotson6 years ago in The Swamp
What Republicans Will Look Like
Republicans are a dying breed and if you recall, in my last article of the prior meanings of the terms Republican or Democrat in the United States, you see why. A party that holds tight to racism, sexism, and lack of reproductive rights does not last long in the modern world. Any conservatism all over the planet does not last long. Nor does an obsessively liberal attitude. There will be a time when we move beyond political parties as a deciding factor in which way we vote, and the eventuality is that we will change our ways to vote based on character, track record, and gut feeling, not party lines.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in The Swamp
The Worthless Black Life
I’m sure some people might get mad about what I’m about to say. Which to each is it’s own. Everybody is entitled to think what they want to and say what they want to right? Not that my two cents matter but speaking for myself and from experience of losing loved ones to senseless violence leads to what I’m about to say. A lot of violence is going on is the world currently a lot of innocent babies lost their lives to senseless violence over the holiday weekend. There is no march, there is no protest, there is not enough outrage. Everybody live to jump on the bandwagon when it comes to Black lives matter, or Us vs. the Cops, or Black vs. Whites and so on. Take a long look in the mirror and reflect upon yourself and what you have do towards other people that was not right. I’ve heard so many people say it’s different because this and that. At the end of the day the results are the same no matter who does anything harmful towards another human being. I’ve lost my brother, my cousins, my uncle, countless number of friends to gun violence and I’m only 33 years old. Going to a funeral is the new normal gathering nowadays. When will it stop. We have to value ourselves first before we can tell someone else to value us. People rather say RIP or free this person or that person in a hashtag before they tell their loved ones no don’t do that, don’t kill him or her. Police brutality is a problem. Injustices on the minorities is a problem. Black on black crime is a problem. I’m not going to pick and choose which is worse than the other it’s all bad. I don’t want to hear about statistics and rates. The fact of the matter is innocent lives are being taken away on both sides. People shouldn’t be planning a child’s funeral unless it’s a natural cause of death not due to a bullet ripping throw their bodies. I can imagine my heart goes out to the families of the babies that this is currently a reality for them. New generations aren’t even living beyond the age of 30. Who will be the elders once everybody born before 1970 are no longer with us, because at this rate it’s just going to be kids running around with no parents if they even make it through to the next day. Don’t be scared to speak your mind out of fear of losing friends. Right is right and wrong is wrong. I wrote this poem a couple of weeks ago when the protest was going on.
By Poetry Lover6 years ago in The Swamp
The Obama Era
2008: Yes We Can (And Did) Dates: August 25 – 28, 2008 Venue 1: Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver CO. Home to the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche, the arena was completed in 1999. The first three days of the convention were held here.
By John Heckenlively6 years ago in The Swamp
Why I Voted for Drumpf and Now Demand Impeachment
“It was the spring of hope; it was the winter of despair”—Dickens, 1859. As I sit watching this joke of a “First Public Hearing In Impeachment Inquiry,” I can't help but recollect that this is “the greater [evil that I voted for], just to see the hell it bring[s]”—No Malice’s vicious 2017 single “So Woke.”
By Nefarious Darrius6 years ago in The Swamp
