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About Black Coffee Poet

Black Coffee Poet is a mixed race poet, essayist, and journalist who focuses on Social Justice, Indigenous Rights, STOPPING Violence Against Women, Film, and Literature.

VLOG: RANDOMS: THOUGHTS, EXPERIENCES, AND QUESTIONS

This video blog is a companion to my new series Randoms where I share my thoughts, experiences, and questions at random! Watch, SHARE, Tweet, and Comment. Enjoy! SUBSCRIBE to the Black Coffee Poet YOUTUBE Channel: Poetry, interviews, VLOGs, readings, roundtables, … Continue reading

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RANDOMS: THOUGHTS, EXPERIENCES, AND QUESTIONS

Randoms: Thoughts, Experiences, and Questions By Jorge Antonio Vallejos This is the first of a new series I’m doing where I list random thoughts, questions, and experiences of mine. Of course, the list is in no order; it’s random!  Let … Continue reading

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OP ED: LAUGHTER AND ORGASM: IS MAINSTREAM SCIENCE CATCHING UP TO INDIGENOUS WISDOM?

Laughter and Orgasm: Is Mainstream Science Catching Up To Indigenous Wisdom? By Zainab Amadahy Earlier this year I visited Rotorua, considered the geothermal capital of Aotearoa (the land now known as New Zealand).  Prior to the arrival of European colonizers … Continue reading

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VLOG: MY SUMMER 2013 READING LIST

Every season I make a reading list with an accompanying VLOG.  This VLOG makes it one year that I have been doing this! This video blog is a companion to my previous post My Summer 2013 Reading List. I show … Continue reading

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MY SUMMER 2013 READING LIST

My Summer 2013 Reading List By Jorge Antonio Vallejos It’s summer time! A new season means a new reading list. I don’t fall into reading the books that the newspapers promote during summer.  I have a ton of books at … Continue reading

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7 REASONS WHY I COMPOSE READING LISTS

7 Reasons Why I Compose Reading Lists By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Every season I compose a reading list.  And I try to post it around and after the 21st day, the change of the season. I’ve shared 4 lists with … Continue reading

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WE LIVE IN A CULTURE OF RAPE

We Live In A Culture Of Rape By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Over the past few weeks I have noticed a spike in news about rapes around the world, in particular gang rapes. I know rape is not a new thing. … Continue reading

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ZAINAB AMADAHY READS FROM HER BOOK “WIELDING THE FORCE: THE SCIENCE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE”

Zainab Amadahy was featured on blackcoffeepoet.com in 2010.  She read an amazing poem called Bones and was part of one of the best interviews that year. I had the pleasure of speaking alongside Zainab in December 2012 about the racism … Continue reading

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INTERVIEW WITH ZAINAB AMADAHY AUTHOR OF “WIELDING THE FORCE: THE SCIENCE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE”

Zainab Amadahy is an author, singer/songwriter and educator. Among her publications are Indigenous Peoples and Black Peoples in Canada for Breaching the Colonial Contract. She also contributed to Strong Women’s Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival and authored the feminist … Continue reading

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WIELDING THE FORCE: THE SCIENCE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

Wielding the Force: The Science of Social Justice By Zainab Amadahy Reviewed by May Lui This is a remarkable book that aims to widen the reader’s understanding of  paradigms such as thinking in binaries, valuing the material over the relational, … Continue reading

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