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Tag Archives: Colonialism
DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA?
Canada is seen as a safe haven for many peoples. When Canada is talked of it is described as a melting pot and as the most diverse place on earth. Often, it is made to sound like a utopia. It … Continue reading
SHOWING UP #5: STARING BACK AT THE LOOK SO MANY PEOPLE GIVE YOU
Showing Up #5: Staring Back At The Look So Many People Give You By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I’m used to people staring at me. It happens everyday. And there are different reasons: my limp my colour my body my handlebar … Continue reading
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Tagged "The View", 60 Minutes, Ableism, Affirmative Action, Colonialism, Descant, feminism, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Latino writers, Puerto Rican Pride, racism, Scott Pelley 60 Minutes, Sonia Sotomayor, Sunny Hostin, The Kenyon Review, The Yellow Medicine Review, United States Supreme Court
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AFTER THE SHOOTINGS: A POEM BY QWO-LI DRISKILL
After the Shootings Quanneapague, December 14, 2012 By Qwo-Li Driskill The names of children sharp needles of loss we use to suture the gash of memory that rises from Potatuck land the story bleeds onto us shouts rapid fire crumples … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Lanza, After The Sandy Hook Shootings, Anti Colonial Literature, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Writer, Colonialism, December 14 2012, Decolonize, Gun violence in America, Mass Shooting, Mixed Race writer, Murder in America, Native American writer, Newton Connecticut, post colonial literature, Qwo Li Driskill, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Sandy Hook one week later, Two Spirit Writer, VIolence Against Children, Violence Against Women
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STEFOKNEE WOLSCHT READS A POEM
Stefoknee Wolscht is fun to hang out with and watch in action. The documentary based on her life, Living 2 Lives/Dying 1000 Deaths, sheds much light on who Stefoknee is and where she came from. My interview with Stefoknee … Continue reading
REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: A THANK YOU LETTER FROM A YOUNG CREE WOMAN
Nineteen-year old Cree woman Helen Betty Osborne was murdered by 4 white men November 13, 1971. Osborne’s death and case have been labelled a “conspiracy of silence”. We hounour Helen Betty Osborne this week on blackcoffeepoet.com via an Opinion Editorial, … Continue reading
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Tagged Colonialism, Conspiracy of Silence, Cree Nation, feminism, First Nations Women, genocide, Helen Betty Osborne, Indigenous Women, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered Native Women, No More Silence, Norway House First Nation, Sisters In Spirit, TEDx, The Pas Manitoba, Violence Against Women
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REMEMBERING HELEN BETTY OSBORNE: OP ED: “LEST WE FORGET”
Nineteen-year old Cree woman Helen Betty Osborne was murdered by 4 white men November 13, 1971. Osborne’s death and case have been labelled a “conspiracy of silence”. We hounour Helen Betty Osborne this week on blackcoffeepoet.com via an Opinion Editorial, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Lest We Forget", Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba, Colonialism, Conspiracy of Silence, Cree Nation, feminism, First Nations Women, genocide, Helen Betty Osborne, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered First Nations Women in Canada, Missing and Murdered Native Women in Canada, No More Silence, Norway House First Nation, Opinion Editorial, Patriarchy, Remembrance Day, Robyn Bourgeois, sexism, Sisters In Spirit, The Pas Manitoba, Violence Against First Nations Women, Violence Against Women
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WHO IS A TERRORIST?
Since the shooting last week in Aurora, Colorado I have been thinking two things: Who is labelled a terrorist? Why are some labelled terrorists and others not? James Holmes has been labeled a “shooter” by BIG media. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged "October Crises" in Canada, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2, Al-Qaeda, Aryan Nation, Aurora Colorado, Batman Movie Theatre Killing, Batman Movie Theatre Murders, Chris Rock, Colonialism, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Front de Liberation du Quebec, Homegrown Terrorism, Irish Republican Army, Islamaphobia, James Holmes, James Holmes Colorado, James Holmes Shooter, Jewish Defence League, Jewish Defense League, KKK, Klu Klux Klan, Michigan Militia, Oklahoma City Bombing, Paul Joseph Chartier, Quebec Nationalism, racism, Red Army Faction, Terrorism, Timothy McVeigh, U2, Unabomber
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IF JAMES HOLMES WAS NOT WHITE…
In my last post, and VLOG (James Holmes: Shooter or Terrorist?), I talked about BIG media labeling James Holmes a “shooter” as opposed to a terrorist. In this VLOG I talk about James Holmes if he was not white. We’d … Continue reading
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Tagged "Platoon" by Oliver Stone, 1492, Al-Qaeda, Amy Goodman, Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, Aurora Colorado, Black Coffee Poet, Bombs, Chris Rock, Colonialism, Colorado Movie Theatre Massacre, Colorado Movie Theatre Shooting, Colorado Shooting, Dark Knight Rises, Dark Knight Rises Murders, Homeland Security, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Islamaphobia, James Holmes, James Holmes Colorado, Jessica Ghawi, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Kenneth Chamberlain, Mohammad Usman Chaudry, National Public Radio, NPR, Oliver Stone, Police Brutality, racism, Shooting 2012, Terrorism, white privilege
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JAMES HOLMES (AURORA, COLORADO KILLER): SHOOTER OR TERRORIST?
The horrific shooting in Aurora, Colorado has taken over the news for the past few days. While watching the coverage I have noticed that BIG media is referring to killer James Holmes as a “shooter”. I think that if … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Hanging of Angelique" by Afua Cooper, Afua Cooper, Aurora Colorado, Batman Movie Theatre Murders, Black Coffee Poet, Colonialism, Colorado Guman, Colorado Massacre, Colorado Movie Theatre Massacre, Dark Knight Rises Murders, George Takei, Homeland Security, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Islamaphobia, James Holmes, James Holmes Colorado, James Holmes Shooter, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, racism, Shooting 2012, Star Trek, Terrorism
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