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Tag Archives: racism
RACISM AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY
Racism At A Christmas Party By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Racism never takes a break. If you are a person of colour you’re never on vacation from racism. Christmas and the Holiday season brings many fun occasions along with sad ones. … Continue reading
VIDEO: LINES I LOVED FROM SHERMAN ALEXIE’S “WHAT I’VE STOLEN, WHAT I’VE EARNED”
I recently read What I’ve Stolen, What I’ve Earned by Sherman Alexie. It was amazing! Alexie is one of my favorite poets. I own and have read, and re-read, his sex previous collections of poems. While reading the book I … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indian writers, Ariana X Rodriguez, Eroticizing Native Americans, Exoticizing people of colour, Found poem, Gentrification, Hanging Loose Press, Indian Names, Indigenous Poetry, Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Native American Literature, racism, Sherman Alexie, Sherman Alexie poetry, Sonnet poem, What I've Stolen What I've Earned by Sherman Alexie
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7 REASONS WHY I KEEP A JOURNAL
7 Reasons Why I Keep A Journal By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I’ve been keeping a journal for years. When I started my journal it was to get into the practice of writing. I would sit and write whatever came to … Continue reading
LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM CITY JAIL BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Here on blackcoffeepoet.com I publish letters. Letters are personal, moving, and beautiful. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this letter 50 years ago (yesterday) and it is still relevant today. Read, learn, act, write! Letter From A Birmingham Jail By Martin … Continue reading
READING AT SPINLAW 2013: SPREADING THE ROOTS AND REACH OF THE LIVING TREE
Reading at SPINLAW 2013: Spreading the Roots and Reach of the Living Tree By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Early this year I was commissioned to write a poem for the SPINLAW conference, 30 Years Under the Living Tree: Reflections on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Commissioned Poet, Decolonization, decolonization literature, First Nations Peoples, How To Write A Poem, Human Rights, Idle No More, Indidgenous Solidarity, Indigenous Feminism, Missing and Murdered Abor, Osgoode Hall, poetry, post colonial literature, racism, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, SPINLAW 2013, Transphobia, Violence Against Women
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SUBMIT A LETTER OR OPINION EDITORIAL TO BCP
Monday March 18, 2013 Dear Readers, Do you have something to say about activism, academia, blackcoffeepoet.com, current events, literature, life, or politics? Is there something on your mind that mainstream media is not covering? Have you written something that has … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal politics, Book culture, Decolonization, Disability Politics, Feminism of Colour, Indigenous Feminsim, Letters to Editor, LGBTQ LIfe, Opinion Editorials, Queer Life, racism, sex work, Submit a letter to the editor, Submit an Opinion Editorial, Third Wave Feminism, Trans Feminism, Transgender Rights, Women of Colour Feminism
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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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BCP ON “ONE VOICE RADIO” WITH MALIKAH AWERI AND DANE SWAN
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of being on One Voice Radio hosted by the ever talented poet and singer Malkah Aweri. My co-guest was Toronto poet Dane Swan, author of Bending The Continuum. We all participated at … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 Seconds by Michael Bryant, Aboriginal poet, African Canadian Poetry, Black Coffee Poet, class, Dane Swan, Darcy Allen Sheppard, Latino Poetry, Malikah Aweri, Metis Nation, Michael Bryant, Native American Poetry, One Voice Radio, poetry, racism, Red Slam Collective, Resistance Poetry, Violence Against Women, White Power, white privilege
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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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