Digital assistants aren’t listening to people who don’t sound like white Americans By: Sinduja Rangarajan/Mother Jones Every evening last summer, after I’d shut down my work laptop, my 3-year-old daughter and I would approach our Google Home smart speaker and yell, “Hey Google, can you play “Aankh Marey” from the movie Simmba?” We’d hold our breaths and wait forContinue reading “Hey Siri—Why Don’t You Understand More People Like Me?”
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“The front door blew off the hinges”: What happens when police raid your home without knocking first “When your black, the cops don’t stop to knock”
Photo: Google By: D. Watkins/Salon.com It was 1995, and we were scheduled to leave the east side of Baltimore for Kings Dominion the next morning. I had big plans: to ride all the rides, eat funnel cake, crack jokes on the three-hour bus ride with my classmates to the theme park, and sleep on the ride home. AndContinue reading ““The front door blew off the hinges”: What happens when police raid your home without knocking first “When your black, the cops don’t stop to knock””
The Afro-Spanish experience no one is talking about
Danni Roseman writes about the experience of being a Woman of Color in Spain. It’s more than time that Spain be seen as the cultural mélange that it is, and arguably always has been, writes Danni Roseman. Let’s play a game. When I mention “Spain” what or who comes to mind first? Perhaps yourContinue reading “The Afro-Spanish experience no one is talking about”
“The Crime of Being Black in a City That Doesn’t Want You There”
Hundreds of towns have passed nuisance ordinances that evict renters for calling the cops. By: Samantha Michaels/Mother Jones Beverley Somai was afraid of her downstairs neighbor. She first called the police on him because he was playing music so loudly it shook the floorboards of her Bedford, Ohio, apartment. But things escalated last yearContinue reading ““The Crime of Being Black in a City That Doesn’t Want You There””
Anita, Miguel, Connie and 29 million Hispanics are eligible to vote in November
Photo:Google Anita, Miguel, and Connie are dear friends and family members. TWENTY NINE MILLION HISPANICS are eligible to vote in the midterm elections next month. If just 40 percent of Hispanics vote in the elections next month it could change the political landscape of the United States. And should Hispanics continue to vote in largeContinue reading “Anita, Miguel, Connie and 29 million Hispanics are eligible to vote in November”
Emergencia! Emergencia! Senora Laura Ingraham anhela los dias en que America era blanca
Fox’s Laura Ingraham, longs for the old days. When nearly every street was filled with people who looks like her. And the rest of us lived in approved neighborhoods. Laura Ingraham de Fox, anhela los viejos tiempos. Cuando casi todas las calles estaban llenas de personas que se parecen a ella. Y el resto deContinue reading “Emergencia! Emergencia! Senora Laura Ingraham anhela los dias en que America era blanca”
How white women use strategic tears to silence women of color
‘Often, when I have attempted to speak to or confront a white woman about something she has said or done that has impacted me adversely, I am met with tearful denials and indignant accusations that I am hurting her’ Photograph: Caro/Alamy The legitimate grievances of brown and black women are no match for the accusationsContinue reading “How white women use strategic tears to silence women of color”
Michael Steele’s Treatment at CPAC Is a Sad and Worrisome Omen for the GOP
Minority voters are watching how conservatives treat my old boss, the former RNC Chair. By: Doug Heye-Daily Beast The news that former RNC Chairman Michael Steele was criticized on the stage of the Conservative Political Action Committee should not have been a surprise. For 15 years, Steele has had his race used against him, withContinue reading “Michael Steele’s Treatment at CPAC Is a Sad and Worrisome Omen for the GOP”
Las Vegas: The United States of Hypocrisy
Monday morning most Americans woke up to news of the horror in Las Vegas. One man with an automatic rifle killing nearly 60 people and wounding hundreds more. Oh, God! Dont let him be…….. For millions of Americans, there was a sigh of relief for Mexicans, Muslims and other black\brown skinned Americans. The killerContinue reading “Las Vegas: The United States of Hypocrisy”
I have a (blank) friend
If you want to quickly change the temperature of a room. Change the topic to race. Especially if there people of different races in the room. On Social Media someone recently posted something that said: Blacks aren’t currently slaves and Whites aren’t slave owners. My take: He was saying its history, get over it. TheContinue reading “I have a (blank) friend”
