Toward a World that Works for Everyone
By Amir Ali, Daily Hive, June 24, 2021 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/over-700-unmarked-graves-saskatchewan The Cowessess First Nation announced today that preliminary findings reveal 751 unmarked graves have been discovered at a former Saskatchewan residential school. This comes just one month after the tragic discovery of 215 children buried at a former Kamloops residential school. The Nation points out that […]
Accountability Thanks to David Hawkins. ‘Tip of the iceberg.’ By Katie Dangerfield. Global News, May 28, 2021 (https://globalnews.ca/news/7901509/kamloops-bc-residential-school-burial-site/) At least 4,100 children have died while attending residential schools in Canada. And in the wake of the horrific news from Kamloops, B.C. — where 215 children were recently found buried at a former residential school — […]
A second widespread paradigm in our history is that the Northern or white or Anglo-Saxon races were superior to everyone else. Human-rights legislation and conventions have driven these sentiments underground but I’m willing to bet that portions of the white population still hold the belief, toned down, at some level. To my knowledge, there is […]
Demands are being heard for accountability in human rights, race relations and historical representations. Four stories are featured today on the issue in different countries. When will Britain face up to its crimes against humanity? Kris Manjapra, Guardian, 29 Mar 2018 (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/29/slavery-abolition-compensation-when-will-britain-face-up-to-its-crimes-against-humanity) After the abolition of slavery, Britain paid millions in compensation – but every […]
Two stories on Canada’s troubled history with racism and harassment. Racism goes back centuries. (1) Canada’s history with Indigenous people is cruel and unfair, but we need to own up to it Indigenous people have been damaged by generations of oppression, but we have not been broken Kerry Benjoe, CBC, July 1, 2020 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/point-of-view-kerry-benjoe-racism-george-floyd-canada-indigenous-1.5632918) On […]
There are so many wrongs that need righting in our world – Rohingya, Yemenis, Iraqis, Palestinians, Syrians, Uighers, on and on the list could go. What ever can be done to right these wrongs? The establishment of equity/equality everywhere in our world? One person, one right to all the amenities of life: Shelter, food, clothing, […]
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format for some articles. Thanks to Kathleen for these articles. IBM Abandons Facial Recognition Products, Condemns Racially Biased Surveillance Bobby Allyn, National Public Radio, June 9, 2020 (https://www.npr.org/2020/06/09/873298837/ibm-abandons-facial-recognition-products-condemns-racially-biased-surveillance) IBM announced this week that it would stop selling its facial […]
I had a conversation with a friend which, at one point, led to a discussion of lightworkers’ susceptibility to memes. I’d like to import some of that discussion here. Nothing bad. In my opinion, we lightworkers are as susceptible to disinformation and misinformation at every level as anyone else. We rely on our sources and, […]
Published in OpeEdNews, Aug, 28, 2011, at https://www.opednews.com/articles/Revenge-of-the-Inferior-R-by-Steve-Beckow-110828-932.html My college studies and first job (as a historian) had a lot to do with the study of race theory. And now I think we’re watching race theory being stood on its head. It’s about time. In the last three hundred years – at least – many […]
