The area from where Jesus, the historical figure, came from tells us that the inhibitants were not white. So, why do talk show pandits, like M. Kelly say that Jesus was white? Oh, yeah, that’s how he is portrayed in early movies,he also had blue eyes, Come on, people, who are you fooling? Get with it this 2013.
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White Supremacist finds out he is part Black!
http://www.examiner.com/article/neo-nazi-craig-cobb-finds-out-that-he-is-part-black
Craig Cobb, white suremacist finds out he is Black. Cobb bought land hoping to build an all white community. Twist of irony, I would say.
Some Ideas for Experiencing Diversity
Culturally Thinking
Suggested Activities to Experience/Encourage Diversity
1. Try to identify the origin of the food you eat regularly. For example: potatoes are original to Peru and oranges from the Arab world.
2. Do not tolerate inappropriate ethnic/racial/homophobic/sexual jokes.
3. Commit to viewing culturally diverse movies, such as #42, the Code Talkers, Red Tails, and the Story of Vernon Johns, to name a few.
4. Learn more about these minority business people: Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Carlos Slim (2013 – second richest man on earth).
5. Actively participate in a multicultural or international community cultural event, such as a Cinco de mayo parade, quinceañera, German Fest or Polish festival.
6. Read newspapers, on-line from other countries (many have English editions) like Al Jazara, the London
7. Don’t just have MLK, Jr. Day off (1/20/2014), volunteer at a Soup Kitchen, Meals on Wheels, or homeless shelter.
8. Try really authentic ethnic cuisine (Mediterranean, German, Korean, Thai, and Cuban). Taco Bell is out!
9. Listen to music from other cultures. Check out the internet!
10. Shop in a predominantly Spanish speaking, Arabic, Korean, Greek, etc.
11. Go to a religious service from a tradition other than your own.
12. Volunteer at a domestic violence, nursing home or hospital or museum.
13. Learn to Salsa, Tango, merengue, step dance, clogging or River Dancing!
14. List five ways the dominant group is hurt by oppression.
15. Learn about the “model minority” myth. (Are Asians really good in math?)
16. Learn another language – try Chinese or Arabic. Perhaps Portuguese.
17. Plant a diversity or peace garden.
18. Adopt a grandparent (especially one from a Nursing home); listen to his or her stories. (Intergenerational)
19. Take your friends, family, or class to a Holocaust, African American, Native American or Arab Museum. (In Michigan –National Arab Museum is in Dearborn, Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Wright Museum of African American History is in Detroit.) Washington D.C. hosts the National Holocaust Museum and the Museum of Tolerance is in Los Angeles.
20. Learn to play a new cultural game, such as Mancala, or Mexican Loteria.
21. Have a sushi, tamales, gumbo, hummus, or enchilada making night for your friends or children.
22. Create a diversity profile of your friends and acquaintances. (Are you inclusive?)
23. Cook a meal with a spice you don’t normally use…. Try curry, saffron, cilantro, or annatto seeds.
24. See a film featuring a Gay or Lesbian relationship.
25. Attend a service at a synagogue.
26. Talk to a homeless person. (Really talk…)
27. Teach an adult to read, or English to a non-speaker. Check with your local schools or libraries for these programs.
28. Go to a Native American Pow Wow. (Check your city or Chamber events calendars or university/college calendars of what’s happening).
29. Let an international student use your kitchen to cook their favorite food from home.
30. Give a multicultural book, toy, game, or doll as a gift to your child, friend’s child or a classroom. (Go on line)
31. Attend a Salsa Dance Night.
32. Travel internationally to experience diversity.
33. Plan to make an ethnic dinner every month.
34. Hold a Make – A – Difference Week to raise funds to help the starving children.
35. Purposefully, get to know someone from an ethnic/racial/religious group that is different from your own.
36. Assess the cultural diversity of your school’s artwork, music and literature.
37. Read a book about someone outside your own group. (Helen Keller, Dr. Ben Carson ,Jim Thorp, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Black Elk).
38. Start a new tradition: an ethnic Christmas cuisine recipe cookbook, or a Christmas ornament from around the world.
39. Join a local International Community group.
40. Learn about the contributions minority groups have made to our country.
41. As a family watch a social issues movie, such as 12 years a slave, #42, Defiance, the Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
42. Give your child books that are diverse, there are wonderful lists of multicultural children’s books on line.
43. Give respect and expect respect.
Idalí Feliciano
stupid is not knowing who you hate?
So, hate and discrimination are a thing of the past, I hear. False! It is alive and well especially among the ignorant. See link below for more information.
Wonder if God is listening?
So, this is Christianity?
Racist actions or not? Why the KKK attire?
They have a right to protest. Why not show their faces? If you have deep beliefs, why hide who you are? Why use racist attire? What do you think?
Private Felx Longoria, refused burial in local Cemetery
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, I offer this photo of the grave marker of Private Felix Longoria, a Mexican American, who fought in World War II.
I first learned about him from The Shadows of Hate, a documentary produced by Teaching Tolerance (Southern Poverty Law Center).
This simple man, did his duty, went to war and died for his country. But, when his wife tried to bury him in the local cemetery in Three Rivers, Texas, she was basically told that “the whites might not like it.” The news reached Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson, (our 36th President)who arranged for Longoria to be interned at Arlington National Cemetery.
I visited D.C. (in 2004) and set out to find Mr. Longoria’s grave site. All I had was a name, no date of death or birth. With the help of the employees, we managed to find the site. That day, I must have walked about 3 miles to the site, and it must have been the hottest day of the summer, almost 95. When I finally found the grave marker, I shed tears, and apologized to Mr. Longoria for the hatred that had existed in his home town.
I wanted a photo of the marker, to show that I had paid my respect, but no one was around to take my photo. That day, I became creative, and took a pic of my passport next to the grave marker.
Petition to change School’s Name
Would this be a good reason to change the name of a school? What do you think?
Do hate groups have rights?
A racist and a white supremacist group want to live in a town with a population of less than 100, in Leith, North Dakota. Do they have a right to do so? The Lakota are protesting, as are Anti hate groups. What do you think?
Amerisomos - We Are Americans 