I pray we all have the strength to keep speaking up and
acting against racism, sexism, and lies.
Jones» own work incorporates footballs used by NFL teams that he deconstructs and reassembles as a critical
act against the racism he experienced playing college football.
Not exact matches
The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright
racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly
against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant
act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular
Without Evidence If a person of colour has the misfortune of suffering
acts of
racism without recorded evidence — which is 99 % of the time as we don't go about with the recording features of our mobile phones turned on in anticipation of capturing racial abuses
against us — then it is our word
against those of our abusers before the person of authority who is most likely to be white.
Toni Morrison «s view of motherhood as reflected in her literary works is one of motherhood as a profound
act of social and political resistance in the struggle
against both
racism and the oppression of women.
Pac was more than a rapper; he was arguably among the likes of Martin Luther King, Marcus Garvey, and Malcolm X. Through his music,
acting, and vocal outcrys
against racism and social injustice; Pac helped create what it means to be a real Emcee.
Mildred's
act of bravery is her quiet decision to have her ordinariness weaponized in the Supreme Court case, Loving v Virginia, to strike a blow
against institutional
racism.