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Comment by Dallas the Phallus on April 21, 2012 at 7:08pm

Someone else online mentioned they were reading this. Dunno if I'd have the time or the stomach to. But there is a DVD available:

 

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—an “Age of Neoslavery” that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II.Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Douglas A. Blackmon unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude shortly thereafter. By turns moving, sobering, and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re-emergence of human labor trafficking, the companies that profited most from neoslavery, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on December 10, 2011 at 7:07pm

Thank you Matt.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on November 22, 2011 at 7:19pm

*shakes head*

 

Juvenile rape appeal causes uproar in Turkey

Turkey's judicial system faced an uproar this week after one of the country's highest courts upheld a decision to reduce sentences against 26 men convicted of having sex with a 13-year old girl. Public outrage stemmed from a court ruling that the 13-year old girl had willingly engaged in "consensual" sexual relations with the 26 men.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on November 18, 2011 at 4:23pm

More bullying stuff.

 

RespectU (anti-bullying site)

 

Teacher Caught on Tape Bullying Student. Is a Camera a Kid's Only Advocate?

 

Nobody believed Julio Artuz, a 15 year old New Jersey special education student, when he complained of being bullied by his teacher. So he caught the whole thing on tape. In footage captured in secret on his cellphone, Artuz is subjected to curses and berating from a man who's supposed to be a mentor.

Artuz's teacher says: "I will kick your [expletive] from here to kingdom come until I'm 80 years old."

"Don't threaten me," responds Artuz.

"What are you going to do? You gonna get a chopper and chop me?" asks his teacher as the rest of the class sits rubbernecking the heated argument.

 

 

It better get better: Gay teens bullied by teachers, courts

 

Bullying from peers isn't the only problem gay teens face. A new study by Yale University traced homophobic behavior to authority figures.

 

"Our analysis found that, consistently, gay and bisexual youth were at a greater risk of being punished by school and criminal-justice authorities than their straight peers who exhibited the same behaviors," said study leader Kathryn Himmelstein according to U.S. News and World Report.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on November 15, 2011 at 12:00pm

Bullycide in America

 

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on October 2, 2011 at 7:49pm

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 28, 2011 at 2:04pm

Dear friend,

I just added my voice to an appeal from a moving group of mothers in Brazil, who are banding together to challenge hate and discrimination in their country. They are calling themselves "Equality moms."

Right now, they need to know they are not alone — with homophobic and transphobic hate crimes on the rise in Brazil, the country is fast becoming a world leader in anti-LGBT hate crimes.

On September 29 the Equality Moms are traveling to Congress in Brasília to push their leaders to take action to protect ALL Brazilians from violence and discrimination, and support a life-saving, but politically embattled, Anti-Homophobia law. And in the months to come these Moms are vowing to to take to the streets and the airwaves, classrooms and around kitchen tables, to share their stories and work together as "Equality Moms" in this new campaign to end violence, prejudice and discrimination.

These Brazilian "Equality Moms" are incredibly brave to speak out. Will you take a minute to add your voice and make theirs even stronger?

www.allout.org/maespelaigualdade

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 21, 2011 at 1:25pm

Employees say they faced brutal heat at Amazon warehouse

Twenty current and former employees at an Amazon warehouse in Pennsylvania say they were forced to work in brutal heat at a breakneck pace while hired paramedics waited outside in case anyone became dangerously dehydrated.

Spencer Soper has published an exhaustive investigation into the massive online retailer's Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania operation. Soper reports that a local doctor treated employees at the facility for heat-related health problems, and wound up filing a complaint about conditions there with federal regulators. Many of the warehouse's employees were temporary and hired through a staffing company; if they did not meet packing quotas, they faced daily threats of termination, Soper writes.

Read the rest here.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 15, 2011 at 7:44pm

Disgusting.

 

Mississippi Law Prohibits Same-Sex Partner Of Man Killed In Hate Crime To Be Named In Lawsuit

 

James C. Anderson, the man killed in a violent hate crime in Jackson, MS, allegedly by white teens who were out to “f— with some niggers,” is not the only person involved facing discrimination.

 

James Bradfield, Mr. Anderson’s partner of 17 years, is unable to be named as a plaintiff in the lawsuit being brought by the family against the seven teenagers named as defendants because “under Mississippi law, same-sex partners have no claim in civil actions like this,” said Mr. Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

 

According to Dees, Mr. Anderson’s sexual orientation did not play a factor in his beating or murder; even though crimes against him are apparently continuing even in death.

 

Along with a laundry list of discriminatory laws that remain on the books, Mississippi is one of the many states that continues to defines marriage strictly as a union between one man and one woman.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on September 6, 2011 at 5:07pm

Photo essay: Where children sleep

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