Posted by: emagineitall on: February 15, 2008
TRADE: Individual EPAs ”Do Not” Undermine Regional Integration [IPS]A little divide and conquer might get African nations to sign deals with the EU
USCIS: Backlog in Naturalization Applications Will Take Nearly Three Years to Clear [MIS]Meanwhile bureaucracy gone mad is keeping immigrants from becoming Americans. Oh just let them try the “go back to your country” [...]
Posted by: emagineitall on: February 11, 2008
DEVELOPMENT: MDGs Yardstick Too Generic, Critics Say [IPS]This article highlights the importance of context and scale. The MDG’s were established on a global scale but when applied locally they don’t make sense and are hurting nations, African ones especially. One size does not fit all.
Material Support to Terrorism — Consequences for Refugees and Asylum Seekers [...]
Posted by: emagineitall on: December 18, 2007
Well in my many years (if you really wanna know you can ask, but I try not to disclose too much personal info online), I’ve been asked countless times where I come from. People often make a guess or two and I’ve decided to compile an official list: just to prove that you can’t judge [...]
Posted by: emagineitall on: September 25, 2007
Thanks to MiSS CRiP CHiCK!
key phrases: “cannot support separate but equal” and “enlightenment, equality and justice”
…could not bring myself to tell an entire group of people in our community they were less important, less worthy, less deserving to the rights and responsibilities of marriage than anyone else, simply because of their [...]
Posted by: emagineitall on: September 20, 2007
Ah! Welcome home to me, to the land of the free…to be arrested, Tasered or better yet have one’s leg broken by police. No thankfully it hasn’t happened to me personally, but a friend just shared a few interesting tidbits, which haven’t all made it to the front page.
Andrew Meyer, UF student arrested and Tasered [...]
Posted by: emagineitall on: August 15, 2007
RIGHTS-MEXICO: 16,000 Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation (IPS)
The Color of Health Care: Diagnosing Bias in Doctors (washington post)
Cécilia Sarkozy ‘too sick’ for Bush picnic … but not for shopping (the guardian)
CUBA: Black Women Rap Against Discrimination (IPS)
“Society shuts its ears and doesn’t want to listen, it shuts its eyes and doesn’t [...]
Posted by: emagineitall on: August 14, 2007
Via no snow here I found a fascinating article that helps me illustrate the importance of context to race, ethnicity and discrimination. It is also a good opportunity to introduce the black-white continuum* and the importance of recognizing (shades of) diversity on a greater scale.
In Arabs and the Racial Lessons of 9/11 Carol Chehade discusses [...]
Posted by: emagineitall on: August 12, 2007
Earlier this week a Dutch friend told me his father needed an “American voice” to promote a product he’s trying to introduce into The Netherlands and asked if I could help out. “Sure, why not. Have him call me.” The product is an oven mitt with a magnet in it (ha ha, one more gimmick [...]
