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Hace 12 horas · A white farmer from northern Minnesota is claiming victory after the dismissal of his federal discrimination lawsuit that spurred the legislature to change the eligibility language for a state ...
Hace 2 días · The Port William stories allow Berry to explore the human dimensions of the decline of the family farm and farm community under the influence of expanding post-World War II agribusiness. But these works rarely fall into simple didacticism, and are never merely tales of decline.
Hace 1 día · Like so many who suffer this horror David kept his abuse secret. Doing so, he believes, allowed him to build that successful city life … but at a terrible price that very nearly claimed his life. David’s story was portrayed movingly in the 2020 film Sulphur and White named after the butterfly that become a symbol of hope for David.
Hace 18 horas · He specifically cites John Howard Griffin’s 1961’s Black Like Me, in which the white author recounts darkening his skin with an anti-vitiligo drug in order to understand racial strife in the ...
Hace 5 días · Structural violence. Another term for “all that’s wrong with the world” is structural violence. Farmer describes this as “ a broad rubric that includes a host of offensives against human dignity: extreme and relative poverty, social inequalities ranging from racism to gender inequality, and the more spectacular forms of violence that are uncontestably human rights abuses. ” 1 ...
Hace 5 días · Canadian journalist Sam Forster, who is white, is facing a storm of criticism for self-publishing a book after he “disguised” himself as a Black man to travel in various U.S. cities. Several ...
Hace 5 días · The primary concern with fall webworms is their effect on trees. They chew on the leaves, which can cause some damage, but generally, healthy trees can withstand this defoliation. The presence of ...
