25 June 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Is Zero Tolerance Racist?

Almost everyone has heard of the zero tolerance policies many schools use. By these policies there is no warnings, no sympathy, and no extenuating circumstances. Any and all violations result in the harshest punishment available. Too often this results in ridiculous punishments. Like the straight A student being suspended for taking her birth control.
But could [...]

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09 November 2008 ~ 4 Comments

A Little Sunday Morning Racism

In honor of the guy at the laundry mat this morning who told me that he never married because one day he caught his fiance with a *disgusted face* black man (as if the color of skin of the man she was having an affair with means anything to the fact that she was having [...]

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11 April 2008 ~ 1 Comment

On Whiteness and Women

I’m a woman and I’m poor.
Together that often leads to a double dose of being shit on. In politics, in society, in most people’s ideas being a porn woman means I’m about 75% worthless. But, being a WHITE poor woman is a walk in the park compared to being a poor woman with any kind [...]

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