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On the brink of a successful showing of The Marshall Movie this past weekend, Chadwick Boseman, the star of The Marshall Movie took advantage of the buzz and posted the new trailer for the February 2018 release of one of the most anticipated movies of next year, Black Panther.

Black Panther takes place in a fairy tale nation of Wakanda, located on African continent. T’Challa (played by Boseman), after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. The star-studded, melanin filled cast includes Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, LupitaNyong’o, Michael B. Jordan and a long list of other Hollywood talent.

Check out the trailer

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The conversation about rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment turned topsy turvy after Mayim Bialik, the actress who’s best known as Blossom, wrote a piece for the NY Times titled, Being a Feminist in Harvey Weinstein’s World.In Mayim’s op-ed she has some dangerous opinions, almost as if she is alluding to the fact that prettier girls need to take more responsibility about not getting harassed or assaulted.

Bailik says things like: “I have decided that my sexual self is best reserved for private situations with those I am most intimate with. I dress modestly. I don’t act flirtatiously with men as a policy.”I-Dress-Modestly? I-Don’t-Flirt? Oh really Blossom? The piece was uncomfortable to read at times, especially from a woman who has a doctorate in neuroscience and is still a successful actress in Hollywood. One would believe that a person with this much experience in the entertainment industry and intelligence would never bring up a woman’s clothing in association with her being placed in a compromising, dangerous position. Mayim went on with her awkward ramblings:

“In a perfect world, women should be free to act however they want. But our world isn’t perfect. Nothing — absolutely nothing — excuses men for assaulting or abusing women. But we can’t be naive about the culture we live in.”

In reading Mayim Bialik’s article, the actress seemed to be trying to cleverly talk around the issue of what she really wanted to say. As an industry vet, she along with many others knew that Weinstein was basically a creep; and instead of Mayim making any accusations toward the predator, she instead placed the responsibility on the prey – making it seem like these women should have known not to be in his company, not to go around him, and not to flirt with him. Just check out this “love advice” video from Courtney Love in 2005:

Mayim, in her attempt not to mention Weinstein in her opinion piece, missed the mark in her feministic view of a woman’s right to do and be whatever she wants to be in Hollywood, without the threat of being assaulted.

In pure Twitter fashion, women were quick to let Mayim Bialik know what they thought about her journalistic contribution to the NY Times:

On Sunday, Twitter users continued the conversation with the use of the viral hashtag #MeToo. Users decided to take action and share their tragic and brave stories of sexual assault, harassment, and attempted assaults in order to let other women and men know that they are not alone, its ok, and it is not your fault if you are a victim. Even Gabrielle Union had to let Mayim Bialik know that her rape occurred as a young girl, and she was fully dressed at the time (so your outfits don’t matter when it comes to sexual assault):

Here are some interesting statistics about rape, sexual harassment, and sexual assault:

  • 1 in 6 women, and 1 in 33 men have been the victims of rape or attempted rape.
  • There are 293,000 victims of sexual violence every year in the United States.
  • Only 3% of rapist ever spend time in jail.
  • 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college.
  • Rape victims who go to the ER are forced to pay an average of $1000 in hospital bills.

On Saturday, Bialk responded to the blacklash she received after her op-ed piece went viral:

“I’m being told my N.Y. Times piece resonated with so many and I am grateful for all the feedback. I also see a bunch of people have taken my words out of context of the Hollywood machine and twisted them to imply that God forbid I would blame a woman for her assault based on clothing or behavior. Anyone who knows me and my feminism knows that’s absurd and not at all what this piece was about.”

Sorry Blossom, but until you can call out Harvey Weinstein in the same manner you called out those “young girls with doe eyes and pouty lips who spoke in a high register”, you know – the prettier girls in Hollywood; you will continue to miss the mark in your messages regarding rape culture, especially in the entertainment industry.

To the women and men brave enough to share their #MeToo stories on social mediai – we stand with you. If you are a person who needs help, contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline number is 1-800-656-HOPE.

Sources

RAINN

SAAPM

My Sister’s Place

Broadly.vice.com

NY Times

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In the 1800s, the Canadian government and Canadian churches did what many Europeans have a long history of doing, they removed Native Indigenous Canadians from their perspective tribes because the government believed they needed to become “better assimilated”.

The country’s government decided to take these Native children away from their families and create schools where they were banned from speaking their native tongue. They were forced to dress like North Americans and taught what kids in North American schools would learn.

Many years later, research found what we already knew was a hard and obvious truth, the Canadian government and churches had a goal to rid these young people of their Aboriginal culture. On the site,http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca,you can find the following from Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who wrote an official apology in 2008:

“Two primary objectives of the residential school system were to remove and isolate children from the influence of their homes, families, traditions and cultures, and to assimilate them into the dominant culture. These objectives were based on the assumption Aboriginal cultures and spiritual beliefs were inferior and unequal. Indeed, some sought, as it was infamously said, “to kill the Indian in the child.” Today, we recognize that this policy of assimilation was wrong, has caused great harm, and has no place in our country.“

The schools were shut down in the 50s, however the government and churches still allowed Native children to be removed from their families, if they believed they could have “better” lives with other families. This became known at the Sixties Scoopand many believe that at least 20,000 children were removed from their homes. Over the years, many of those children were placed in loving homes, while others were placed in homes where they were treated as slaves, and experienced physical and sexual abuse. A report published by The Aboriginal Committee of the Family and Children’s Services Legislation Review Panel reported:

“Even the best of these homes are not healthy places for our children. Anglo-Canadian foster parents are not culturally equipped to create an environment in which a positive Aboriginal self-image can develop. In many cases, our children are taught to demean those things about themselves that are Aboriginal.”

With all of these findings and after years of research and pressure, the Canadian government has decided to give the children who were kidnapped from their families reparations, totaling an amount of $800 million. If fewer than 20,000 claim these funds, each person will receive $50,000; and if more than 20,000 make a claim, each individual will receive $25,000.

Of course no amount of money will ever make up for the atrocities these children faced, but at least the Canadian government is trying to make amends. Hopefully more governments around the world will begin to understand the long-term affects that ethnic cleansing and removal has had on generations of people of color across the globe. Though $25,000 or a $50,000 payout will not replace Native Aboriginal culture, the hope with that these children will be able to remedy some of the affects of being separated from their culture, and use this money to rebuild and bring attention to the importance of the original people who were here in North America.

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If you, or your child are covered under the CHIP for healthcare, for the first time in the program’s history, Congress missed the deadline to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Chip was created in 1997, during the Clinton administration, and provided coverage for children in families with low and moderate incomes. It also covers pregnant women and was instrumental in lowering the number of kids who were uninsured.

Congress recently allowed the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to expire, affecting approximately 9 million children. If Congress does not restore this funding soon, we will see children across the country become unable to visit their doctor for routine checkups, immunizations and other services.

CHIP services include: Checkups, Immunizations, Doctors visits, Prescriptions, Dental Care, Vision Care, Inpatient/Outpatient Hospital Care, Lab/X-ray services, and Emergency visits.

Families have been able to save money, which varies from state to state, but most families did not have to pay more than 5% of the family’s income per year for CHIP services. Routine doctor and dentist vists are free under this program. Working families are increasingly relying on CHIP services due to the increased costs of healthcare.

Researchers are predicting that three states and Washington, DC will run out of CHIP money by the end of December. Also, they believe that the majority of states will run out of funds by March 2018.

In a series of tweets, Hillary Clinton urged congress to renew the CHIP program. Clinton was the first lady when this program was established and championed the passing of CHIP through congress.

What should we do now? Call congress to reestablish CHIP.202-224-3121

source: The Hill

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Since The United States of America is currently lacking in leadership, sound judgement, and morality – we had to officially call in the troops.

The United States and Caribbean islands have been torn apart by three category 5 hurricanes within the past 2 months. Getting aid to some of these areas has been challenging, especially in the Caribbean where there are logistical blocks, along with political blocks. Today, we learned that Donald Trump denied Puerto Rico’s request to waive the Jones Act, which it did for Harvey and Imra in Texas and Florida. This denial keeps a restriction on help in getting supplies to storm victims.

The Jones Act Limits shipping between foreign coasts to U.S. flagged vessels, but typically during the wake of tragic storms, the government will occasionally issue a temporary waiver to allow cheaper, tax free, more readily available foreign ships. Only this time, when it came to our family in Cuba, Trump and the American government did not agree that a temporary waiver would help.

But just as Americans started to get pissed off, in rode the cavalry – Presidents Carter, Obama, Clinton, Bush Sr., and Bush Jr. urged Americans to continue to donate. A Tweet from President Obama lit up Twitter, letting us know they are expanding their Hurricane relief efforts to Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Island.

So, while that guy that sits in the White House worries about ratings and NFL players, our former, living Presidents of the United States have stepped up to do what Americans do best – help those in need.

PLEASE DONATE TO HURRICANE VICTIMS – Click HERE

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