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land-of-propaganda:

Everything we know about VonDerrit Myers Jr.

  1. VonDerrit Myers was 18-years-old when he was shot at #16times, on Wednesday, 7:30pm, 10/08/2014.
  2. The officer that shot him was OFF-DUTY at the time of the killing. He was also wearing his St. Louis Police Department uniform.
  3. The police stated that VonDerrit Myers had a gun on him at the time of the shooting. Eyewitness accounts debate that. We do know the St. Louis Police Department has tried to plant a gun on ANOTHER young black man THIS YEAR. The store manager of says VonDerrit bought a sandwich and DID NOT have a gun.
  4. The police also stated that he jumped out of some bushes
    , but we now know that
    there were NO BUSHES.
  5. The fatal shot was in VonDerrit’s right cheek, he was also shot 6-7 times below his waist.
  6. We now know VonDerrit Myers was a father.
progressiveauspol
progressiveauspol: The Hazara man above was reportedly kidnapped and tortured after being deported from Australia in August. Despite this Scott Morrison says he will not intervene in the further deportation of ethnic Hazaras. Words cannot even describe how angry I am. News like this should not be a blip on the news cycle. This should not be seen as the norm. We need to change the conversation.  Person by person dispel the malicious rhetoric and myths surrounding asylum seekers. We need to arm ourselves with facts. The arguments for a compassionate asylum seeker policy are overwhelming: Over 90% of asylum seekers coming by boat are found to be genuine refugees and not economic migrants. We spend over 3.5 billion per year keeping them away when it would be cheaper to welcome them with open arms.We are not being flooded with refugees coming . More than 32x the number arrive by plane claiming asylum than by boat. Over 2013-14 we received 7,000 asylum seekers by boat. For Syrian war refugees alone, Turkey took in 1.6 million, Lebanon took in 1.17 million , Jordan 606,000, Germany 40,000, Sweden 17,000. Gaza decimated by war and poverty took in 1000 refugees. Australia gets nothing in comparison to the rest of the world. Asylum seekers are not country hopping for refuge. Transit countries like Indonesia and Malaysia are not signatories to the Refugee convention. Living in these places are hell. They could be returned back at any time, they are not allowed to work and only receive support from charities that are already overworked and under-resourced. Many stay for years in a state of limbo and fear unable to support their family. Refugees are not a security risk and they all undergo a security clearance before becoming a part of our community. Refugees do not cause problems nor will they threaten our way of life. History shows us that each generation of refugees, from the Italians to the Vietnamese, integrate successfully into our country. Nothing is better for our country than a group of resourceful and resilient people who want to make a better life for themselves.  I know our country can do better because its has done so before. Our response to Vietnamese refugees in the 70s was not to close our borders but bipartisan support from both the major parties to settle refugees. It was not the vote grabbing xenophobic cruel policy it is today. Shitty cruel policies do not have to be the status quo.

progressiveauspol:

The Hazara man above was reportedly kidnapped and tortured after being deported from Australia in August. Despite this Scott Morrison says he will not intervene in the further deportation of ethnic Hazaras. Words cannot even describe how angry I am. News like this should not be a blip on the news cycle. This should not be seen as the norm.

We need to change the conversation.  Person by person dispel the malicious rhetoric and myths surrounding asylum seekers. We need to arm ourselves with facts. The arguments for a compassionate asylum seeker policy are overwhelming:

Over 90% of asylum seekers coming by boat are found to be genuine refugees and not economic migrants. We spend over 3.5 billion per year keeping them away when it would be cheaper to welcome them with open arms.We are not being flooded with refugees coming . More than 32x the number arrive by plane claiming asylum than by boat. Over 2013-14 we received 7,000 asylum seekers by boat. For Syrian war refugees alone, Turkey took in 1.6 million, Lebanon took in 1.17 million , Jordan 606,000, Germany 40,000, Sweden 17,000. Gaza decimated by war and poverty took in 1000 refugees. Australia gets nothing in comparison to the rest of the world.

Asylum seekers are not country hopping for refuge. Transit countries like Indonesia and Malaysia are not signatories to the Refugee convention. Living in these places are hell. They could be returned back at any time, they are not allowed to work and only receive support from charities that are already overworked and under-resourced. Many stay for years in a state of limbo and fear unable to support their family. Refugees are not a security risk and they all undergo a security clearance before becoming a part of our community. Refugees do not cause problems nor will they threaten our way of life. History shows us that each generation of refugees, from the Italians to the Vietnamese, integrate successfully into our country. Nothing is better for our country than a group of resourceful and resilient people who want to make a better life for themselves.

 I know our country can do better because its has done so before. Our response to Vietnamese refugees in the 70s was not to close our borders but bipartisan support from both the major parties to settle refugees. It was not the vote grabbing xenophobic cruel policy it is today. Shitty cruel policies do not have to be the status quo.

theappleppielifestyle

mizulily:

Hi guys, I felt like I should really share this experience with you. Recently I decided to conduct something of a…social experiment.

The first photo is of me in casual wear. It’s pretty mismatched. I was wearing my pajama top over my tee and had black pants on. My hairs messed up and everything. I look unprofessional, and it’s intended.

I took a walk through an inner city neighbourhood of Brisbane. I asked the police for directions to the library. I bought a krispy kreme doughnut from the 7 11. I went inside the mall and was asked to try free samples several times. I bought the first volume from SnK from Angus and Robert’s. I wasn’t treated any differently, the reactions were warm and friendly. My outfit didn’t effect anything at all.

The second image is me in a salwaar. The hair took effort to get into curls. (Sorry, the mirror was foggy) I had a bit of make up on. I looked good. The outfit was ironed and it looked much better than the previous one. I went to the same shops an hour later. Asked the same guard where the library was. Bought another krispy kreme.

The reactions were totally different. There were no thank you’s. No one asked me to try a sample. The guard was annoyed. When I went into the bookstore the lady at the register followed me around the whole time. When I bought a copy of ‘The storyteller’ by Jodi Picoult, she asked me if I had enough money with me before she scanned it.

I am a fourteen year old girl who has lived overseas for three years. Never have I faced such blatant discrimination.

What is this supposed to mean? You’re good to go as long as you don’t embrace your traditional values? Is this why south Asian girls are embarrassed to wear their saris and salwaars in the open? Is this why we refuse to wear our bindi and play the harmonium? Is this why we think it’s better to be well spoken in English that Bangla, Urdu, or Hindi.

When white people embrace my traditional values, they’re open minded. When I do it, I’m suddenly a nuisance. I’m automatically expected to not be well spoken. I’m automatically a suspect for shop lifting.

Think about that.