Like George Floyd, This Man Was Arrested For Using A Counterfeit Bill—But Says White Privilege Saved His Life — befarmed.wordpress.com

A college professor shared his experience getting arrested for using a counterfeit $20 bill—and believes that while it was a “death sentence” for George Floyd, he’s still alive due to white privilege—in a tweet that was the most-liked and most-shared on Twitter this week, according to data from social media tracking firm NewsWhip. Archeology professor […]

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Her Name Is Breanna Taylor, by Fred Reed — Russia News Now

This will be a disoriented essay. These are disorienting times. Perhaps the reader should prepare himself with a double shot of Wild Turkey throat sanitizer, or a doob. I am still getting mail saying that Floyd’s death was due to underlying conditions. I see. By purest coincidence, he died of natural causes while hand-cuffed, face […]

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The Privilege of Kindness — THE OBSESSIVE WRITER

Countless birthday candles and shooting stars, I was raised to dream endlessly, Believe that nothing was beyond the realms of possibility. Perhaps that is what my love for stargazing was born of, Opportunities to make wishes; Stroll down the path of life without dismissals. Growing up with everything you wish for, Makes it mundane to […]

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As lockdown eases, reviving entertainment industry will be a challenge in pandemic — groundreport.in

In a conversation with Ground Report, actors Adil Hussain, Piyush Mishra, and filmmaker Mudassar Aziz talk about the challenges ahead. Anurag Singh Bohara | New Delhi The coronavirus pandemic has affected every walk of life, one of the worst-hit has been the entertainment industry. With actors confined to their homes, sets abandoned, cinemas shut the […]

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#RainbowSnippets: Wind Me Up, One More Time — inspirationcauldron

Welcome to Rainbow Snippets! Every Saturday or Sunday, those participating post and share six sentences of LGBTQIA+ fiction on their blogs. It can be your own. It can be someone else’s. It just needs to be LGBTQIA+. To read a wide variety of samples from LGBTQIA+ stories, go to… https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets/?ref=group_header This will be my last […]

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