A 15-year-old Georgia Girl’s Nightmare

Lidiane Carmo woke up in a Florida hospital bed with IVs in her frail arm and did not remember how or why she got there. Shortly after, Carmo learned that she was the only survivor of a tragic car accident that claimed the lives of several other passengers, including both of her parents and only sister.  She was returning home from a three-day church-related conference in Florida when her vehicle (a church van) was impacted in a multiple-car collision that was caused by a thick fog of smoke.

The devastating news was accompanied with a surprising discovery: she is undocumented and therefore not a legal citizen of the United States. Earlier this week, it was reported by many news outlets that she was at risk of being deported back to Brazil after being released from the Florida hospital. Brazil is a place that Carmo has not been to for more than 12 years.

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Lashunda

Newark Mayor Cory Booker Slams Gov. Chris Christie

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been a perennial flavor-of-the-week for the Republican Party since winning his seat in 2009. The charismatic governor’s name was tossed around as potential Republican presidential nominee throughout the last year.

Since last week, his comments on marriage equality have him in hot water. When asked whether the New Jersey state legislature should pass a law legalizing marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, the governor did what all politicians do best: he passed the buck.

Guess what Cory Booker had to say?

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Sarah Stern

1 SLAVE + 2 SLAVES = 3 SLAVES

I was talking to a female activist in South L.A. who told me about a blog she read about a racist math problems teachers gave to some third grade Georgia students in Gwinnett County. The majority of the school was hispanic and black but the teachers who had issued the test were white.

This is insane. I can’t believe in 2012 society is still so racist. I thought Dr. King and other activists fought against this in the ’60s.

I really think those teachers need to be fired for even thinking of such horrible math problems.

Check this link out to see the homework the students were given.

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LaNisha

#NewMusic: Saigon “Preacher”

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was a teacher and a leader, something we are still lacking in our communities. Every year this day passes, we are reminded of what we should require from our figureheads in positions of leadership.

In honor of MLK day, Saigon goes in on specific preachers in organizations/churches whose primary focus is profiting as opposed to prophet-ing.

However, I do understand the need for church members to pay for their membership [tithing]. Whether you believe it or not, church is a business that should flourish like everything else, but we adopt the “It’s God’s house, let him pay the bill” mentality. Some of these dudes are preaching what they aren’t living so don’t get got in the giving!

Jump to [LISTEN] to Saigon

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DJWillieShakes

I See You Strapped Up…

I see you strapped up
ready to let your pistol loose
Jump out boys
In the black navi taking pictures
Life’s a marathon
young soldier, not a race.

What you need to do
is slow down your pace
and just listen
Ya missin the whole world
Settling for chump change
That shyt is Crumbs
And what’s even more strange

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CJ