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Rosa Parks, Revisited by Charles M. Blow

A snippet near the end:

When Parks died in 2005, Theoharis says, “The Rosa Parks who surfaced in the deluge of public commentary was, in nearly every account, characterized as ‘quiet.’ ‘Humble,’ ‘dignified,’ and ‘soft-spoken,’ she was ‘not angry’ and ‘never raised her voice.’ ”

Parks, like many other Americans who over the years have angrily agitated for change in this country, had been sanitized and sugarcoated for easy consumption.

As Theoharis writes: “Held up as a national heroine but stripped of her lifelong history of activism and anger at American injustice, the Parks who emerged was a self-sacrificing mother figure for a nation who would use her death for a ritual of national redemption.”

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Protest in Arizona for Mexico's Soccer Match

The group known as Tonatierra movement will set up the posts before tomorrows match between Mexico and Denmark. A member by the name Salvador Reza indicated that signs will be posted informing the attendees that they're assisting in the deportation of illegal immigrants by attending the match in Glendale, Arizona. If anyone should be held accountable it should be the Mexican Federation of Futbol. Why would they host a friendly match, in arguably, the most anti-immigrant state in the United States.

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Sports Kid of the Year 2012

Kudos to my brother in law for this story.

Uruguay's Mujica Discusses Sustainable Development

"pobre no es el que tiene poco, pobre es el que necesita mucho" - Mujica

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Huell Howser Will be Missed

Howser took his viewers to parks, museums, libraries, historic landmarks and any other place he found interesting. He would visit these places and conduct informal—but thorough—on the spot interviews. One week you could be watching Howser exploring Frank Sinatra’s house in Palm Springs and the next week he’d be in the Tehachapi Mountains visiting The Cesar Chavez Foundation.

“California’s Gold” ran for 18-seasons and started out the same year that California voters approved Proposition 187, the 1994 anti-immigrant measure introduced in response to the state’s changing demographics.

The show started at a time when the state was divided but “California’s Gold” still went in to a diverse set of communities and highlighted our differences so we could better understand each other and find similar interests.

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600 Guitarists Playing Tribute To India Rape Victim

"More than 600 guitarists in Darjeeling performed a singalong of John Lennon's Imagine in tribute to the gang rape victim whose death has stirred the nation."

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A New Year, A New Tradition

This year I want to start a new tradition on my blog. I'm going to post a story that's both newsworthy and heartwarming. It may go unnoticed by our traditional media sources but I feel like it will be worth reminiscing by the end of 2013. We're bombarded with horrible and tragic news every day, I'd like to counter that with something that sheds some good light on humanity.

That is all.

Thanks for stopping by, strangers that I know not of.

-F.O. Jr. III

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