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Diapo tous mes tableaux par S.Tobal (by sophie tolos)

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:06:38 +0100

Diapo tous mes tableaux par S.Tobal (by sophie tolos)

Waterproof Résurrection chapitre 17 (by alfrednonyme)

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:54:57 +0000

Waterproof Résurrection chapitre 17 (by alfrednonyme)

nevver: World War Something

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:01:55 +0000

nevver:

World War Something

robot-heart-politics: freedominwickedness: lolanbuhainsevilla: ...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:59:54 +0000

robot-heart-politics:

freedominwickedness:

lolanbuhainsevilla:

IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY: During World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt pledged that Filipinos who fight for the United States will be granted citizenship and military benefits. As a result, over 200,000 Filipinos fought side by side with American soldiers during World War II. Shortly after the war ended, that promise was taken back with the Recission Act of 1946. It was not until 2009 when President Obama signed a bill that would give Filipino World War II veterans a lump sum compensation of $15K ($9K for those living in the Philippines) to the less than 18,000 veterans who are still alive today. Yes, such an amount is not commensurate to the benefits they missed out on for over 50 years, but yet to this day a majority of them still have not received such meager compensation. So, LET US REMEMBER THE FILIPINO VETERANS WHO WERE NOT ONLY VICTIMS OF WORLD WAR II, BUT ALSO VICTIMS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM.

To clarify the details: since the Phillipines were a commonwealth of the United States during World War II, Filipino soldiers were considered American nationals, but not American citizens. For their service, they were promised full citizenship and the same benefits as regular U.S. soldiers.

However, the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established specifically as a transition step towards Philippine independence. Under the Philippine Independence Act of 1934, the United States agreed to recognize the Philippines as a sovereign nation after a ten-year transition period. This was only partially derailed by the Japanese conquest and occupation of the Philippines, and the Phillipines were formally granted independence from the United States on 4 July 1946.

The Recission Act of 1946 withdrew the promised benefits for Filipino veterans, in exchange for a two hundred million dollar payment from the United States to the newly formed Philippine government, which is not mentioned in the OP. Corrected for inflation, that’s $2.3 billion in present-day dollars. While racism was absolutely a factor here, it’s also true that giving Filipino veterans U.S. citizenship while at the same time granting the Philippines independence from U.S. occupation would have been nonsensical.

I disagree. The plan for independence was enacted 7 years before the promise was made to Filipino soldiers, and if independence would interfere with keeping that promise, it should never have been made. Furthermore, World War II ended 10 months before independence was granted, and the $200 million payout was made to the government for other reasons, not for or to the soldiers themselves. The payout to the then-new Philippines government in no way comprised compensation for the promise made to Filipino soldiers who fought for the US. It was just an easy excuse to get out of granting 200,000 non-white veterans access to the same rights and benefits of white veterans.

Filipinos were never US citizens, so if the promise was to give citizenship to non-citizens, I don’t see why it would matter whether the Philippines was a commonwealth or a sovereign nation. There were many ways this could have been handled, including giving Filipino veterans a period of time to opt to be US citizens or citizens of the Philippines.

When you consider that non-white veterans who were already citizens also faced significant barriers to being able to use their GI Bill benefits, it’s only more clear that this promise was broken due to racism.

photojojo: Light painting doesn’t get much better than these...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:59:52 +0000

photojojo:

Light painting doesn’t get much better than these magical photos by Simon Berger.

BONUS! Check out our DIY guide to light painting with steel wool.

Some of the Best Steel Wool Light Painting We’ve Seen

via Notcot

Photo

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:59:48 +0000

nevver: Word on the Street

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:58:15 +0000

nevver:

Word on the Street

tastefullyoffensive: [via]

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:58:11 +0000

tastefullyoffensive:

[via]

nevver: Editions of you

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:23:04 +0000

nevver:

Editions of you

photojojo: A Netherlands-based artist by the name of Marinus is...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:16:41 +0000

photojojo:

A Netherlands-based artist by the name of Marinus is cranking out some of the best nature GIFs we’ve seen. He takes short excerpts from wildlife films and loops them in Photoshop.

While turning footage of animals into short animations isn’t anything new, can you believe how fluid these are?

Not Your Average Animal GIFs

via Colossal

ruineshumaines: Volcano Eruption of Eyjafjallajökul by Gunnar...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:15:59 +0000

ruineshumaines:

Volcano Eruption of Eyjafjallajökul by Gunnar Gestur Geirmundsson.

l-ours: J’ai retrouvé le fils caché de Nafissatou Diallo et...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:13:48 +0000

l-ours:

J’ai retrouvé le fils caché de Nafissatou Diallo et DSK, le portrait craché de son père !

nevver: Peanuts

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:13:20 +0000

nevver:

Peanuts

nevver: Staring at the Sun

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:40:06 +0100

nevver:

Staring at the Sun

afroboheme: Poverty rates are higher for women than men. Women...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:38:54 +0100

afroboheme:

Poverty rates are higher for women than men.

Women are poorer than men in all racial and ethnic groups.

Black and Latina women face particularly high rates of poverty.

Only a quarter of all adult women (age 18 and older) with incomes below the poverty line are single mothers.

Elderly women are far more likely to be poor than elderly men.

Poverty rates for males and females are the same throughout childhood, but increase for women during their childbearing years and again in old age.

Women are paid less than men, even when they have the same qualifications and work the same hours.

Women are segregated into low paying occupations, and occupations dominated by women are low paid.

Women spend more time providing unpaid caregiving than men.

Women are more likely to bear the costs of raising children.

Pregnancy affects women’s work and educational opportunities more than men’s.

Domestic and sexual violence can push women into a cycle of poverty.

Source

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Wow… these stats are chilling.

patagonie ...

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:28:00 +0100

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blanc et noir ...

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:55:00 +0100

ruineshumaines: Professor Niels-Ole Bo Johansen of the Royal...

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:45:19 +0100

ruineshumaines:

Professor Niels-Ole Bo Johansen of the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark. (by Nikolaj Lund)

nevver: Signs of affection

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:45:07 +0100

nevver:

Signs of affection

nevver: Unterwegs

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:40:26 +0100

nevver:

Unterwegs