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From 1621 to 2020: How media power created “Thanksgiving”

The Thanksgiving myth is deeply harmful to the Wampanoag people. Here’s how media power helped set it in motion. Wampanoags today remember the Pilgrims’ entry to their homeland as a day of deep mourning. So how did we get “Thanksgiving?” Well, white-controlled media power played a huge role. Truthfully, all we know about the meal known as “the First Thanksgiving” in 1621 comes from a couple of paragraphs written…

Thanksgiving

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From 1621 to 2020: How media power created “Thanksgiving”
From 1621 to 2020: How media power created “Thanksgiving”
Thanksgiving

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Human Parts

·Jun 15, 2020

How to Honor Black Liberation on Juneteenth

This holiday demands a deep engagement with American history and anti-Black oppression. Anything less is an insult. — I was born on June 19, 1982. My birthday falls on the Black liberation holiday known as “Juneteenth,” a fact that has always felt inspiring and meaningful to me. Now, on the eve of my 38th Juneteenth, uprisings against racism are sweeping the globe, sparked by the video of the…

Juneteenth

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How to Honor Black Liberation on Juneteenth
How to Honor Black Liberation on Juneteenth
Juneteenth

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May 1, 2020

Amazon isn’t just an evil company. It’s THE evil company.

Today is International Workers’ Day 2020, also known as May Day, and there’s a massive boycott that’s been organized against companies like Amazon, Target, Instacart, Whole Foods and more. I’m always down for workers’ rights, and yet this boycott gave me a moment’s pause. With the emergence of COVID-19, delivery…

Amazon

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On May Day 2020, Amazon isn’t just an evil company. It’s THE evil company.
On May Day 2020, Amazon isn’t just an evil company. It’s THE evil company.
Amazon

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May 1, 2020

“If you get pregnant, strap that baby on your back and keep going.”

Ew, mom. “Well. I’m just saying!” My mom started giving me really straightforward life advice when I was about 12 or 13 years old. Most folks in my hometown Columbia, South Carolina, were preaching abstinence and so-called virginity. But Pat saw things differently. “I watch you get out of this…

Feminism

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If you get pregnant, strap that baby on your back and keep going.
If you get pregnant, strap that baby on your back and keep going.
Feminism

3 min read

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Collette Watson

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