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1) she’s a physician

2) she was the first person in canadian history to defeat a sitting prime minister (kim campbell) on their first whack at office

More aboriginal women across Quebec are speaking out about what they say is physical and sexual abuse at the hands of provincial police officers.

Aboriginal women’s claims of police sex abuse under investigation

Enquête investigation into Val-d'Or (English)

The women — who hail from places such as Schefferville and Maniwaki — say they wanted to share their own experiences after Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête aired a story in November about aboriginal women in Val-d'Or alleging they were sexually assaulted by Sûreté du Québec officers over a period of two decades.

Following the report, then public safety minister Lise Thériault handed investigation of the allegations to the Montreal police.

Pam Oliver, a professor in the UW-Madison sociology department, explaining the historical roots of racism in the United States to her undergraduate students (mostly middle-class and White).  I try to use this when I teach race now, too, to get past the defensive “but why are you BLAMING ME” reaction. (via cabell)

THIS. THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS.

To all the white people who say that they shouldn’t have responsibility in racism because they’re ancestors and not them who participated in slavery, think about this!

(via iamabutchsolo)

Especially if you refuse to plant any more trees.