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Post by Andre Terry.

American Racism and Racialism Stereotype

American people in general may be portrayed as racist or racialist, often discriminating against their minorities. Racism was a significant issue of American history and is still relevant today. According to Albert Einstein, racism is America’s “worst disease”. America is argued to be a “color-blind” society, but the extent of discrimination and prejudice among Americans are still controversial. When comparing attitudes and behaviors towards racism, there is a clear discrepancy between what people say, and do. Racialized society, racial classification, and the concept of race is a part of the American culture, where it is frequently used in political contexts. Historical racism continues to be reflected in socioeconomic inequality, and has taken on more modern, indirect forms of expression, most prevalently symbolic racism. Many people in the U.S. maintain some prejudices against other races.

"Don't Call Me That"

So I was having a conversation with my 8 year-old son. He just reminds of the kind of person that is all about world peace. He did a piece for President's Day this year I was so proud of him.

So my son say "why do people call themselves black when they are brown. I tell people don't call me black, call me brown.
So I asked "what do you call other friends that are light and dark?"
He said:  If they are light I call them white, yellow, tan, or mocha.  If they are dark there are a lot of shades of brown. There's coffee, brown, caramel, chocolate.


What can you do when your 8 year old sees the world as it actually is versus what they want you to think it is? (He believes in a peaceful world where racism will not exist.  The sad part is he know it is chaotic and needs improvement.)

I teach him to be bugger than you are and help people out.  Be there. Be compassionate. And I applaud his efforts for a more humble world. Who knows... he may be the one to actually make a difference that sticks around an eternity.

He is the Yang to my Yin.  

 

My Top 5 Mark Twain Quotes

5.  The lack of money is the root of all evil.

4.  A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

3.  Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

2.  Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

1.  Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

Word of Today Day 18

reciprocity

n. mutual exchange of privileges between states, nations, businesses or individuals. In regard to lawyers, reciprocity refers to recognizing the license of an attorney from another state without the necessity of taking the local state's bar examination. Such reciprocity is seldom granted now, since many large states refuse to give it.

Astroturfing Word of the Day 3/26/14

Astroturfing is the practice of masking the sponsors of a message (e.g. political, advertising, religious or public relations) to make it appear as though it originates from grassroots participant(s). It is intended to give the statements more credibility by withholding information about the source's financial connection. The term astroturfing is a derivation of AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to look like natural grass, a play on the word "grassroots".  

Grassroots Movement

What is Grassroots Movement

A grassroots movement (often referenced in the context of a political movement) is driven by a community's politics. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures. Grassroots movements are often at the local level, as many volunteers in the community give their time to support the local party, which can lead to helping the national party. For instance, a grassroots movement can lead to significant voter registration for a political party, which in turn helps the state and national parties. 


History

The earliest origins of the use of "grass roots" as a political metaphor are obscure. In the United States, an early use of the phrase "grassroots and boots" was thought to have been coined bySenator Albert Jeremiah Beveridge of Indiana, who said of the Progressive Party in 1912, "This party has come from the grass roots. It has grown from the soil of people's hard necessities".

In a 1907 newspaper article about Ed Perry, vice-chairman of the Oklahoma state committee, the phrase was used as follows: "In regard to his political views Mr. Perry has issued the following terse platform: 'I am for a square deal, grass root representation, for keeping close to the people, against ring rule and for fair treatment.'" A 1903 news article on a campaign for possible Theodore Roosevelt running mate Eli Torrance quotes a Kansas political organizer as saying: "Roosevelt and Torrance clubs will be organized in every locality. We will begin at the grass roots".  

Nonprofit Organization

A nonprofit corporation is any legal entity which has been incorporated under the law of its jurisdiction for purposes other than making profits for its owners or shareholders. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction, a nonprofit corporation may seek official recognition as such, and may be taxed differently from for-profit corporations, and treated differently in other ways.


There are a few different kinds of nonprofit corporations. 

I will describe 3:

• Religious Corporation
• Public-Benefit Nonprofit Corporation
• Mutual-Benefit Nonprofit Corporation

A public-benefit nonprofit corporation is a type of nonprofit corporation chartered by a state government, and organized primarily or exclusively for social, educational, recreational or charitable purposes by like-minded citizens. Public-benefit nonprofit corporations are distinct in the law from mutual-benefit nonprofit corporations in that they are organized for the general public benefit, rather than for the interest of its members. They are also distinct in the law from religious corporations.

A religious corporation is a nonprofit corporation organized to promote religious purposes. Often these types of corporations are recognized under the law on a sub-national level, for instance by a state or province government. The government agency responsible for regulating such corporations is usually the official holder of records, for instance a state Secretary of State. Religious corporations are formed like all other nonprofit corporations by filing articles of incorporation with the state. Religious corporation articles need to have the standard tax exempt language the IRS requires. 

Religious corporations are subject to less rigorous state and federal filing and reporting requirements than many other tax-exempt organizations, such as mutual benefit nonprofit corporations, or public benefit nonprofit corporations. Depending on the state in which they are located, they may also be exempt from some of the inspections or regulations governing non-religious groups performing the same services. Religious corporations are permitted to designate a person to act in the capacity of corporation sole*.  This is a person who acts as the official holder of title on property, etc. 

A mutual-benefit nonprofit corporation or membership corporation, in the United States, is a type of nonprofit corporation chartered by a state government that exists to serve its members in ways other than obtaining and distributing profits to them. Therefore, it cannot obtain IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit status as a charitable organization.

A mutual-benefit corporation can be non-profit or not-for-profit, but it still must pay regular corporate tax rates. A mutual benefit corporation will pay the same taxes as a regular for-profit corporation. (C corporation tax rates). Mutual benefit corporations must still file tax returns and pay income tax because they are not formed for a purpose that anyone in the world could benefit from. Mutual benefit corporations are formed for nonprofit purposes like managing a condo association, a downtown business district, or a homeowners association.

A utility cooperative is an example of an MBNC.

*A corporation sole is a legal entity consisting of a single ("sole") incorporated office, occupied by a single ("sole") person. A corporation sole is one of two types of corporation, the other being a corporation aggregate. This allows corporations (often religious corporations or Commonwealth governments) to pass without interval in time from one office holder to the next successor-in-office, giving the positions legal continuity with subsequent office holders having identical powers to their predecessors.

Word of Today Day 17

Full Definition of QUEASY

1

a :  causing nausea <queasy motion>

b :  suffering from nausea :  nauseated

2

:  full of doubt :  hazardous

3

a :  causing uneasiness

b (1) :  delicate, squeamish (2) :  ill at ease

Words to THINK About

Subjugate  (verb):  bring under domination or control, esp. by conquest.

Victimization (Victimize  root word)

1. to make a victim of
2. to subject to deception or fraud

Liberal  (Adjective)

1. believing that government should be active in supporting social and political change 
2. relating to or supporting political liberalism

Liberty   (noun)

1. The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views.
2. The power or scope to act as one pleases.  

Word of Today Day 16

partial breach

n. the failure to meet a term of a contract which is so minimal that it does not cause the contract to fail or justify breach (breaking the contract) by the other contracting party. A partial breach can be remedied (made up) by a small reduction in payment or other adjustment. Example: a landlord promises to rent an apartment furnished, and when the tenants move in some furnishings are not there. The landlord may lower the rent temporarily until he/she can bring in the missing or expected items.

Word of Today Day 15

Oxycodone

Definition of OXYCODONE

:  a narcotic analgesic C₁₈H₂₁NO₄ used especially in the form of its hydrochloride

Word of Today Day 14

National Labor Relations Board

n. an independent regulatory commission created in 1935 by the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act), with five members appointed by the President subject to confirmation by the Senate. The NLRB is intended to protect employees' rights to unionize, prevent abuses by employers or unions, and oversee union and organizing elections.

President Obama calls for higher minimum wage

WASHINGTON — Do something for Americans or I will.

A persistent but frustrated President Obama warned Congress Tuesday that he's prepared to take executive action to circumvent a body cutting him little slack.

His fifth State of the Union address came amid declining approval ratings, legislative gridlock and a long-rumored decision to use limited executive powers to fight back.

PHOTOS: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2014 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

Thus, he said, he'll play small ball, like raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers, creating a "starter" retirement account and helping to cut carbon pollution.

In addition, he disclosed a deal with corporations, including Procter & Gamble, not to discriminate in hiring the long-term jobless. That's distinctly voluntary, though.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-calls-higher-minimum-wage-immigration-reform-article-1.1594823#ixzz2vEt5nwru

Word of Today Day 11

¹ko·sher

 adjective \ˈkō-shər\

Yiddish, from Hebrew kāshēr fit, proper

First Known Use: 1851

Full Definition of KOSHER

1

a :  sanctioned by Jewish law; especially :  ritually fit for use<kosher meat>

b :  selling or serving food ritually fit according to Jewish law<a kosher restaurant>

2

:  being proper, acceptable, or satisfactory <is the dealkosher?>

Bill Gates Rules

Bill Gates is by far one of the most innovative people in history to me. He has been enhancing technology a lot for more than 30 years. He is very intelligent, he went to Harvard!

Where were you first introduced to computers?

School introduced me to something new and I fell in love with computers, in 1993. It was a Macintosh and in 1997 I fell in love with Windows platforms in school. I got my first computer that year too. I have never looked back.

Word of Today Day 9

Irony

Full Definition of IRONY
1
: a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning —called alsoSocratic irony
2
a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony
c : an ironic expression or utterance
3
a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity
b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play —called also dramatic irony, tragic irony

Word of Today Day 7

Gentrification

Definition of GENTRIFICATION

:  the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents 

Word of Today Day 6

fair market value

n. the amount for which property would sell on the open market if put up for sale. This is distinguished from "replacement value," which is the cost of duplicating the property. Real estate appraisers will use "comparable" sales of similar property in the area to determine market value, adding or deducting amounts based on differences in quality and size of the property.

Word of Today Day 5

Empathy 

: the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions : the ability to share someone else's feelings