Iraqi refugees, Ranting, Affirmative Action...

Interesting article about folks at UCLA trying to recruit black students despite Prop 209
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/magazine/30affirmative-t.html

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071008/refugeeprostitutes
^this one is about the outpouring of refugees from Iraq in Syria. Except, while Syria accepts almost all of them, it doesn't allow them to work. So, a lot of female refugees turn to prostitution to support themselves and their families. Or, it isn't even a choice - sometimes another family member sells them to a pimp.

you know...here's just one more reason the war in iraq was a fucking bad idea. like, i never even THOUGHT about this! did Bush? did Ashcroft? did anyone?? it just drives me nuts that I, as a friggin 16 year old, knew this war was a bad idea, that my friends and i protested it for months before it began, people told us we were wrong, that we didn't love our country, that we supported terrorism - hell, people STILL tell me this, but, LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING! the war is a MESS. everything is so fucked up. it just makes me so mad. look at all the damage we've done.

this also reminds me of a great video series i like:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AliveInBaghdad
it's video messages from iraqis in baghdad.
this one in particular, of a woman showing and talking about her home and cars being destroyed be a stray rocket, was really compelling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8DEMXbmEpk

first post

yay!! i have been wanting to do this for a while - have a blog where i can post all the stuff i find online that i think is really cool and want to share with friends. soooo tonight's first things are:

Desmund Tutu trivializes female democracy leader in Myanmar
http://feministing.com/archives/007797.html

Fall Out Boy video tells story of Northern Ugandans
http://www.racialicious.com/2007/09/27/making-africans-human-one-video-at-a-time/

"Women of Darfur" video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCfnEXbkb8U

mock Axe commercial that is fucking hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJ_tlLRixc

and for sds peeps:
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/the-terrorist-behind-the-peace-mom