“I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart.”
An indigenous woman with her child trying to resist the advance of Brazilian state policemen who were expelling her and some 200 other indigenous people from a privately-owned tract of land on the outskirts of Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon where foreign and domestic profiteers continue to advance on indigenous land, expelling all those who stand in their way, both through physical force and the apparatus of the state for capital gain. The indigenous people tried in vain to resist the eviction with bows and arrows against the police, who were armed with tear gas and a number of trained dogs. March 2008.
Things White People Say
- Dag Nabbit
- Fiddle sticks
- Golly
- bejeezus
- jumpin Jehoshaphat
- cock
- Gosh darn it
- well what do ya know
- they guffaw
- Why I oughtta
- DUDE!
- Thats nonsense
- Im outraged
- Hey Buddy
- Lay it on me
- Im So Ghetto
- Dibs
- wanna smoke some pot
- stoned
- My best friend is black
Don’t you see that it is your very search for happiness that makes you feel miserable?
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| — | Nisargadatta Maharaj (via lola-a-soul-traveler) |
Examples of overwhelming kindness following the Boston Marathon explosions.
Don’t give up on Planet Earth! Look at what we have… Look at all we can be!
As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all beings.
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| — | Dalai Lama (via elige) |
