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The Open Source Classism, Racism, and Sexism Project
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Thank you for visiting this website. The first step in creating a better world, is people like you who care about these issues.
This is the website of the Open Source Classsism, Racism, and Sexism Project. This project is a series of independently created publications which I am compiling from sources all over the world. The first installment of the Open Source Classsism, Racism, and Sexism Project is all about Hurricane Katrina as it indirectly and directly related to Corporate Media and the Blogosphere. Each of these publications is entirely not-for-profit and "Open Source," which in this case, means that no one owns them and anyone can print them out and circulate them. Below are the publications. Please print them out and place them in your home, activist group, local co-ops, local coffee shops, collectives, libraries and other places. In these issues I included 19 pages, so that you can create your own page 20 (add your agreements, disagreements with this publication, add a flyer for your activist project, your activist group, your distro etc.,) and then publish this publication as a 20 page booklet on the front and back of 5 sheets of 11” x 17” (or 279 x 432 mm) paper.
You can also easily edit this version (but it is slow loading). Below are two different versions of issue #3, first edition:
You can also easily edit this version (but it is slow loading). Below are two different versions of issue #2, second edition:
You can also easily edit this version. Below are two different versions of issue #2, first edition:
You can also easily edit this version. Below are two different versions of issue #1:
Below are two different versions of issue #2, third edition, screen reader friendly version. The third edition is only for visually impaired people who need a screen reader version without pictures. It is not for printing.
You can also easily edit this version and submit to a Braille transcriber. Each of these publications has the following, widely used Fair Use statement in them: FAIR USE NOTICE - This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. The first publication is titled: "The Open Source Classism, Racism, and Sexism Project: Hurricane Katrina, The Blogosphere And Corporate Media... "White People Find, Black People Loot." Rough Draft, First Edition It will be an independent magazine (also known as a 'zine') that people can print from this website in document or pdf format. Please send all comments, submissions and articles that you find are interesting and related to t classism, racism, and sexism as it directly or indirectly relates to Hurricane Katrina, The Blogosphere And Corporate Media to the below email address:
info 'atsymbol' opensource.dsame.com
Please make the subject Open Source Project so that my email filter recognizes it.
When People And Media Corporations Such as Yahoo Get Caught In A Racially Insensitive Situation... They Will Always Try To Cover It Up. A similar situation is described here on the wikipedia site: "Tremendous political controversy ensued following remarks Lott made on Dec. 5, 2002 at Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday party. Thurmond ran for President of the United States in 1948 on the Dixiecrat (or States' Rights) ticket, whose primary campaign issue was the perpetuation of racial segregation in the United States. Lott said: "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either." "At first, the comment, broadcast on C-SPAN, was largely ignored by the mainstream media but was widely discussed on political blogs..." Later... "Under pressure from Senate colleagues, and having lost the support of the White House, Lott resigned as Senate Republican Leader on December 20, 2002" When someone or a corporation such as Yahoo, is caught in a controversery of racism due to a "slip of the tongue", because they know it can swiftly end their career within 18 days, as it did for someone as all-powerful as Trent Lott, they will always, repeat always, attempt to cover it up. The only thing stopping them from successfully covering it up is whether or not the public will believe the cover up, or act to make sure that it doesn;t happen again.
Read more about Trent at the wikipedia site below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Lott If the blogosphere had not helped to "unseat" Trent Lott, we might have the mentor of "Strom Thurmond" on our hands as President someday. Unfortunately many blogosphere communities such as livejournal communities, are overwhelmingly dominated by members and moderators of priviledge who have demonstrated that they can and will censor issues about sexism, race and class which they would rather ignore. Minorities, women, people of financially disadvantaged social classes, and people of all backgrounds must come together to confront such racism, sexism, classism and hold such injustices accountable.
Please take a moment and see the injustice. We must begin holding people, just like Trent Lott, and corporations like yahoo, responsible for the overt statements of classism, racism and sexism. Thanks for your comments. Love for the people, -Peace
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