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Aparna V
Aparna V
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"Though the jazz scene in San Francisco started later than the one in Los Angeles, it not only flourished, but generated some of the most famous recorded live performances in the genre."
11:26 AM - Oct 22, 2023
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Aparna V
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"He also helped mentor activists such as Medgar Evers, Charles Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Amzie Moore, Aaron Henry, and Jesse Jackson."
12:52 AM - Oct 21, 2023
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Aparna V
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None of these solutions are new, and I’m afraid that none of them, if they ever go into effect, will solve a situation that has been part of the Haiti story for many, many decades.
08:58 AM - Oct 19, 2023
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Aparna V
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"Most of my classmates gave rambling but ultimately illuminating replies but I have always been struck by the answer of a female classmate saying flatly, unambiguously, and very quickly: When you get what you deserve."
12:51 AM - Oct 18, 2023
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Aparna V
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"...where an indignation or crime by one person of a despised group led to the disproportionate and indiscriminate attack by those with enormous power against a community corralled in quarters they could not easily escape, made to pay the price for someone else’s act, or alleged act."
01:14 AM - Oct 16, 2023
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Aparna V
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"It may be a distortion, and it may be unfair, but I think about (and I can’t help but think about) similarities between what the Palestinians are going through with the Tulsa race riots, or other race riots,..."
01:14 AM - Oct 16, 2023
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Aparna V
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"Though we lost him in 1979, the impact of Hathaway’s music is everlasting."
As on every Sunday, music and history with Ms. Dee.
11:43 AM - Oct 01, 2023
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Aparna V
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"One issue of great concern is the island’s piss-poor power situation, with ongoing blackouts and outages which have only increased since the utility was taken over by LUMA Energy, even as consumer costs increase."
10:57 AM - Sep 21, 2023
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Aparna V
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With music of course.
11:41 AM - Sep 17, 2023
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Aparna V
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"This shift in crowd support may simply be a case of resignation: “If we can’t beat ‘em, we might as well join ‘em.”"

As the article says: "A good test of where we really are may be the next time Coco goes up against Jessica Pegula. Who will the fans choose to support then?"
12:55 AM - Sep 16, 2023
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Aparna V
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"who in either, ignorance or guile, or both, would go to any means necessary than." And keep the dream of America, never fulfilled, from being fulfilled.
01:04 AM - Sep 13, 2023
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Aparna V
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"...who rose to prominence as the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army."
01:38 AM - Sep 09, 2023
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Aparna V
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"They fought to live every single day, and when living became untenable, they gave precious lives so their descendants might live free."
01:04 AM - Aug 19, 2023
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Aparna V
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Read about the history of that summer; and the music that the rebellions inspired. How the powers that could have made a difference instead decided to double down on their suppression.
And ponder Stevie Wonder's question
"Tell me, would you be happy in Village Ghetto Land? Village Ghetto Land"
11:45 AM - Jul 23, 2023
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Aparna V
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Applies to whichever place you visit for tourism. Involve and respect the locals and the environment.
11:44 AM - Jul 20, 2023
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Aparna V
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Please read about the Rule of the Rott here.
https://aparnav.substack.com/p/the-rule-of-the-rott
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The Rule of the Rott - by Aparna V - Nukkad

Let me introduce you to the Rule of the Toppled Tumblr: the rule that is blocking our way to an inclusive society

06:57 AM - Jun 23, 2023
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Aparna V
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It I tell you reflects a diseased society. And is a threat to an inclusive, sustainable, democracy.
06:56 AM - Jun 23, 2023
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Aparna V
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To demand for us the comfort, justice, a built and natural environment that reflects us; but not for others; indeed to deny others those same comfort of home, hearth, and life.
That my dear reader is Rott.
06:56 AM - Jun 23, 2023
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Aparna V
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Rott is our tendency to demand monuments for ourselves, but not for the 'Other.'
Mosques are destroyed by mobs or police. Ambedkar's statues and museums are vandalised by dominant caste miscreants. Forests are cleared for coal despite Adivasi protests.
But we don't protests any of it.
That is Rott.
06:55 AM - Jun 23, 2023
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Aparna V
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When someone destroys a monument, we look to see if the monument belongs to us. If so, blame is allotted. If not, then it is not our concern. Or perhaps, we are the reason the monument was defaced in the first place.
That my reader is Rott.
06:54 AM - Jun 23, 2023
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Aparna V
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But when Hindus massacre Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis (even Sikhs or Christians) by the dozens, scores, or hundreds, nobody is blamed. Certainly not the religion of the perpetrators.
The Hindu is made invisible. As is the caste of the perpetrator.
People killed. But nobody killed them.
That is Rott.
06:54 AM - Jun 23, 2023
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Aparna V
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With more power in numbers, in terms of institutional strength, wealth, or cultural hegemony.
06:53 AM - Jun 23, 2023
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Aparna V
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In India, if a Muslim, Dalit, or Adivasi, (Christians and Sikhs to an extent) or an underprivileged person commits an act of violence, we bring down the full institutional strength of law and order on them.
Shame them. Blame them. Call them terrorist.

We with more power.
06:52 AM - Jun 23, 2023
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Aparna V
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What is this Rott you ask?
It is our tendency to assign blame or set conditions based on the power of the actor.
Less power-->More blame and more restrictions.
06:47 AM - Jun 23, 2023 (Edited)
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Aparna V
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"just as the fact that we now have a federal Juneteenth holiday here in the States doesn’t mark an end to the ongoing racism, white supremacy, and economic inequality that continues to oppress Black Americans."
11:17 AM - Jun 22, 2023
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Aparna V
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"One of the most moving monuments I have ever seen was created by sculptor Ed Dwight. It encompasses not just the Juneteenth Emancipation but also the road that led to it in Texas, and the journey afterward."
11:09 AM - Jun 19, 2023
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Aparna V
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Read the article for poetry and history with Ms. Dee and news round up that centres Black people around the world from Dopper0189.
01:58 AM - May 31, 2023
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Aparna V
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"Now I was eight and very small,
And he was no whit bigger,
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue and called me, “Nigger.”" Cullen's poem excerpted in the article above.
01:58 AM - May 31, 2023
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Aparna V
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The article has resources, and a link to a James Baldwin video on twitter.
"What white people have to do, is try and find out in their own hearts why it was necessary to have a nigger in the first place, because I'm not a nigger, I'm a man, but if you think I'm a nigger, it means you need it."
01:15 AM - May 17, 2023
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Aparna V
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"Each and every person who wants this more than 500 year old nightmare to end has to step up and make a commitment to passing on truths — no matter the reception." This work goes beyond electing the party that would best make it possible for you to do your work. That is what Ms. Dee is saying.
01:13 AM - May 17, 2023
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