American History – hypheNation

Going to the Water: Cherokee Perspectives on Cherokee Culture

Language is so important. The language we choose to express ourselves in, the individual words we choose, and keeping traditional languages alive and living, moving with the cultures they are a part of. Part of why multilingual people are generally smart is because they’re using more of their brains. Another reason is that they’re moreContinue reading “Going to the Water: Cherokee Perspectives on Cherokee Culture”

Send who back to where? When will you send yourself?

White supremacists have always been a group that, at least from a distance, I find really interesting. The thought process that has to go into genuinely segregating oneself so much that they cannot see the humanity in another person, or just don’t care to know it, and often still identify very strongly with Christian orContinue reading “Send who back to where? When will you send yourself?”

Changing the School Discipline Structure

Have you heard about the racial disparity in punishments faced by students in public school systems nationwide? According to Dr. Bernadeia Johnson, superintendent of schools for the Minneapolis public school district, In Minneapolis, a low-income black student is six times more likely than a white student to be suspended for at least one day in a school year.Continue reading “Changing the School Discipline Structure”

The backstory of Ferguson, MO, or, Why it IS a Racial Issue (even though you’re sure it’s not)

Too many people have been confused, or maybe just convinced. “It’s not a racial issue,” they’re saying. Even if those of us who can see through the veil know better, let’s suspend disbelief for a moment. Maybe that instant, that decision to use deadly force, was not directly a racial issue. Let’s pretend that DarrenContinue reading “The backstory of Ferguson, MO, or, Why it IS a Racial Issue (even though you’re sure it’s not)”

How much do you know about Voter Fraud?

Twenty-three percent of the names — nearly 1.6 million of them — lack matching middle names. “Jr.” and “Sr.” are ignored, potentially disenfranchising two generations in the same family. And, notably, of those who may have voted twice in the 2012 presidential election, 27 percent were listed as “inactive” voters, meaning that almost 1.9 million may not even have voted once in that race, according to Crosscheck’s own records.