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The Truth of Race is a Lie

August 9, 2008
 in Culture, Society
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RacismThis is a guest post by Jasmin Smith (my wife), recent Sociology graduate and prospective Humanities teacher in support of International Blog Against Racism Week: http://community.livejournal.com/ibarw/

Race and racism are two concepts deeply entrenched in Western society, yet they are so commonly misunderstood. Racism describes prejudice or discrimination based on skin colour whereas race is merely an imaginary concept that segregates people into distinct social groups based solely on the colour of their skin. The existence of racism rests entirely upon this ‘reality’ of race. Consequently, the truth of racism is also a lie.

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Tags: racism, Society
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ShareThis Updated For FriendFeed and Sphinn

August 8, 2008
 in Blogging, Social Media, Tech, WordPress
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ShareThisShareThis is a widget for posting and sharing websites to several popular social networks, social sites and email contacts.  In addition to Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Delicious, Reddit, StumbleUpon and many others, users can now easily submit sites to FriendFeed and Sphinn.

You can see it in action at the bottom of all my posts, courtesy of the ShareThis WordPress plugin (there’s also a JavaScript version available).  A tip for Wordpress K2 users, make sure to turn off Advanced Navigation when using ShareThis.

 

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Tags: friendfeed, sharethis, Social Media, sphinn, WordPress
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I Chose The Echo Chamber

July 30, 2008
 in Blogging, Social Media
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I Chose The Echo Chamber After reading a recent post by Steven Hodson it made me think some more about the dreaded ‘echo chamber’ and its effects.  In my opinion, the echo chamber is what you make it.  Chances are you’ve isolated yourself on Twitter, or FriendFeed, or dare I say, even Facebook.  This is understandably so, we have only so much time to waste spend online and it becomes increasingly difficult to keep up as technologies advance and networks grow.

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Tags: Blogging, community, conversation, echo chamber, friendfeed, Social Media
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20 Obscure People You Can Follow on Twitter and FriendFeed and Not Get Bored

July 21, 2008
 in General, Social Media
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Following a post I read by Sarah Perez, I wanted to share with others some folks that always find a way to make me smile or laugh (often without them even knowing it).  I guess this is my way of saying thanks. :)

 

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Tags: community, friendfeed, recommendations, twitter
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Possibilities, unlimited.

July 16, 2008
 in Me
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My possibilities are endless.

I’m the type of guy that will break his back on a challenge just to prove you wrong.

I’m the type of guy that openly welcomes hate and malice in order to use it as motivation.

I’m the type of guy that has an ever-burning passion; it comes out with the way I speak, in the way I write, and in the way I live my life.

I’m the type of guy that is only intimidated by himself.

I’m the type of guy that can be a tough friend, but a favourable enemy.

I’m the type of guy that lives by ruthless compassion and empathetic correction.

I’m the type of guy that forgives but doesn’t always forget.

I’m the type of guy that believes in unlimited possibilities.

Tags: poetry
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