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When Jenny’s Hair is a Racial Problem (On the Road with AJWS in the DR)

amichaiJanuary 9, 2017generalComments are off for this post

Santo Domingo/Day One 1/9/17 When Jenny, a Dominican citizen and community activist, went to get her Government ID reissued recently in Santo Domingo, she was told to brush her ‘kinky’ hair to look more European and lady-like – or she will not get her ID. This, she told us, was just one, and almost comical, aspect of […]

EIGHT VS. HATE/CHANUKAH 2011/DIY Occupy Darkness

AmichaiDecember 20, 2011EightVsHateComments are off for this post

It starts tonight. I’d like to invite you to join me, on each of the upcoming eight nights of lights, for a simple intention: With each of our lights let‘s offer each other a light at the end of a tunnel, a ray of hope. Each night, starting tonight, I will post a specific intention for […]