Video and internet technologies are certainly revolutionizing our ability to communicate with each other, and activists are taking advantage of this in many different ways. Check out the videos below of 3 badass activists talking about three important issues.
Hip hop vlogger Jay Smooth on homophobia and Stonewall:
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So, Larry Johnson, when you call that guy a Christopher Street Boy and you think its a clever way to call him soft and whimpy, you’re actually talking about people who are famous for winning a bar fight against a gang of cops. You’re talking about the people who started a movement by showing the world that gay doesn’t mean weak. You’re talking about people, Larry Johnson, that were way tougher and more courageous than you will ever be in your life.
Nunu Kidane of Priority Africa Network on America’s racialized refugee policy:
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The push has got to come from diverse communities of immigrants and their allies to have policies that we consider to be acceptable and not expect that, because Obama is in office, the policies will be favorable.
Activist Robert Erikson infiltrates anti-immigration Tea Party:
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European immigrants are responsible for the most violent and heinous crimes in the history of the world. We’re talking about genocide and slavery.
