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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>How <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> Can <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TakeDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TakeDown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ShadyVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShadyVance</span></a>—in the Nicest Possible Way. </p><p>In tonight’s vice presidential debate, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/runningmate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>runningmate</span></a> should <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kill</span></a> Vance with # kindness.</p><p>— Walz should <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factcheck</span></a> Vance relentlessly since <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CBSNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBSNews</span></a> has <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prohibited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prohibited</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moderators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderators</span></a> from doing so. </p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/186550/tim-walz-vance-presidential-debate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/186550</span><span class="invisible">/tim-walz-vance-presidential-debate</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>A school banned Indigenous students from using their language. </p><p>A century later, it’s teaching Cherokee </p><p>A precursor to Duke University once stripped students of their culture. -- Cherokee teachers are leading the change</p><p>Between 1882 and 1887, some two dozen children from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians were enrolled in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trinity</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/College" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>College</span></a>’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/Industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Industrial</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Indian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indian</span></a> boarding school. </p><p>The school, which operated about 20 miles south of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Greensboro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greensboro</span></a>, North Carolina, alongside the college’s traditional liberal arts program, received federal funding in pursuit of its goal to <a href="https://c.im/tags/assimilate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assimilate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a>.</p><p>The students, who ranged in age from eight to 18, were forced to work and wear <a href="https://c.im/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/clothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clothing</span></a>, and were <a href="https://c.im/tags/prohibited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prohibited</span></a> from <a href="https://c.im/tags/speaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speaking</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cherokee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cherokee</span></a> or otherwise maintaining their traditions, <br>while other students who attended Trinity College were instructed in the liberal arts.</p><p>In 1887, the boarding school closed. <br>Trinity College eventually moved to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Durham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Durham</span></a> and, in 1924, it became <a href="https://c.im/tags/Duke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duke</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a>. </p><p>❇️ Now, the school at which Cherokee and other Indigenous students were forcibly stripped of their culture is being used to help revitalize the Cherokee language.</p><p>The classes are important not only because of Duke and the Cherokee people’s shared history, <br>but also because ♦️more speakers are necessary to prevent the Cherokee language from going <a href="https://c.im/tags/extinct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinct</span></a>. </p><p>In 2019, the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes declared a state of emergency for the language.</p><p>“There are approximately 2,000 fluent first-language Cherokee speakers left, <br>and each Cherokee tribe is <br>💥losing fluent speakers at faster rates than new Cherokee speakers are developed,” 💥<br>the declaration reads.</p><p>Duke is partnering with <a href="https://c.im/tags/Vanderbilt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vanderbilt</span></a> University in Tennessee and the University of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a> for the promotion of 🔸less commonly taught languages, 🔸<br>such as <a href="https://c.im/tags/Haitian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haitian</span></a> Creole, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkish</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Malagasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malagasy</span></a>. </p><p>The Cherokee language classes mark the first time an Indigenous American language is being taught at Duke</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/21/duke-university-cherokee-language?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s</span><span class="invisible">ep/21/duke-university-cherokee-language?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>The Hand That Feeds - <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NIN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIN</span></a> (March 2005).</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/NineInchNails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NineInchNails</span></a> dropped out of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MTV</span></a> Movie Awards after being <a href="https://beige.party/tags/prohibited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prohibited</span></a> from using an image of President <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GeorgeWBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeWBush</span></a> as a backdrop to their performance. This <a href="https://beige.party/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> included <a href="https://beige.party/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> statements that MTV wasn't comfortable televising.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/RDk5NB3pgJo?si=oU5Y1VrS_SGjm3D-" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/RDk5NB3pgJo?si=oU5Y1V</span><span class="invisible">rS_SGjm3D-</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedMusic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenX</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LivePerformance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LivePerformance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedSongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedSongs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FuckCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckCensorship</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MusicVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicVideo</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ListenUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ListenUp</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MusicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndustrialMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialMusic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MusicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PoliticalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CensoredInTheUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredInTheUSA</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>In the Air Tonight - <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PhilCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilCollins</span></a> (January 1981).</p><p>This seemingly harmless <a href="https://beige.party/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> by Phil Collins has been <a href="https://beige.party/tags/banned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banned</span></a> on 2 separate occasions. The first time was in 1991, after <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> forbid 67 songs from airplay due to their perceived connection to the war occurring in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PersianGulf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersianGulf</span></a>. The second time was in 2001, when <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClearChannelCommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClearChannelCommunications</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/prohibited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prohibited</span></a> 162 songs from the airwaves after the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/911Attacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>911Attacks</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fncac.org%2F&amp;feature=emb_imp_woyt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TP</span><span class="invisible">rJA&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fncac.org%2F&amp;feature=emb_imp_woyt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedSongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedSongs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MusicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedMusic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedInTheUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedInTheUSA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedOnTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedOnTV</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MusicVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicVideo</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenX</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Radio Radio - <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ElvisCostello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElvisCostello</span></a> &amp; the Attractions (December 1977)</p><p>Elvis Costello and the Attractions were <a href="https://beige.party/tags/prohibited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prohibited</span></a> from playing “Radio, Radio” on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SaturdayNightLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaturdayNightLive</span></a> in 1977 because they believe the song expressed <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AntiMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiMedia</span></a> sentiments. A few seconds into performing a different song, they rebelliously switched to “Radio, Radio” without telling anyone. Costello was reportedly <a href="https://beige.party/tags/banned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banned</span></a> from the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SNL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNL</span></a> show for 12 years.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/eifljYPFW-E?si=KSUzzUbvaVg6lIWa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/eifljYPFW-E?si=KSUzzU</span><span class="invisible">bvaVg6lIWa</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedSongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedSongs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MusicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedMusic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedInTheUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedInTheUSA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Rebels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rebels</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BannedOnTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedOnTV</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MusicVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicVideo</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenX</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a></p>
Gayle J. Greenlea 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p>Arkansas Education Department gives culture war excuses for dumping AP African American Studies.<br><a href="https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/08/14/arkansas-department-of-education-gives-culture-war-excuses-for-dumping-ap-african-american-studies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/202</span><span class="invisible">3/08/14/arkansas-department-of-education-gives-culture-war-excuses-for-dumping-ap-african-american-studies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arkansas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AfricanAmericanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmericanStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Prohibited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prohibited</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a></p>
Gayle J. Greenlea 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p>Via Judd Legum: The Arkansas Department of Education says it will not count AP African American Studies toward graduation credit and teachers/schools that continue to offer the course risk violating Arkansas law on “prohibited topics”. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arkansas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AfricanAmericanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmericanStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Prohibited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prohibited</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a></p>