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Mexican singer says he was trafficked and abused as a teenager
Luis Armando Campos says singing is his life. At 23, he's already had a very impressive singing career that started when he was just a child in his native Tampico, a port city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
"I was about 11, almost 12, when I first appeared on a local TV show in Tampico," Campos said.
In 2014, he was a semi-finalist in "The Voice Mexico." The international reality singing competition franchise took his career to new levels. Even though he didn't win, Campos has since toured Mexico with his music. But what his increasing number of fans didn't know, Campos says, is that while his career was taking off, he was forced to live a double life -- as a sex slave.
Mexican singer says he was trafficked and abused as a teenager
Monsters kidnap toddler in India before raping, beheading her
The TRUTH of 'Maryland dad' Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Two Muslim 13-year-olds are jailed for raping girl, 12, because she was Jewish
UK ‘shied away’ from ethnicity of grooming gangs in child sex abuse inquiries
Fat Joe denies sex acts with minors after former hype man’s $20 million lawsuit
Soccer coach admits drugging and raping young boys
Boy, 12, is abducted 'by pedophile' after youngsters' 'To Catch a Predator' sting went horribly wrong
Man to serve 25 years in prison after using Snapchat to meet teens
Declaring independence from #BLM as group shuts down gay pride parade
The “we are more important than you” demands of Black Lives Matter has gone global as activists shut down Canada’s largest gay pride parade on Sunday. Demands of the BLM group including more funding to the group (see item 3 below), the hiring of BLM members to the Toronto Pride organization and the exclusion of Toronto police, which is openly accepting of gay police offers, from future events.
The group was invited to march in the annual gay-rights parade, but still felt they needed to “shut it down”, starting the chant about two-thirds into the route, lighting several flares and presenting their demands..
The parade didn’t re-start until Mathieu Chantelois, organizer of the parade and executive director of Pride Toronto, signed off on BLM’s demands that included excluding police floats in future parades despite police support for the parade and allowing a more prominent representation of LBGQT people of color.
Declaring independence from #BLM
Famous Black Lives Matter activist hurls vile f-bomb slurs at Daily Mail when asked about stealing donor cash
Tampa Pride cancels all 2026 events and dumps president
Barbie's boyfriend Ken gets a makeover: Cornrows, man buns and new skin tones
NEW YORK - He’s been overshadowed by Barbie for decades, but now Ken is finally getting some attention.
Mattel is introducing 15 new looks for the male doll, including different skin tones, body shapes and hair styles.
Barbie had a similar makeover more than a year ago, both part of the toy company’s plan to make its dolls more diverse and appealing to today’s kids.
Ken hadn’t changed much since he was introduced 56 years ago as Barbie’s blue-eyed, chiseled boyfriend. Now he’ll be sold in three body shapes: “slim,” “broad” and “original.”
He’ll have modern hairdos, such as cornrows and man buns, and come in seven skin tones. And he’ll also be sporting new fashions: think skinny ties, plaid shirts and graphic tees.
Barbie's boyfriend Ken gets a makeover
‘Aggressive’ minority forces Paris suburb to nix ‘Barbie’ movie night using gay promotion claim
How Riots Affect The Environment
Riots can have negative impacts on the environment, particularly in urban areas. These impacts include increased pollution from debris, potential damage to natural habitats from fires or construction, and disruption to waste management systems. While riots primarily cause social and economic disruption, their effects on the environment, while often secondary, can be significant, especially in the immediate aftermath.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Pollution:
Riots can lead to increased pollution from debris, litter, and potential spills of hazardous materials. The destruction of infrastructure, such as vehicles and buildings, can release pollutants into the air and water.
Habitat Damage:
In some cases, riots can involve fires or other actions that damage natural habitats, especially in urban parks or green spaces. This can disrupt local ecosystems and displace wildlife.
Waste Management Disruption:
Riots can overwhelm waste management systems, leading to overflowing bins, litter accumulation, and potential health hazards. The disruption of garbage collection services can exacerbate these issues.
Long-term Impacts:
While the direct environmental damage from riots may be temporary, the long-term consequences can include increased risk of soil and water contamination, especially if hazardous materials are involved.
Focus on Social and Economic Issues:
While environmental concerns may be secondary to the immediate social and economic disruptions caused by riots, the long-term effects on the environment can be significant, especially in densely populated areas.
Nightmarish Mad Max street races and explosions spread to third Dem-run city after Oakland and Kansas City
Seattle journalists attacked by agitators call out far-left media for covering up violence at protests
Anti-ICE protests to cost Los Angeles taxpayers over $30M
Cincinnati brawlers began attacking helpless victims minutes BEFORE n-word was said
Woke lesson segregates kids by hair color then brands blond children stupid
The dark-haired students were deemed privileged, and told they were superior, with youngsters who had blond or red hair deemed less intelligent and inferior.
Both sets of students were given a puzzle to complete, but the light-haired students had a piece missing.
Woke lesson segregates kids by hair color
School test scores plummet
How U.C. Berkeley tried to buoy enrollment of Black students
Now children's home bosses are told not to call residents boys or girls
...woman 'bullies lesbian' for having bumper sticker that doesn't include transgenders
Now woke schools teach pupils that Stonehenge was built by black people
‘Have You Considered Changing?’
Hooray! America is finally heading toward race and gender fairness
Goodbye to DEI, crushed by the weight of its own hypocrisies
Kid Who Went Viral for Wanting to Be Mexican Meets Mexico National Soccer Team
The original video of Zavion was also taken by his mom, where we seem him pouting in his car seat because he’s not Mexican.
When she asks what’s wrong, he says he’s mad because he wants to be Mexican.
"You're Ethiopian. You're African, you're black," she tells him. When she asks why he wants to be Mexican, he yells, "Because I eat quesadillas!"
Kid Who Went Viral for Wanting to Be Mexican
People who think they can change their race
Social media addicts want to change their RACE
While Europeans did engage in some slave raiding, the majority of people who were transported to the Americas were enslaved by other Africans
The overwhelming majority of slaves sold to Europeans had not been slaves in Africa. They were free people who were captured in war or were victims of banditry or were enslaved as punishment for certain crimes.
Most professional slave traders, however, set up bases along the west African coast where they purchased slaves from Africans in exchange for firearms and other goods. Before the end of the seventeenth century, England, France, Denmark, Holland, and Portugal had all established slave trading posts on the west African coast.
Americas were enslaved by other Africans
Black Lives Matter mutiny
'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves'
9-year-old being sold for marriage to 55-year-old man
More than 96% of modern slavery crime reports do not result in charges
San Francisco’s $5m slavery reparations payment condemned
Child migrants racially abused and threatened with violence
'People are starving'
Slavery was part of God’s plan for America
Handing $350,000 to every black American would be an 'absolute disaster' for the nation
Tweet to the Black community was a ‘poor choice of words’
A Twitter user tweeted at the fast-food chain Friday: “grilled spicy deluxe but still noooo spicy nuggets…………@ChickfilA…..”
Tweet to the Black community was a ‘poor choice of words’
Calling junk food bad is wrong
Chick-fil-A Employee Spits Into Fried Chicken Batter
Teacher Fired After Saying His Race Is ‘Superior’
Hey, community, if you don't want to be pigeonholed, stop eating spicy chickeny things. 11-Sep-2022
Ethnic cleansing documented in western Tigray
A 23-year-old Tigrayan trader told investigators how he was beaten up and left for dead in Rawyan by a patrol of Amhara Special Forces, who said: "We will erase you from this land. This land is ours. This is the last time a Tigrayan will live in the area."
At this time Jamila told how some Amhara militiamen came into her hair salon in the town of Dansha early one morning as she was working. The 27-year-old was raped in front of her children, aged seven and two: "They said: 'You Tigrayans should disappear from the land west of Tekeze.'"
This refers to the River Tekeze, which splits the western zone of Tigray from the rest of the region.
Once in control of western Tigray, interviewees said the new authorities banned the speaking of Tigrinya and put in place policies to push Tigrayans out, distributing leaflets with a 24-hour or 72-hour ultimatum to leave or be killed.
Ethnic cleansing documented in western Tigray
Ukraine war will push up to 47 million people into acute hunger
Elderly Ukrainian woman says she was raped
Ukrainian woman 'is raped by Chechen soldier who slit victim's throat
Pastor Found Guilty Of Treason, Racist Plot
At Least 15 Killed In South Africa Bar Shooting
A toxic chemical found in 21 teens who died in a South Africa tavern
South Africa Islamic condemns homosexuality
Nigerian Activists Denounce Homosexual Death Sentences
70-year-attacked in broad daylight
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot: I'm only granting one-on-one interviews to journalists of color
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Wednesday that she will grant one-on-one interviews to mark the two-year anniversary of her inauguration solely to journalists of color, saying she has been struck by the “overwhelmingly” white press corps in Chicago.
“I ran to break up the status quo that was failing so many,” Lightfoot, who is Black, tweeted, also issuing a detailed letter to City Hall reporters on her decision. “That isn’t just in City Hall. It’s a shame that in 2021, the City Hall press corps is overwhelmingly White in a city where more than half of the city identifies as Black, Latino, AAPI or Native American.”
While the move isn’t unprecedented in recent years, it drew fierce scrutiny among the city’s press corps and beyond with members of the media quickly taking Lightfoot to task for her decision.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
Why Aren't Media Calling Lori Lightfoot a Racist?
Chicago cops turn their backs on Mayor Lori Lightfoot at hospital where one officer was being treated and another died after shooting
Black Lives Matter Utah chapter president steps down
Chicago mayor to boost police budget following cop murder
'We're a state of refuge': Governor Newsom to welcome Afghan refugees to California
Lightfoot says city will sue gang members to ‘take their assets’
Cook County breaks 1,000 homicide mark for the first time in 27 years
I have the biggest dick in Chicago'
Lori Lightfoot's book banning tweet lampooned
Why do we balk at stereotypes? They're based on fact and family dinners. Pass the pork, please. 16-Jun-2021
The reason men are defenseless in manners of sex is because our willies have a tendency to betray us by speaking in tongues. It doesn't understand when you tell it to stop but you can tell what its getting at. The only way to control it is to move away from the shiny object as soon as the willy stretches and...run! 25-Oct-2020
What kills cultural appropriation for me is that if you are in their country, tradition and religion dictates that we honor them by wearing it. In America (the land of free choice) it is taboo. I'm confused. 31-Aug-2020
'Ghost' DNA In West Africans Complicates Story Of Human Origins
About 50,000 years ago, ancient humans in what is now West Africa apparently procreated with another group of ancient humans that scientists didn't know existed.
There aren't any bones or ancient DNA to prove that theory, but researchers say the evidence is in the genes of modern West Africans. They analyzed genetic material from hundreds of people from Nigeria and Sierra Leone and found signals of what they call "ghost" DNA from an unknown ancestor.
Our own species — Homo sapiens — lived alongside other groups that split off from the same genetic family tree at different times. And there's plenty of evidence from other parts of the world that early humans had sex with other hominins, like Neanderthals.
That's why Neanderthal genes are present in humans today, in people of European and Asian descent. Homo sapiens also mated with another group, the Denisovans, and those genes are found in people from Oceania.
npr
Dismantling the Myth of the “Black Confederate”
Spend any amount of time talking about slavery on the internet, and you’ll eventually encounter the claim that there were “black Confederates” that fought for the South. “Over the past few decades, claims to the existence of anywhere between 500 and 100,000 black Confederate soldiers, fighting in racially integrated units, have become increasingly common,” writes historian Kevin Levin in his new book, Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth.
“Proponents assert that entire companies and regiments served under Robert E. Lee’s command, as well as in other theaters of war.” Look, believers say (directly or subtextually): The Confederacy can’t have been so bad for black people. Otherwise, why would they have defended it?
Levin’s book explains how this myth came about—while neatly dismantling it. We spoke recently about actual Confederates’ perspectives on black soldiers; why former “body servants” attended Confederate reunions during Jim Crow; and how the World Wide Web gave this story legs.
Slate