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Society is made of narrative like the Matrix is made of code. Identity, language, etiquette, social roles, opinions, ideology, religion, ethnicity, philosophy, agendas, rules, laws, money, economics, jobs, hierarchies, politics, government, they’re all purely mental constructs which exist nowhere outside of the mental noises in our heads. If I asked you to point to your knee you could do so instantly and wordlessly, but if I asked you to point to the economy, for example, the closest you could come is using a bunch of linguistic symbols to point to a group of concepts. To show me the economy, you’d have to tell me a story.

Source: Society Is Made Of Narrative. Realizing This Is Awakening From The Matrix. – Sustainable Human

In Washington, the police will stand around and watch you beat somebody up and they can’t arrest you.

Source: Mutual Combat Law Lets People Have Consensual fights Cops Referee

Detroit’s all male Loyola High School recently announced that every 2019 graduating senior has been accepted into a two-year or four-year college. The high school, which is a Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition, nurtures a culture of hope and academic success for young men challenged by an urban environment and prepares them to be…

Source: Detroit male high school maintains 100% college acceptance for 9 years in a row – Rolling Out

New Haven, CT — Lolade Siyonbola, a Yale student who was questioned by police for ‘sleeping while Black’ in her dorm, has recently earned her master’s degree in African studies with a discipline area of sociology. She is set to continue her doctoral studies at Cambridge University in the UK.

Source: Yale Student Guilty of ‘Sleeping While Black’ Graduates and Heads To Another Prestigious University

In honor of Malcolm X’s legacy, his daughters Qubilah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Attallah Shabazz, Malikah Shabazz, Malaak Shabazz and Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz are launching a new retail line and online site. The line currently includes sweatshirts, sweatpants, hoodies, t-shirts, athletic slippers, hats and pillows with artwork being added soon.

Source: Malcolm X’s Daughters Launched A New Clothing Line In His Honor – BOTWC

A former member of a South African-based mercenary group revealed in a not-so-shocking confession that he and the group tried to purposely infect Black South Africans with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s.

The claims were made known via a new documentary entitled Cold Case Hammarskjöld, which premiered at the Sundance film festival in the US. Jones said he worked as an intelligence officer with the SA Institute for Maritime Research (SAIMR) which orchestrated coups and violence in Africa.

According to The Guardian, Jones claims that SAIMR leader Keith Maxwell had a “racist, apocalyptic obsession with HIV/Aids.”

Source: Post | A Guide to what is happening in Africa | KiAfriqa

While there are countless stories like this one about the deep bonds that can form between humans and animals, this one, in particular, one of a boy and a cow shows…

Source: Teen And Cow Lose At State Fair, Take A Nap Together And Win Hearts Of Millions Instead

Fort Lauderdale police have even arrested a 90-year-old man and two ministers who were simply trying to share food with the homeless.

Source: Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People