Which has incarcerated more African-Americans: slavery, or the war on drugs? [more inside]
posted by Kwanzaar on Mar 9, 2009 - 16 answers

What is the origin of "Nothing about us without us"? [more inside]
posted by beelover on May 15, 2007 - 3 answers

At a younger age I vaugely remember watching an animated movie which greatly disturbed me for years as I didn´t understand it, and could not understand what was being portrayed other than the film appeared to be EVIL. (Note: I don´t remember very much of the film visually but I do remember alot emotionally, as such I am really groping trying to piece together what I saw as opposed to what might have been imagined.) [more inside]
posted by zona_sul on Nov 30, 2006 - 15 answers

Could you describe any notable incidents when you, personally, have suffered or faced oppression from organized religion in Europe or North America? How did you deal with it? [more inside]
posted by Krrrlson on Jul 21, 2006 - 33 answers

I loved Hotel Rwanda. What particularly hooked me was the film's unflinching realism in showing civilization as it is slowly being encroached and oppressed by large-scale terrorism which casts a shadow of uncertainty and danger on even the most mundane routines of daily life -- a sort of real-life Night of the Living Dead. Other similar films are Salvador, Missing and The Killing Fields. I also enjoyed the recent The Constant Gardener. What else will I like? [more inside]
posted by gentle on Nov 15, 2005 - 30 answers