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Goals: Essendon: J Winderlich 4, C Dempsey 3, D Heppell 2, J Melksham 2, T Bellchambers 2, B Goddard, B Stanton, D Myers, J Carlisle, P Ryder. Western Bulldogs: L Dahlhaus 3, D Giansiracusa 2, L Jones 2, B Goodes, C Smith, J Grant, J Tutt, K Stevens, T Liberatore, W Minson.
Umpires: Robert Findlay, Jason Armstrong, Tristan Burgess.
Official Crowd: 32,500 at Etihad Stadium.
Siren sounds and the Bombers have won by 31 points. The Dogs fought hard all afternoon, but after giving up a 6 goal start, they were always going to find it hard and the Bombers were just too good.
Q4 - 25.40 - Western Bulldogs 14.6 (90) Essendon 18.13 (121)
Goal Bombers! Dempsey seals the deal for the Dons from right in front.
Q4 - 24.54 - Western Bulldogs 14.6 (90) Essendon 17.13 (115)
Stanton has acres of space on the wing, and he takes full advantage, running inside 50 to have a shot from 45. But Cooney dives on the ball and punches it through for a point.
Q4 - 22.40 - Western Bulldogs 14.6 (90) Essendon 17.12 (114)
Melksham! His snap around the body has put the Dogs' hopes to rest. It was a great finish by the Bomber, and he enjoyed it immensely, judging by the celebration. 24 points the margin now, Bombers must surely be home.
Q4 - 21.48 - Western Bulldogs 14.6 (90) Essendon 16.12 (108)
Hunter rushes the behind after the Dons went forward once again. Just under five minutes left in the quarter, but the game looks to be out of reach for the Dogs now.
Q4 - 19.25 - Western Bulldogs 14.6 (90) Essendon 16.11 (107)
The Dons look to have steadied things here. Heppel has taken a great grab in the pocket, run around to open up the angle, and from 45, bounced the goal home! Surely, that's it for the Bombers. They have answered every time the Dogs have asked the question.
And to make matters worse for the Dogs Clay Smith has injured his right leg in that marking contest and has had to be helped from the ground.
Q4 - 16.40 - Western Bulldogs 14.6 (90) Essendon 15.11 (101)
Dahlhaus! What a grab in front of goal from the Heppell kick out of defence. But he's missed! Dahlhaus has hit the post! What a let off for the Bombers.
Meanwhile, Dustin Fletcher is off the ground and down the race, He looks in pain, though not sure yet what the injury is.
Q4 - 12.10 - Western Bulldogs 14.5 (89) Essendon 15.11 (101)
GODDARD CAUGHT! Holding the ball! Hrovat goes on and kicks a goal but the umpire calls the kick back! No advantage paid, and the Dogs are forced to bring it back to the middle. The secondary kick gets the Dogs nowhere and the fans are less than impressed. In fact, they are furious.
Q4 - 11.24 - Western Bulldogs 14.5 (89) Essendon 15.11 (101)
Grant takes a grab around 50 metres out but he is not eager to take the set shot. So he handpasses to Goodes, who sells the dummy, runs around his man and kicks an absolute ripper! Great goal by Goodes from 45! They are not done with yet, the Dogs.
Q4 - 9.44 - Western Bulldogs 13.5 (83) Essendon 15.11 (101)
Goal Dogs! Dahlhaus swoops in the goal square, soccering through the crumb off the main contest. Margin shrinks again, but the Dogs have not been able to get close enough all afternoon...
Q4 - 9.07 - Western Bulldogs 12.5 (77) Essendon 15.11 (101)
Koby Stevens gets on the receiving end of a (very) short pass and goes back kicks the set shot from about 45 metres out. He pulls the kick though, just a behind.
Q4 - 7.34 - Western Bulldogs 12.4 (76) Essendon 15.11 (101)
Things look to have really opened up for the Bombers now. They have a fairly comfortable lead and the Dogs are making some sloppy mistakes by foot around the ground.
Q4 - 5.00 - Western Bulldogs 12.4 (76) Essendon 15.11 (101)
Stanton around his body! Bombers hacked that forward out of the middle, where Hurley picked it up and under pressure, whipped the ball back over his head, where Stanton was loose out the back and the stand-in skipper kicked the goal.
Q4 - 3.29 - Western Bulldogs 12.4 (76) Essendon 14.11 (95)
Hurley leads to the pocket and takes a nice grab, leaving his opponent a metre or so behind, and then Hurley wheels around and spots up Winderlich, who extends the lead to 19 points with a hit from 20 metres out, almost directly in front. That hurts the Dogs after a tough opening couple of minutes from both sides.
Q4 - 0.00 - Western Bulldogs 12.4 (76) Essendon 13.11 (89)
Last quarter is under way at Etihad...can the Doggies upset the Bombers?
THREE-QUARTER TIME - Western Bulldogs 12.4 (76) Essendon 13.11 (89)
The Dogs just refuse to go away, and though the Bombers seem to have all the answers, it is shaping up to be a very interesting final quarter at Etihad Stadium.
Q3 - 32.48 - Western Bulldogs 12.4 (76) Essendon 13.11 (89)
Will Minson! Throw in in the forward pocket for the Dogs, where Minson tapped it, roved it, and kicked the goal from the pack! Great goal, Dogs are still thereabouts! Just 2 seconds left in the term, too.
Q3 - 31.30 - Western Bulldogs 11.4 (70) Essendon 13.11 (89)
Heppell wins a free kick for in the back - he copped that in a marking contest - but is forced to go off through the blood rule. Stanton arrives to take the kick but his kick from about 50 metres out is off-target.
Q3 - 27.07 - Western Bulldogs 11.4 (70) Essendon 13.10 (88)
Dempsey! Great finish by the Bomber after being well set up by Paddy Ryder. Dempsey finished on the run from qabout 40 metres out on very little angle. Huge goal for the Bombers, the Dogs can't seem to get close enough to snatch a lead.
Q3 - 25.00 - Western Bulldogs 11.4 (70) Essendon 12.10 (82)
Goal Dogs! Dahlhaus has kicked it and he is pretty pleased with it, too! And why not, the margin is back to just 12 points! Great hands by Giansiracusa to dish it off to Dahlhaus, who finished on the run from 30.
Q3 - 23.20 - Western Bulldogs 10.4 (64) Essendon 12.10 (82)
A behind to the Bombers through Michael Hurley.
Q3 - 21.51 - Western Bulldogs 10.4 (64) Essendon 12.9 (81)
Goal Dogs! Tutt wins a free as Hibberd got in his back and then Tutt, from just outside 50, unloaded a huge goal. The Bulldogs are not done with yet!!
Q3 - 20.03 - Western Bulldogs 9.4 (58) Essendon 12.9 (81)
A huge kick by David Myers is just touched on the line by Roughead. That would have brought the house down had it been on target.
Q3 - 18.34 - Western Bulldogs 9.4 (58) Essendon 12.8 (80)
Both teams have made their subs - Zaharakis off with that back injury, O'Brien coming on for him, while Wallis is off as what looks like a tactical move, for Hunter.
Q3 - 18.34 - Western Bulldogs 9.4 (58) Essendon 12.8 (80)
And now Winderlich extends the margin once more, kicking his third goal for the day. This one was not as impressive as the last, but got the job done nonetheless.
Q3 - 17.05 - Western Bulldogs 9.4 (58) Essendon 11.8 (74)
Goal Heppell! A mighty goal from the Bomber after Koby Stevens was pinged for holding the ball (should've been paid deliberate out of bounds, though) but either way it was a Dons free. They got the reward - a goal.
Q3 - 15.36 - Western Bulldogs 9.4 (58) Essendon 10.8 (68)
Murphy to Dahlhaus, a very nice pass from the veteran Dog. He hit Dahlhaus 35 metres out on the lead. Dahlhaus went back and slammed the goal home, and the margin is just ten points.
Q3 - 11.36 - Western Bulldogs 8.4 (52) Essendon 10.8 (68)
Behind to the Bombers, thanks to a set shot from Stanton.
Q3 - 10.39 - Western Bulldogs 8.4 (52) Essendon 10.7 (67)
Brendon Goddard has been pinged for holding the ball on half forward for the Dogs and he is filthy. He has a case, too. But the Doggies go forward and almost kick a miracle dribbled goal themselves through Dickson! Ball bounces wrong side of the post, though.
Q3 - 7.46 - Western Bulldogs 8.3 (51) Essendon 10.7 (67)
JASON WINDERLICH! What a goal! Almost up against the behind post, he has beaten two Bulldogs and thrown the ball on his boot...and dribbled it through for a goal! I saw it, but i can hardly believe it. Unbelievable goal, and against the flow of play for the Bombers!
Q3 - 6.38 - Western Bulldogs 8.3 (51) Essendon 9.7 (61)
Giansiracusa has chopped off a kick from the last line of defence for the Dons. He goes back and takes the shot from deep in the pocket, about 20 metres out, and he makes absolutely no mistake!!What a goal to Giansiracusa. Dogs are hungry in this quarter, and they are outplaying the Bombers.
Q3 - 3.58 - Western Bulldogs 7.3 (45) Essendon 9.7 (61)
Just a behind to Addison, as he unleashed from just around 50. The Dogs are pressing early!
Q3 - 1.37 - Western Bulldogs 7.2 (44) Essendon 9.7 (61)
Goal Dogs! They get the first of the second half through Giansiracusa. Great pressure by the Doggies. Giansiracusa swopped on the loose ball after the Bombers defenders spoiled each other in the air. Good finish by the old Dog.
Q3 - 0.00 - Western Bulldogs 6.2 (38) Essendon 9.7 (61)
Here we go! Second half under way.
HALF TIME - Western Bulldogs 6.2 (38) Essendon 9.7 (61)
The Dogs will be disappointed with the end to that quarter. After doing all the hard work to get back in this one - and for the most part being the better team all over the ground since they first kicked a goal in the first term - they have given up ground to the Dons. On the other hand, the Dons will be pleased. They managed to regain the upper hand with five to ten minutes of play at the end of the quarter, and some intense forward pressure. The game is by no means over, but the Dogs will need to come out even harder after half time, because the Dons will have taken confidence from how quickly they regained the upper hand.
Koby Stevens is tackled by Essendon's Mark Baguley. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo
Q2 - 25.50 - Western Bulldogs 6.2 (38) Essendon 9.7 (61)
Great work by Talia on the goal line, under body pressure, to knock the ball over the line for a point.
Q2 - 24.04 - Western Bulldogs 6.2 (38) Essendon 9.6 (60)
Goal Dons! The lead i sback out to 22 points after a huge goal from Myers! What a ripper. He unloaded from the very edge of the centre square and the ball bounced over and away from the Bulldogs defender in the goal quare.
Q2 - 22.09 - Western Bulldogs 6.2 (38) Essendon 8.6 (54)
Goal Bombers! They were working hard forward, the Dons, and it finally paid off as Dempsey kicked a nice goal. He ran around, looked to dish it off, couldn't see any options he liked, and finished from about 40 metres out.
Q2 - 21.27 - Western Bulldogs 6.2 (38) Essendon 7.6 (48)
Boy, has this game lifted. Bombers pressing forward hard.
Q2 - 17.55 - Western Bulldogs 6.2 (38) Essendon 7.6 (48)
Goal Dogs! Goal Stevens! A lucky bounce on the dribbling kick by Stevens has seen the Dogs edge even closer! Murphy long kick inside 50 came out the back of the pack and Stevens swopped, dribbling the ball through with some lucky spin and bounce the likes of which have more recently seen at Trent Bridge.
Q2 - 16.28 - Western Bulldogs 5.2 (32) Essendon 7.6 (48)
David Zaharakis is in some injury trouble here, off the ground having what looks like his lower back looked at. He copped a hit in the back in a marking contest earlier, and looks in a lot of pain. And Bellchambers seems to have dislocated a finger...ouch.
Q2 - 14.53 - Western Bulldogs 5.2 (32) Essendon 7.6 (48)
Colyer blazes away and on the run, scores a long point for the Bombers.
Q2 - 13.28 - Western Bulldogs 5.2 (32) Essendon 7.5 (47)
Brett Goodes! Great play by the Bulldog, he left his man in defence to charge Brent Stanton, the loose Bomber with the ball on half forward, and he forced the turnover.
Q2 - 12.16 - Western Bulldogs 5.2 (32) Essendon 7.5 (47)
Liam Jones! Great grab by the Bulldog. He took the grab about 20 metres out on a 45 degree angle, got up, dusted himself off, and went back and kicked the goal. Dogs edge even closer, a couple of minutes here by the Doggies.
Q2 - 10.37 - Western Bulldogs 4.2 (26) Essendon 7.5 (47)
Goal Dogs! Liberatore finally finishes one for the Bullies. Off one step around 50 metres out, he has kicked a beautiful goal. Margin back to 21 points.
Q2 - 9.28 - Western Bulldogs 3.2 (20) Essendon 7.5 (47)
Dogs keep scrambling it forward and are desperately contesting the ball oall over the ground. But they just aconnot capitalise in front of goal. In this istance, Cooney sent the ball out on the full, kicking across the face of goal.
Q2 - 6.18 - Western Bulldogs 3.2 (20) Essendon 7.5 (47)
Huge kick in from Myers - it was a good one, too - was met by the hands of Bellchambers, who positioned himself beauitfully at the back of the contest. Bellchambers goes back from 25 out on a slight angle and sends it sailing home. Bombers draw first blood in the second quarter.
Q2 - 3.13 - Western Bulldogs 3.2 (20) Essendon 6.5 (41)
End-to-end stuff to kick off this term. Neither team can use it effectively inside 50.
Q2 - 0.23 - Western Bulldogs 3.2 (20) Essendon 6.5 (41)
Bombers start the scoring in the second quarter as a long Zaharakis kick from just outside 50 was sent through off the hands of Roughead. It was a very nice kick from Zaharakis, but just couldn't carry the contest in the square.
Q2 - 0.00 - Western Bulldogs 3.2 (20) Essendon 6.4 (40)
We're off and running in the second term!
QUARTER TIME - Western Bulldogs 3.2 (20) Essendon 6.4 (40)
Siren sounds and that quarter was a tale of two halves. If that makes sense.
The Bombers started well and pulled away to a comfortable lead early. The Dogs looked done for 20 minutes in to the first term. But all of a sudden they had a spark, the Dogs, and kicked three goals in a row to trail by just 20 points at the first break. If they can keep up the intensity they showed in the second part of the first quarter, the Bombers are in for a real contest. However when they were switched on, the Bombers far outclassed the Dogs and very well could run away with this game if the Dogs aren't careful.
Q1 - 30.50 - Western Bulldogs 3.2 (20) Essendon 6.4 (40)
Well! Dons win a free kick and Carlisle takes it directly in front, basically from the top of the square. But somehow he has managed to miss! Just a behind for the Bomber defender/forward. He puts his hands on his hips and lets out a big breath. He is just as bemused as everyone else.
Q1 - 29.19 - Western Bulldogs 3.2 (20) Essendon 6.3 (39)
And another! It is raining Doggies goals! Some great work by Dahlhaus in the pocket, good hands by Giansiracusa to feed the ball out quickly to Grant, who dribbled the ball along the ground for another Dogs goal.
Q1 - 27.47 - Western Bulldogs 2.2 (14) Essendon 6.3 (39)
Goal Dogs! They go back to back in style thanks to Clay Smith! Stanton had the ball stolen from him the Dogs' left forward pocket and Smith just slammed the ball straight on his boot, sending it sailing through on a pretty tight angle.
Q1 - 25.32 - Western Bulldogs 1.2 (8) Essendon 6.3 (39)
Liam Jones! Great grab by the Bulldog, he flew behind his Essendon defender and plucked a beauty. He goes back and puts the ball through the big sticks. Dogs get their first, a good finish by Jones.
Q1 - 23.29 - Western Bulldogs 0.2 (2) Essendon 6.3 (39)
And now Ryder makes the Dogs pay, leading up and taking a nice mark before going back and slotting the set shot. That hurts the Dogs, and this is quickly turning into a rout.
Q1 - 22.09 - Western Bulldogs 0.2 (2) Essendon 5.3 (33)
Golden opportunity passed up by the Dogs. Tutt had a prett clear shot on goal, very gettable, and the kick was just no good.
Q1 - 20.54 - Western Bulldogs 0.1 (1) Essendon 5.3 (33)
Another goal to the Dons! This time Winderlich joins the party, but unlike the last goal, this one was definitely inside the boundary. He was about 30 metres out, on a very slight angle - almost dead centre. He was the recipient of a quick-thinking punch out of the pack by Kommer.
Meanwhile up at the SCG, teh Swans lead the Giants by 119 points at the SCG.
Q1 - 17.49 - Western Bulldogs 0.1 (1) Essendon 4.3 (27)
Melksham! What a goal! But he is very lucky to have been allowed it - a replay shows the ball was clearly out of bounds as he kicked it, about 45 metres out pressed up against the boundary. And by pressed up, I mean outside it. But it did make the angle on goal even tighter, so it was definitely an impressive finish.
Q1 - 14.53 - Western Bulldogs 0.1 (1) Essendon 3.3 (21)
The Bombers are peppering the goals because the Bulldogs are finding it very tough to clear from defence. This time the Dons sent it in long to the square where Goddard was able to beat a couple before picking it up and slamming the ball on his boot, just avoiding a lunging Doggies defender.
Q1 - 14.11 - Western Bulldogs 0.1 (1) Essendon 2.3 (15)
Behind to the Bombers. Hurley took a great grab on the lead in the pocket, but decided to play on from about 40 metres out. His kick was offline though.
Q1 - 12.21 - Western Bulldogs 0.1 (1) Essendon 2.2 (14)
Goal Bombers! They had the loose man after the Dogs turned it over on the wing and after pressuring the Bulldog defenders, Carlisle found space 30 metres out, directly in front, received the handball, and sent it sailing through under no pressure.
Q1 - 10.21 - Western Bulldogs 0.1 (1) Essendon 1.2 (8)
Minson copped a very harsh penalty - he took a nice intercepting mark from the Dons' rebound out of defence and would have sent his side back into attack, but was pinged for hands in the back. Doggies fans not happy with that one.
Q1 - 9.00 - Western Bulldogs 0.1 (1) Essendon 1.2 (8)
Goodes has been everywhere early for the Dogs. He's had seven touches, and his seventh was a lovely kick to Hrovat who led up to the 50 and took an easy mark. Hrovat's kick was no as impressive - his kick from about 50 metres out, not much angle, was a behind.
Q1 - 5.12 - Western Bulldogs 0.0 (0) Essendon 1.2 (8)
Meanwhile, Merrett is back on the ground after getting checked out by the doctors. Looked like possibly a concussion or head problem, but he is back out playing now.
Q1 - 5.12 - Western Bulldogs 0.0 (0) Essendon 1.2 (8)
Bellchambers! Great grab by the big Bomber at the back of a small pack in the goal square. He played on straight away - why wouldn't you when you are right on the goal line - and kicked the Dons' first.
Q1 - 4.05 - Western Bulldogs 0.0 (0) Essendon 0.2 (2)
Dogs having trouble clearing defence - Carlisle cut off the play with a great contested mark on the wing and the Bombers went forward once more. But Zaharakis' shot was also off-target.
Q1 - 3.21 - Western Bulldogs 0.0 (0) Essendon 0.1 (1)
It's the Bombers turn to go forward and from the forward pocket throw-in, Stanton has a snap on goal across his body. Ball floats through for a behind.
Q1 - 1.06 - Western Bulldogs 0.0 (0) Essendon 0.0 (0)
Looks like Merrett has copped a hit at the first bounce and is going off to be checked out by the doctors.
And the Dogs have been pressing in the opening moments, but have been unable to capitalise on their attacking chances.
Q1 - 0.00 - Western Bulldogs 0.0 (0) Essendon 0.0 (0)
The umpire puts the ball down and we are under way.
Q1 - 0.00 - Western Bulldogs 0.0 (0) Essendon 0.0 (0)
Bombers' stand in captain is Stanton and he has won the toss. The Dons will kick to the Coventry end.
Q1 - 0.00 - Western Bulldogs 0.0 (0) Essendon 0.0 (0)
Both teams out on the ground and the first bounce is just minutes away. Meanwhile, up in Sydney, after an inaccurate start, the Swans have pulled away and at 2 minutes into the final quarter are leading by 88 points, 115 - 27.
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of Western Bulldogs v Essendon at Etihad Stadium.
No late changes for either side, and subs in interchanges are in. For the Bulldogs, Mitch Wallis, Koby Stevens and Tory Dickson will start on the bench while Lachie Hunter will start as sub.
For the Dons, Tom Bellchambers, David Myers and Travis Colyer will start the game off the ground, while Nick O'Brien will wear the green vest.


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Lisa Lavie And Participants Talk YouTube Version Of "We Are The World"
Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – Record labels, take note. While YouTube has already launched a few careers in entertainment (you can find Fred plushies at Toys 'R Us), no less than 57 YouTube singers participated in a remake of "We Are the World," which many are saying puts the current auto-tuned, celebrity-filled version to sham.
The YouTube version of "We Are the World" packs so much talent into its 7 minutes and 30 seconds, it makes you wonder what else is on the site besides ninja cats and fail videos. The mastermind behind the YouTube version is Lisa Lavie, a YouTube sensation whose original song "Angel" amassed over 5 million views. Check out her soul-stirring version of Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" as well, recently covered by Celine Dion and Carrie Underwood at the Grammys.
In just two days, her version of "We Are the World" has half a million. The video has hit news outlets, blogs, and forums. Even Tyra Banks tweeted about it, saying "I am crying right now. Speechless because of beauty" and then linked to the video. She later tweeted, "When I grow up, I wanna sing just like @LisaLavie."
"The process of putting this together was was a lot of fun. I reached out to tons of great singers on YouTube and asked them to be a part of this project," Lavie told CNS. "Everyone jumped on board and I then assigned lines to everyone."
Among the singers who participated are Santa Barbara-native Lois Mahalia, who on her YouTube created a soaring ballad out of Damien Rice's "Blower's Daughter," and Jumoke, who tried out for for the fifth season of "American Idol."
"When Lisa called me to be involved I did not hesitate for a second to say yes," said Mahalia, who headed to L.A. to record her part for the video. "She's my friend forever and it's nice to be apart of this project."
"Lisa e-mailed me one day and said I'm doing a collab video for 'We Are the World' and I wanted to know if you wanted to be involved," Jumoke said. "I was like, 'Of course.' But I didn't know it was gonna be like this."
Within three days, Lavie had videos from the 57 participating artists and got to work on editing, which she says was "tedious." "A lot of the singers on the track didn't record using a mic. Some recorded it in a bathroom, a kitchen, a bedroom. I then had to take all of the videos, extract the audio and try and piece it together as smoothly as I could," Lavie said.
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A familiar face was arrested in Montgomery County on Sunday.
Mr. Grinch of Mount Crumpit near Whoville is behind bars facing a theft charge.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says the 56-year-old had been hiding out in the area and was looking for a way to steal Christmas trees, ornaments, decorations and presents from local homes.
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How Much Are Octuplets Worth?
How much is having a litter of children worth these days? Or, in other words, how much free sh** are the California octuplets going to get over the next three years? What do you think?
Radical Mommy: According to the USDA , in 2007 the average cost of raising child through the age of 17 was $204,060. Using that math, it that means that it will cost a minimum of $1,632,480 to raise the octuplets born Monday in California.
If other multiple births are anything to go by, the parents (I'm just assuming there are two) will be besieged by gifts, donations and offers to make their lives easier and take some of the financial burden off them. How nice.
So exactly how much is having a litter of children worth these days -- or, in other words, how much free sh** are they going to get over the next three years?
It's safe to say that some do-gooders will decide that the tiny apartment or house the family will return to when they leave the hospital is too small (based on past multiple births the parents normally live in places too small for their brood) so they will build, donate or whatever it is they do a gigantic brand-new home to them.
Since there are at least eight children in the family now (there could be other siblings, who knows), then they'll need a BIG house, with lots of room, and a yard for the kids to play. Let's be conservative and say the house is only 3,500 ft -- in California that will cost A MINIMUM of $1,000,000. Ka-ching!
Total = $1,000,000
Since they have a big new house, they are going to need furniture as well as the electronics, appliances, bedding etc ... Of course, all of that will also be donated to the tune of (I'm guessing) about $50,000. Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Ka-ching!
Total = $1,050,000
This family will also need LOTS and LOTS of diapers and, if my experience with my son serves as an example, they'll probably use a minimum of seven diapers a day per child. Multiply that by eight poopy bottoms and this brood will be using at least 56 diapers a day. In case you're wondering, that's about $20 a day in diapers and $3 per day in wipes -- for a whopping, total cost of $8372 per year and about $26,000 for the three-year period they will most likely be wearing some sort of diapers. Now I'm sure that some generous diaper company will come along and "sponsor" the family. Ka-ching!
Total = $1,076,000
In 2007, according to the USDA, clothing cost for children 0-3 (with parents whose income is less than $48,500 a year) ran about $340 per year. Do the math, and over three years the eight niblets will need approximately $8160 (let's round it up to $10,000) worth of duds. No doubt a clothing company will come along and donate clothing to the kids. Ka-ching!
Total = $1,086,000
Food (nearly $10,000 over three years for eight kids), volunteer labor to help look after the kiddies ($12/hour if you were paying a nanny -- but who would watch eight kids for that?), and most likely health care (as it's possible that some of these children might have medical problems that require assistance or some sort of therapy) will ALL be donated from a variety of different companies and individuals. Potential cost approximately $100,000. Ka-ching!
Total = $1,186,000
Let's not forget the brand-new, 12-passenger van that some generous car company will donate. After all, you have to have something to haul those little ones about in. Cost $35,000. Ka-ching!
Total = $1,221,000
Lest we forget, I'm sure some publicity-seeking college is going to come forward and offer all eight of the little rugrats scholarships to their higher learning institute. Let's calculate that donation as about $20,000 per child, per year -- that totals an astronomical $640,000. Ka-chingyding!
Total = $1,861,000
And last, but nowhere near least, is the money this family could potentially make from book deals, movie deals, magazine and TV interviews, speaking engagements, endorsements etc... This is VERY hard to calculate but I'm going to guess that they could probably make about $2,000,000 (yup, two million dollars) over the next few years. Ka,Ka,Ka-ching!
Total - $3,861,000
By no means is this all the possible LOOT this family could take in over the course of the kids' lifetime, but it's a start. And all I know is that when I had my son, all I got was a lousy blanket from the hospital. Maybe if I had known that I could possibly rake in a whopping $4,000,000, I would have tried to have seven more, all at once.
See Also:
- Holy Moly! Octuplets Born in California
- Eight is ENOUGH
- I Wish the Octuplets Weren't Born in California
- Will Mom of Eight Ever Sleep Again?
- Breastfeeding Eight Babies?! Yikes!
- Octuplets Are Gross
- Earth Doesn't Have Room for Octuplets!
- Octuplets: Scientific Miracle or Life-Long Danger?
- Mom of Triplets: "It's Very Stressful!"
- I Am One of Nine
But it's God's will. (Oops, the infertility or the octuplets, hmmm.)
They are socially irresponsible and don't deserve a dime.
I think some of the numbers are over inflated, and others are under. Houses in California are in foreclosure now, so they can find a 3500 s.f. house for about $600,000, depending on where in California they live. Also, the going rate for nannys in the L.A. area start at about $60,000 a year, you'd need at least 4 for that brood!
I'd have been happy to get on the donation bandwagon and offered a cardboard box and a warm place under the stairs for her to give birth.
WOW - What a bunch of cynical, angry, awful people that comment on this story. It breaks my heart. For those of you who don't have any feelings and don't know what it's like to want a family so bad you'll go through anything to have it, I pity you. I have so mucb to say, but it's not worth my time to even try to get through to you losers. Get a life! Congrats to the family of 8 new little ones. They've got a long road ahead, good luck to them.
Proud single mom to 4-year old twin girls
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This irresponsible woman already had 6 children.She wasn't infertile.Her doctors commited a crime in my opinion.I is at least negligent to implant emrbyos into a woman who can conceive naturally.Limited information also suggests that she is quite young and still lives with her parents.The taxpayers will be raising these babies and their siblings as well.I'm personally outraged that medical personel allowed this to occur.
Thank you Jezebel Lilly for your comments- I agree 100%!!
All the other articles I've seen on this just make me sick… FINALLY this one is HONEST! This "mother" is already living with her parents, with 6 (yeah, SIX!!) children already, and a husband who is away. This mother is the epitome of irresposible.
…I just want to know what kind of job she thinks she's going to get to be able to afford all of her 14 children! And when will she find the time to work this job!! Oh wait, no, that's right, she'll just "graciously" accept donations from all of those people out there who think they're doing something good by donating her $ and enabling (and encouraging) her irresponsible behavior!
…That being said, I feel awful for those children. I just hope they'll get the love and attention they deserve.
I cannot agree enough with these and other posts and comments highlighting how completely irresponsible and mental all the people involved in this truly are. What is she a desperate mom or a Rottweiler? Maybe both. No husband, no father for these kids, her parents giving up their home to help take care of her and her litter. I can respect the fact that doctors gave her a choice to abort some of the fetuses, and she chose not to… but to even choose to put yourself in that position is beyond me. She will have to explain to each one of her 14 kids, "Well mommy wanted a big family, so she bought one!" Sperm donors and IVF for a young woman is selfish and greedy and irresponsible. I'm praying for these kids, and their well-being.
I hope and pray no one offers her a cent, at least in a way. I don't want children to suffer. However, how are any of these 14 kids NOT going to suffer? I would wager that her infertility treatments were either not done in the US or were not on the up and up.
she is already a mother of six so dont pitty her because of infertility problems there are people out there that cant afford to go through this procces and they dont have any kids at all, and come on she is still living with her parents
With the way the economy is this woman is very irresponsible because if God forbid some of those children have health problems in the future what will she do? oh wait, Our taxes will cover all that.
The only thing I'll ever offer her are my prayers. I don't even have enough money for myself and my 2 boys and I do not depend on govermnet help (I take care of myself) and here she is living with her parents, will not be working, no husband and living off my hard working taxes. Everyone in California should sue those doctors.
Speaking of the doctors, maybe they should be paying to raise these children, since it was obviously their decision to let the mother have them!
Regulations governing infertility treatments are long overdue. It can be inferred from an interview this week with this woman's mother that her daughter is mentally ill. Regulators need to shine a bright light on the fertility clinic that allowed eight embryos to be implanted.
Oprah and Diane Sawyer are already pursuing interviews and I'm sure that big money is part of the discussion to get her on t.v.
Here you have a professional student whose parents has already lost their home supporting her. I'm sure she is getting state aid also and that was when she only had 6 kids now she has 14 and you think your not going to pay. I'm sorry but I don't want to pay for her hobby. Its one thing that a mother of 1 or 2 children for whatever reason needs help, like husband runs out or whatever, that I can understand helping but only if she is trying to help themself but someone who just likes having kids (14) and not worry about paying and expect everybody else to pick up the tab that person need to be in a mental hospital or jail. Anonymous
I agree with all the people who have posted comments!! Finally people are waking up that we have far to many irresponsible people in our country, who feel it is there God given right to do whatever they want regardless of the cost to the taxpayers. That doesn't even begin to cover the injustice being done to those kids!! I say GROW UP AND TO the parents how you could you condone such irresponsible behavior. If IRAQ cna pay you so much better take your whole family there and let your country pay for your STUPIDITY!!
I think all she wanted is to be famous for something that has never been done before and try to make money off of having that amount of children. Like movies throughout the children growing up. What a pity with so many people who really want a child and cannot afford it but she goes finds somebody who helps her do this wrong thing just to be famouse and write about it. What doctor whould have done such a terrible
thing. I just hope there is enough love to go around to each child at all times as they grow up.
One more very costly expense is left out. Being a single mother, the state will have to fund her children's health care including dental; pay for child care later on IF she returns to work (about $7,000 a year per child over 3 yrs. Infant care can be double that!), food stamps, assistance for utilities and lastly monthly financial assistance.
I hope the children all stay healthy and happy. It would be unfortunate if their mother did all of this for the attention. As far as the physicians go; what were they thinking of? Six children even to a married couple is a lot and adding 8 more, so to a single parent living at home with her mother is a burden to her family, friends, and tax payers.
How this woman will be able to raise 14 kids I do not know! Since there are so many childless couples in this country, has she ever thought of allowing some of her children to be adopted? Even if she had an "open adoption" for most of them, she could then be assured that her children would benifit from having loving parents who could provide for them physically, mentally, emotionally and financially. of course, she might have to give up the "free sponsorships" from so many potential companies. Even so, I think that in the long run, she and the children would be happier.
I am appalled as well over the poor decisions made by this woman, her doctors and her family. It would be unkind to punish her children for their shortsightedness, but such self-cnetered behavior should not be rewarded. I hope that corporate donors' names will be published, so I can vote with my money and not support them in the future.


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Studying Women: A Mirrorless Act
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Brownfemipower, a wonderful radical Chicana feminist blogger, made an excellent critique of women's studies departments and their incorporation of women of color and racial dynamics. One part of her entry really called out to an experience I had in undergraduate school:
Driving home that night, I thought about my previous classes in women's studies. They had all been taught by white women. They had all been predominantly attended by white women. And what's more, reading material consisted of early white feminist readings (Elizebeth Cady Stanton etc), socialist feminists (Emma Goldman etc), then the late 60's/70's feminists (Adrienne Rich etc). Some times, there was even a bit of the French Feminists (Helene Cixous was the big one). Women of color feminists were *always* restricted to Audre Lorde and bell hooks–and then we only read those women if we stayed on schedule through the semester. "Women of color feminism" (or "race and feminism" or "womanism" or "dissent to feminism" as the subject has been variously defined by different teachers), was *always* left to the end of the semester–it was discussed in the last week or two of class "if there was time". And if we managed to make time to discuss "race and feminism," woc feminists were presented not as amazing thinkers in their own right–but as reactionaries reacting against evil white feminists. The final point of the chapter being, "we used to be racists, we're not any more, let's get back to the business of destroying patriarchy!"
This happened across the board without fail in *every* single class. There has never been a class I have *ever* taken in any university anywhere that has not had this particular format ('race' is discussed at the end of the semester "if there's time") UNLESS it has been a post-colonial class or a class about a particular racial group (i.e. Native American Feminsim, Black feminism, third world feminism etc).
Although a lot of things were discussed during the Full Frontal Fuck-up earlier this year, I had a similar experience in a women's studies class that (thanks to Ilyka!) I found from rustling through a web archive. I brought it up when discussing the book on that occasion because I remember how I felt gutted in my Philosophy and Feminism 101 class:
Maybe I shouldn't expect better of Jessica's target audience; I mean, it's not like they have anything to do with me, right? What the fuck do I know about these "young women," and why should I give a flying fuck about what they choose to read? Granted, those lines might bring them here to read this, but, heh heh, they won't be reading for long 'cause I doubt they'd agree that perhaps people should expect them to understand basic ideas of feminist theory and find some relevance for their lives. It's just like a young woman told me after I took that Philosophical Issues in Feminism class, and I raised my hand to ask what about us? What about young black women and Latinas and Asian women and Native American women and lesbians of all colors and poor women of all colors? I said, there's likely not going to be any great advances for "women" until we tackle the system that makes all these other things possible. What are we supposed to do in the meantime if these issues of cosmetic surgery and choosing stay-at-home motherhood over white-collar jobs really don't include us? And this young woman — one of the ones who proudly told the class the first day that she thought feminism was irrelevant and she felt like she didn't need it because she felt empowered, human, and whole — this young woman told me, "Yes, that stuff is important, but you see, we have to deal with these issues first." And she didn't say it maliciously; she said it in a really nice way to try to placate me. And I'm not sure I could have explained how it felt like a total slap in the face, but it did. I remember that was our last day of class, and I wrote my class evaluation, furiously shaking and on the brink of crying, writing in big letters, "PLEASE INCLUDE WORKS BY WOMEN OF COLOR AND LESBIANS AND OTHER TYPES OF FEMINISTS. IT HELPS."
I misunderstood who I was speaking to — an audience that's as likely to listen to me and that audience and take us seriously as it is likely to ally with the "patriarchy." (from "You know what? You're right." on May 13, 2007)
It's always good to remember that for some people, my existence and my experiences are as real to them as academic theories and the vagary known as "criticism." Black Amazon, Petit Poussin and I were Criticism after we made statements saying, "No, we did not like this book; here is why." Two black women and one white woman, all under the age of 30 (and two barely over 20).
And we were savaged and maligned by every person the blogging feminist org could find. We were old evil brown spinsters, jealous that the Book Gods dared to look down upon Jessica Valenti, ignorant of the art of subversion, stupid when it came to the value of white feminists having girl crushes on women of color scholars! Even though at the time, The Anti-Essentialist Conundrum was hauling in a decent 200-300 hits a day for non-Full-of-it Fronting Fucked-up reasons, Miss Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon (who admitted in the same conversation she did not know me from Adam, had not read me, knew despite all this that I was not a young woman, and did not want to read me) told me that I only wanted to drive up hits to my blog and put my pointy stick through the pale torso of Jessica Valenti.
(And what would be the point of that? I still don't know. I have no advertisements, and thanks to FFF and other blogging ridiculousness I can barely write a full-length entry without feeling like I want to vomit.)
But I lucked up in that classroom that day because I was not a Women's Studies major. The makings of a WS major at my undergraduate institution were underway. After that revelation in that final class, I felt glad I was leaving. It was my final year; I already had my philosophy major credits completed so that class was a "fun" one. I walked out of my undergraduate career feeling as invisible in feminist philosophy as I'd felt invisible in every other school of philosophy I'd learned in the other years.
All I knew about race and feminism I learned from the woman-dominated side of my mother's family, and I learned them under the banner of racial empowerment. I received many paperbacked books on Africa as a little girl. Small readers with the words "I'M SPECIAL TOO!" and the face of a little daydreaming black boy. I must have read the book What Mary Jo Shared a million times and marveled at a little black girl wearing uniforms like I wore for school being admired for show and tell. When I got older, I realized some of the political implications of the book — she brought her father to show and tell. Not only that, but she brought her father to her predominantly white class for show and tell. More like Revolutionary Jo, am I right?
Feminism didn't really reach me until high school and college, and I liked the empowerment aspects of it. I wasn't entrenched in wanting to fuck; I wasn't upset because I thought feminism = ugly. The more "radical" aspects of what I now know is white feminism amused me more than distanced me because they seemed so caricaturized. So unreal. I was ready to dive into feminism and see what women like me were saying.And my, I was surprised. It is significant that I realized more about the exclusion of women of color, lesbians, poor women… hell, even religiously diverse women in my wonderfully liberal political and sociolegal classes. I've learned so much more in my life about the importance of feminism by not studying feminism directly. When I took Gender and the Law, I discovered that a lot of key gender discrimination cases were won because MEN brought the cases arguing about denied access. I learned in my civil liberties class about how the women's suffrage movement dropped alliances with black women and working-class white women like hot potatoes when it became clear that the political organizations of the time wanted a certain look and group to assert their claim to voting rights. I also watched an enlightening video on the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings, and the feminist and race perspectives on the hearings. Not the racial feminist perspectives — just the one and the other. The feminist side was almost all white because it was the Challenging Sexual Harassment empowerment song of the day at the time. The race side was all black women and men, wondering why-oh-why couldn't this heifer (Ms. Hill was called that in so many words, folks) keep these indiscretions to herself, especially when a black man was about to fill another powerful seat in the Supreme Court! We're overcoming as we said we shall; shut up now!It was through this education that I missed a wonderful talk with Cornel West on our campus, for which the entire freshman class at the time was given a copy of his newest book, Race Matters, and how he described the double bind the black community faced in the wake of Clarence Thomas's appointment. (The characterization he gives it allows me to sympathize with many progressive friends when a conservative puppet that "looks like us" hits a high seat of power and "acts like them.")
So when I reached the Philosophical Issues in Feminism course, I had knowledge that race and feminism at least spoke to each other once in a while. They weren't kissing cousins, but no one had been removed, either. Yet.I waited to hear a narrative that spoke to me; I waited a long time. I tried to ignore the already-converted feminists, heterosexual and lesbian, who rolled their eyes every time I mentioned something about sexuality that did not square with the cultural white middle class lesbian and hetero progressive perspectives. (I won't even get into my awkward attempts to mesh with folks in undergrad; if I do write about them, it would be from the perspective of trying to get former friends to understand just how fucked up my sense of self is.) I tried to mention in discussions of the worthiness of a housewife and leaving the home to work how black women often had no choice. How black men wanted to offer black women the option of staying at home just as things were getting better for women in the workforce, yet there were still problems. And after me, an international student from the African continent would speak about how her family faced the housework question and how she was glad to have the option to say no, partly from Western exposure to the idea. A Latina student would talk about how her mother did not mind doing housework and working, and how she did see how people would want to choose one or the other, but rarely both — and she loves her mama.
There were women of color, but we rarely spoke up. After talking to a couple of those women of color in the class about the material, we did not speak up because we had no opening. We were sitting in the margins of the theory we were learning in the class. Living, breathing exceptions. We had no theorist staring at us and speaking about subjects we were accustomed to. We were only told statements like these.
I think there's plenty of time, Jeff, for us to bring up the past shortcomings of white feminists in reaching out to young women of color. But Valenti's book is radically relevant to their lives right now, irrespective of class and ethnicity. Read in a vacuum, it would be problematic in a women's studies course — read in conjunction with a variety of other texts, it's superb.
Because very often, the variety of other texts are tacked onto the end of the class, if even THEN. And every time I read that snippet about Full Frontal Fuck-up, I wonder if it even fucking makes sense, let alone a point. Black Amazon and I sided with each other once, and we're agreeing once again, because we recognized that if anything makes this book "radically relevant" it's the fact that EVEN NOW women of color are tokenized and ignored so that white middle- to upper-class feminism can score brownie points with folks who think they're full of shit. I mean, how much time do we have? One hundred years? Two hundred? How is Jessica's book "radically relevant" when it's "problematic" in a vacuum? Do you mean — and oh, I hope I'm not exaggerating — that if a young woman of ANY demographic picked up this book and expected to have a well-rounded introduction to feminism, they might be lacking in some areas? Would they start exploring these areas then and realize why Jessica's book was a dust mite in a landfill? And after one thousand years of digging through that landfill, would they then reach the women of color, the poor women, the transpeople, the lesbians and bisexuals and asexuals and omnisexuals who identify as feminist but for wildly different reasons than abortion access and fucking until they get it right?
When I first got wind of the book cover back when I read Feministing and blac(k)ademic at the same time, I realized stepping out of blind praise for it would merit a savaging from "allies" and complete misrepresentation of valid points of critique. Ask Jessica how long she thought "all the women of color" at Nubian's blog thought she was a sell-out bitch when they agreed that a white torso on a book introducing women to feminism was exclusionary. Ask her then how she got sad, and then how she found out later that it was one comment among 100+ from a white woman.
And now we return after someone teaches the book to underhanded sniping about being full of shit. I almost prefer being booted from class woman like what happened in academia, in looking into the feminist mirrors of the world and seeing white body parts rather than my face, than to be thoroughly dismissed unless it's to make a point about how irrelevant I am and women like me are a couple days/weeks/months/years/decades later.
So I'm not gonna get my panties in a bunch about advertisements and bad photoshopping and ethical traveling because I'm sure there's plenty of time to watch white feminists navel-gaze. Things like breastfeeding mothers being separated from their children because they are not citizens of a country that milk them like slaves for all the labor they can give and they DARE challenge that institution, wars forcing women into prostitution for the benefit of murderous soldiers and profiteers, a woman being tortured at the hands of six people who forced her to do inhumane acts and constantly called her a nigger — yet none of them face hate crime charges.
These things are radically relevant to our lives right now, irrespective of class and ethnicity.
Read in a vacuum, it would be problematic in a women's studies course –
Read in conjunction with a variety of other texts, it's superb.


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I have seen multiple people make statements or posts on my FB page questioning why the Martin/Zimmerman case has had such high level of focus in the media and other criminal cases involving a white victim and black perpetrator have not garnered the same attention. And most of the "reverse examples" used have been in crimes where there was breaking and entering involved so not really an apt comparison, I don't think.
It seems to me that the only people really questioning this are white. And already shows a lack of understanding and/or awareness of a common African American experience. And I am not saying I fully understand or am aware of it because I know I do not or am not. Still it seems we as white people should do our best to understand what we can.
Even if my analogy is not an adequate comparison, it seems an analogy might help seeing a viewpoint we might not normally see.
If you are willing, think of someone you have felt abused, betrayed, or otherwise hurt by once or (more aptly) repeatedly in your life. How long did it take for you to not feel angry anymore? Were you able to forgive? Were you able to forgive even without a formal apology from the person who made the transgressions? Could you forgive even if he/she didn't apologize? And if the person couldn't see how they hurt you or refused to own up to it, would you ever trust him/her again? Even if the person did make a heart felt apology how easy would it be to trust him/her again?
How difficult would it be for you to forgive and not be somehow defined by someone beating you, saying degrading things to you on a daily basis or worse- killing or abusing your children or other family members. If you felt worn down, full of grief, hopeless how long would it take for you to heal and be able to bring full positive energy back to your life again? How long would it take you to heal if the wound was never allowed to close but instead the scab was irritated, continuously infected and/or rubbed off before it could ever completely close?
I can tell you that as a Jewish woman (even though I am non practicing now) that Jews will never "forget" being enslaved in Egypt and never "forget" more than 6 million exterminated in WWII, and that we hear derogatory disparaging comments regularly about Jews. I have certainly heard my share not to my face but maybe because I don't "look" Jewish people might think it's ok to say certain things around me without fear of being offensive.
When I was 25 years old I sat next to a young black man who was about my age. We chatted for a couple of minutes about the usual stuff passengers sitting next to each other on a plane might; "Where are you headed? Do you live there or are you just visiting," and so on. After only about 2 minutes of this, he said," I can tell you have friends who are black?" "How?" I asked.
"Because you look at me with an open expression on your face."
His comment instantly stunned and saddened me. To think that 70 percent of the population that surrounded him looked at him with something of resistance, negativity or worse -fear, disgust or hatred.
In my early years in High School I thought racism was already in the past and no longer active in this country. How naïve I was. It was very important to my parents to teach my brother and I that everyone is equal (not the same) but equal and deserved to be treated fairly, ethically and respectfully regardless of gender, skin color, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, financial status and so on. Aren't those some of the qualities that people uphold about what's great about this country? If it is not the truth, not the reality of how all of the inhabitants of this country are treated but those characteristics are still upheld as vitally important wouldn't you want to make it true?
How can we heal this deep wound if we don't collectively recognize that the prosperity of this country was birthed out of the genocide of sovereign nations that were here first and through slave labor from the African slave trade?
And some might respond that that was so long ago and we have come a long way from then and we have a black president now (or more accurately biracial). Why are we still talking about this?
We are still talking about this because the original wounds have continued to be aggravated. Certainly a victim should not rely on the perpetrator to complete a healing process. However, it seems to me healing can occur much faster when and if a victim can confront a perpetrator and the perpetrator is able to do some soul searching and at least admit to the act, transgression or crime. If the pus of a deep infection is not allowed to drain, to be cleaned out daily, it can easily fester. If a family member had an infection wouldn't you want to tend to it regularly and gently? I have heard some people say that some kinds of amends have been made: the right to vote, affirmative action and social welfare programs. To me these are not the same thing as an open apology and they certainly are not equivalent to making amends. Amends go beyond trying to make the playing field even, they return what was taken if possible and if not possible they give something back that could be considered equivalent. The US government will never give the land of this country back to the remaining Tribal Nations, it can never return the torn apart and dead family members back to African families. I have no idea what could be considered equivalent, but I do know that continued fearful attitudes that promote paranoia and contribute to violent actions just seem to perpetuate the lack of trust and a holding pattern of unnecessary violence.
I read an essay on a different blog that also had what I thought was a great analogy. It used a baseball game as an analogy. That if at the beginning of the game the rules were different for each side such that the rules always benefited the yellow side and constantly put the green side at a disadvantage. Then in the middle of the game the yellow side realized how unfair the rules were and made the rules the same for both sides but the score was still in favor of yellows how likely would it be for the greens to catch up or even win if they had been so weakened and put at a disadvantage for so long? It has only been 50 years since the civil rights movement in this country and that is juxtaposed to the Atlantic slave trade that went on for nearly 500 years.
And I am not suggesting that crimes committed by black people are somehow excusable because of the painful history but that certain things should be looked at more deeply. If you've ever had a bad habit that you've wanted to change, it usually requires some deeper awareness of the psychology involved and a willingness to do something different in order to become successful in changing the habit.
I have even heard a few of my friends who are involved with a spiritual community (mostly new age kind of spirituality) focused on the truth of our oneness as human beings and with all life make derogatory and/or prejudicial comments about African Americans or Latinos. In most instances I have called them out on it and asked questions so they might look more deeply into their negative stereotyping.
I believe the discussion of racism and how we are all impacted by it should and will continue until true healing occurs. And those of us who see people as equal and are passionate about the importance of people being treated with basic equality and respect will continue to do our best to understand and bring understanding in the ways we are able. If you say you care about humanity and care about making a better place for your children- for everyone's children wouldn't you want to do your best to understand. And that often requires a discussion.
If you have a fight with your spouse or partner and don't discuss it, the feelings from the fight would have a hard time being cleared. If you care about your country wouldn't you want to be a part of the conversation to do what you can to help clear the pain?
Again, I am not saying that black people have no part in this healing process and that it's all on white people to mend, but white people were certainly the initial instigators of a certain way of thinking toward people with darker skin as "less than", as "savages" and/or in some ways as not even human. And you might say, "Well African culture utilized slavery for much longer but from what I understand most of it was closer to an indentured servitude situation that ended after certain debts were paid than how slaves were largely treated in this country.
I do think we need to look much deeper and come to terms with the now often subtle unconscious ways these perceptions are perpetuated.
I am not Trayvon Martin. Neither is my little cousin with me here at Christmas dinner. As a child, I was never targeted or criminalized based on the color of my skin. In school, I was never subjected to disciplinary measures such as suspension (even if I broke the rules) or treated with suspicion by the school's mostly white teachers and administrators. I was assumed to be a "bright" kid and treated like I was "going places" even by adults who barely knew me. My 9 year old cousin, a fierce and outgoing girl, is treated very similarly.
As a woman and a queer, I struggle- struggle to be taken seriously, to be valued and acknowledged like my male peers, to be heard and seen. But I, like the other white folks in family, will never be targeted by people like George Zimmerman. We will never be predated on by police or railroaded into prisons by the courts. Our resume will never be overlooked because someone thinks we have a "ghetto" name. If someone walked up and murdered us on the street, Fox News would see us as victims, not "delinquents".
I am so sorry to Trayvon Martin and his family, to Ashley Williams and her family, to Troy Davis and his family, to Marissa Alexander and her family, to Emmett Till and his family, to the four little girls murdered in Birmingham in 1963. And I believe we can -and must- make the insanity of racism come to an end.
WE are Trayvon Martin
I am not Trayvon Martin. I am the mother of five boys. My sons range in age from 1 to 16 and any one of them could one day be Trayvon. Any one of them could leave the house and never come back; any one of them could be snatched from me in one horrifying moment. Any one of them could die on a rainy night, alone, on a sidewalk just minutes from our front door. It could happen. It has happened so many times before.
I hope to never know the agony Trayvon's parents know. But, I am not naïve; I know all too well how easily one of my boys could be in a situation just like his; how, in one tragic moment, everything could change, forever.
When Trayvon's story first became news, I sat my older boys down and gave them a talk. It is a talk the parents of black sons have been giving for far too long – don't run, show your hands, make it clear you don't want any trouble; submit, submit, submit…. All this time I had told myself that I was raising men and here I am telling my sons to be afraid; teaching them to cower. This is not what I intended. And, yet, here we are.
When Barack Obama was elected in 2008 I woke my kids up the next morning and I told them, "The world is a better place than it was when you went to sleep last night. Last night, we made history. Today, I am proud of the country we live in and you should be too." Telling them about the Zimmerman verdict felt like a retraction. How can I be proud of a country where the death of someone's child goes unanswered; where but for the media scrutiny, his killer would never so much have seen the inside of a courtroom? What is there to be proud of here? How can this be the same country that not five years earlier elected its first black President?
That day, the day I had to tell my boys that Trayvon Martin's killer was acquitted, I committed to doing what I can to make a difference; I will not cower, I will not submit; I will not accept that this is just the way things are. I will not see racism and say nothing; I will not tell myself that it isn't my job to cure the ignorance of others. I can no longer avoid having those tough conversations; I will not. I will not rest until my boys can leave the house without being afraid.
When I first heard about Trayvon being shot, I wasn't as shocked. It isn't the first time I've heard about a young man being shot and killed. But when I heard about why he was killed, by this 'Neighborhood Watch' enthusiast who didn't listen to the dispatcher on the phone, I was astounded that this man wasn't thrown in jail to begin with! A CHILD! Not even old enough to drink. Not even old enough to experience life, and it all ended because a man wanted to handle the law himself.
I am not Trayvon. When I was growing up, I lived in Colorado near the boarder of Utah. I was too young at the time to understand what was really happening around me, but it wasn't a town to live in if you were not white. A man, when I was either 4 or 5, drove by our house, and came back by again and stopped in front. He yelled from his window at my parents, while my sister's and I played outside, that "Prairie-N*****s aren't welcomed in this town". He drove off quickly, and my parents took us inside and called the cops. My father is white with a small amount of Native American (Ojibwe) that isn't even considered high enough to the Government standard for determining Blood, and my mother is 7/8 Oglala Lakota, but we get Irish from both sides. They tried their best to explain to us what had happen, and told us to play in the backyard from now on, unless they're with us.
My older sisters joined the Girl Scouts, and they were never invited to go over to other girl's houses at the end of the group gatherings. None of the other mothers wanted to invite non-white girls over. There were three Hispanic girls at the start, but they soon turned in their vest. I had a friend in elementary school, who invited me over after school one day, and her mother said I had to leave. She never gave a reason why, but I walked back home and told my mother about it. My mom said for me not to worry about it, their house was probably just too messy for guests. The next day, my friend told me we couldn't be friends because her mom said so. Was it because I was too dark? I don't know, and I don't think my friend knew either.
Third grade a little boy tried to do a war cry and called me a 'Squaw when I walked by him. "Squaw" is a derogatory term towards Native women, in particular, because it refers to their genitals. I was raised to be proud of my ancestry, be proud of being a Native American! So I beat him up. I was suspended and almost kicked out of the school because of it. The Principle at the time didn't think him doing a war cry and insulting me warranted him having a broken nose and losing a tooth. She tried to tell my parents that it was just a name, and a name has no meaning. My dad was furious. He asked her what race she was. She responded with "I'm part German, and English." And my dad said, "Well then, you don't mind me just calling you a Nazi then." She was so caught off on being called that, she said "You can't call me that!". And he just let her know, "You said it's just a name. A name has no meaning." I was just suspended for a day, but had detention. The little boy had to serve neither charges I had to.
My parents told my sisters and I that we would face racism from our own race too. "Full bloods" of our tribe aren't too friendly about "Half-breeds". I'm not saying all of them are that way, but ask anyone of them about their feelings toward us, and they won't be saying anything too nice, because that's how they're taught to think from the older generations. My own extended family on my mom's side; my oldest sister, who is just a half sister, doesn't like my sisters and I because we are part white; my uncles and their children were raised to dislike us, and we've never met. My dad's side is no different: my grandma called us her "Little Indians", and continues to say racist things and just pretends that nothing is wrong with it; one of my dad's sisters won't ever invite us over because she doesn't want her neighbors to see us. My grandfather from my mom's side passed away a few years back, and at his funeral, my family wasn't well received, even though we were his granddaughters.
I grew up around bigots, and racism. I continue to have to live around it every day. I cut off any ties with any family members that aren't my parents and my two sisters I grew up around. I'm afraid to have any kids because I don't want to be ashamed of how divided my family is because my parents fell in love. I'm afraid that they won't be accepted because they are Native American. I'm so tired of seeing and hearing parents telling their kids racist things. Telling them to be afraid of people who are too dark. Telling them that if they're light-skinned, they are prettier, they are happier, or that they are better off in life.
My middle school science teacher made a snide remark and told me I wouldn't get far, being as dark as I was. And that's so pathetic. Pathetic of her to say something like that to a child. To say something that a child will believe because she is an adult, she knows more. She should have known better, but I know better now. Just because she's was born in a generation where racism was 'OK', doesn't make it right. It will never be, and never has been, right to be that way. People should be ashamed. Ashamed that they could say that because Trayvon was black, he was probably deserving of what Zimmerman did. No one deserved to die over walking home. No one should have to be profiled because of their skin color, or their gender. I would have done what Trayvon did. I would have fought back. I would have protected myself from the predator that was Zimmerman.
He ruined his own life, when he took Trayvon's. He ruined a family's life, because they'll never be blessed with that child's presence. It makes me sick to think of bringing another child into this world, just for this cycle of hate to continue because I'm not the only teacher my child will have in their life. Just like I can't protect my child if they're walking home with Skittles and tea, from a man wanting to harm them because he thinks he's the law.
Just learnt on Huffington post of this mvmt. I am black, I do not live in the US but as a black outsider looking on its time that all Americans get real and face the elephant in the room. Having a black President has not suddenly righted every racial wrong. It's naive to not have an open conversation. Protests in the form of these " I am not Trayvon Martin" activities will go a long way in really dealing with this issue. Times have not changed sufficiently , but they certainly aren't as awful as before and now might be the best time to have a real conversation about something that is not changing fast enough. The continued dehumanising of black ppl is an outrage to blacks everywhere, to humanity. Everyone needs to see our hurt as their hurt if all of us are to be better. It's just plain wrong that a whole race of ppl have been marginalised by instituitionalised behaviour. The non trayvons of this country must continue not be Trayvons, it could very well be the catalyst for change.
We Change Our Future Today
Everybody, let's take a deep breath, and on the count of one…two… three…exhale. This past year, I have seen an increase in emails wanting to know if I still believe racial harmony is achievable especially in light of the fatal shooting of seventeen-year-old African-American high school student Trayvon Martin and his shooter's acquittal. Like many of you, I see the similarities between this case and Emmett Till, the fourteen-year-old murdered in 1955 for whistling at a white woman. Both were in their teens, black, and blamed for their own deaths by violating America's racial rules. When I was nine years old, my father sat me down and said, "Linda, the world does not like our skin color." In an instant, my confusion turned into grief when my father pushed a copy of Jet magazine into my hand, and I looked down at the gruesome post-mortem photo of Emmett Till. I can still hear my father say that not all whites were like the people who killed this boy and how I would realize that as I lived my life. Now, mind you, my father wasn't being cruel; he was just doing what millions of black parents have been taught to do—prepare their children for the inevitable experiences of racism. My father was a wise man.
According to the July 2013 Pew Research survey on the Zimmerman trial, 60 percent of whites thought the trial focused too much on race while 78 percent of blacks thought this case was about race. Within hours of Zimmerman's verdict, my emails tripled with people asking if whites and blacks were doomed to be enemies. The numbers may seem discouraging to you, but remember, we are a people in transition.
These two tragedies are proof that we are slowly shedding and separating from our outdated, familiar racial patterns. The lynching of Emmett Till galvanized blacks to seek equality and social change. Trayvon Martin inspired people of all races to unite and speak out for justice. Fortunately, tragedy needn't be the only path to societal transformation.
Our society's racial beliefs were formulated before the nineteenth century. No wonder we can't get on the same page; whites and blacks are communicating with an outdated system! Can two people communicate when one uses a cell phone while the other uses a string and cans while standing ten miles apart? It's impossible. Both groups are feeding off each other (anger hate, disillusionment), which, unfortunately, strengthens and perpetuates more racism. Sixty percent of whites unable to recognize the injustice and 78 percent of blacks outrage over whites' inability to recognize the injustice done does not cultivate good feelings. Instead, the desperation, anger, and outrage increase exponentially. These attitudes only create a stronger negative racial frequency. A racial frequency, or vibration, is energy, similar to a radio signal. Every mood or feeling we have about race emits a positive or negative frequency which matches up with a similar one and boomerangs the energy back to you in the form of experiences. Which frequency do you think we experience more as a society? The negative frequency—because it's familiar.
So what do we do to unplug from this way of thinking? First, stop the blame, and then keep digging for the source of your negative racial beliefs. They came from somewhere—either your own past or from someone from a previous generation. My book, Good Race Vibes, is an excellent place to start. It will show you how to eliminate deep-seated hurt and pain.
I am reminded of what Emmett Till's mother, Mary Till-Mobley, had to say: "My son was a sacrificial lamb, he was sent to play a special role and I don't think he died in vain." And I'm convinced neither did Trayvon Martin.
Envisioning the best,
Linda C. Thomas
(This article was previously published on her site at www.gooodracevibes.com.)
Linda C. Thomas is a social visionary who is passionate about redefining the white and black relationship. Her book, Good Race Vibes: Everything You Need to Know to Feel Good About Race, is the first book to address race without anger or blame. She lives happily in Ashland, OR.
I am not Trayvon Martin, but I feel terrible for his family, because he was just an innocent kid who was killed because of his skin color and how he was dressed. I'm Jordan and I am also an African-American male, just like Trayvon. I am 11 years old. I was angry when I heard the verdict because none of the jurors were from another culture, they were all Caucasian. I wanted to hear different cultures' perspectives on the events. I try to make a concerted effort to not judge people by their culture or ethnicity and I also try to treat all people equally. If the jurors didn't stereotype or think that all Black boys who wear hoods are thugs, and they cared about Trayvon the same way they do about Caucasian boys, Zimmerman would have easily been sentenced…no questions asked.
In my lifetime, I hope that I will never witness or hear about another case like this worldwide. This case should be a lesson to America, and to the world,to show that we can all make a difference by listening to others' perspectives and by not stereotyping each other, just because we're darker or lighter than each other.
I am not Trayvon Martin. I am a white 16 year old girl. I have had every ounce of racial privilege there is. I get waved through the metal detectors rather than the full scans at the airport, even though I am not what anyone would call a frequent flier. If I am walking alone at night, I am more likely to be asked if I'm lost than asked what I think I'm doing out so late. People hold open doors, help me carry my load, make eye contact when they see me on the street. And for many years of my life, that's all I saw. Not until I began to realize I was a lesbian did I begin to see what most people were treated like, even in casual conversation. I began to see what other people had lived with everyday of their lives, and I did not like what I saw. But I also have the luxury of keeping a secret. When I find a situation I am uncomfortable in, or one I feel like I won't be accepted for who I am (which frankly, is most, I'm only out to my close friends and I'm submitting this under a fake name), I can shove myself easily back into the closet and keep quiet. Trayvon had no closet to hide in, no way to make sure that others would not judge him for the way he was born. I can still avoid societies harsh judgments if I want to, Trayvon had no way to do this. Here's to Travyon's memory, and may he rest in peace. And also, may there be a society in which society can do away with profiling, and so no one feels the need to hide.
I have experienced racism. I am Chinese-American even though I am of mixed descent (35% white). I have joked about being a partial WASP to both my non-white and white friends. We have poked fun at racial stereotypes and used them on ourselves. I have simultaneously stood at the fringes of white privilege and also been enveloped into it to see how it works. But I know better than anyone that I am lucky. I will never experience the full force of racism because I am not black.
I attended Cornell University for college, one of the eight Ivy League schools. People assume if you are either black or Latino, you were accepted because of affirmative action. Then people also assume you are on heavy financial aid or you are illegal. And if you are in pre-med or engineering, people will make the snap judgement that if you will drop out or switch to an "easier" major because you do not deserve to be there and you are not smart enough.
During my final year at Cornell, one of the fraternities on campus started throwing glass bottles at a group of African-American students walking by, calling them the N-word, making racial slurs, and mocking them. Campus police became involved, I filed a police report because I was a witness, and I patiently waited to hear what the university would do.
But at the end, only a slap on the wrist and a warning was giving to the fraternity and the instigator (who was very conveniently not a student and also from Florida) was banned from campus. Despite outrage and anger, the fraternity's charter was not revoked or disbanded.
I marvelled at it all as I sat across the street with a friend watching this occur. How could this happen? I wondered. We often assume that being college educated means being intelligent and cognizant of what is right and wrong in this world. We assume that racism is close to eradication, especially on college campuses in this country. We assume that in the 21st century and especially at an Ivy League school, tolerance and compassion are important and race shouldn't matter. We should be smart enough to realise we share the same genetic code and we are all the same species. Even though I knew fraternity culture was a cesspool of homophobia, racism, and misogyny, I thought that their inner consciences would stick up and someone in that group of people would say "stop, this isn't right."
I couldn't be more wrong.
To me, Trayvon Martin's murder is the large scale equivalent of what happened at that fraternity on the cold May night of 2012. Acquitting George Zimmerman announces to the world black lives are irrelevant. Their hurt and pain is lesser than a white man's. Being black in this country means second class citizenship even if you are moneyed and went to a great school. It doesn't matter that Mark O'Mara congratulated Maddy, juror B29 for thinking with her head instead of with her heart. Because we all know in our hearts that George Zimmerman racially profiled Trayvon Martin and followed him because he was black.
It doesn't matter that it was 8pm. It doesn't matter the police dispatcher told Zimmerman not to follow Trayvon. It doesn't matter that Trayvon Martin was like any other typical American teenager, eating Skittles and drinking iced tea.
What does matter is that Trayvon Martin is dead, his life extinguished permanently, and his killer is celebrating somewhere, freed because racism is still kicking well and alive in 2013.


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Press Release
September 13, 2011
Janet Bass
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U.S. Needs to Invest More in Higher Education System
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers,
On OECD's Education at a Glance: 2011 Report
WASHINGTON— United States' higher education system is the envy of the world, and while our college completion rate has improved, some countries are outpacing us by providing more affordable access without burdening their students with a mountain of debt. We have to make the tough economic decisions needed to make our higher education system more accessible and affordable.
The lesson taught by the United States for decades—that economic prosperity is directly tied to a highly educated workforce—is now being applied by other countries. The report shows the United States must follow its own example and ensure its economic future by making a college education—at public and private institutions—an affordable reality.
If we continue to slash education budgets, make college unaffordable and force students to shoulder great debt, our nation will struggle to retain its competitive edge. This report is a call to action for us to ramp up our support for colleges and universities to ensure that everyone who wants to achieve the American dream of attaining a college education can do so.
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The AFT represents 1.5 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.