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Woman involved in shooting with police released from custody<\/h3>\n

A woman who exchanged gunfire with police on Friday, January 13, in downtown St. Louis, was released from custody.<\/p>\n

She was arrested after allegedly saying she was going to shoot up the social security office, then shooting at officers from inside her van. According to our partners at KMOX, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner did not make the decision to release the woman.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson from her office shared that detainees must be released after 24 hours if police do not present evidence. KMOX reported that it\u2019s not clear if St. Louis Police have applied for charges against the woman.<\/p>\n

FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; FOX 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Stop Using \u2018Culturally Sensitive Words\u2019 Like \u2018Aloha\u2019, \u2018Shalom\u2019<\/h3>\n

Greetings such as \u201caloha\u201d and \u201cshalom\u201d are \u201cculturally sensitive\u201d and their use could \u201ccome off as mockery,\u201d according to a recent USA Today piece demanding people \u201cconsider the cultural implications\u201d before using such terms.<\/p>\n

In an essay published in USA Today on Friday, titled \u201cIs it time to stop saying \u2018aloha\u2019 and other culturally sensitive words out of context?\u201d reporter David Oliver argues, \u201cjust because you can say something doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s always appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Claiming that \u201caloha\u201d has a \u201cdeeper meaning\u201d than just hello or goodbye, the author states, \u201cIf you\u2019re not Hawaiian and you say it, it could come off as mockery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe use of certain words requires education, knowledge and the foresight to understand when they should \u2013 or shouldn\u2019t \u2013 come out of your mouth,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

According to Oliver, using the greetings \u201chola\u201d or \u201cshalom\u201d with a \u201cfake, exaggerated accent\u201d when conversing with a Spanish or Hebrew speaker is problematic, while \u201csaying \u2018ni hao\u2019 to someone Asian American who isn\u2019t Chinese\u201d could be \u201cboth othering and a microaggression.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the source; Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n

Colorado College Astrophysics Prof Claims the Study of Space Is Racist, Sexist<\/h3>\n

Colorado College astrophysics professor Natalie Gosnell says her field is engrossed in \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d and sexism, adding that language used to describe the cosmos is \u201cvery violent and hyper-masculine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gosnell, who is dismayed over society separating \u201cmath\u201d and \u201ccreativity\u201d into two categories, says dichotomizing these two characteristics is rooted in systemic racism and sexism, according to a report by Colorado College News.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an astrophysicist, I\u2019m a product of institutions that are steeped in systemic racism and white supremacy,\u201d Gosnell told the student newspaper.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tenets of white supremacy that show up [in physics] of individualism and exceptionalism and perfectionism\u2026 it\u2019s either-or thinking, and there\u2019s no subtlety, there\u2019s no gray area,\u201d the professor added. \u201cAll of this manifests in the way that we think about our research, and what counts as good research, what counts as important research?\u201d<\/p>\n

Colorado College News concurred, adding that \u201cmost of Gosnell\u2019s career has been dictated by the hyper-masculine world of astrophysics.\u201d<\/p>\n

When a star transfers its mass to an orbiting star, for example, this process is discussed \u201cthrough a violent, hyper-masculine lens,\u201d the student newspaper said, noting that the phenomenon has been referred to as a \u201cVampire star\u201d or \u201cCannibal star,\u201d with Gosnell adding that these stars are also viewed as the \u201cbad boys\u201d of the universe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think because science and art have been so separated, and there\u2019s \u2014 systemic issues within science, the metaphors that are often chosen [to discuss science] are very violent and hyper-masculine,\u201d the professor said.<\/p>\n

Gosnell added that in 2010, when she was featured on the Discovery channel\u2019s How the Universe Works, she \u201ctotally played into [the hyper-masculine stereotypes] while talking about her research on the mass-transfer phenomenon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI totally played into [the hyper-masculine stereotypes], because, ooh, snazzy. I get to be on the Discovery Channel,\u201d she said. \u201cOf course, like, the price was too high.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like I was masquerading, essentially, as what an astrophysicist was supposed to be like,\u201d Gosnell added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n

Norwegian government funds research to find out if white paint is racist<\/h3>\n

Is white paint racist? Norway\u2019s University of Bergen is exploring that question, asking how the aesthetic of white paint helped the nation contribute to white supremacy and helped \u201c[make] the world whiter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhiteness is not only a cultural and societal condition tied to skin color, privileges, and systematic exclusion, but materialize everywhere around us,\u201d a rundown of the study read.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough Norway is not a conventional colonial power, this project will show how the country has played a globally leading role in establishing white as a superior color,\u201d it said. \u201cUntil now, however, this story has been lesser known to scholars and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study on whiteness and paint, dubbed NorWhite, observes the Norwegian-developed paint pigment titanium white through \u201chistorical, aesthetic, and critical\u201d lenses to determine how the development of the color contributed to \u201csocial transformation\u201d as well as how the innovation led to \u201cplanetary consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently the Norwegian innovation TiO2 [titanium dioxide] is present in literally every part of modern life \u2026 The primary research question is: What are the cultural and aesthetic changes instigated by titanium white and TiO2 surfaces \u2014 and how can both the material in itself and these changes be conceptualized and made visible?\u201d the description asks.<\/p>\n

The Research Council of Norway, a government agency, is funding the study by University of Bergen associate professor and historian Ingrid Halland through a grant of 12 million Norwegian Krone (about $1.2 million US) to explore the paint color\u2019s historical legacy, its origins in Norway, and features images of several of the nation\u2019s buildings plastered in the color.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe overall objective of NorWhite is to critically and visually investigate the cultural and aesthetic preconditions of a complex and unexplored part of Norwegian technology and innovation history that has \u2014 as this project claims \u2014 made the world whiter,\u201d the description concluded.<\/p>\n

The study is also sponsored by two of the major companies that contributed to titanium white paint\u2019s prevalence in the country \u2014 Titania A\/S, which extracts ore for use in titanium-based products, and Kronos Titan, which produces the titanium dioxide pigment.<\/p>\n

The study cites that titanium dioxide is a part of everyday life, including in food, paper, tattoos, synthetic textiles, cosmetics and more in addition to altering the country\u2019s architectural aesthetic through a brighter, more opaque color, and research aims to dissect the historical development that \u201crevolutionized the color industry\u201d with an \u201cabsolute white\u201d color.<\/p>\n

The University of Bergen study is only the latest example of higher education making \u201cwhiteness\u201d a focus.<\/p>\n

In the United States last year, Los Angeles Public Schools enforced the idea that \u201cmerit\u201d and \u201cindividualism\u201d were concepts originating from \u201cwhiteness\u201d and must be questioned.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital obtained documents from government watchdog group Judicial Watch last year indicating the United States Military Academy at West Point was also among the institutions taking hits at \u201cwhiteness\u201d last year with its critical race theory-based curriculum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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