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For Your Viewing Pleasure: Check Out “other” A Short Film About Black America’s Two Voices [Video]

Image via Diego Madrigal Xavier Burgin Directs Short Film ‘other’ About Black Morale In America other is a short film directed by Xavier Burgin that explores the internal struggle Black people have to contend with on a daily basis living in America. Violence and racism are always present and the response to that plight by white folks is often just as infuriating as the bigotry itself. Image via Diego Madrigal Vanessa Baden Kelly, RJ Kelly, Mansa Wakili, Ryder Kelly, Carissa Kosta, Kaylee Bardin, Chris Hyancinthe, Edward Voccola, Jed Rapp Goldstein, Melissa Ugas all star in other and deliver performances that will for sure have you saying: “That’s exactly how I be!”, or “I HATE when they do that!”, or perhaps some other expletives that result from seeing an artistic expression of what really goes on out here. Image via Diego Madrigal other was selected by an assortment of film festivals including the New Voices In Black Cinema, the San Diego Film Festival, The Pan African Film Festival and the Bushwick Film Festival to name a few. Grab a lil’ snack and spend a few minutes (6:20 to be exact) checking out this work, we think you’ll enjoy it. other | A Short Film About Black America's Two Voices from Xavier Burgin on Vimeo . Thoughts? Have you ever been in any of these situations? Have you been one of these characters?

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Steve Slater Pleads Not Guilty, Flight Attendants Rally Around One of Their Own

Former JetBlue flight attendant Steve Slater pleaded not guilty in court today to charges of reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and criminal trespass stemming from his hilariously irate resignation yesterday afternoon. For those first learning of the story: around noon, Slater, a 20-year veteran of the industry, tried to calmly tell a woman on a flight to remain in her seat until the plane taxied to a complete stop. She responded by ignoring him and telling him to “f-ck off,” a gesture that caused Slater to snap. He got on the intercom, returned the expletives and slid down the emergency chute to safety… until cops picked him up at home a couple hours later. Using lame reasoning, district attorney DA Richard Brown argued the following in court: “The emergency chute deploys at 3,000 pounds per square inch within seconds and could easily injure or kill ground crews or others on the tarmac who are unaware the chute has been activated. This would have been a far different arraignment if someone had been standing under the emergency chute when it deployed.” In response, Slater’s lawyer simply wondered why his client was being prosecuted for a hypothetical: “There was no one below the window,” when the chute was released, Howard Turman said. Meanwhile, a Facebook page in Slater’s honor has been created – and it already has over 15,000 members! Just like a significant percentage of THG readers , many of them support Steven. Especially the fellow flight attendants. Wrote one: “Kudos to you, I am a former flight attendant and only wish I had the nerve to do what you did!!!!!!”

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Steve Slater Pleads Not Guilty, Flight Attendants Rally Around One of Their Own