February 2012
119 posts
How much of a White ally are you?
guerrillamamamedicine:
satifice:
eshusplayground:
I shouldn’t have to say this, but I will because I really don’t want to see any bullshit on my dash.
If racial justice and anti-racism are not things you give a shit about, do everyone a favor and ignore this. It’s not for you (just like I keep my queer, Black, Jewish ass away from Stormfront because an environment that is unapologetically...
“The memory of and aspiration for a return to the homeland makes life in exile...”
– Mekuria Bulcha
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touchofpoetry:
Of Ambivalence: The Help, Obama, and the Ultimate Slave Re-Mix
abolitionista:
And so here we are.
In the same week, President Barack Obama became the first president in the history of Billy Graham’s “crusade,” and the only one among the murderer’s row of current presidential candidates, not to be deemed an indisputable, verifiable, name-brand Christian. And Octavia Spencer...
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Anonymous asked: 1, 10, 18, 30, 56, 71, 99
Questions not usually asked:
ethiopienne:
sailitslow:
1:Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
2:Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?
3:Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
4:Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
5:Do you like to use post-it notes?
6:Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?
7:Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?
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There is currently an ethnic cleansing of black...
dreams-from-my-father:
Will black people be wiped out for the second time on African soil by Arabs while the international community - that armed and supported the rebels - says NOTHING??
The Tawerghas, a tribe of black Libyans in the South of the country, are being systematically targeted and killed by the new regime of Tripoli!!
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“Laughter is the way to disempower the forces of evil, I am told. But is it the...”
– Patricia J. Williams: in The Alchemy of Race and Rights
As much as I hateThe Help...
touchofpoetry:
…Viola should have won that.
But it’s a white, white world.
“White male aggression against Black Women has always been a bitter pill for the...”
– Devon W Carbado (via daniellemertina)
Are Black People Really 'People of Color?'
touchofpoetry:
thedef:
That phrase has been getting on my nerves lately. Blackness in it’s connotation has been used to define who is human, sub-human, kindof-human, who is the model minority, etc. I always felt like color implied humanity, at least a little. And since ‘Black’ is the absence of color and the absence of humanity, are we people of color? Even though we’ve been called this since...
Are Black People Really 'People of Color?'
That phrase has been getting on my nerves lately. Blackness in it’s connotation has been used to define who is human, sub-human, kindof-human, who is the model minority, etc. I always felt like color implied humanity, at least a little. And since ‘Black’ is the absence of color and the absence of humanity, are we people of color? Even though we’ve been called this since the...
najdiggity asked: boooooo booooooo
touchofpoetry:
So, I was Tossing My Laundry into the Machine…
When I came across this.
Familiarize yourself with what’s there (just click the title of this post to see it if you haven’t already).
Jenny Hyun, who is a songwriter for SNSD & Chocolat and is an artist herself, recently went on a racist rampage, outing herself as a bigot and mentally unstable as well.
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"If" Black Women Were White Women
baddominicana:
peecharrific:
notesonascandal:
soydulcedeleche:
August 23, 2009 In “If Men Could Menstruate,” Gloria Steinem makes the persuasive argument that “Whatever a ‘superior’ group has will be used to justify its superiority, and whatever an ‘inferior’ group has will be used to justify its plight.” For too long the definition of racism has been a fight between white and black...
TW: Blatant racism; talk of genocide against...
ethiopienne:
thegoddamazon:
lebanesepoppyseed:
TW: Blatant and disgusting racism, talk of genocide and racial eugenics, antisemitism
feminoonas:
sign this petition to stop racist jenny hyun
w-omen:
Jenny Hyun (@jennyhyun) who alleges to have writing credits for both Girls’ Generation and Chocolat has recently made a series of disgusting racist comments on her twitter. The...
Jenny Hyun, songwriter for SNSD & Chocolat, is a...
anedumacation:
luckythinks91:
deliciouskaek:
yunballs:
TW: racism.. seriously.
dj-edison:
ancientrelic:
Jenny Hyun, who is a songwriter for SNSD & Chocolat and is an artist herself, recently went on a racist rampage, outing herself as a bigot and mentally unstable as well.
While the title is harsh, I assure you she deserves every bit of it after her Twitter rant laden with...
