February 2012
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“People order each other to smile because they feel uncomfortable around people...”
– via Smile! (Your face is making people unhappy)
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“Although most boys figure out how to bring themselves to orgasm by age thirteen,...”
– Dorian Solot, I Love Female Orgasm: An Extraordinary Orgasm Guide. (via feministhistorian)
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My brother knows racism before he's even 16. Fuck...
queerhairyvag:
Welp! That’s great! Gonna rant now! AS USUAL WHAT ELSE IS NEW
Before he was 8, things were fine and dandy and he’s a happy adorable snotrag!
He isin’t treated any differently and if he is, he’s too young to notice at the time.
He’s 10. He’s talented at creating animation and draws like a pro.
Early primary school; things are fine but he feels a little confused that he’s one...
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haram-zadi:
miseengarde:
my mama used to wear her hair in a loooong braid, colourful shiny langas, have dangly gold bindis falling onto her forehead, a nose ring with a chain but she would get treated awfully by whites, talked down to, stared at and have rude comments thrown at her so she stopped.
but white people can do this and not have any of the flack given to my mom.
and then white...
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I post a lot about race issues, and I know shit...
thegoddamazon:
But if you really aren’t willing to confront the fact that racism is alive and well, then you need to evaluate why that is.
White people, we don’t hate you. You’re misunderstanding the point of these discussions if you think we hate you personally. No, we hate the history of your race that has shaped our present, and if we don’t change the scaffolding that has been in place to...
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We're going to need a whole FLEET of Privilege...
thegoddamazon:
White people, do not—I repeat—do not sit here and derail conversations about race with dumbass shit like:
“I took a class in ethnic studies, so I can relate.” No, you can’t. People of Color are not a goddamn elective you take to seem less racist. We are real people facing real experiences with racism and prejudice every day simply based on our looks.
“I took a class in ethnic...
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Raising Boys: Are You Teaching Your Son How NOT to...
notesonascandal:
I was sitting with my computer the other day, just scrolling through my Tumblr dashboard like I usually do. I like to look at pictures of cats, funny animated .gifs and pretty clothes and natural hair. Zone out and appreciate some beauty, ya dig? All of a sudden I saw a post entitled “Cockblocking Friends” that snatched me out of my Internet escape and threw me down hard into my...
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Racial Profiling of New Jersey and Maryland...
of-praxis:
In New Jersey, the data showed that only 15 percent of all drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike were racial minorities, yet 42 percent of all stops and 73 percent of all arrests were of black motorists—despite the fact that blacks and whites violated traffi c laws at almost exactly the same rate. While radar stops were relatively consistent with the percentage of minority violators,...
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Racial Profiling of Drivers
of-praxis:
In New Jersey, the data showed that only 15 percent of all drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike were racial minorities, yet 42 percent of all stops and 73 percent of all arrests were of black motorists—despite the fact that blacks and whites violated traffi c laws at almost exactly the same rate. While radar stops were relatively consistent with the percentage of minority violators,...
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quebradiza:
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TW: DOMESTIC ABUSE
Another thing I don’t get in all this white clamor to be the loudest and most indignant critic of Chris Brown (and the Grammys which are basically coded as black) is that none of these people can even fake pretending to care about how Rihanna feels. Maybe a domestic abuse victim doesn’t want you referencing how she got “the shit beat out of her” on an...
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Re: This is why society sucks...
loveandotherhumanrights:
lukeiamyournigga:
I HATE when girls act like they get pressured to look a certain way, when guys are really the ones that have to look one way. Guys like girls that look all different kind of ways. But typically the good looking guy looks ONE way. Tall dark and handsome. Everyone wants to be tan, tall, and muscular. That is what men are supposed to look like. But...
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“Making fiction for children, making books for children, isn’t something you do...”
– (via neil-gaiman)
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Race Finished: The Debunking of a Scientific Myth →
Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept? Is race nevertheless a fundamental reality of human nature? Or...
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Unfair or Misunderstood
racismschool:
“White people should just shut up and listen if two PoC are talking.”
For many, this sounds harsh and dismissive. This line is about two very specific things. First, the fact that you can’t walk in our shoes so your viewpoint, through no fault of your own, cannot be consistent with that of the conversation. No, it isn’t about “agreeing.” Good luck find two PoC who agree on...
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anthrodynia
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. a state of exhaustion with how shitty people can be to each other, typically causing a countervailing sense of affection for all things that are sincere but not judgmental, are unabashedly joyful, or just are.
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“[tw : rape] Let’s talk about rape for a moment. Rape is not what George...”
– Jeffrey Rowland (via joyousfeminism)
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I LOVE THE 90S
after1989:
Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 7PM Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, New York, NY Featuring: DREAM HAMPTON, VIJAY PRASHAD, SOPHIA CHANG, JOHN KUO-WEI TCHEN Exhibits: Wu-Tang Clan, “Heritage Holidays,” Gender + Hip Hop
DJ hit replay! Or shall we manually rewind this nostalgic cassette tape with a discerning finger for your favorite awkward 1990s multiculti blunders? The 1990s gave us...
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Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
after1989:
Friday, March 16, 2012, 7PM Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY
INTEGRATION, ASSIMILATION, AND FANTASIES OF AMERICAN SOCIETY
Featuring: JEFF CHANG (Can’t Stop Won’t Stop), JAY SMOOTH (Ill Doctrine), HUA HSU (Grantland), ELIZABETH MENDEZ BERRY (The Nation), KAZEMBE BALAGUN (Brecht Forum), HIRAM PEREZ (Vassar College)
Exhibits: Family Matters,...
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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Race?
after1989:
Monday, March 5, 2012, 7PM powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street Brooklyn, NY Free to the public
THE CANON, PC AND RACIST SHOW-AND-TELL
Featuring: DAS RACIST, EGO TRIP MAGAZINE, LATOYA PETERSON (RACIALICIOUS), THUY LINH TU, HAROLD AUGENBRAUM (NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION), ROBERTO BEDOYA
Exhibits: The Canon, NEA Litigation
Much of ‘90s multiculturalism was less about race than inventing...
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“Nobody in history has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense...”
– Assata Shakur (via thegoddamazon)
The eternal response to the “Tone Argument”
(via private-revolution)
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“And that’s one of the reasons I think it’s so important to study history....”
– John Green, Crash Course (via em-pulse)
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“Many find that compassion comes more easily toward the suffering of others than...”
– Noah Levine in The Heart of Revolution (via restoried)
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Fetishizing People of Color / Dating a POC
bookishbutch:
I have posted before on the way that black people are fetishized in the U.S. It is as if they are, literally, more colorful, more interesting, cooler, hipper, even spicier than white people. Whites, in contrast, can seem bland, boring, vanilla, even whitebread. From this perspective, being a “boring white” person can seem, well, boring. Both of these confessions can be read as...
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“If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must...”
– ladyatheist (via mamaatheist)
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“To define racism only through extreme groups and their extreme acts is akin to...”
– Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer in What is Racial Domination? (via kidonacloud)
YAAAAAAAAAAAS
(via dumbthingswhitepplsay)
Perfect description.
(via racialicious)
THIS. This is the analogy I’ve been needing. Yes.
(via thesoapboxschtick)
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“Once we learn to love ourselves, it is impossible to miss how important it is to...”
– Rushelle Frazier (via theredtree)
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