March 2012
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“Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark.”
– Zen proverb (via vorarephile)
February 2012
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“When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she...”
– Zadie Smith - Generation Why? (via soundinmylungs)
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish...”
– Anaïs Nin (via absea)
Prejudice: [PoC calls white person a cracker].
Racism: Two centuries of PoC being stolen from their homelands, driven out of their native lands, tricked, raped, infected with disease, and otherwise downtrodden so as to remove them from any chance of being the dominant race.
Prejudice: [PoC gives a white person a nickname playing on the fact that they're white].
Racism: PoC must, from the moment they realize a baby is on the way, worry about whether giving a child a name reflecting their heritage will affect their chances at a good life in the future. Hint: it will.
Not racism: Calling out that slavery lasted for two centuries, and civil rights did not happen for PoC until the 20th Century (you know, the century which only ended TWELVE YEARS AGO).
Racism: We should not talk about it, because it makes [non-PoC] feel bad.
Not racism: A non-PoC actor can get pretty much any role s/he wnats.
Racism: ... including roles that were originally written as PoC. PoC actors must settle for roles making them servants, sassy women, jive turkey men, criminals, drug addicts, or abused downtrodden prostitutes, the better to reinforce the negative mental image of PoC in the minds of the zeitgeist, and hold up the excuse that "they bring it on themselves".
Not Racism: Flattering pictures of people used to represent them on the web.
Racism: Flattering pictures of Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Bachman. But the most unflattering pic available of Michelle Obama is used for the same article.
Not Racism: Articles about women's features.
Racism: Article purporting to have scientific "proof" that Black women are uglier than women of any other race.
Not Racism: America is where everyone is supposed to have equal chance.
Racism: Equal chance? Freed slaves were lucky if they got 40 Acres and a Mule, after working for free for generations for people who are now wealthy and offered no other reparations.
Not Racism: Irish History Month, Italian History Month, French History Month, German History Month, etc. All of which would, technically, qualify, btw, as White History Months.
Racism: It's not Cameroon History Month, Nigerian History Month, Egyptian History Month, Zimbabwean History Month, Zaire History Month, Somalian History Month, etc. It's BLACK History Month. Doesn't matter what country in Africa you come from. If you're Black you just all get lumped in together.
Not Racism: PoC describe their experiences.
Racism: Non-PoC interrupt, derail, silence, mock, deride, or cite "oversensitivity" because it makes them feel uncomfortable to know that PoC have endured this, and to have to acknowledge their privilege -- and their responsibility to do something about it if they really are as anti-racist as they profess.
...add your own examples.
“She loved mysteries so much that she became one.”
– John Green, from Paper Towns (via enchants)
Watchsmokeporch:
kattygirls:
A little backstory to this clip before you watch it:
Will Smith’s father abandoned him and his mother when he was a child, and when Will was finally getting into show business and making a name for himself, he tried to sneak his way back into his life like nothing happened. Will co-wrote this episode, and James Avery (Uncle Phil) said “this scene was the hardest thing...
“Rick, I’m sorry that hearing that JFK speech on religion makes you throw up, but...”
– JON STEWART, on Rick Santorum saying JFK’s historic speech on the separation of church and state makes him want to “throw up,” on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
Guess what the NYT thinks was in poor taste about... →
aimabovetheclouds:
swintons:
watermeloncholy | maritsa-met:
NOT BLACKFACE. NOT RACIST JOKES.
Nope, it was Chris Rock telling the truth about Hollywood’s racism:
“Chris Rock followed with a racial joke, about black men getting lousy roles even in animated films. It may have been in questionable taste, but it jarred the show closer to modern times.”
I know none of us are surprised but…are...
“Oh, I’m not eating dinner because it’s my brother’s turn tonight. Tomorrow is my...”
– Michigan Welfare Cuts Forcing People Back To Work Or Straining Safety Net? [HuffPost]
Meanwhile in Los Angeles, California…
(via thenoobyorker)
this is happening on the soil of the “super power of the world”.
(via baddominicana)
Kindness is the highest form of wisdom.
machistado:
Kindness is the highest form of wisdom.
Watchgoffslut:
Lana Del Rey - Diet Mtn Dew
“Dare only to believe in yourself.”
– Nietzsche (via dearscience)
“You cannot save people, you can only love them.”
– Anaïs Nin (via shoesandsealingwax)
“Part of the racialized sexism wants everyone to think that a 15-year old Mexican...”
– bell hooks, Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism (via nyx2701)
“I do struggle because I’m attracted to beautiful things, yet at the same time I...”
– Tom Ford (via blua)
“I am a Muslim and… my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps...”
– -Malcolm X (via keepingtaqwa)
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“When I was young, I had a tree house and in order to get to the top of it, me...”
– Lana Del Rey
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your...”
– Maya Angelou (via beautifulurself)
5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police... →
1. It’s your constitutional right.
The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects us against unreasonable searches and seizures. Unless police have strong evidence (probable cause) to believe you’re involved in criminal activity, they need your permission to perform a search of you or your property.
You have the right to refuse random police searches anywhere and anytime, so long as you...
I’m 20 today Unfortunately, no birthday pictures this year because I’m terribly sick But I did manage to get out of bed and have some cake and open presents The good news is that Vampire Diaries, Secret Circle, and Grey’s Anatomy are on tonight so I’ll be entertained