February 2012
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13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the... →
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“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography the Narrative of the Life. This was part of an essay contest, but her...
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a white lady commenting on Billy Crystal's... →
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super-eklectic1:
fuck this lady and everything she stands for
This asshole sounds incredibly familiar. I could have sworn she said some other stupid racist shit before that got passed around on here.
“Yes, people were just looking to criticize, that’s for sure. And as far as Angelina is concerned, she just needs to eat a cheeseburger, soon.” She wrote...
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“”White audiences are not the only ones that turn away from progressive images....”
– bell hooks (via daughterofzami)
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.
Not Racism: PoC generalizing white people to protect themselves; including avoiding them in any capacity.
Racism: Calling that "prejudice" as if it's on the level of prejudices that actually damage anyone. It's called REASONABLE PARANOIA.
...add your own examples.
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My Blu Tinted Glasses: “We would never call... →
shethinksof:
..says Clara Borja Hinojosa, a Mexican national and Founding Director of the Mexico Institute in Dallas. Clara’s preference is Mexican. Hispanic to her is simply a USA term. To some, Hispanic is all-inclusive, referring simply to language heritage. They feel it is a term…
Yep yep yep. I am not hispanic. I am Latin@. Mind, the word Latin@ isn’t much better than...
“I recall my grandmother and father telling me, when I was about 10, about a...”
– Jamia Wilson, “Black Herstory: ‘The Trial of the Decade,’” Ms. Magazine blog, 2/21/12 (via racialicious)
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“Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans...”
– Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and filmmaker. His book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto’s Fist Fight in Heaven,” was on the banned curriculum of the Mexican American Studies Program.
http://progressive.org/sherman-alexie
(via chicanainchoos)
This this this! I’m fists alive...
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omg The Godfather is on. I used to be obsessed...
I still have a small library of books JUST about the history and making of this movie. My favorite, and most honest, is this small out of print production diary that was published and sold for a very brief time when the movie was first released. That shit is VERY telling about the racial attitudes not just on set, but during that time in general. Just uggghhhh I love this movie. There is still so...
Hey, Mama Rock Me: stfuconfederates: Deaf Aspie:... →
stfuconfederates:
Deaf Aspie: Challenge to Vegans:
deaf-aspie:
violetbelle:
deaf-aspie:
violetbelle:
deaf-aspie:
Make me a vegan diet plan for 2 weeks. And if I like it, I’ll actually try it.
But it’s not so simple. See, I’m poor. And by poor, I mean, your…
yeahhhhh..this is kinda why I can’t fuck with vegans. Veganism and vegetarianism as ideas, are fine, but the...
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Offbeat Orbit: Ron Paul doesn't give a shit about... →
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brienne—of—tarth:
poorgraduatestudent:
good-gollymissmolly:
He wants you to be able to live your life as YOU see fit, NOT as the government…
The Black One. I think that’s what they’re going with for the Obama biopic.
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Montage Editing: The Bechdel Test and Race in... →
poemsofthedead:
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dumbthingswhitepplsay:
ai-yo:
crystalsavestheday:
1. It has to have two POC in it.
2. Who talk to each other.
3. About something other than a white person.
No Joss Whedon show passes, neither does…
Yeah, naw, DS9 totally passes. In terms of animation…damn I can hardly think of any :( Gargoyles, Jackie Chan Adventures, Daria...
modernist-witch said: Two of my fave products. And they smell so good! What a weird comment.
Right? I love this stuff! I dont need much for my hair so sometimes i’ll use R&B as a lotion (super dry skin). Works and smells sooo good. And I’ll open up my pot of Ultrabland throughout the day just to sniff it. Luff it. It faintly smells of banana chips and coconut oil to me, which is...
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Deaf student may not be able to graduate with... →
iamateenagefeminist:
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iamateenagefeminist:
This is taking place at my school and I am furious. Under the American with Disabilities Act any school district (with the exception of a deaf school) that hires her will have to provide an interpreter. It’s ridiculous that the school is not allowing her to have an interpreter in the classroom when she will have one while she is...
my mother never wastes an opportunity to tell me...
so, delicious then, mima?
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The LatiNegr@s Project: a list of the responses to... →
lati-negros:
some real gems. for those of you who don’t remember what quote i’m referencing it’s this one:
Why I’m always so frustrated by the titles “African American”, “Latin American”, etc. I have never referred to myself as “European American”, it’s always been “American”. Why do they have to qualify…
stray brain farts I experienced while the reading this through:
I’m...
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Look at this Fucking Gadje.: golden-zephyr:... →
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holzmantweed:
“golden-zephyr: Thanks to an amazing writer, here is the problem with America and the word “gypsy”: The press is not interested in human rights in Europe unless some country blows up another. Now they will care a little bit about human…
Minorities Are More Generous Than Whites, Study... →
baddominicana:
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darling80m:
This isn’t news, and especially not to those from communities of color, but it’s good to share:
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) released a new report, “Cultures of Giving: Energizing and Expanding Philanthropy by and for Communities of Color”.
… Recent trends show that communities of color are giving at increasing rates and levels. ...
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“We need to look @ the history of the Oscars more closely. My mother was the...”
– Chicana Feliz (via lenxo) (via nezua) (via postmodsexgeek) (via baddominicana) (via lati-negros)
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She Thinks Too Much [Such Girls Are Dangerous]:... →
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greenifyme:
inbetweenthelineart:
Oh, so animation is the easiest job in the world is it? How about you get out of that comfy little recording booth of yours and sit your ass down on a hard swivel chair for 12+ hours…
OP? Look up. There’s something flying overhead…
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baddominicana:
heres the thing people: theres black latinos.
and theres also WHITE latinos like cameron diaz or carlos ponce or sofia vergara.
and theres everything else too.
the fact theyre white latinos doesnt make them any less white. just like being latina doesnt make me any less black.
i feel like people are quick to see our blackness, but when it comes to white latinos, they are aryan...
“I love animation because in the world of animation, you can be anything you...”
– CHRIS ROCK, introducing the Best Animated Film Oscar. (via inothernews)
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