February 2012
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She Goes Ding When There's Stuff: madamethursday:... →
tamdrogynous:
madamethursday:
The amount of white whine in comments for the poster about racism and “fair skin” is kind of making me facepalm so much right now.
Oh, fellow white people. That ad? Was mild. It was a mild and rather polite way of trying to tell you something that’s been an obvious fact…
yes, racism exists. That’s a hard truth. But why should I be blamed for something my...
January 2012
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polerin:
500 Years of Chicano History offered for FREE to AZ students
deliciouskaek:
triangularisthepie:
velocicrafter:
Banned 500 Years of Chicano History offered free to AZ students by ABQ publisher
500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures, edited by Elizabeth Martinez and published by the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP), is included in a set of primarily Chicano and Native...
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karnythia:
“Alarmed and Saddened” by Komen Foundation Succumbing to Political Pressure, Planned Parenthood Launches Fund for Breast Cancer Services
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
My sister-in-law died of breast cancer at the age of 33. In the last years of her life, as she bravely fought the disease, she came in contact with multiple groups claiming to be about saving the lives of breast...
“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)
The amount of white whine in comments for the poster about racism and “fair skin” is kind of making me facepalm so much right now.
Oh, fellow white people. That ad? Was mild. It was a mild and rather polite way of trying to tell you something that’s been an obvious fact of life for so many others in this world. But instead of engaging, you react defensively because, well, you...
Dear White People,
zorascreation:
In case you haven’t noticed, POC haven’t been exactly having a good time for centuries now. Sure, we’ve made great music, art, literature. Sure, everything we do is trendy. Sure, the cultures we come from are “inspiring” and “close to the earth”, and make you want to appropriate them nonstop. But that doesn’t mean we’re having a good time. In fact, we’re having quite the shitty...
shoomlah asked: Torayot definitely wasn't being too oversensitive, and I made a point to amend my original most with her comments and my discussion of context. I definitely don't want to be supporting a racially erasive (is that a word? I'm making it a word.) version of Steampunk where everyone is best friends and history didn't happen, just so white kids can feel good about themselves.
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“Oh… So I’m just going to put that you aren’t sexually active at this time.”
– My gynecologist’s reaction to me revealing, when she asked about my sexual activity, that I only have sex with women. Made me feel like nothing I do with women will ever “count” the way it would if I was with men. (via microaggressions)
what the fuck
(via youarenotyou)
Not only is this doctor...
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glossylalia:
I will never understand how husband/wife relationships transpire on cop shows.
I’m watching some old Criminal Minds, where Hotch is going through all this to-do with his wife. And I’m just like “bro, he’s a COP, I mean he was a cop before, he’s been a cop this whole time, just because he loves you and he loves his son doesn’t mean he’s just going to stop being a cop, it’s not that...
“A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and...”
– Dr. Patricia Hill Collins quoting Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz in her talk Answering the Call to Community Service. (via sexartandpolitics)
A microcosm of one of the fundamental issues with the non-profit industrial complex.
(via myflagisblackandred)
I’d never thought about it like that...
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readnfight:
lazybeautiful:
superdreaming:
microaggressions:
“Hey! White girl! I love you! You are beautiful!”
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Shouted to me on the street 15+ times a day during my study abroad experience in Nicaragua. I never truly understood what it meant to feel objectified until this experience.
been reading a lot about racism/white anti-racists/cultural appropriation/how to not be a super shitty...
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Dear White Women Who Think You Mean Well,
karnythia:
I’m about to get in my feelings as a black mother about this bullshit unsolicited advice to Blue Ivy Carter. I freely admit that I do not give even a tiny bit of a fuck about whatever literary conceits are about to be defended as part of justifying it. Because this letter was not written in a vacuum. This letter was not written out f any genuine concern for her health or safety. This...
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Seriously, think about it.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
alexandraerin:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
stfuandlistenwhitepeople:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
akagoldfish:
This is perhaps the main reason (white) social justice activists, be it on tumblr or in real life sketch me out. The very use of the word “justice” in this way gives me pause. What good is social justice in a society where justice has been systematically defined...
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It's twice as amazing because...
thebaddominicana:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
ethiopienne:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
ethiopienne:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Racial-based hate crimes still make up like 49% of all hate crimes, period. That basically means that there is NOTHING as dangerous in this world as being non-white. Anti-black hate crimes make up nearly 3/4s of all racial hate crimes.
There’s just nothing in this world as...
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Why you're being problematic - A Heartfelt Letter...
eshusplayground:
notyourkinddear:
queernonymoose:
Okay, so. Firstly, I am going to address language.
I think a good article for you to read is Fabian’s The Other Revisited. It discusses some things that I think you need to read and understand about why we pick apart and have issues with your language, and why you still perpetuate racism and privilege within your speech/writing.
A part of...
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White people, I'mma need y'all to stop this...
whatwhiteswillneverknow:
You guys just have a penchant for sniffing out anti-racist blogs for people of color, and flooding them with anon hate that consists of incomplete sentences and racial slurs. I mean, this isn’t an isolated incident habit, this is an actual thing. Like, a real, legit thing that y’all just do for funsies. I know that blogs like this bother you, but it took me a long time...
Shout out to everyone who thinks I'm a white...
lebanesepoppyseed:
notyourkinddear:
lebanesepoppyseed:
sunburnedleah:
My first post was provocation My second one was explanation My third one was my defense My question is, why are people flying the offensive, racist symbol of the confederate flag today (my answer is ignorance and poverty) I want to end racism in Appalachia and the South through education and economic stimulation
So...
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IMPORTANT: ACTA is NOT official and has NOT been...
sirmuarjo:
lordmeowrail:
( I’d like to ask that anyone who reads this to PLEASE reblog this so there isn’t a widespread panic and violent protests. Tumblr needs to stop posting partial information. It is counterproductive and we need to know the truth so we don’t give up and think the fight is over. )
There wasn’t a vote. It was a signing and the voting isn’t going to happen for a while.
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Oh, and don't think I didn't notice
lebanesepoppyseed:
Everyone went out their minds with glee when shitty-ass radio alternative toilet-dredge Buckcherry came out with the song “Crazy Bitch”, but absolutely everyone becomes a feminist and hates Nicki Minaj for “Stupid Hoe”.
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Just saying.
deliciouskaek:
foxtalbotnegatives:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
daniellemertina:
somethingratchet:
luvyourselfsomeesteem:
If Jerry Lavinge Jr’s video “Benfits of Black Women” was racist, how come white women never scream racism when guys say white women are better? How come they never scream racism when magazines and movies have entirely all white women?
Where is the uproar about that?
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karnythia:
Custer Died for Your Sins: ALERT: JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT
adailyriot:
queerfury:
BIA Livestock Impoundment crews are confiscating sheep, goats, horses, cattle belonging to the Dine People of Big Mountain/Black Mesa, Arizona right now. Human rights violations against traditional Dine (Navajo) taking away one of their major food sources as well as wool essential to their...
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usernames of white girls who tag shit #headdress...
garconniere:
have usernames like:
gypsylicious
runfreelikewolves
caught in a dreamcatcher
gypsyocean
the massacre alive
you can’t even make this shit up.
“White privilege: Being white, speaking about racism, and being taken more...”
– BILLY BIALOTA (via fatmolly)
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A list, Part II, by DTWPS.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
People who are allowed to have opinions on blackness and what that means: Black people People who are not: Everyone else
That is all.
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soydulcedeleche:
White feminists make me shiver. Why i just seent some shit about the only way to reduce the number of kids born is to empower and educate women. These soulless bitches only care to educate women of color for the purpose of bringing our population numbers down? Fuucccckkkk yyyoooouuuuuu. Talmbout thats the key to ending poverty and wasting of resources. Shut your white traps and...
navigatethestream:
Beautiful creatures, black girls birthed the earth: This racist ass Chelsea Handler interview about 50 cent really makes me want to throw up.
jumpstart-therevolution:
She talked about liking black dudes like black men are some type of fucking animal. I can’t stand that shit, it makes my stomach turn.
On if 50 Cent was the First Black Guy She’s Dated No, I dated black...
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Uh IDK my thoughts on HAES and stuff
theoceanandthesky:
vikkiage:
Like I think HAES does important shit because so much of fat discrimination is based in the idea that fat = unhealthy and it’s definitely really important to break down that myth. But at the same time I wish there was an equally powerful fat-posi force that focused on how health doesn’t define worth, how unhealthy people aren’t bad people and how no one owes their...
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“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”....”
– angels-and-angles
this is an amazing quote
(via livelaughawesome)
Laila's Fight; Thru the eyes of a zombie baby →
unknownsatellites:
ayiman:
angelangheart:
angelangheart:
Laila is a 9 year old angel who is fighting for her life. She needs a kidney as soon as possible. She is O+ and can only recieve O+.
Laila is from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. She is suffering from End-Stage Renel Disease. Her mother set up a Facebook page to raise awareness for her daughter, and other children who are in...
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Cis straight white people are trying to shut Arkh...
fuckyeahethnicwomen:
alexandraerin:
jamiroquaialien:
Because they’re singling out people for being cis, white and straight. Singling out people for these things is meant to be everything this is standing against, is it not? You don’t mention these things for no reason. They can’t deliberately bring attention to these things and claim that they are irrelevant.
No. They’re singling people...
“The task of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with as...”
– Deep Green Resistance (via cultureofresistance)
It isn’t about making people who do wrong things or display ignorance still feel sort of kind of good about themselves, it’s telling the truth in a way that conveys the full oppressive state of the situation.
(via daniellemertina)
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“At Last has become arguably the most popular song in the U.S. for weddings,...”
– From Kenyon Farrow’s insightful Political Obituary of Etta James, Colorlines, 1/24/12 (via racialicious)
RESPECT.
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Tennessee is trying to pass a bill that makes it... →
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