March 2012
205 posts
February 2012
276 posts
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...
Minorities Are More Generous Than Whites, Study... →
baxtavius:
daniellemertina:
vampirefinch:
unaguerrasinfondo:
baddominicana:
note-a-bear:
baddominicana:
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...
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Five Important Things To Keep In Mind Before You...
paradiscacorbasi:
A lot of would be white allies freak out when people of color start using hostile language. This is nothing new.
But it occurs to me the why is something I’d never realized before.
I’ve said before People of Color are angry and they have every right to be angry.
But when a Person of Privilege is on the receiving end of that anger, they don’t understand it. I mean they...
ofanotherfashion:
This family portrait was taken in 1900 in Gainesville, Florida. It’s part of a collection at the State Library and Archives of Florida.
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Poems of the Dead: fangirlmarena asked: #3 is one... →
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jalwhite:
Yes.
I have struggled with this a lot. I use the #NDN hashtag because it’s important for me to claim it and to contribute to what the definition of it is / can be — and it has meaning for me outside of Tumblr. Plus, I do feel community with folks - but…
This is an important dialogue that really needs to be had considering the sheer amount of erasure from the...
baddominicana:
i want someone, anyone to try to tell me its a “coincidence” and “anti-black”
that puerto rico, cuba, and the dominican republic share so many paralells culturally,
that haitian culture is very much different,
and dominicans decided theyd be better off as their own country.
how is this fucking rocket science?
how is it you dont understand you cant fucking CONFLATE peoples...
"No Acting Oscar in the Last Decade Has Gone to... →
Watchdreaminginspanish:
neoafrican:
Birthright Crisis, a brief documentary by Haitian Women 4 Haitian Refugees on the denial of citizenship rights to Haitian descendants born in the Dominican Republic
This gets me really mad. Dominican born Haitians are denied citizenship. They basically are non existent people in the eyes of the DR and Haiti. Something needs to be done about this.
...
karnythia:
Guess what the NYT thinks was in poor taste about the Oscars?
notime4yourshit:
shebecameakiller:
glossylalia:
alexandrahamilton:
thatonegirlsierra:
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...
“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice)
Note to self
Must stop looking at commentary from ignorant people on race stuff, because damn.
ummmm and why did I see some white comments mad at Chris Rock’s joke about race and animation but nothing from these same people about Billy Crystal’s bullshit?
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“I love animation because in the world of animation, you can be anything you...”
– CHRIS ROCK, introducing the Best Animated Film Oscar. (via inothernews)
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!!
...
Remember!
toulouselastartrek:
Oscar voters are 94% white and 77% male
Every time someone says some racist shit,
douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings:
somebody inevitably pops up and goes, “Oh! But they’re not racist.”
When what we’re saying is, what they said and did was racist. And if you are unable to see the problem with people doing and saying things without even knowing what they’re doing or saying is racist (even when they should fucking know better), because the system is set up in such a way that...
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dounyapetunia:
juthikaforpresident:
you know what annoys me
when white people say that eating with our hands is gross and disgusting
like how else are you going to eat daal and rice and kebabs at the same time god white people you have the worst food
Lol, some hypocrisy bullshit. What the fuck do white people do with hamburgers and fries.
Please tell me again how Billy Crystal isn't a...
"After seeing the help I wanted to hug the first black woman I saw. From Beverly Hills that's about a 45 minute drive."
The Oscar Is Mexican: Academy Award Statuette...
leftist-linguaphile:
thinkmexican:
The story behind the Academy Award’s Oscar statuette is itself one fit for the movies.
It starts in the 1920’s during the Mexican Revolution. Emilio Fernández was studying in Mexico’s military college when he decided to take up arms and help support the revolutionary cause of Adolfo de la Huerta.
In 1924, a defeated De la Huerta was forced into exile and...
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“At this time, many young Iranians all over this world are watching us, and I...”
– Iranian film director ASGHAR FARHADI, on accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, A Separation (via inothernews)
(via mohandasgandhi)
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Dear White Women,
zorascreation:
Many Women of Color have called you out on your whitewashing of their issues in relation to racial injustice and how it affects things central to women’s experiences across the planet. Many of you have learned from these experiences about how to navigate your White Privilege while still being a disenfranchised gender-group. However, I don’t think much attention has been payed...
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oncoloredaspirations reblogged your post: Suit Says Obama Can’t Run In Alaska Because He’s Of The “Mulatto” Race
IS THIS REAL LIFE?!?!?!
OR IS THIS JUST FANTASY?!
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meursault-must-die reblogged your post: android-pigstina: Dear…
Same goes for Wikipedia, I assume. And academia/scholarly stuff done by white people too?
Personally, I always take “academia” done by white people whenever it concerns POCs with a grain of salt (unless similar work has been done by a POC)
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Passive-aggressive racism
cruelyouth:
cruelyouth:
First, understand what I mean by “passive-aggressive.” It’s not just somebody defriending you on Facebook and not telling you why. When I talk about it, I mostly mean a personality a person has — a way that they deal with others.
Anybody can exhibit passive-aggressive behavior, but that does not necessarily mean that they themselves are passive-aggressive. I act...
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Suit Says Obama Can’t Run In Alaska Because He’s...
abaldwin360:
Alaska-(ENEWSPF)- A man from Juneau, Alaska, has filed suit with the state’s Division of Elections to bar President Obama from appearing on that state’s ballot on the basis that the President is a “Mulatto”, and “the race of ‘Negro’ or ‘Mulatto’ had no standing to be citizens of the United States under the United States Constitution.”
Gordon Warren Epperly, who lists his address...
android-pigstina:
Dear anyone-who-considers-themselves-to-be-an-ally-fighting-against-cultural-appropriation,
Please don’t trust Google when it comes to “learning” about indigenous cultures. Ask us before spewing off “info” about us. We’ll let you know if it’s accurate or not, or if it’s appropriate to share. ESPECIALLY when it comes to spirituality. Natives are private with that for a...
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Petition: Fordham University Administration and... →
grrlpower:
Below is an official statement from the Collective of Concerned Students of Color and Anti-Racist Allies
BACKGROUND: On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 someone wrote the N word in permanent marker across a black student’s door. This incident is but one of several that have occurred in recent months at Fordham, including an individual or group of individuals carving another racial slur...
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Asian American actors are missing on Broadway...
stopwhitewashing:
It’s been over twenty years since Asian Americans rallied on Broadway against yellowface and “racebending” inMiss Saigon–the same protest that inspired our work against The Last Airbender here at Racebending.com–but Asian Americans are still not getting roles on Broadway. Enter the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC), a group that has organized to help...
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No More Chinks in the Armor: The Jeremy Lin...
Perhaps it was inevitable that a Jeremy Lin pun would eventually breach the boundaries of good taste. Last Friday, after the Lin-fueled New York Knicks had their seven-game winning streak stopped by the lowly New Orleans Hornets, ESPN.com’s mobile site posted a game recap and Lin photo alongside the headline “Chink in the Armor.” The phrasing was only up for around 30 minutes, but that was plenty...
Suspended ESPN ‘Chink in the Armor’ Anchor is... →
othercat2:
We’re learning more about the suspended ESPN anchor who used an ethnic slur on air during a story about Jeremy Lin. Max Bretos tweeted his apology over the weekend and added that his wife is Asian.
“My wife is Asian, would never intentionally say anything to disrespect her and that community,” Bretos tweeted on Saturday.
The Twittersphere wasn’t having any of it though.
“‘My wife...
Suspended ESPN ‘Chink in the Armor’ Anchor is... →
We’re learning more about the suspended ESPN anchor who used an ethnic slur on air during a story about Jeremy Lin. Max Bretos tweeted his apology over the weekend and added that his wife is Asian.
“My wife is Asian, would never intentionally say anything to disrespect her and that community,” Bretos tweeted on Saturday.
The Twittersphere wasn’t having any of it though.
“‘My wife is Asian’ or...
Oakland Police Shoot Oscar Grant’s Cousin →
Over the weekend Oakland Police seriously injured 24-year-old Tony Jones after they shot him in the back. Jones’ mother says he is a cousin of Oscar Grant — the Hayward man killed by a BART police officer on Jan. 1, 2009.
“I talked to my son. My son said ‘Momma, the officers [are] lying. They watched me get out of the car. They watched me walk. They started speeding up and I took off running...
L.A. County officials apologize for Depression-era...
February 21, 2012
Some 80 years ago, tens of thousands of Mexicans and Mexican Americans living in L.A. County were forced aboard trains and taken south of the border, supposedly to stop them from taking American jobs. On Tuesday, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors formally apologized. “L.A. was very much part of these official roundups,” said Supervisor Gloria Molina. “There’s a point in...
It’s Much Harder for Black and Latino Workers to... →
The report’s main findings include: Elder poverty rates are twice as high among Blacks and Latinos compared to the U.S. population as a whole: 19.4 percent of Black seniors and 19.0 percent of Latino seniors have incomes below the federal poverty line, compared to 9.4 percent for the senior population overall.
Less than a third of employed Latinos and less than half of Black workers are...