February 2012
6 posts
““It seems to me that Manago is using the definition of the oppressors—which...”
– Son of Baldwin (via zorascreation)
Question of the day:
Why do white women talk in questions?
She made a comment and I felt awkward when we were all silent because none of us were sure if we were supposed to respond.
I can’t.
With.
These.
Wimmins.
Today.
List of Books Banned in AZ
urbanafrofuturism:
adailyriot:
Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years (1998) by B. Bigelow and B. Peterson The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (1998) by R. Delgado and J. Stefancic Critical Race Theo…ry: An Introduction (2001) by R. Delgado and J. Stefancic Pedagogy of the Oppressed (2000) by P. Freire United States Government : Democracy in Action (2007) by R. C. Remy ...
what do you do when you realize that you just...
especially the so-called liberal ones who, in a moment’s notice, can do the most racist shit ever and starting marching in the privilege tears parade when they get called out.
i tell you.
they should meet up with the Kleenex float at the end of the route and have a fucking seat.
sometimes i wonder...
…what makes people think their shit don’t stank?
don’t come at your fellow PoC with the same anger you have at white folk. that’s just misguided as shit. In community conversation needs to be far kinder than out community conversation.
it’s just something that’s hard for me to like be okay with. the internet distorts intention, distorts tone, distorts the way...
January 2012
134 posts
“Higher education is not a luxury. It’s an economic imperative that every family...”
– President Obama speaking in Michigan today about his plans to make college more affordable (via barackobama)
Here we wait for follow through.
When Black people argue relentlessly about dark...
knowledgeequalsblackpower:
My skin is brown.
And, all I see is a buncha Black people… arguing… while we’re all (light, brown, and dark) struggling. I mean, I GET IT. I do… but as long as we all realize that we’re all Black and have a common history and struggle, to be stuck on the dark skinned vs. light skinned thing just seems like the White man has succeeded in distracting you.
I think...
mini hiatus
cornel louis gates hooks and i, ratchet darling mahogany onyx blak, are taking a mini hiatus until we reunite and make it feel so good. cornel’s internet connections are wack and i just don’t feel right telling people off without them.
just so you know, cornel’s preferred gender pronoun is they. mine is she. don’t trip.
anyway, so i want to thank all of the followers, all...
Not Everyone’s Laughing At “Shit White Girls Say... →
newmodelminority:
ancestryinprogress:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
eshusplayground:
White Women’s Tears over the “Shit White Girls” video. Not like nobody was expecting it.
But I do wonder why there are suddenly all these criticisms of the video being sexist when it’s blatantly stated to be a parody of the “Stuff Girls” video(s). But I suppose when Black women do it, it becomes magically MORE...
“Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is...”
– bell hooks (via cuntflavor)(via ethiopienne)(via thelittlekneesofbees)
When we call you racist, we are telling you that you are willingly participating in systems of domination and oppression through your language and your actions. Not that you lack social grace, seem to be unable to form sentences...
Just to clarify, as I believe the post is being...
icingonthekaek:
I do not expect for anyone to report the blogs listed on my previous post.
That list was meant only to be an example of how tumblr allows for certain offenses which harm its users who are POC, while the rest of its user base is well-treated. If you visit those blogs, and find that they should be reported, then by all means, do report them. However, if you find them to be...
“[…] about 87 percent of people in mainstream magazine ads are white, about 3...”
– Jean Kilbourne, Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel (1999, 30-31); alternately titled Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising (1999)
That’s why there are and always needs to be PoC-centered magazines.
(via...
nappylikeyopappy: a mini manifesto: I Must Become... →
ancestryinprogress:
Dedicated to the Poet Agostinho Neto, President of The People’s Republic of Angola: 1976 1 I will no longer lightly walk behind a one of you who fear me: Be afraid. I plan to give you reasons for your jumpy fits and facial tics I will not walk politely on the pavements anymore and this is…
Shit We Love: June Jordan.
poem about my rights: june jordan
ancestryinprogress:
even tonight and i need to take a walk and clear my head about this poem about why i cn’t go out without changing my clothes my shoes/ my body posture
my gender identity my age my status as a woman alone in the evening/alone on the streets/alone not being the point/the point being that i can’t do what i want to do with my own body because i am the wrong
sex the wrong...
Sent to tumblr:
icingonthekaek:
I’m about to write an post, as well as a guest post to a well-known external blog about this, and if need be, I will submit it to my local news organization for review, and I need for you to understand that before I proceed. This is not something you will be able to explain away or cover up. There is already a blog post that is spreading across tumblr about this, so it’s not like...
what i wish for...
i wish for every person who identifies as black and who grew up in the united states to have the opportunity to leave this country at least once and to see the world.
anywhere.
but preferably latin america to learn even more about what colonization and u.s. occupation has done to our sisters and brothers just south of us.
i also wish for those latin@s who grew up hating/disliking black...
shit i'm too black for: tumblr, on occasion
only one of us has been on here long enough to see you white racist motherfuckers do some silly racist shit and then shit your pants when someone calls you out on it.
we’re too black to deal with your bullshit.
Tumblr staff? We know you’re racist, too. We’re also too black to deal with YOUR bullshit. Talmbout freedom of speech. Bitch we got yo’ freedom. And your speech.
...
Tumblr and Ignorance: A Recap [TW for epithets] →
bakethatlinguist:
Zorascreation started a blog called Death to all White People as a social experiment to see how the Tumblr staff would react in response to all of the racist blogs that currently inhabit server space on Tumblr and have yet to be removed. So they purposefully chose an ignorant title to provoke a quick response.
Note that there are tons of blogs on Tumblr with ethnic slurs...
what if?
the first dalliances in gender performativity and drag came from minstrel shows?
knowledge equals black power: I'm never sure how... →
thetpr:
The fact that they see our culture as something to emulate would make this a positive, but the fact that most white people(especially those that say things like that) have no idea what Black culture is.
The part that gets me is that these folk don’t really want to be Black. They…
well you know what paul mooney says,
everybody wanna be a nigga but don’t nobody wanna be...
“there is no slavery without sexual depravity. Depravity is the essence of such a...”
– —-Chapter 3: Groundings With My Sisters : Patriarchy and the Exploitation of Black Women.
From How Capitalism Undeveloped Black America by Manning Marable p. 73
(via howtobenoladarling)
Painful
(via boimosx)
“In 1968 I was invited as poet in residence to Tugaloo College, which is a small...”
– BOMB Magazine: Audre Lorde
posting b/c i didn’t know she was at Tougaloo at all, let alone during the Civil Rights Movement. and i’m wondering how directly my not knowing is related to the white-washing/appropriation of Lorde by f*eminists specifically and white progressives generally. because that...
do y'all realize that it is january of 2012?
that we are just now completing the first 7 days of this new year and motherfuckers are still stuck on their racist bullshit?
DO YOU ALL NOT HAVE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS? PRAYERS? Like what the fuck?
Let me help you write your letter to your Lord:
Dear God,
Please help me to not be a racist fucking asshole privilege denier dumb fuck in this new year. I feel like I’m just reliving...
If the very name of this (and other anti-racist...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
i can’t even tell you how many white people see my name and immediately get enraged, completely ignoring that i’ve agreed with something they said
SHIT WE’RE TOO BLACK FOR:
Giving a fuck.
YOLO.
Feminist Becky: Shit I'm Too Black For: Audre... →
shitimtooblackfor:
There’s this big ass word called INTERSECTIONALITY.
I know y’all heard it. It’s definitely a buzz in the academe. Get into it, tho.
Think of that shit like the cross stitch to a good weave. Not that cheap shit. Hella interwoven.
So then understand that traditional…
Dear feministbecky,
We are not asking for you to stop quoting Audre Lorde. We are asking you to stop...
Keep A Steady High: stfuwhitetrash:... →
stfuwhitetrash:
stream-of-unconsciousness:
stfuwhitetrash:
stream-of-unconsciousness:
I thought I was gonna have to choose between being a homophobe and being a racist, but then I remembered that faggot niggers exist.
Apparently you’re retarded too.
Hey calm down…
Satire, huh? Have a fucking seat. Reblogging now until I can think about what to say to your underage racist...
The Truth, The Real, The Me: I'm so tired of... →
witchsistah:
usingmyimagination:
zorascreation:
Light-skinned people seriously need to learn, bit by bit, day by day, to check their fucking privilege and decolonize their minds. And if y’all are ever caught being stuck up and flaunting your privilege, you deserve to be called on it. Evolve or die. No questions asked. No if’s, and’s or but’s about it.
Medium-toned people need to stop...
OhEmGee: "Gingrich Pushes Back Against Charges of... →
knowledgeequalsblackpower:
“Just as happened with Moynihan, if you in fact talk openly and honestly about the failure of liberal institutions and the way they hurt the poor, there comes a sudden frenzied herd of people running over screaming racism, racism.” - Newt Gingrich
Did he just use the MOYNIHAN REPORT to defend himself against accusations that he is racist???????
The Moynihan...
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we received our first piece of fan mail!
thank you so much for writing to us! as you may have noticed, we do not have an ask box. that’s because 1) our theme doesn’t come with one 2) neither of us knows how to add one and 3) having one means that we’d have to deal with anonymous white people’s anger and we don’t have time to be repeating ourselves 5683721928375 times a day. If white racism deserves no...
I'm the BLACK BEST FRIEND
You know the one.
Where the white girl comes to you to spill her ratchet ass look what my vagina has done stories because she knows that you’re the only one who won’t judge her ratchet ass.
Where the white girl comes to you confused as to why all these men WANT her vagina because she doesn’t understand fully the implications of eurocentric standards of beauty with regards to...
“Black English is the creation of the black diaspora. Blacks came to the United...”
– James Baldwin - If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? (via chocol8luv
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only-difference:
Fuck you, Ron Paul. FUCK YOU.
piddlebucket:
only-difference:
piddlebucket:
only-difference:
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
only-difference:
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
Go ahead and vote for this racist misogynist if you are cool with him appointing someone to the SCOTUS. People can claim all they want that he likes to leave things up to the states (you know, to...
my marriage (if i get married)
me: hey darlin welcome home
husband: *kiss* hey baby how are you to-
me: take off your pants
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husband: hey i just ordered some chinese food
me: how long did they say it would take?
husband: about 30 mins
me: get naked
husband: but i thought we were gonna-
me: naked. now
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husband: i'm bored
me: lay down.now
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me: i love you so much
husband: i love you too...it's a beautiful saturday morning and i don't have to work today. We should go to the park and-
me: get in the bed
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husband: there is this great new bookstore around the corner wanna go?
me: nope.sex
husband: but they have that book you wanted and i was-
me: sex
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me: i had a crappy day at work today
husband: want me to make you some tea?
me: i want you naked. i'm angry
husband: what about a back rub?
me: naked...drop your pants
husband: you mean you don't want to talk about it? really?!
me: drop your pants and put ya dick in my mouth...this is not a fucking game.
Jump at de Sun: Shit Gay White Guys Say To Gay... →
zorascreation:
“Is it true all Black guys have big dicks?” *lowers eyes to your groin*
“Not to be racist but….I’m not really into Black guys, sorry.”
“I once dated this Black guy, he had this HUGE cock.”
“I feel that the black community is keeping LGBT people from achieving our full rights as citizens. full rights as citizens. It’s like the New Civil Rights Movement!”
“Gay is the New...
You got called a racist? You will survive.
jakigriot:
I wanted to take a moment here and remind people that when someone calls you a racist that it doesn’t make the sun explode. It might feel that way but you will survive. Proof of that is the fact that even hardcore proud racists live among us instead of being shunned to a cave in the wilderness. The sad fact is, you can be a racist and with very few exceptions your life will progress...
Finally just watch that video where the two...
stfuconfederates:
I’m not really going to say anything about it since I can’t yell at them directly, but I do somewhat hope that they die of dehydration due to all those poor white tears.
“Simply put, what separates white racism from any other form and makes anti-black...”
– Tim Wise, Honky Wanna Cracker? Examining the Myth of “Reverse Racism” (via darkjez)
YES.
(via foxtalbotnegatives)
Lavender Brown →
not a damn explanation offered either. so um, black characters are forgettable, invisible, and replaceable with white characters.
*takes notes*
literarymercenary:
The black witch from the Harry Potter films who was oh-so-thoughtfully replaced with a white girl when she needed to have a larger role in the films.
Don’t think I didn’t notice, Warner Brothers. Because I did. I noticed in the...
shit i'm too black for: french toast
so i went to this cute ass little bistro right? i was just chilling. no biggie. i was hungry. it’s cold outside. i had nothing better to do and well, i wasn’t really paying for the meal so i took advantage of an amazing situation. i mean i was, but the money was a gift.
i decided to order some shit that looked really good: banana french toast with carmelized walnuts and bananas and...