“
There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid is genuine or given in the spirit of affirming one’s cultural superiority. My mood is dampened every time I attend a benefit whose host runs through a litany of African disasters before presenting a (usually) wealthy, white person, who often proceeds to list the things he or she has done for the poor, starving Africans. Every time a well-meaning college student speaks of villagers dancing because they were so grateful for her help, I cringe. Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head — because Africans, real people though we may be, are used as props in the West’s fantasy of itself. And not only do such depictions tend to ignore the West’s prominent role in creating many of the unfortunate situations on the continent, they also ignore the incredible work Africans have done and continue to do to fix those problems.
”

Uzodinma Iweala, “Stop Trying to ‘Save’ Africa”

(via cammyyy)

   

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#quote #quotes #Africa #race #racism #white saviour complex

stfuconservatives:

racismschool:

Are you a Black person who wants to talk about the history of slavery or even the effects it still has to this very day? Well then, you’ve heard this phrase, “Get over it.”

Are you someone who needs to make a point about abortion but just can’t figure out how to do it? Try slavery! It’s perfectly acceptable to use a horrific time in history and compare it to something, anything else. 

Slavery, it’s only wrong to talk about it if you’re Black.

Related article via Salon/Colorlines: Anti-abortionists prey on minority women


Source:racismschool
  • What you said: Everybody's a little racist to a certain degree.
  • What you meant: I'm racist.

Source:knowledgeequalsblackpower
“
Rap music is so diverse in its themes, its style, its content but when it becomes a vehicle to be talked about in mainstream news, the rap that gets in national news is always the rap music that perpetuates misogyny that is most obscene in its lyrics and then this comes to stand for what rap is. Really its for me the perfect paradigm of colonialism, that is to say, we think of rap music as a little third-world country, that young white consumers are able to go to and take out of it whatever they want. We would have to acknowledge that what young white consumers, primarily male, oftentimes suburban, most got energized by in rap music was misogyny, obscenity, pugilistic eroticism and therefore that form of rap began to make the largest sums of money.
”

bell hooks, cultural criticism — rap: authentic expression or market construct? 

BAM. there it is.

(via tahlalaliaaa)

   

Source:ellesugars
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#rap #bell hooks #quote #quotes #music #hiphip #hip hop #race #racism

theslavbarbarian:

fadingroots:

cypresssunn:

time to talk about daenerys and why she’s fucking up again.

the fun part about the etymology of westeros and essos is that no one can deny that they are being likened and structured after the real western and eastern worlds. the essosi societies are representative of eastern socities. and westeros, including daenerys targaryen, are stand ins for the western world. because of this, the two continents are coded for a multitude of western and eastern societies, as well as their independent and intertwined histories.

in the real life western world, eastern people are perceived as stagnant and backward. they are regarded as undeveloped economically, technologically, and most importantly moralistically. and at the same time, the west has always perceived itself has been that of modernized, morally dynamic, evolving. since it hardly ever lends this kind of consideration to the ‘others’ in the east, it positions itself on a pedestal from which it can dictate the goings-on in the world.

and so, white and western societies hold the idea that brown societies are incapable of change without outside, corrective influences. this has been used to excuse and validate colonialism and imperialism for centuries.

these real world crimes are relfected in the game of thrones canon. the essosi societies are coded as being backward. they are being coded as monstrous and without any other characteristic aside from slaveholding. and this is how daenerys excuses her own violent imperialism.

now let’s have a canon history lesson! the continent of westeros used to have slaves. but it was not it a hostile outside force that came in an eradicated the evils of slavery. these societies were not burned to the ground depending on their willingness to bend to an outsiders command. none of these countries were callously set back years and years in development because someone decided they had not advanced enough.

no, what got rid of slavery in westeros was the moral progression of it’s peoples, and the eventual criminalization of the institution. and what will get rid of slavery in the free cities will be similar societal progression. because believe it or not, all societies are capable of progression.

but of course, treating brown people and brown societies like multifaceted and complexly developing isn’t at all interesting. not when we can all cheer and coo over an empowered and entitled white woman exerting her power of all of these brown ‘others’.

all of this is great and fantastic and accurate

but wow am i the only one who always saw Essos as being much more advanced than Westeros? I mean the whole slaves thing isn’t cool, but

All the best trade goods come from Essos, all the finest foods and wines and silks and steel. Essos is dotted with magnificent, wealthy, powerful citystates; Westeros has three or four cities, a few more squalid towns, and a bunch of ancient, largely crumbling, forts. Essos is home of the arts, of culture, of learning; Westeros is too busy killing themselves every few decades, living in squalor, and at the end of the day, the feudal system honestly reduces the peasants/serfs to little more than slaves. Just because they aren’t chattel slaves, aren’t property, doesn’t keep local lords from having almost total control over their lives, and subjecting them to violence when they fail to comply.

I spent a while the other night explaining to a friend how fucked up the orientalism and exotification in ASoIaF and GoT, i’m not trying to deny any of that by any means

i just always read westeros as backwards and poor, and essos as more advanced and more wealthy? is that just me?

same

alla this

bless

whenever i try to bring up how the dolthraki are modeled after bedouins and how everyone speaks “harsh/guttural” languages everyone stares at me like i’ve grown a second head

and to criticise daenerys’ story arc is to be a misogynist apparently, so when i point out, yes, she’s a naive 13 yr old, but she’s behaving in a very white-supremacist manner, “i give you the gift of yr life ohohoho”

and he’s just like, “how about you just leave us alone?”

not to mention, the movie series makes her out to be this grandiose saviour of the slaves, when in actuality, in the book, it goes very differently, albeit still racist, “what? slaves don’t know how to BE ANYTHING other than SLAVES” but it certainly doesn’t glorify her, it shows the repercussions of what she’s done, because now who’s going to feed, clothe, and give resources to the hundreds of thousands of people you’ve “freed”? 

it is supremely obvious how the east is coded as “other” whether it be specifically modeled after Arabs or other PoC, and the west is coded as “civilised” and it’s just gross and omg, puke, i want to vomit on everything grrm loves


Source:cypresssunn

docecomoacanela:

We have driving while black and flying while brown and now we have cooking rice while Arab.


Source:docecomoacanela
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#sad stuff #truefax #race #racism

fuckyeahcracker:

Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like That”:

  • Literally nothing other than white people having their feelings hurt on the internet
  • I’m not joking there is no real world consequence of this

Effects Of Thinking People of Color Are “All Like That”:

But yeah, white people’s feelings :*(


Source:fuckyeahcracker

jahisqueen:

iridessence:

marrymejasonsegel:

hills-are-mountains:

irresistible-revolution:

bijunn:

thegreatwadesby:

stopwhitewashing:

thegreatwadesby:

mumblenews:

thegreatwadesby:

mumblenews:

thegreatwadesby:

made rebloggable by request

Okay here’s the thing: maybe people of color were looked over, but THE ROLE WAS NOT INTENDED FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR

Holy shit he’s supposed to be a superhuman from India. He full name is literally Khan Noonien Singh. Are you a total fuckhead and should I expect you on my page every fucking day?

I’VE HEARD ASIAN AND NOW INDIAN WHO IS RIGHT

Also I’m only “stalking” you so your sexist, racist, bigoted mouth doesn’t slander my name

Indian people are South Asian, fuckwit. And I don’t know, maybe a fucking search engine.

Someone get this fool an education.

LAST I CHECK INDIA WAS NOT A PART OF ASIA DIMWIT

MAN CAN’T GOOGLE FOR SHIT

GET THIS BITCH AN EDUCATION

Lost: Pretty sure India is very much apart of Asia. 

OKAY LET ME EXPLAIN YOU A THING

WE GET THINGS WRONG

WE ARE ALL TAUGHT WRONG THINGS

I WAS TAUGHT THAT THEY WERE MIDDLE EAST

1) The Middle East is not a Continent so you’re still super fucking tragically and abysmally stupidly white.

2) You came on this post asserting that you were, without a doubt MORE correct than everyone here who A) not only had prior knowledge of the geographical location of India but also B) Knew Khan was supposed to be a South Asian PoC.

So you’re either a racist, a stupid racist, a brave racist or a bravely stupid racist.

You were not TAUGHT to say a wrong thing. You CHOSE to assert your wrongness instead of spending ten seconds in the motherfucking Google.

*SCREAMING*

‘I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE MIDDLE-EAST’

is this the first time you’ve seen a map or

Here’s an easy way how to remember the continents that my SECOND GRADE teacher taught us:

Do jumping jacks.
When your arms are up, North America.
When your arms are down, South America.
Up: Europe
Down: Africa
Up: Asia
Down: Australia
Down: Antarctica

Any time you’re confused about where a country is located, you can use that.
And don’t pull the “we were taught wrong things” bullshit. You were busy picking your nose during your world geography class.

I am fucking dying.

“INDIA ISN’T IN ASSSIIIAAAA WAAAH”

What even

White people crazy. These arrogant mufuckahs swear they right, they swear it. Then when caught in the lie, they lie some more. Mufuckah you was not taught that India was a part of the Middle East. The Middle East is not a fucking country, you piece of shit. You were taught by the media which paints brown people as terrorists and of course all brown people are from the Middle East where they are born and bred into jihadist crazy mozlems who blow shit up. Also how the fuck is the Middle East even in the middle of east? What kinda… Absolute propaganda bullshit.

And they continue to whitewash our televisions while there are plenty of people of color who are talented, deserve roles, but don’t get them because ‘they weren’t right for the part’ or someone white was more talented. Fuck the bullshit. I am not here for this and I reject this shit. I will take no fucking excuses. Fuck you and your racist agenda.

omg, i am dying

india’s not in asia? ahahaha, white people u r 2 much sometimes


Source:stopwhitewashing

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

theelectricrelaxation:

keepbringingit:

He just described Tumblr.

THIS

Colorblind philosophy. Forever reblog. 


Source:drunkonstephen
* Cici n’est pas une Gypsy

golden-zephyr:

A hash pipe is not Gypsy,

nor are fishtail braids, bangles, or shorts.

A girl with no clothes on a beach is

not Gypsy,

nor is a box of records, travelling abroad, or a tent in a field.

A line of coke on a mirror

is not Gypsy,

nor are your naked feet, long skirts, bindis

and Hands of Fatima.

I don’t care if you seek to redefine the word,

it is not your word.

It is a word that belongs to my ancestors.

Tattooed on their arms,

branded on their skin with hot irons,

written into laws preventing us from

moving,

settling,

living,

being.


Your bedroom isn’t Gypsy.

nor is your cat, dog, daughter or 

car.

Just

Stop.


Source:golden-zephyr
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#writing #poetry #gypsy #racism #rroma #roma #romani #rromani

girljanitor:

thepeoplesrecord:

The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious” Black poor person
May 7, 2013

Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three Cleveland women presumed dead after going missing a decade ago, has become an instant Internet meme. It’s hardly surprising—the interviews he gave yesterday provide plenty of fodder for a viral video, including memorable soundbites (“I was eatin’ my McDonald’s”) and lots of enthusiastic gestures. But as Miles Klee and Connor Simpson have noted, Ramsey’s heroism is quickly being overshadowed by the public’s desire to laugh at and autotune his story, and that’s a shame. Ramsey has become the latest in a fairly recent trend of “hilarious” black neighbors, unwitting Internet celebrities whose appeal seems rooted in a “colorful” style that is always immediately recognizable as poor or working-class.

Before Ramsey, there was Antoine Dodson, who saved his younger sister from an intruder, only to wind up famous for his flamboyant recounting of the story to a reporter. Since Dodson’s rise to fame, there have been others: Sweet Brown, a woman who barely escaped her apartment complex during a fire last year, and Michelle Clarke, who couldn’t fathom the hailstorm that rained down in her hometown of Houston, and in turn became “the next Sweet Brown.”

Granted, the buzzworthy tactic of reporters interviewing the most loquacious witnesses to a crime or other event is nothing new, and YouTube has countless examples of people of all ethnicities saying ridiculous things. One woman, for instance, saw fit to casually mention her breasts while discussing a local accident, while another man described a car crash with theatrical flair. Earlier this year, a “hatchet-wielding hitchhiker” named Kai matched Dodson’s fame with his astonishing account of rescuing a woman from a racist attacker. But none of those people have been subjected to quite the same level of derisive memeification as Brown, Clark, and now, perhaps, Ramsey—the inescapable echoes of “Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife!” and “Kabooyaw,” the tens of millions of YouTube hits and cameos in other viral videos, even commercials.

It’s difficult to watch these videos and not sense that their popularity has something to do with a persistent, if unconscious, desire to see black people perform. Even before the genuinely heroic Ramsey came along, some viewers had expressed concern that the laughter directed at people like Sweet Brown plays into the most basic stereotyping of blacks as simple-minded ramblers living in the “ghetto,” socially out of step with the rest of educated America. Black or white, seeing Clark and Dodson merely as funny instances of random poor people talking nonsense is disrespectful at best. And shushing away the question of race seems like wishful thinking.

Ramsey is particularly striking in this regard, since, for a moment at least, he put the issue of race front and center himself. Describing the rescue of Amanda Berry and her fellow captives, he says, “I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms. Something is wrong here. Dead giveaway!”

The candid statement seems to catch the reporter off guard; he ends the interview shortly afterward. And it’s notable that among the many memorable things Ramsey said on camera, this one has gotten less meme-attention than most. Those who are simply having fun with the footage of Ramsey might pause for a second to actually listen to the man. He clearly knows a thing or two about the way racism prevents us from seeing each other as people.

Source

Now that you know this is a thing, please stop sharing these memes. Poor Black people speaking candidly about various serious incidents isn’t a hilarious joke.

This is a great article.


Source:thepeoplesrecord
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#race #racism #media #casual racism #meme #news

becausechocolatethatswhy:

this was shared by a friend on facebook in reference to the heroic acts of Charles Ramsey and the way he quickly became a meme

Charles Ramsey and the troubling viral trend of the ‘hilarious’ black neighbor

“Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three Cleveland women presumed dead after going missing a decade ago, has become an instant Internet meme. It’s hardly surprising—the interviews he gave yesterday provide plenty of fodder for a viral video, including memorable soundbites (“I was eatin’ my McDonald’s”) and lots of enthusiastic gestures. But as Miles Klee and Connor Simpson have noted, Ramsey’s heroism is quickly being overshadowed by the public’s desire to laugh at and autotune his story, and that’s a shame.Ramsey has become the latest in a fairly recent trend of “hilarious” black neighbors, unwitting Internet celebrities whose appeal seems rooted in a “colorful” style that is always immediately recognizable as poor or working-class.”


Source:becausechocolatethatswhy
* Petition: Disney to try and trademark "Dia De Los Muertos" - ACT NOW TO TELL DISNEY NO!  
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I was just reading about this.

ughhh


“
Seemingly unaware of my presence, these young men talked about their plans to fuck as many girls from other racial/ethnic groups as they could “catch” before graduation. They “ran” it down. Black girls were high on the list, Native American girls hard to find, Asian girls (all lumped into the same category), deemed easier to entice, were considered “prime targets.” Talking about this over-heard conversation with my students, I found that it was commonly accepted that one “shopped” for sexual partners in the same way one “shopped” for courses at Yale, and that race and ethnicity was a serious category on which selections were based. To these young males and their buddies, fucking was a way to confront the Other, as well as a way to make themselves over, to leave behind white “innocence” and enter the world of “experience.” As is often the case in this society, they were confident that non-white people had more life experience, were more worldly, sensual, and sexual because they were different. Getting a bit of the Other, in this case engaging in sexual encounters with non-white females, was considered a ritual of transcendence, a movement out into a world of difference that would transform, an acceptable rite of passage.
”

bell hooks, Eating the Other (via goleyaas)

This is why it makes me mad when people say they’re into someone who is “ethnic”, it just means they’re into the idea of someone’s race, wanting a part of it, and to acquire that or I guess “taste” that culture they try and sleep with someone who is labeled “ethnic”. Often people who are considered “ethnic” are either hyper-sexualized and are seen as “dominant” and aggressive almost animalistic while others are seen as submissive “slaves” for the “masters” to control and dominate and use. There is no in between or normalcy when it comes to People of Color, the “ethnic” group of people, which is a group label usually made up by white people but it’s not limited to just them.

(via loohn)

*VOMITS*

(via searchingforknowledge)

White people are cannibalistic in that way because they’ll destroy and harm and use as many of us to satisfy their hunger (be it sex, resources, etc). They look at us as the other but really their just killing parts of themselves via us, people they don’t see as human. -_-

(via strugglingtobeheard)