February 2012
549 posts
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.
...add your own examples.
the geek interpreter: you know who would have made... →
scarefaux:
Hey Sherlock, get over here, man.
I found some
Fresh Prints.
Now this is a story all about how
My life got flipped, turned upside down
And I’d like to take a minute, just hold my Glock
I’ll tell you how I became the friend of a man named Sherlock
In the…
“In August of 1990 I found myself laying on my stomach in the woods with a pair...”
– Kathleen Hanna, Our Hit Parade (via grrrlstudies)
I plan on getting a ‘god is gay’ tattoo
(via girlsgetbusyzine)
This is why Nate always buys Canadian Club
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-Anna
(via rookiemag)
Omg this is seriously the second thing I ever reblogged on tumblr. Super cool.
(via...
WAIT HOLD THE FUCK UP
thelilnan:
starkwords:
THEY TOOK AWAY THE ARMY! PART OF ARMY!DOCTOR!WATSON?
SHE’S A FIRED DOCTOR WHO FALLS IN WITH SHERLOCK?
FUCK YOU, CBS. FUCK YOU.
Yep, just gets worse and worse, doesn’t it?
I can’t wait till they describe Sherlock’s personality. -.-
So I decided to look up more details on that CBS...
mayeko:
Among the pilots in the works for CBS is Elementary, a modern-day take on Sherlock Holmes, set in New York City. We learned previously that Jonny Lee Miller was cast to play Holmes, which suggests that the character will remain British, despite the fact that he’s set up on the other side of the pond. In an intriguing twist, Deadline reports that the role of Watson will be played by a...
CBS has cast Lucy Liu as Watson in "Elementary" →
fyeahlilbitoeverything:
squintyoureyes:
Further proof that CBS’ in-the-works Sherlock Holmes reboot will take the iconic franchise in a radical new direction: The network has cast Lucy Liu as Watson!
TVLine has learned that Liu has been tapped to play Watson toJonny Lee Miller‘s Sherlock in Elementary, the network’s modern-day take on the famed detective saga.
Another key change: Sherlock...
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“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice)
Very relevant to a post I’m making later today. -Jess
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On that note…I know that this is a blog about sexism, but can we talk for one sec about how Octavia Spencer won an Academy Award on the same night that the white male...
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Please tell me again how Billy Crystal isn't a...
deliciouskaek:
douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings:
africanessence:
“After seeing the help I wanted to hug the first black woman I saw. From Beverly Hills that’s about a 45 minute drive.”
Houston, we have a mission.
Target: Crystal, Billy Objective: Through a series of well placed nut shots, throat chops, and dead legs, we will incapacitate Billy Crystal, henceforth known by his code name,...
reblog with a pic of the first image that comes up...
kamidoodles:
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omegalink:
wat.
why
okay
um what
what the fuck is that
wat
not surprised
my drawing for me by fabulusthings! <3
lol why.
No idea who this is.
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FemShep's body.
thelogicalsong:
ohmyloria:
scumbag-vanguard:
pancakesinspace:
What I wanted:
What I got:
oh well
at least her bra is pretty
I’m kind of glad she looks like 2. The first woman is pretty but I prefer the latter.
mmmboy fit women
I kinda wish you could customize body types. Like, the exact character creator in Saint’s Row 2.
And I don’t mind FemShep being stacked...
er.
Me: (something about french kisses)
Josh: I like Australian kisses.
Me: ...:O? What's an Australian kiss?
Josh: Just like a French kiss....except down under.
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ezios-vitals:
limiculous:
Yes, it’s violin....
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!!
...
All the Mass Effect fanfiction is about white...
talldarkbishoujo:
sourcedumal:
talldarkbishoujo:
thegoddamazon:
Finna bust this bitch wide open. -opens a Word document-
DO IT!!!!! I’m so tired of seeing that shit!!!!
I need to write more Imani fic. I have so many bunnies but I’ve been trying to get my saves in order, lol. This is my only one so far.
I find this weird, as I have two Sheps, neither of which are white.
If I...
