March 2012
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“Arthur Jones, who has denied the existence of the Holocaust and is an avowed...”
– Illinois GOP refuses to support Neo-Nazi Congressional candidate (via themodernhistory)
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February 2012
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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.
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“See the textiles industry, designed and branded as it is, glorious and...”
– ezra miller, who supposedly only wears thrifted or hand-me-down clothes, being both the coolest and most insufferable star in hollywood (via archipelagogo)
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Why Democrats' Arizona dream might not become...
univisionnews:
Despite the anger over SB 1070, Democrats could still have trouble turning Arizona blue in 2012. (Flickr: xomiele)
By JORDAN FABIAN Channel: Politics
As we chronicled today, Democrats are becoming increasingly confident that President Obama can win Arizona in the fall with the help of Latino voters.
Those feelings reached a fever pitch after last week’s primary debate, when...
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Ghost noting and missing/deleted messages and site crashes and glitchy gifs
“We changed the icons so now they looks purty”
Tumblr is really taking notes from politicians, done came up.
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Nick Jonas is single.
morningflowers:
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The Pros and Cons of Sexting
philolzophy:
Pros:
It’s super fun.
You can do it anywhere, anytime.
It’s a secret, and secrets are fun.
It doesn’t cost any money.
You don’t have to shave, actually be wearing sexy lingerie, or even be clean in any capacity. You can say “I’m naked and touching myself” when in reality you’re in sweats and watching MTV.
Attention/compliments.
Can ‘try out’ stuff you might wanna do IRL but...
phiLOLZophy: The Various Degrees of Being "Over... →
philolzophy:
When you still sleep with them. This is the phase at which nothing has really changed except you both finally came to the conscious realization that it’s dead in the water, and because of this development you think you’re ‘totally fine’ still hooking up with the person. Another way to say that is you’ve lost the title, commitment, and/or stability of a relationship but one or...
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My pal Chris is hooking me up with a couple of...
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In honor of Dominican Independence Day, a...
univisionnews:
My uncle, Andres Taveras, 56, in his ‘Vivero Mi Familia’ nursery during my recent trip to the Dominican Republic in January 2012. (All Photos: Amaris Castillo)
By AMARIS CASTILLO Channel: Culture
It had been a few years since I last visited the Dominican Republic. Three – to be exact. I used to go every summer, but as you get older, life gradually gets in the way.
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The Woman in Black
That’s some scary stuff. To keep my adrenaline levels high I will proceed to watch The Shining.
Good bye sanity.