why do white people always try to make this non-point false equivalence when they know these are two completely different realities that don’t compare on any plane whatsoever
white people not only make black people hate their hair at an individual emotional level but literally at a systemic level in which black people are and have been for the last century unable to get jobs, attend colleges, enlist in the armed forces, etc. because of the treatment of their natural hair. there literally is nothing white people have to compare…
white people are not getting box braids because they feel pressured to, or out of fear that they won’t have access to a job or anything, but instead because they know it’s an “edgy black people thing” that they’re doing to be counter culture and subversive. there is literally no pressure on earth for anyone INCLUDING BLACK PEOPLE to worship or utilize Black hairstyles or Black hair in its natural state and you fucking know it. It’s literally the complete opposite for white hair. grow up
white people are not gelling down baby hairs for social mobility or financial security or comfort or assimilation.
12 year old Vanessa VanDyke is being threatened with expulsion from Faith Christian Academy in Orlando unless she cuts her natural hair.
Read the ads
“MEN WHO GO PLACES” “WAS IT HER RESUME OR HER RELAXER?” white people don’t have ads telling them “you will not be successful in life unless you have cornrows and box braids with gelled down baby hairs” because that isn’t the case. address this in the context of reality, maybe???
Also white people don’t own the claims to straight hair. Even though they have tried to and force people into assimilation, through creating and reinforcing hegemonic beauty ideals and standards that play into laws and social interactions. it’s not theirs! Anyone can grow straight hair, the shit is not theirs!
"The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman." ~Malcolm X
For those fake 20s assholes leave as tips that actually are just Evangelical bullshit.
You know, these fucking things.
People who claim to worship a god who said ‘give all your wealth to the poor’ will tip waiters with this instead of giving them real money and the servers aren’t allowed to punch them, for some reason.
Anyway, the use is not a bonfire.
Trump Campaign is apparently sending out self-addressed pre-paid envelopes to collect donations.
It’s almost like they -want- me to shove dozens of these fake twenties telling people to repent of their sins into an envelope and mail them to a narcissistic cartoon supervillain’s political campaign.
next time someone talks about welfare fraud, remember that if you’re homeless you’re not supposed to have food stamps and if you lose your home and don’t report it to DSHS so they can take away your food stamps that’s welfare fraud
when i was on ABD (aged, blind, and disabled benefits – the only cash aid available to disabled people while we’re applying for SSI, a monthly $197) literally all money you get can be deducted from these benefits. this means that if someone sees you digging through the trash for food and gives you $20 the government will only pay you $177 that month. if you don’t report that $20 it’s welfare fraud
astute readers might realise that there’s no way anyone in the country can be expected to live off of $197 a month, and that that would have to be supplemented by another source of income. and if that money is going to disappear as soon as that other source of income hits $197, it might as well not exist. you’re right!
when i was on ABD i had a patreon running that brought in a steady $13 a month. the person in charge of my case rounded up the amount of money i was getting to $15. i was penalised by $15 for making $13.
Listen, I am sick and tired of this trope that’s everywhere in fiction (Neville’s parents in Harry Potter are just one example).
I have literally been tortured into insanity – it is NOT a ~fate worse than death~ (at least that’s not how I see it, even though at times I wished to die), it did NOT make me evil or turn me into a timebomb and it is NOT the end of a person’s development and growth. Recovery is possible. No matter how horrifying the trauma was or if there was brainwashing/mind control/conditioning involved, with the right support, recovery is possible. Change and growth are definitely possible, so is agency.
Please, write trauma survivours as three-dimensional characters and don’t use trauma as a cheap plot device in ways that dehumanise and alienate survivours. Let us have some dignity.
And his wastrel son says Trump won’t release his tax records because it would raise a lot of questions or whatever and that would be inconvenient or something, so shut up.
But CNN keeps telling us that the Clintons are the secretive ones so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sense8 even. Sun is a Korean martial artist suffering at the hands of patriarchy. Very stereotypical
Should I even mention Dong’s role in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt?
even media that is SUPPOSEDLY “” “” “”””” “” “””” “ “’ proggressive””” “”””” “””” has no fucking clue how to write asian people
steven universe? fucking tiger mom stereotype whose shy daughter wants to BREAK FREE!!!! from ((also i get a real weebish vibe from this show which is partially why i couldn’t get into it…. like connie isn’t even japanese and yet she says “itadakimasu” before a meal??? not cute.))
how to get away with murder? yah oliver’s a little cinnamon roll but why is he the hacker genius.
brooklyn 99? again, hacker genius asian episode (and there was one that had a “filipino bieber” joke like ?? ????? ok??)
orange is the new black? this is the show that had an episode titled “ching chong chang” i don’t think i have to explain any further (there’s also numerous articles about its anti asian racism but you get the idea)
i’ve explained the issues with mulan and bh6 more times than i can count like i honestly should be compensated for this.
i mean it’s really fucking annoying how deep rooted in anti asian racism a lot of media is even the ones tumblr loves to hail as progressive, the pinnacle of DIVERSITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !!!!!!! and people just ignore it. even asian-americans for whom it’s IMPOSSIBLE to even be visible. like we literally cannot find asian characters that don’t have some glaring stereotype attached to them and i’m done with it.
Clear your schedules, because it’s Tumblr time… reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it Tumblr Gets Deep: Next … Continued
A little kid at my painting camp pulled me over to the side and said “I don’t know how to ask this, but are you a boy or a girl?? I can’t tell.”
And I was thrilled because I had passed the “child pointing out your appearance means gender” test as well as being approachable enough that he could ask. So I sat down and told him I was neither and explained that growing up I was told I was a girl but that I’m not, but I’m not a boy either. And he just looked at me and said “so you’re just a person.” Swear to god I had the biggest smile on my face when I told him that’s exactly what I was.
For the rest of the day he just called me Izzy instead of Ms something or any gendered title and I got a hug at the end of camp.
So if you say gender is too confusing for children to understand, I have a first grader who would tell you otherwise.
