Submitted by triplettulip, courtesy of their bigoted friend on Facebook.
I can’t even begin to list all the ways in which this is gross.
Saw this on facebook.
Then I left Facebook.
(Ps: A white girl posted it.)
This is ridiculous for so many reasons, but let’s start with the basic fact that it’s not true:
Googling things like “white dating site” or “white clothing line” yields tons of results. There ARE history heritage months for things like “Italian Americans,” “Jewish Heritage,” and “Irish American Heritage” - but somehow the fact that those things aren’t a big deal, or, I don’t know, that we learn white history all the damn time, is something to blame on black people? Like, talk to your fellow Irish Americans or whatever you are if your lack of fanfare for you month is so upsetting? Same with scholarships - there are THOUSANDS if you search things like “Irish American scholarships,” or even “French American scholarships,” not to mention the thousands more that have no racial criteria.
Perhaps if more magazines and television stations featured black people in roles that aren’t tokenizing and stereotypical and sexualized (if they’re featured at all), things like BET, Ebony, and Jet wouldn’t be needed as badly - but it’s the white-dominated producers of most mass media that ensure the continued exclusion and othering of black people from their publications.
I’m going to take a wild guess that the girl who posted this is the type who, when black people and other poc register annoyance and complaints about white-washing, tells them to “get over it” and “make their own,” and then gets pissed off when they do.
What a piece of human garbage.
EDIT: Ugh and the fact that this is superimposed over a photo of MLK? Somebody needs to read his Beyond Vietnam speech. But we wouldn’t want to challenge her bigoted and comfortable view of the world.
So cool!!! Don’t know if you’ve seen this, but I love it!!!
“Fattest of presidents joins foot race” Taft added to Nationals Presidents’ Race
Thanks, CNN, for making it so obvious about the things that count about former President William Taft. “Fattest of presidents joins foot race” was the headline when I checked the news a few minutes ago. I live in DC; this rumor has been floating through all corners the past few days. But to make his contribution to a capital-city funtime/random President’s Race for the Nationals his weight? The headline linked over to an article by the Bleacher Report. I’ve been to games, seen the race, most recently seen the mascots dancing at an Inaugural Ball. It’s funny. Former presidents with giant heads running around a baseball field is admittedly comical. But I mostly respect the nod to our founding, to our continued national leadership by being in the US capital. Taft, regardless of political affiliations, made a sacrifice to help lead this country, be in the limelight and critics view always, because he believed in it. Not my first pick at a very public job. Any president, no matter what, willingly chooses that path. So to have the article link, and this paragraph describing him included, makes me pretty upset and sad for this country.
For those unfamiliar, Taft was a rather large man, and he is regarded as one of the fattest presidents in history (h/t Chestnet.com). He once famously got stuck in his bathtub. The Nationals will undoubtedly ensure that this characteristic is emphasized in the costume design.
Yeah, and he was also a President of the United States. By the way.
Submitted by the Tumblr-less Sarah!
“Unpacking Male Privilege”
Found this article today and wanted to share with this Tumblr community. Someone’s great response to the cacophony of articles, tweets, etc on the “pledge” floating around to stop all-male conference panels. Of particular note:
As if women and racial minorities are now pitted against each other, vying for the enviable “token” status. As if gender diversity and racial diversity are mutually exclusive issues. As if we’re only capable of addressingone minority group at a time, and it must the least-represented.
And there’s that word again: privileged.
The word is frequently misused and is now commonly interpreted to mean “born with a silver spoon in your mouth” or “never had to work for anything,” but that’s a distortion of the actual definition. Privilege is more about advantage and immunity than wealth or work ethic.
Submitter mschieff adds, “He took it down now, after too many of his friends agreed with me. OOPS, SORRY EVERYONE WASN’T AS FUCKING HORRIBLE AS YOU.”
There are very few things that absolutely no one gets to make jokes about, and India’s
deadly gang-rape epidemicrecent deadly gang rape is without question one of them.er
India’s deadly gang-rape epidemic?
i mean this guy is a piece of shit but stfusexists this is a HIGHLY problematic assumption especially from a western feminist or am i just tripping idk
Could you be more specific about what part of my statement was problematic? I was under the impression from the massive protests in the last few weeks that sexual assault is out of control in India, and largely ignored by government and law enforcement.
i’ve been trying to discuss w/ other people about why i felt all gross about it but i think the best way to describe it is this way: i feel like western feminism has picked up this case as a jumping point to yell at brown people in general
and this isn’t to you in particular!! i reblogged this from you knowing that you would listen to me but just…I really don’t think that sexual assault is out of control in JUST India, it has been out of control in the world for well, years. And the massive protests in India are something that is absolutely amazing and wonderful but I’m kind of feeling a bit :/ about how western feminists are applauding this as a new stand for brown women who apparently haven’t spoken about it before
which they did, many times
like…i’ve been avoiding reading articles about the gang rape in India from Western media bc i know they would pander to this colonialist stereotype and mostly reading things by Indian newspapers, and yes obviously the Indian gov’t does ignore shit like this which is reprehensible but I feel as if these conversations about rape culture in India is a watered-down version of what is really going on
you know? and that flippant statement about there being a gang rape epidemic in India which is simply not true, it has been going on for ages and it is something that is controllable, unlike what the word epidemic is implying, it…just simplifies the issue into something else.
obviously this facebook friday submission is a piece of shit. but the idea that india’s sexual assault problem is going out of control? I’m not quite sure you are the person to say such a thing.
I’m definitely not an expert on the subject, or in a position to focus on it, and I appreciate you pointing it out.
Honestly, Anika is such a badass that I have nothing to add here. BOOM.
To the anon who is thinking about taking their life
I’m here for you. Sounds stupid, I know. I don’t even know you. Doesn’t matter. I’m here for you. The room of people that I’m in is here for you. My followers are here for you. (If they aren’t, I don’t fucking want them. They aren’t worth shit.) You are shining and amazing, just by being willing to take the step to talk to someone about this. With depression, and trust me, some of us fucking know depression, every little step counts. Getting out of bed. Taking a shower. Messaging someone else for help. Just taking the next breath.
I know strength is hard to come by, when it’s at it’s strongest, but you sure as hell have some to have made it this far. (I know, that sounds like shit, but it’s true. You could have given up ages ago, and you didn’t. You fucking rock.)
Fandom: Saturday Night Live
“He leaned down slightly, blinking down at Seth’s penis as though it held all the answers”
YOU MEAN SETH’S PENIS DOESN’T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS?
What if the question is: “Will you have sex with me, Seth Meyers?”
Matt asked: When Republicans defend their party against accusations of racism by bringing up Lincoln, I always find it effective to share this map.
OH BURN
