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brashblacknonbeliever:

Dear white people who love definitions,

Stop saying that word means an “ignorant person regardless of race” or that it “only applies to some Black people.” You’re fucking wrong.

You people love pulling out dictionary definitions whenever someone utters the word racism, so why won’t you stick with the dictionary definition of this word?

Sincerely,
A Black woman who is sick of your shit.

the-mighty-sloth:

odelia-jay:

»» The MLK that’s never quoted.

and it’s no accident that this segment is conveniently left out of our education

(Source: kaidencechrist)

romeosareveryundependable:

I’m still confused about how all the awards managed to nominate all the dudes in Django except the black lead. 

kyssthis16:

shartonnay:

deadlydinos:

If slurs are “just words”, why do the words “you’re a racist” offend you so much?

BOOM.

Yes, inquiring minds want to know……….

(Source: actualcanadiansherlockholmes)

ethiopienne:

queenofadodi:

HMMMM THE PLOT THICKENS

number of black people shocked: 0

(Source: onlyexperiments)

Melissa Harris-Perry: Nothing is riskier than being poor in America [full video]

kyssthis16:

thenapturalone:

unadulteratedconcept:

super-eklectic1:

Cedric The Entertainer making a white man look foolish for saying Nigger in the movie Be Cool Made

submitted by http://detective-alchemist.tumblr.com/

I want to print out this speech and memorize it so I can recite it whenever necessary

perfection.

All the points

PRAISE!!!!! 

(Source: super1eklectic)

kyssthis16:

rosa—sparks:

If the NBC commentators keep talking shit about Gabby Douglas, I am going to fly myself to London on a Chitauri hovercraft and punch them in their cracker nads.

Motherfucking racist assholes.

I was talking to a friend today who happens to be very white and homie was hella pissed at NBC for their fucked up coverage of Gabby. You know these commentators are some fuck-dudes if even white people are noticing them talking shit about her. I mean, fa’real. Fuck NBC.

(Source: ro-s-aspa-rks)

Dear White People (2012)

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE follows the stories of four black students at an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over a popular “African American” themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film will explore racial identity in “post-racial” America while weaving a universal story of forging one’s unique path in the world. 

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ETA:

Help send the film to the Tribeca Industry Meetings vote here.

oumkhartoum:

thepeoplesrecord:

Another Black Youth Gunned Down: The Shooting of Darius Simmons
Pictured - Patricia Larry with a photo of her son, Darius.
June 6, 2012

Darius Simmons was like a lot of 13-year-old boys — funny, boisterous and a little braggy…

John Henry Spooner, his 75-year-old next-door neighbor, is charged with first-degree murder in the boy’s death. Spooner, a widower who has been diagnosed with cancer, had complained to Alderman Bob Donovan about a break-in at his home earlier in the week, blaming the family next door. 

Spooner admitted to police that he shot Darius on Thursday morning, even as the boy had held up his arms and ran away.

Spooner shot the boy because he believed he’d broken into his house and stolen some guns. (Spooner was a collector.) Simmons’ mother says the police searched the house and found nothing. I understand why she wants to say that, but I think even if her son actually was burglar you are still left with 1.) someone taking the law for self and 2.) executing a child over an alleged theft.

There may well be more here. We’ll likely know in the coming days. I bet we’ll be hearing about Wisconsin’s own stand your ground law. For now we have this:

Milwaukee police said they recognized the area around 19th and Arrow streets address when the call came in about a man they said shot his teenage neighbor. Dispatch records obtained by WISN 12 News show the Spooner called 911 at least 15 times in five years, including four stolen guns after a break-in Tuesday. 

 An hour before the shooting, Spooner had been eating breakfast with Alderman Bob Donovan. “(Spooner) was telling me about the recent burglary that he had. They stole $3,000 worth of guns. I know John to have been a member, or is a member, of the National Rifle Association,” Donovan said. 

“I asked him, ‘Did you call the police?’ He said, ‘Yeah,’ but for whatever reason, seemed a little frustrated with that investigation. I don’t know the details of it,” Donovan said. 

“Did he suspect the 13-year-old?” Lyles asked. 

“He suspects whoever lives next door to him, that those individuals were involved,” Donovan said. 

Donovan said Spooner has lung cancer and seemed troubled, not angry. But after the shooting, he said the conversation stands out. 

“He did say that ‘maybe there are other ways of dealing with this,’” Donovan said.

 

Source

Update: Spooner shot Simmons with a 9mm handgun five feet away from him in the chest, in front of his mother. 

Darius was shot once in the chest with his hands raised.  He ran to escape and collapsed at the corner, while Spooner attempted to shoot him in the back, and tried to fire a third shot. 

After police arrived, Darius’s body remained on the sidewalk, while police questioned his mother, Patricia Larry, in a squad car for approximately two hours.

During the police investigation of the shooting, they searched Ms. Larry’s home again.  Finding nothing, they then proceeded to arrest his older brother for having truancy tickets.

The police left the child’s body on the floor while they harassed his family, questioned the mother for two hours while she could see her son’s dead body outside of the car’s window, searched their home and then arrested the victim’s brother for truancy. This is the reality of being Black. How absolutely sick. John Henry Spooner will die of his cancer before he serves his sentence. There is no justice.

nonplussedbyreligion:

I’ve said that a few time, but it’s not a suicidal ideation.  It’s me not wanting to inhabit the same earth as some of the most disgusting people that I’ve encountered recently.  As I don’t usually associate with such people in my everyday life, I’ve come to find that many of them exist here on Tumblr.

Earlier I re-blogged this picture of a person dressed in black face, holding skittles and ice tea, and wearing a hooded sweatshirt.  

This person is despicable, and her youth does not excuse her behavior.  If she had the stones to post this picture, she should be able to take the feedback.  I’ve seen some people wishing her harm or death, but that’s not my style.  I don’t want anything physically to happen to her, but I’d love for her to have some consequences for her actions.  However, I am highly doubtful of that happening.

As I’ve shared before, I try to avoid talking about racism on this blog for mental health reasons.  I don’t have the time or energy to take on every racist asshole that crosses my dash.  What I’ve learned from following the comments on that post is that:

1. People find it funny, some even quite amused that there was a watermelon in the background to enhance the racist stereotype.
2. There is an actual thing called “Trayvoning.

Earlier this week there was the online sale of these targets:

And if you take the time to search the “Trayvoning” tag on tumblr, you’ll see images like this:

So let’s take a second to let this sink in.  A teenager is dead.  He was shot while unarmed by an adult male.  These are the facts, there are many more things involved here, but this is what we all know to be true without re-hashing all the news stories.

Regardless of someone supporting Zimmerman or not, this is fucking unacceptable.  For fun and laughs, people have decided that it’s ok to further torment Martin’s family by repeatedly doing shit like this.  I’ve had it with these people.  And before anyone tries telling me that I’m making a big deal over this and not about the beating death of Kelly Thomas, or of others who have been killed without cause; don’t fucking dare.  The lost of any life is a terrible tragedy, especially if that loss was violent and unjustified.  However the striking difference here is that people have not decided to be disrespectful of the others killed in these circumstances.  The fact that “Trayvoning” even exists is a clear indicator of that.

What these people are doing is deplorable and shows an utter lack of human decency.  I happen to be African American, but had the child shot dead by Zimmerman been of any other race, and people were mocking his death like this, I’d be equally outraged.  We are humans beings.  A fellow human is dead, yet people are continuing to act as if it’s a joke.  This is bullshit and it has to stop.

kit-kat-o-graham:

searchingforknowledge:

lover-root:

sweet florida -_-

Land of injustice, we salute you. 

Welcome to AmeriKKKa.

thecometreturns:

thefemcritique:

“Please take this new history book with a grain of salt, since it focuses primarily on white western males”

I knew there had to be a reason I loved Recess so much as a kid

YASSSSSS