So "fashion designer Aamna Aqeel has a new advertisement..
its called “Be My Slave”
The designer is on twitter, not even mentioning this repugnant “ad”
Yesterday thearcanetheory completely derailed my post which was about ant-black racism, because I dared mention the creator was a white Jew. Even though it was very clear from the OP that I was angry his bullshit film and not his Jewish identity. And, she, like all the other pressed people, have no understanding of anything related to Black people, radical Black womanism or radical Black theology.
If you’re not Black you don’t get to define Blackness or anti-black racism. It’s really that simple.Talking about colorism in the Jewish community as if you’re all of the same race/ethnicity is anti-black as fuck. Yes the identity of non-Black Jews is complicated but I don’t give a fuck about that shit because you all benefit from anti-Black racism and so many of you perpetuate that shit daily. Black Jews are Black and are affected by anti-Black racism. They are affected by colorism within Black communities. They are also affected by anti-Semitism.
It is a prevalent belief among Black people, especially religious communities, that everyone in the Bible was Black and that people, including Egyptians, started off being Black. Both science and religion have perpetuated anti-blackness and are steeped in white supremacy so excuse me if I don’t give a fuck about some anti-black archaeological bullshit. I don’t give a fuck about the feelings of some non-Black girl who thinks she can define blackness and doesn’t even know better than to use the word tribe to describe Black people. Y’all are so caught up in white supremacy you really think you can speak over me to define Blackness.
I’m not here to educate anti-black people nicely. I will continue to be rude as fuck to anti-black people. The level of anti-blackness on this blog is too damn high. Unfollow at will.
Dear Non-Black PoC,
I think we can all agree that whiteness sucks.
However, when white people start fucking up can we not compare it to doing something racist to a Black person?
Examples I’ve seen on Tumblr and other places.
Why do white people insist on eating our foods with chopsticks. Do you use a fork to eat fried chicken?
Why would you (refering to white people) celebrate a holiday that isn’t yours and you don’t know the significance of? I mean would white people celebrate Kwanzaa?
Why would you have this *insert Racist item here*. Would you have a mammy jar sitting around?
For those who don’t know the answer to all of these are yes. (I mean really? Duh, yes.)
I’m sure you meant well and probably didn’t intend offense but these statements really smack of, “why would you do this to us? Would you do this to those niggers?” Because statements like these don’t really question or protest racism or whiteness shitting all over the cultures, traditions etc of PoC but instead question why white people would treat non Black PoC’s like us Black folk which apparently is far worse.
Whiteness is bad. But lets not use each other for a point? Yes?
It really puts a wrench in my bid for PoC solidarity so
CUT IT OUT.
Feel free to reblog and spread the word.
Introduction: Some insights into how one Filipin@ builds solidarity with some Black people.
I feel like this series of posts requires an introduction because I know that there are people who think that anti-Blackness does not need to be specifically addressed. Or they think that talking about anti-Blackness is playing oppression olympics. Or. Whatever. They think whatever they want to avoid having to truly address anti-Blackness in whatever PoC community they belong to.
Everything I will write in this series of posts has one foundational premise: Black people are human.
The only true solidarity must come from recognizing, internalizing, and living with this one fact.
(and I most definitely do not mean, when I say that Black people are human, that we need to operate with some white hippie notion of “we are all human.” No. Just no.)
And because Black people are human. All of them. Individually. This means that I cannot write a series of posts that will programmatically ensure that you will successfully build solidarity and trust with Black people. This is impossible. Black people are not a monolith and what works with one Black person will not work with another.
Things you need to be prepared for:
1. Some Black people will never trust you. Ever. No matter how hard you try.
Warning: this does not give you leave to give up. Nope. You still have to do the right thing and stand with Black people. Even if they reject you, hate you, mistrust you, fear you, cuss at you, whatever. You may have to stand with them in a different way if you are in this position, but you still have to do it.
Because it is the right thing to do. And if you want to be recognized for your anti-Blackness, you’ve already failed.
2. You will fuck up and you will be called out.
Seriously. You will. I have been (and now that I think about I think I might owe a few apologies).
The mettle of someone truly committed to solidarity is tested and demonstrated for how they handle this situation.
Your only recourse when you are called out? Apologize (and, I swear to fucking god, I mean a real fucking apology not one of those passive aggressive fauxpologies). And do better.
3. It takes a lot of time and a lot of energy.
Building trust takes work. Hard work. Standing with other people means taking risks and putting yourself out there. (and these risks are small compared to what they face, so do not ever equate your experiences with theirs. Ever.)
There are no shortcuts or easy ways to create true solidarity. And if you think reading my little series is all you’ll need… no. Not so much.
At every step of the way, keep these three points in mind.
Even more importantly, in your life, you must get yourself to the point where you not only recognize the humanity of Black people, but live, sleep, and breathe it. You must. Everything flows from this.
Last, I’m mostly going to talk about my personal experiences. Again, because I cannot give general advice beyond: Black people are human, treat them like this. My comments may also be more directed towards other Asians, ‘cause this is where I’m coming from.
I'm above it! I don't live in the past
says the special little negreos
You probably have a lot of white friends or you’r overly concerned with the feelings of white people (or non-Black POC) when they’re doing racist shit against you. You don’t want to be loud ( aka speaking out) and even though you’ll deny it, you know that’s because these very seem people you’re protecting will unleash a barrage of dehumanising emotionally abusive shit on you for standing up against them so you want to avoid even more pain.
You want to avoid the further hurt in the first place. I can understand not fighting every battle but the problem comes when you’re defending the people attacking you in the first place; The problem comes when you’re enabling white supremacist ideologies that murders, rapes and abuses so you can boost your self by being ” above it” and “not living in the past” though the convo is very much about the present.
You know… white supremacy…that thing that dehumanises Black people and means within that structure our humanity isn’t worth shit and only the humanity, representation and voices of those that are white ever counts. That’s the thing you’re protecting.
You have to cling to being “above it” because if you’re not any better than those other niggers, what’s to stop your white friends spitting on you in the exact same way they spit on those Black people? Your white friends probably say dehumanising shit to you as well but you brush it off and pretend you didn’t feel your heart sink and your throat get dry. You have to pretend it didn’t hurt because when you do acknowledge your pain, you can’t look your “friends” in the eye without feeling disgust and you can’t look at your self in the mirror without thinking of all the ways you as a Black person has contributed to dehumanising your own people and yourself
You’re their pet nigger and you take advantaged of the good Black people v Bad Black people thing for your own benefit and you love the pats on the backs from white people that don’t really give a shit about you unless you’re coddling their feelings and telling them they’re good white people. You’re glad when you’re thanked for “understanding.” You can’t cash in these pats on the back to further your self. One day you’ll realise these very same people you’re protecting don’t see you much differently from those Black people and you won’t have shit to cling to boost your self esteem and that day will be your nigger wake up call.
The truth is painful but denying your very humanity and being a punching bag for white supremacy is no way to live.
{made rebloggable by request} everylilpieceofu asked: Hi! I have a question about books. Do you recommend any books regarding Womanism written by WoC and are not perpetuating white feminism BS? I am finding it hard to navigate through all the options.
hhmmm, ya know i’ve been struggling with this question for a long time only because i’m mad wary of giving people prescriptive reading lists when it comes to topics like this.
only because when it comes to womanism i don’t think its enough to just read books by WoC who call themselves womanist, but to understand that womanism as a term originated amongst blackAmerican women, and in the attempt to open it up to all women of colour, blackamerican women now sit at this weird crossroads where we have opened up the fold as to who can be called a womanist with respect to the diversity that exist amongst women of colour, but yet face anti-blackness from those same people who want to consider themselves womanists and write themselves into that collective history and identity.
so for me, your job is two fold
1. understanding the framework from which womanism as a term and an idea sprang from, which includes reading writings by women of colour
2. understanding and dismantling any internalized anti-blackness you may have. cause it would be half shack to call yourself a womanist and then turn around and stick the knife deeper into the backs of blackamerican and even african diasporic women{loosely paraphrasing Malcolm here}
so for general reading {and thee is probably more i am missing}{by the way i haven’t read all of these but they are important}
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
The Womanist Reader: The First Quarter Century of Womanist Thought Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism Still Brave: The Evolution of Black Women’s Studies Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist ProseFeminist Theory: From Margin to Center Women, Race, & Class Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
as for the anti-blackness resources, there is a lot of great stuff on tumblr. i personally don’t know about academic stuff, but punch in anti-blackness or anti-black as a tag and things are bound to pop up
as a rule of thumb: if you’re reading things which reinforce the negative opinions you have about blackness, black identity or black people, you’re probably doing it wrong and should back away quickly. it’s supposed to challenge your internalized notions of what you find to be true.
hope this helps
The reason I generally take non-black POC’s antiblackness more serious than black people’s shit is that anti-blackness will actually fucking do something whereas black folk won’t gain shit.
When you anti-black you gain shit.
Even a black people who wanna succeed gotta be antiblack to do it, shit on other folks. ask hollywood
everyone gains shit from shitting on black people
black people don’t get shit from saying anything about other people, just seems more serious to m
ask history, black folk have tried shitting on other groups before but in the end we still niggers.
Anybody else shit on us they gain acceptance
hell if we shit on ourselves we gain some shit
see the issue?
i love when white people attempt to generalize rap music to say some "underhandely" anti black shit
i swear let me generalize country or pop music or any genre with a predominately white face and you would think the horseman of the apocalypse rode in firing buck shot at the pope and all through vatican city
but when it comes down to rap music, its perfectly okay for y’all to make uninformed statements about a diverse genre of music that originated out of black and latino communities.
because you don’t have the guts to come clean or confront your racist (and oftentimes anti-black) thoughts
y’all are not slick dot com
When people say “You ____*insert action here*____ like white people” It really bothers me. Do not diminish my blackness as if everything that we do and everything that we are is monolithic. Just cause i don’t do something like you and the people you know does not mean that I am not black. And to my non black people, just because i don’t fit stereotypes that you think are actually correct doesn’t mean that i am not black or that I have somehow misplaced or lost my blackness. Do not rate my blackness on a sliding scale, black beauty is immeasurable.
An angry RANT to casual racists
You know…this blog is called “Forever Unrustled”. Because I have developed thick skin over the years. I’ve been physically/verbally abused by my father from ages 3-16. I’ve been bullied at school for just as long, even spit on until I had to be taken out. I’ve had the few/only friend[s] I did make leave my life, been suicidal as a teen, been kicked out of my house, kicked out of college, rushed to the ER multiple times for stress attacks, struggled manic depression, had 3 failed “relationships” that couldnt even be called such— in 21 years…
And despite all of that NOTHING makes me angrier than people who think racism is cute.
I get. so. fucking. tired. of. the same. old. bullshit.
Let me tell you something.
Do you know that everyday black people are reminded they’re black? We cannot do simple things without being reminded that no, we are not in fact just “people”, we are seen as “other”. We are seen as a collection of things you absolutely do not want to be. Because everything in this society that’s inherently considered “good” [lighter skin, straighter hair, smaller lips, etc]- is literally the opposite of most of us have.
This is called anti-blackness.
Our culture is “cool”: unless we’re the ones enjoying it. Then its ghetto/ratchet/stupid/ignorant.
We cannot turn on a TV without being reminded of this: because there are no major black characters. Because there are no roles for black people. In anything. In video games, in books, in comics, in media. In school its assumed that we’re dumb. That we’re incapable of learning or just do not have the will, so many dont even try.
Every fucking day we are reminded in countless ways, little ways you dont even pick up on, that there is no place for us. Anywhere. Any place you see us in is one we had to create for ourselves.
Even on dating sites/apps/forums: “no blacks”
And you know what? That in itself does not even bother me. That alone does not even register a blip on the Shit That Makes Jj Rage Radar. What gets me heated enough to write this RANT at 2:34am on a saturday morning…is that you people think this is funny.
You giggle and laugh at something ignorant you say. A comment about our hair or our skin. And you think its so hilarious to casually remind us: “HEY! GUESS WHAT? YOU’RE NOT NORMAL.”
Thank you. For a second I’d almost forgotten. For a second it GENUINELY SLIPPED MY MIND that me existing is offensive to you.
I dont give a flaming fuck if you think I’m attractive or not.
I could care less if you hate my skin, the music I listen to, the way I wear my hair, and the slang I use sometimes when the mood hits.
But I am tired of it dominating my everything. I’m tired of not having a place where I can go to get away from that. I’m tired of being a bisexual guy and hearing from other men how people who look JUST LIKE ME are so fucking comical and repulsive— but no I’m the “exception” because you want in my pants—, I AM JUST AS BLACK AS THE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DISGUST YOU. YOU INSULT THEM, YOU INSULT ME. MY LIGHTER SKIN TONE HAS SHIT TO DO WITH ANYTHING; I AM STILL ONE OF “THEM”.
I’m tired of having people who I consider my friends casually remind me that I am not “normal”. That I will never be “normal.” That things about my race— my skin, my nose, my hair— are “problems” no one wants. And it actually hurts me that I can think of 5 people off the top of my head who do this “tee-hee, racism :3” crap at least twice a day, all of whom I consider friends. And then they wonder why I’m so depressed.
Can I just exist?
Can I just fucking exist without being reminded of how you find me?
Can I just live my life without you strutting around and flippantly using how I look to exclude me or put my “otherness” on display?
And you honestly sit and wonder why we’re so angry.
And you honestly wonder why so many of us assume the worst.
And you honestly wonder why you cannot use the n-word.
Let someone make your identity into a tool to hurt you on the worst days and a joke on the best— every second of every day until the day you die— and then you can talk to me about how its “not a big thing.”
Until you realize that black people are not a different type of people, merely people who are black, I will never respect you.
Dont you dare sit up here and claim to have “black friends” when you dont even think enough of them to stop contributing to the ignorant bullshit they already go through.
I really dont even want to post this, I already regret it because I feel like Im opening the door for “too sensitive” “race card” and all other things. But I’m doing it anyways. Because maybe I’m not the only one.
then again maybe I am.
M.I.C.L.: Music Is Our Common Language
This is dedicated to the guy that said Jake Bourey doesn’t like Nicki Minaj because he isn’t in tuned with Black culture. Bro I’m Black. My mom is from Sudan and my dad is African American. I spent three years + of my life in Africa, all the way to living majority of my life in the ghettos of Oakland, CA. Music has always been inhibited in Black culture and reflects our struggles. We use music as a therapeutic instrument for the pain we face. From the songs sung by slaves, to the blues, all the way to reggae and hip-hop. I love hip-hop and agree it’s a big part of Black culture. My same love for hip-hop is what makes me hate artist like Nicki Minaj. She is garbage and her music doesn’t do anything to enrich Black culture or hip-hop itself.
In your opinion, enriching black culture and hip-hop equals being a corny ass wannabe positive dashiki rocking REAL EMCEE!!
Honestly think to yourself would you want your daughter listening to her.
My sisters listen to her and I don’t see a problem with it at all. She has plenty of music that talks about following your dreams and persevering through the bullshit. You prolly don’t listen to it because you’re a hypocrite who doesn’t listen to her music. Also, she’s the biggest woman rapper that has came along in a long time. That in itself is a big morale boost for black women. I know black women who don’t really fuck with her musically but they support her just for being a successful black woman in a male dominated industry. You too dense to understand that though.
What messages does she condone? The foundation behind her success in music is that she is a sex symbol and we all know sex sells.
This is just straight up misogyny. She very rarely actually raps about sex, people just like to key in on it because she’s a woman. Her vocal tics, oddball lyrics, and ability to crossover are why she’s successful.
If anything, if you want to talk about a female musician/mc that is a positive influence on Black culture, look no further than Lauryn Hill. She kills Nicki Minaj in every aspect of being a music artist and a positive influence. Has Nicki ever empowered positive change for her people?
Good nigger bad nigger right? Gotcha
No, but she does talk about her being a bad bitch and getting her anus licked.
God forbid a black woman has confidence and enjoys some type of sex right?
And the whole comment about hip-hop being meant for Black ears only, come on man you sound like the same guys who used to say that football was just for white men.
Point out where I said hip-hop is meant for black ears only. Please do.
I’ll be waiting forever because I never said it. I said hip-hop and rap comes from black culture. We created it. Out style, vernacular, struggle, and CULTURE have been driving it for years.
Every black rapper represents it. Just like Lauryn Hill represents some of it, Nicki MInaj represents some of it. Just like Wu-Tang Clan represents some of it, Three Six Mafia represents some of it.
Yes hip-hop is deeply inscribed in Black culture but it is for everyone.
Again you arguing against shit I never said
No matter what race, skin color, idgaf! Music has no race, it has no color, it is the common language of us all. Lupe Fiasco said it best in his rhymes, “Don’t wake me till I land, when they barely understand what I speak, but they nod to my beats.” Why do you think rappers can do world tours? People of all race and cultures love hip-hop. I am not trying to attack your character or dis you. You said what you said. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and this is mine opinion about yours.
WE ALL BLEED RED!!
P.s. Did I mention Nicki Minaj makes garbage music?
Her verse on Monster shits on Lupe’s entire career
Mexican anti-Blackness and disrespect of the voices of Black people makes me tired. Other PoC/non-white people, please get your shit together.
Nigga is not a word for you, I don’t care how many people call you ese. Keep that shit among your Black friends who don’t care.
And realize that there’s a larger world out there where everyone isn’t your Black friends, and those people aren’t going to sit there and not say shit to you or about it. We’re doing you a favor so please don’t act like a white person with locs (“dreadlocks”).
I don't trust most white feminist
because most of you give me PLENTLY reason not to trust you
We tell you not to do something or something is hurtful but you think you know more better us and with your white saviour complex. You just wanna save the darkies from our selves huh?! “Unsolicited Advice for Blue Ivy Carter” Why can’t white feminist stop failing for?
You brush off our criticism as “hate”; you pat your self on your back for having “audacity” and like the recent basic shit of human said “yep, i definately did” because what a little black baby needs is your white ass giving advice. Its not like white opinions dictate what happens to black bodies, right?! Jaclyn Friedman went out of her way and further add to the voices telling black mothers they are so unworthy of motherhood that they NEED “UNSOLICITED ADVICE” and even proudly named her article “unsolicited advice.” She fully did this knowing this is unwanted but what does it matter what Black mothers and fathers want or think? All of this says one thing and one thing only: you don’t give a shit about my black ass. Only your voice matters. You use us for your own gains, fame and ego boost and it never matters what to what cost it comes to us because you’re claiming to do it for us—you know better than us lowly negroes. Us negroes never know what’s best for us and we need your benevolent white wisdom. This is part of the reasoning many white forefathers gave to colonise the shit out of us darkies. It was in our best interest, right?!
When i came to feminism, i would of never thought it would be other women that would be such a problem but more and more i just want most white feminist to disappear off Earth because most of you can’t act right. Our thoughts and feelings are always last to the ego stroking so many white feminist want from saving the darkies. Who the fuck gives unsolicited advice to a new born fucking baby then pats them selves on the back? “yep, i definitely did” she proudly exclaims. How arrogant must one be to do this? Jaclyn Friedman is looking for more fame and money off the back of new born black baby. Pathetic. The narcissism and entitlement that comes with whiteness is ridiculous.
Being an ally means you need to learn when to shut the fuck up and if your privileged ass wants to give me unsolicited advice, please don’t be mad i tell you to shut the fuck up. She knows what “unsolicited” means but still… STILL she choose to write about this KNOWING her advice is UNWANTED she CHOOSE to do this to black women—to a new born baby. Just because you mean no harm, doesn’t mean you can’t do harmful disgusting shit. I’m going to sit and wait for many white feminist that will defend Jaclyn pull the i’m a fragile white woman look at my tears and use their privilege to call upon the angry black woman trope to avoid addressing our criticisms. Because we’re too angry guise
Jaclyn Friedman has some unsolicited (but helpful!) advice for Blue Ivy Carter: ”
Oh of course this white feminist magazine’s facebook think its “helpful”, it doesn’t matter that black people don’t want to hear your noise.
Congrats on being an asshole Jaclyn Friedman. Fuck you!
