Things that I knew about: that the mass incarceration of people in the USA , particularly black men, has direct ties to/is an extension of slavery. Things I did not know: this specific shit about Louisiana HOLY FUCK this is evil.
To all the people who believe property is more important than 600 hundred years of slavery and oppression of Black people.
White women, do me a favor and read this.
This line, in particular, gutted me:
We eat eggs and I tell Y about how when I was 8 years old, I taught my white friend, B (actually called Becky), how to count to 10 in Urdu. How at school the next day she looked at her feet as she shuffled past me, and the white teacher pulled me aside and asked me why I was bullying Becky, because Becky’s mum said I was bullying Becky, and that maybe it would be best if I didn’t sit next to her anymore. She suggested this with the kind of half-arsed, sad-eyed, apologetic shrug that white women perform when it is less of a scene to administer psychological warfare against a brown child than it is to challenge your fellow white woman.
That was my entire childhood.
I remember well the acute shock and confusion of that day. I had been so damn sure Becky and I were having a good time. I felt so guilty, despite my mother’s insistence that Becky’s mother was a racist bitch and that I had done nothing wrong. I felt frightened of myself and my potential to hurt innocent white girls without even realizing it.
We are taught to walk home with our keys between our fingers for protection from men in the night, but no one tells us how to defend ourselves from the white women who will try to ravage us from the inside out, with a smile, a comment, a betrayal, a vital inaction, a look. How they will choose comfort over effort, how they will read this and think I am talking about someone else, another pardon.
White People: Then in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. rode to earth on his magical multi-color skinned tone dream cloud. Dressed in a pressed suit and a wizard’s hat, Martin pointed his mighty finger and commanded; “I have a dream!” then *poof* in a flash of dust, racism disappear. But sadden by all the hate, he bravely died for our sins on the holy cross of freedom and justice. Today we remember his words of wisdom; “I wish one day everyone will not be judged for anything ever and every boy and girl can hold hands and sing”
Because yesterday was King’s Bday
Reblogging
Neo-Nazis actively use fake black-Twitter accounts to spread misinformation, confusion, and division.
From 2016:
Andrew Anglin of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer announced the misinformation campaign on his website, calling on readers to create fake accounts on the platform.
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He added that the posts need to be “indistinguishable” from actual Twitter accounts belonging to black people. According to the post, there are about 1,000 fake accounts already in existence.
From 2017:
The secondary goal, the article notes, is to “create a state of chaos on twitter, among the black twitter population, by sowing distrust and suspicion, causing blacks to panic.”
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The article that’s been making the rounds as a sort of troll starter kit indicates that, to be successful, the fake accounts must use relatively generic names, take images off Google and flip them to avoid reverse-image searches and join in on conversations to build up a following. Once that has happened, they can start joining more serious debates on topics like race, feminism and transgender rights and “bring the entire system to its knees.”
A.K.A. “Digital blackface”
A.K.A. “astroturfing”
organized activity that is intended to create a false impression of a widespread, spontaneously arising, grassroots movement in support of or in opposition to something (such as a political policy) but that is in reality initiated and controlled by a concealed group or organization (such as a corporation)
-Merriam Webster
the-inverted-langblr
Such a cute comic! <3
rsbenedict
I like the implication that the Chinese have mastered every human language and are only confounded by the speech of the undead.
We’re all having “hard conversations” about racism, police brutality, and #BlackLivesMatter I hope.
You’ve probably noticed that detractors often use the same “racist talking points” in response. Here’s a researched and sourced guide to help you answer, for the times you may get stuck.
Feel free to save these images and share them!
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…and, at the time of his death, he was one of the most hated people in the USA.
life-as-a-hobby
The FBI sent him a letter trying to convince him to commit suicide. Don’t let this revisionist bullshit slide. The things they say now about protests, kneeling, etc, are the same things they said about the sit-ins and marches.
respectability politics is a trap.
respectability politics is a trap.
respectability politics is a trap.
Look at this vintage political cartoon. Reactions to MLK and BLM are near identical.
a-greyace-aries
His own kids are telling yall not to fall for the bullshit
fuckmountain2-deactivated202204
…and, at the time of his death, he was one of the most hated people in the USA.
life-as-a-hobby
The FBI sent him a letter trying to convince him to commit suicide. Don’t let this revisionist bullshit slide. The things they say now about protests, kneeling, etc, are the same things they said about the sit-ins and marches.
respectability politics is a trap.
respectability politics is a trap.
respectability politics is a trap.
Look at this vintage political cartoon. Reactions to MLK and BLM are near identical.
a-greyace-aries
His own kids are telling yall not to fall for the bullshit
this is an insult
Wait. What?!
slo-mo-sapien
This is hell.
