losing me is a major L for you

cybrputa

he is all I want in life

It has Got to stop.

I will be upfront. I am a teacher, white, female, Jewish, late 30’s. I am now having to deal with more issues in my classroom then ever before and one of them just outright shocked me. It’s called colorism. Before I started teaching I knew what racism was, but had never heard of colorism. I’ve seen racism in my classroom - usually taught at home by the parents and have called it out every time it happened in front of me. I have learned to listen for colorism happening in my class as well. In colorism, lighter skin African-Americans people often see themselves as better because they are closer to white, and make darker skin people feel bad because they are dark.

In my classroom I had to call out one light skinned African-American boy for calling a boy with skin darker then him “burnt” and “ burnt toast.” He was very clear that he thought himself better and was insulting the other boy.

Another time I had girl with dark skin try to color herself with white skin. I stopped her, gave her the correct color and told her there was nothing wrong with coloring herself the color she is, that her color was just as beautiful as anyone else’s. She cried. She never heard that before. Her paler skin cousins are the ones who get called beautiful. That made me cry with her. She’s a beautiful child and didn’t deserve that negative comparison to her cousins.

I hear sixth grade boys saying how they would never date so and so because she’s “too dark.” My response is usually to sit down next to these boys and reply softly, “Well it’s a good thing you’re not interested because she’s too smart to date you.” This usually followed by whoops and “Ooo, burn.” Which is followed by me asking them, “How did being told you’re not smart enough for a girl feel? Rotten, right? Embarrassed? Then how do you think that girl feels to be told she’s too dark?” The kids who are quick enough get it. Those who aren’t have a longer conversation with me until they do.

I have been teaching for 16 years, and these are the small battles I fight in my class. But these battles, I believe are far, far more important then if they can pass an arbitrary state required test.

Your skin color proximity to caucasian should not be how young African-Americans measure their self-worth.

If you are white, black, latino, asian - whatever - and you hear or see not just racism but colorism as well, call it out. Be an ally, not a silent witness.

There’s too much hate between the races to hate your own. It has got to stop.

DADDYYYYYYYYYYY

Turn on the sound 😍

Yooo

What’s the name of the song 😓

cybrputa

Where is my mind

July fourth is tomorrow and I really don’t have the energy to pretend like I’m proud of this country

Freshmen Me: i dont get why older students hate us freshmen so much its so dumb ugh 

Senior Me: who the fuck let all these fucking gremlins into this school

listen………….i love myself

badiegod

Everytime I gave a fuck, that fuck, fucked me over.

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cybrputa