June 2012
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“As Black women, we do not have the privilege or the space to call ourselves “slut” without validating the already historically entrenched ideology and recurring messages about what and who the Black woman is. We don’t have the privilege to play on destructive representations burned in our collective minds, on our bodies and souls for generations. Although we understand the valid impetus behind the use of the word “slut” as language to frame and brand an anti-rape movement, we are gravely concerned. For us the trivialization of rape and the absence of justice are viciously intertwined with narratives of sexual surveillance, legal access and availability to our personhood. It is tied to institutionalized ideology about our bodies as sexualized objects of property, as spectacles of sexuality and deviant sexual desire. It is tied to notions about our clothed or unclothed bodies as unable to be raped whether on the auction block, in the fields or on living room television screens. The perception and wholesale acceptance of speculations about what the Black woman wants, what she needs and what she deserves has truly, long crossed the boundaries of her mode of dress.”
—An Open Letter from Black Women to SlutWalk Organizers (via blck-grrl)
Oh and Black people
Code-switching is for survival
it is not something u celebrate.
trust I love my Black Language..its my lingua franca but i aint finna celebrate the kings bastard shit and denigrate my own
no sir
Amore mio anima: I think Black people will do themselves a service
Amore mio anima: I think Black people will do themselves a service
If we focus on our history from a more “mundane” perspective.
This doesn’t mean forget the horrific and heroic things that happened.
But it does mean we should pay more attention to depictions of Black life without images of psychopathic White people doing all the raping,…
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Quel est le problème?
Not a problem. I just tend to disagree, as i dont see anything “mundane” about our history & thus refuse to take a look at it from that sort of perspective. I also refuse because I dont think that it will be of any good to me to forget where I came from - meaning the good and the bad. Half of the problem young Black children have is not being fully educated on all aspects of Black History .. & that includes the “images of psychopathic White people doing all the raping,…”
But thats why theyre called opinions .
If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your whiteness affords you a privilege that shields you from a lot. You must also acknowledge that you are afforded privileges that some men in this country do not have. Racism and sexism are tightly intertwined. You cannot fight one while ignoring the other. via
If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your whiteness affords you a privilege that shields you from a lot. You must also acknowledge that you are afforded privileges that some men in this country do not have. Racism and sexism are tightly intertwined. You cannot fight one while ignoring the other. via
Dumb Things White People Say: Black on Black Crime →
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On a regular basis I am attacked with false comments about the idea of “Black on Black Crime.” It’s here on Tumblr, the “NEWS,” the comment section of…well, everything. Two days ago I saw a comment that read “The greatest enemy of the Black man is the Black man.” The best part? This was written in the comment section of a story about some racist guy posting racist anti-Obama signs.
None the less, I decided to end this mirage once and for all. As usual, I will provide the readily available links for those that are to lazy to do their own homework. Yes, I am talking to you Mr & Mrs. Racist who speaks without knowledge. Let’s get started, shall we?
Are Black people killing off other Black people? Yep, we sure are. Only problem is, so are white people. 1980-2008 Homicide Stats (Pg 13).
Who’s Killing Who:
- 84% of white homicide victims were killed by white people
- 93% of Black homicide victims were killed by Black people
Those numbers are pretty darned close, don’t ya think? Now before you do something silly like try to point out that Black people are doing it more, let me point out that these are the percentages of total crimes committed by race on race homicide. What does this have to do with anything? Well, white homicide accounts for over 50% of all homicides over this survey period. Still confused? Okay, there are far more white people being killed. Although the white on white homicide percentage is slightly lower, the actual number of murders is much, much higher. This makes sense of course since white people make up a larger percentage of America, right? Wrong. You have to take two things into account, one- the number of white people being murdered is almost three times that of Black people. When you look at 84% of that number, you’ll see that although the percentage of Black on Black homicide is slightly higher, white on white homicide numerically is more than double that of all Black homicides, not just Black on Black but all of it put together. Two- The fact that there are more white people shouldn’t really be taken into account here. At least not for those that love to point to “Black on Black” crime as proof that Black people are animals. The fact is, even if America were 99% white, if there was a race that were truly superior, the crime rate would be low no matter how many there were, right?
Let’s keep it moving. Now, we look at crimes of violence (Table 42).
Total Number of Victims:
- White- 2,788,600
- Black- 570,550
There are those pesky numbers again. Those who may still be confused about my above statements might be able to see more clearly in this section.
Crimes of violence:
- White on white- 67.4%
- Black on Black- 64.7%
Interesting huh? I’ll take this opportunity to fully explain what I was saying above. We see here that once again, the percentages are fairly close. However, let’s look at how this percentage breaks down numerically.
The Breakdown-White People:
- Total number of white victims = 2,788,600.
- Total percentage of white on white violent crime = 67.4%
- Total number of white on white violent crime victims = 1,879,516.4
The Breakdown-Black People:
- Total number of Black victims = 570,550
- Total percentage of Black on Black crime = 64.7%
- Total number of Black on Black crime victims = 369,145.85
Let’s break this down a little further:
- There are approximately 225,720,713 white people in America
- There are approximately 40,755,128 Black people in America
- That breaks down to 1 in every 120.095 white people has committed a violent crime against another white person. While 1 in every 110.403 Black people has committed a violent crime against another Black person.
The really interesting thing is that in the same table that provided this information, you can also see the full breakdown of other crimes. Interesting fact- white on white violent crime heavily outweighs Black on Black violent crime. While Black on Black robbery and petty thievery far outweighs white on white robbery and petty thievery.
So tell me, why are Black people continuously being portrayed as violent animals?
high class, fly-ass, live rap nigga.: dumbthingswhitepplsay: baddominicana: so yeah as opposed to white... →
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so yeah as opposed to white wimmins who get into whine about “please do not open doors for me or coddle me and treat me like a delicate creature! i can do things for myself. i want to be a warrior even though i have nothing to fight!”
i am an…
“Women are expected to be nice and sweet, to make other people feel comfortable. A woman who says ‘hey, I think there’s a problem here’ is being ‘negative.’ A woman who doesn’t smile while she’s being harassed is ‘humourless.’ A woman who prefers to stay focused on tasks is a ‘cold bitch.’ Significant gendering is involved here; women have an obligation to look and act a certain way and when they don’t, they need to be hassled until they do.”
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Unknown (via grrl-meat)
i want to print this out and give this to my mother.
(via theoceanandthesky)
can you elaborate on why/how misogyny in ‘black’ music is a product of racism? →
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You see, white d00dz set up this thing called the patriarchy a long time ago. We all live under it. We actively try to tear it down, but that hasn’t happened yet. In the patriarchy, masculinity is seen as ideal. At the same time, we live in a racist society (also set up by white d00dz, btw). In this racist society, white is seen as the ideal. Now think about black males growing up. We’re simultaneously told that masculinity is the most important thing a person can have, but we’re also told we can never be quite as good as a white man. After all, many of us don’t even have fathers at home, and if we do, we mostly see them working menial jobs that come with little to no respect, almost none of that awesome masculinity the patriarchy is constantly telling them they need.
So, we develop this overly masculine culture to compensate for it. We can never compare to white men in the masculinity factor (which, again, the patriarchy is telling us is the most important thing ever) because we’re black (and, again, the racist society is telling us that white > black), so this overly masculine culture attacks anything the patriarchy tells us is less masculine than us: women, gays, trans* folks, non-athletic people, etc.
And then we make music. We make music about our culture, our culture which we want so badly to believe is our own, but has been shaped so much by the patriarchy and by racism. That music then reflects the negative things that have been ingrained in us by the systems white people set up, so imagine how I feel when white people act like misogyny in hip-hop is the cause of misogyny? No no no, white people, don’t blame black men for the misogyny that your men have been ingraining in us since the day we were born. Deal with your shit and we’ll deal with ours, but this shit started with you, not us. Many, many African cultures were matriarchies.
There are still African cultures that are matriarchies… I wonder how different us Black men would behave if we were educated on the advances of our women around the world at these wonderfully integrated schools we’re forced to attend.
