April 2012
10 posts
unaguerrasinfondo:
i’ve never been told by a puerto rican that i wasn’t a puerto rican.
but i have been told by a white grad student (who is currently doing research on latinos) that i am not a real puerto rican.
Anyone who thinks sex education is unnecessary...
karnythia:
I read a story where they used floor wax. I’m still not okay.
Racial PTSD
strugglingtobeheard:
nom-chompsky:
velocicrafter:
pixyled: nudiemuse: liquornspice: shanaelmsford:
Is There Such A Thing As Racial PTSD?
A recent study out of Penn State University has found that chronic exposure to racial discrimination is analogous to the pressure troops can feel in combat and war. Researchers found that many African-Americans who’ve been faced with racism struggle...
Th ancient Egyptians were black
strugglingtobeheard:
browngloriasteinem:
howtobeterrell:
Why are we still debating this?
Egypt is Middle East of what doe?
Herodotus and plenty of old white men have said the Egyptians are black with wooly hair.. So um what is the debate !
you know what someone once said to me that really struck me? How racist it is that we can’t believe that the aincent mayans and the egyptians did...
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“Blacks, though native born, were arriving as the poorest people from the poorest...”
– Isabel Wikerson, “The Warmth of Other Suns”, pg 419 (via zoratonimaya)
i’ll keep this handy for the next person insisting that black folks only needed to “learn a trade” (via deluxvivens)
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“When I was in school I took a class with Cornel West, who’s this amazing...”
– Natalie Portman to Zhang Ziyi (x)
And people are always so surprised when I say I hate Natalie Portman. Does she ever say anything that isn’t worthy of a slap to the face?
(via zesticola)
What the hell? She siad this to a person to their face? And she didn’t get socked in the jaw?...
