March 2012
inkstone:
birdbrainblue:
Things we now know about Mako and Bolin:
They were street kids.
Mako signed them up for probending in an attempt to win prize money.
Mako seems to have raised Bolin and is fiercely protective of him.
Bolin is a suave lady’s man. Mako isn’t.
Mako is an extremely organized person who focuses on a goal above anything else.
Bolin...
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blackamazon:
allimmaturityandallcaps:
Also pursuant to this post, posted separately for similar reasons:
My parents were raised a little differently from each other. My mom’s middle-upper class white and my dad’s low-low-rent white; noticeably different values. But they both grew up in the era in which it was perfectly okay to tell a kid, “Children should be seen and not heard.” My mother got...
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Everyone needs to be on this already!
excentricyoruba:
Adeline Koh’s ‘Digitizing Chinese Englishmen’ is now live!
Digitizing ‘Chinese Englishmen’ is a project that involves both digitization and academic commentary on the Straits Chinese Magazine, a literary magazine published in colonial Singapore from 1897-1907 by a combination of Southeast Asian-born Anglophone Chinese subjects, European colonial writers and mixed-race...
February 2012
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An Open Letter to FHM Philippines
satifice:
rubyveridiano:
Dear FHM Magazine Philippines,
I’ll waste no time and get straight to the point here. I’m not one to use harsh words, but your March 2012 cover is an insult to the global community. On behalf of women of all shapes, sizes, and skin tones, I feel personally angered by the image you’ve chosen, a clear picture that blatantly depicts the “superiority” of light skin to...
white people are basically overgrown children
isabelthespy:
pursuant to this post but posted separately because the answer to “what could possibly be better than a white person chipping in their fascinating insights into whiteness in the middle of a conversation among POC” is “everything. literally everything is better than that.”
something i’ve learned about kids after working with them for a couple of years in a number of different...
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“Be the Help” Campaign & Black Disappearance among... →
negrosunshine:
author: Tamara K. Nopper
source: bandung1955.wordpress.com
“In sum, Black disappearance, then, is more than the numerous missing Black bodies never recovered but definitely missed by relatives, friends, and lovers. It is also the attempt to absorb African American critiques and political opposition to anti-Black racism in politics and pop culture” (emphasis mine).
I should not read excerpts from Malcolm X's...
douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings:
because it does nothing but irritate the hell out of me. Not his speeches, mind you, but the way history has set him up against MLK as if they were two men working for different ends.
I hate what history has done to MLK, taking the fire out of him, reducing him to a single speech, a single sappy story of a man who never grew angry (false), never lost his...
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re: my rant on white people looking to "indigenous...
neetainari:
It’s cool that people are reading it and I hope it’s making people think. If you haven’t, it’s here, and is basically about telling white people to clean up their own mess.
But it’s not about individual people and their energy-saving computers. It’s not about solar panels being bad. It’s not about choosing organic being bad.
It is not about the individual, or the choices they are...
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“Angela Davis, former Black Panther, is the go-to commentator on any protest or...”
– From LA Weekly. The audio for the Citizens For Immigrants interview is here. (via racialicious)
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the... →
thecurvature:
racismschool:
beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography the Narrative of the Life. This was part of an essay contest, but her essay...
Kakak Killjoy discusses Erykah Badu, #yorais and... →
jhameia:
Long story short: Erykah Badu was supposed to perform in Malaysia; some newspaper printed a picture of her with tattoos that read “Allah”, some local Muslims get outraged, local Muslim government that takes issue with a lot of stupid shit related to some ideal of Islamic purity bans her from performing.
We’re not completely in agreement at KK about this issue (I, for one, do not...
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My Tumblr summed up in 7 questions.
URL: jhameia
Top 5 fandoms you’ll see:
tapirs
some comics, maybe?
steampunk
turtles
…
Top 3 celebrities you’ll see:
Alexander Rybak
Kunal Kapoor
Tossup between David Bowie and Tom Hiddleston
Top 3 other topics you’ll see:
Asian / Asian-American stuff
racial justice
feministy things
Do I make graphics?
No
Do I liveblog? Sometimes! I liveblog my homework.
My ask box...
reason-says:
runawayballista:
is it presumptuous of me to think that english majors should be required to take an introductory class on linguistics, preferably one that includes a gloss of what language change entails
i know that english majors are usually concentrated on literature and critical thinking, particularly for writing, but for some reason this seems to be a breeding ground for the...
Kakak Killjoy discusses Erykah Badu, #yorais and... →
Long story short: Erykah Badu was supposed to perform in Malaysia; some newspaper printed a picture of her with tattoos that read “Allah”, some local Muslims get outraged, local Muslim government that takes issue with a lot of stupid shit related to some ideal of Islamic purity bans her from performing.
We’re not completely in agreement at KK about this issue (I, for one, do...
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Hey, POC, who's planning on heading to WisCon this...
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Just a little personal experience.
thepageact:
yukaristea:
I have never fucking had a Black POC talk to me that way like the girl in that video portrayed it to be.
I have never been told to turn my ‘Chinese’ music down and blah blah blah. I’ve never been told i’m weird for eating anything that isn’t common here. Which the only thing I can think of is Seaweed.
Why the fuck did that girl feel the need to dress that way, act...
Con or Bust reaches $10,420 out of $12,000 Goal! →
Kate’s announced the official number for Con or Bust! That’s pretty awesome for an auction that ran only a few days :D And definitely more than last year.
But there’s still a bit more to go to reach our goal, so if folks could reblog this along, that would be awesome ^^
“If [bullying a developer is] what ‘fans’ do, we don’t want fans like that. Being...”
– BioWare’s Stanley Woo, in support of BioWare writer Jennifer Hepler, who has been threatened and harrassed and generally treated like shit by dude gamers for saying something they didn’t like six years ago.
It’s really sad that things like this need to be said.
(via kiriamaya)
“Linsanity is not a story of Jeremy Lin or even basketball but a story that gains...”
– Dr. David Leonard, “Family Ties: On Jeremy Lin, “Tiger Moms,” and Tiger Woods, Racialicious 2/28/12. (via racialicious)
Call for Submissions: Kalahari Review... →
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“Just as there are racial identities of colour in Canada, there is also a white...”
– James Crawford, Media, Stereotypes and the Perpetuation of Racism in Canada
(via imbobswaget)
Hey Tumblr? Is there a list of movies about trans*folk around somewhere?
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How much of a White ally are you?
satifice:
eshusplayground:
I shouldn’t have to say this, but I will because I really don’t want to see any bullshit on my dash.
If racial justice and anti-racism are not things you give a shit about, do everyone a favor and ignore this. It’s not for you (just like I keep my queer, Black, Jewish ass away from Stormfront because an environment that is unapologetically racist, anti-semitic, and...
Sherlock, as done by a small and precocious Asian...
hardmodeofsex:
Once upon a time in MODERN DAY LONDON, there was a “consulting detective” by the name of Shin’ichi Honda (30). (Okay, her name was actually Shigeko, but who the hell wants to be a “nourishing child” when you can be the ONE TRUTH.)
She was looking for a new flatmate to move in with her on 221B Baker Street and she was badass as hell.
Lucky for Shin’ichi, Junanita Juárez (24) is...
I need a white person to come get their fucking... →
gingerslice:
jhameia:
telegantmess:
jhameia:
Some amazing tidbits, and by amazing I mean unreal:
The anti-white language that transfuses the piece ignores the full scope of the white hegemonic capitalist patriarchy that bell hooks writes about. It also ignores the fact that oppression isn’t a feature limited european modernity, and can be carried independently of any experience with...
pepe-del-rey asked: hi thar I'm Eric (yeah, this usually gets awkward REALLY fast)
Hey new followers, where DID ya'll come from? →
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