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While I truly appreciate this song by Kanye West it reminds me that while people often express Pro-Black sentiments they sometimes still engage in sexist politics. Its really a shame. But one step at a time I suppose.
New Slaves.
If there is ever a modern day cut and clear definition of cultural appropriation it is Iggy’s Bounce video.
Even the youtuber commenters agree. And that’s saying something considering youtube comment box can be the place where joy goes to die. Its also not a valid argument when you say “I’m Indian/Black/Latina/Gay and I don’t find it offensive”. Just because you don’t doesn’t make something any less appropriate or offensive whether it be racial or gender specific or dealing with sexual identity.
But I’m sleep though.
Unemployed Black Woman Pretends to be White, Job Offers Suddenly Skyrocket
- November 15, 2012 | Filed under: BizTechNews | Posted by: bowatkin If you don’t believe that racism in the job market is real, then please read this article by Yolanda Spivey. Spivey, who was seeking work in the insurance industry, found that she wasn’t getting any job offers. But as an experiment, she changed her name to Bianca White, to see if employers would respond differently. You’ll be shocked and amazed by her phenomenal story.
- Yolanda Spivey Writes:
- First, I created an email account and resume for Bianca. I kept the same employment history and educational background on her resume that was listed on my own. But I removed my home phone number, kept my listed cell phone number, and changed my cell phone greeting to say, “You have reached Bianca White. Please leave a message.” Then I created an online Monster.com account, listed Bianca as a White woman on the diversity questionnaire, and activated the account.
- That very same day, I received a phone call. The next day, my phone line and Bianca’s email address, were packed with potential employers calling for an interview. I was stunned. More shocking was that some employers, mostly Caucasian-sounding women, were calling Bianca more than once, desperate to get an interview with her. All along, my real Monster.com account was open and active; but, despite having the same background as Bianca, I received no phone calls.
Since the inception of slavery over 500 years ago, little to no value has been placed on the Black body if not with the intention of profitability for Whites. Little has changed in regards to the worth of Black bodies in this country, as we are consistently seen as a threat in the White imagination or otherwise the canvas for the projection of Whites’ racialized fantasy of Black hypersexuality. This is evidenced by the media’s demonization of Black victims, the negation of Hurricane Katrina victims’ worth, underrepresentation of Black missing person cases, and the caging of Black bodies within the prison system.
Me (Kristin Lansdown)
The Introduction to my paper about how society devalues Black bodies, especially in the media .
There is an accompanying zine to this paper with pictures of Trayvon Martin, Kimani Gray, Rodney Kyles Jr, and Hadiya Pendleton and quotes taken from news stories that show value or devaluing of their lives. It also has random artwork that isn’t that great looking and Chicagoland area resources for mental health, youth organizations, and basic information about transformative justice.
im flatlining
bye
hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa slayed ‘em
O.M.G.
This was such a good night on twitter
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White Student Union at Towson University Supports Slavery and Segregation
Look……….
Obviously only some racist ass white people would want to form a white student union considering most universities are clubs for white people to begin with. The fucking president said he can’t fully disagree with slavery because its a ”complicated issue” and it wasn’t ”evil all of the time”
GTFO. Why hasn’t the university shut this down since it’s been designated a hate group? How in Maryland is it a safe environment for students of color while this organization meets on campus and has these type of racist, bigoted viewpoints. They say that REPUBLICANS AREN’T CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH.
G they want us enslaved again. I’m not going.
They think this is what Black Student Union’s do though. They think all we do is talk about how much we hate white people which is sooo funny because no one is thinking about ya’ll at BSU meetings. We’re talking about Black shit that has to do with Black shit. Self-centered ass thinking to believe White people dominate our conversations. Self-importance at an all time high.
Racist ALDO on North Michigan Ave in Chicago SPREAD THE WORD
According to this Yelp post, employees at the ALDO location on North Michigan Ave are required to say “Gum on the floor” when Black customers walk in.
DO NOT SHOP HERE.
you can’t be racist against white people
- you can’t be racist against white people
you can’t be racist against white people
- you can’t
- be racist
- against white people
you can’t be racist against white people
educate yourself ok: http://racism-education.tumblr.com/post/20468906876/why-reverse-racism-doesnt-exist
China denounces America’s treatment of Afro-descendants
“In conclusion, The People’s Republic of China demands that America stop using their cry of human rights violations against other sovereign nations in order to declare war on them to steal their resources when America flagrantly violates the human rights of Afro-descendants and other minorities within its own country.”
this article just drops stat. after stat. on the racial inequalities in the U.S. good read.
When China calls out your shit about human rights. And has the numbers to back it up. Then you know you’ve fucked up.
#awkwardmomentsinhistory
Wow….wow….like….when’s China’s shittin’ on you….that’s the moment when some soul searching needs to occur.
CHINA!!! I see you! Call ‘em out!
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Why aren’t there more minority models in the pages of fashion magazines?
The answers are often disturbing, and speak to a form of racial bigotry found in the fashion centers of New York and London — as well as a deep-rooted aesthetic that equates prestige and elitism with stereotypical whiteness (and thin-ness).
Here are a few highly-revealing quotes from fashion industry employees, from an analysis of the industry by Ashley Mears, a sociologist and former model. Her article is called “Size zero high-end ethnic: Cultural production and the reproduction of culture in fashion modeling,” and was published in 2009. Mears kept the identities of her sources private.
“A lot of black girls have got very wide noses… The rest of her face is flat, therefore, in a flat image, your nose, it broadens in a photograph. It’s already wide, it looks humongous in the photograph. I think that’s, there’s an element of that, a lot of very beautiful black girls are moved out by their noses, some of them.” —H, London Agency Director
“But it’s also really hard to scout a good black girl. Because they have to have the right nose and the right bottom. Most black girls have wide noses and big bottoms so if you can find that right body and that right face, but it’s hard.” —A, NYC Agency Scout
“Okay let’s say Prada. You don’t have a huge amount of black people buying Prada. They can’t afford it. Okay so that’s economics there. So why put a black face? They put a white face, because those are the ones that buy the clothes.” —L, NYC Stylist
“We don’t like using the same model too often, but it’s harder to find ethnic girls. And…well, I don’t want to sound racist, but— well for Asians, it’s hard to find tall girls that will fit the clothes because most of them are very petit. For black girls, I guess—black girls have a harder edge kind of look, like if I’m shooting something really edgy, I’ll use a black girl, it always just depends on the clothes.” —A, NYC Magazine Editor
“Me personally, in my opinion, there really is no good, good, black girl around. The really good, good black girl around are still the same, and are still the one that everybody wants… It’s very difficult to find one. The agency don’t deliver enough choice to make happy the client [sic].” —O, NYC Casting Director
[TW for the article]
White logic is circular logic:
The absence of non-white models is also deeply rooted in a Western relationship with race that aligns ethnic women with a heightened sexuality and accessibility. The editorial fashion world wants to downplay sexuality to the maximum, thus they choose child-bodied, excessively thin women with unique facial structures within the parameters of the white aesthetic; no one in the editorial fashion world wants to consider their choices racist but their desire to only utilise a certain appearance and also dismiss ethnic women for a lack of conformity to that standard reveals the latent racism that is perpetuated without question but with a recognisable degree of disappointment and no sense of responsibility.
“We would use more black girls if they looked more like white girls…the black girls just look too black. Otherwise we really would use them.”
“It’s not that we’re racist or anything like that, it’s very technical and scientific, it has to do with photography and economics and molecular structures and it’s hard to find Black girls who are white girls.”
Reasons why I don’t ever give a single fvck about fashion shows i.e Victoria Secret, or high fashion at all. Ridiculous.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meklm8oCAx1rbynwco1_500.jpg)
zuky:
Why aren’t there more minority models in the pages of fashion magazines?
The answers are often disturbing, and speak to a form of racial bigotry found in the fashion centers of New York and London — as well as a deep-rooted aesthetic that equates prestige and elitism with stereotypical whiteness (and thin-ness).
Here are a few highly-revealing quotes from fashion industry employees, from an analysis of the industry by Ashley Mears, a sociologist and former model. Her article is called “Size zero high-end ethnic: Cultural production and the reproduction of culture in fashion modeling,” and was published in 2009. Mears kept the identities of her sources private.
“A lot of black girls have got very wide noses… The rest of her face is flat, therefore, in a flat image, your nose, it broadens in a photograph. It’s already wide, it looks humongous in the photograph. I think that’s, there’s an element of that, a lot of very beautiful black girls are moved out by their noses, some of them.” —H, London Agency Director
“But it’s also really hard to scout a good black girl. Because they have to have the right nose and the right bottom. Most black girls have wide noses and big bottoms so if you can find that right body and that right face, but it’s hard.” —A, NYC Agency Scout
“Okay let’s say Prada. You don’t have a huge amount of black people buying Prada. They can’t afford it. Okay so that’s economics there. So why put a black face? They put a white face, because those are the ones that buy the clothes.” —L, NYC Stylist
“We don’t like using the same model too often, but it’s harder to find ethnic girls. And…well, I don’t want to sound racist, but— well for Asians, it’s hard to find tall girls that will fit the clothes because most of them are very petit. For black girls, I guess—black girls have a harder edge kind of look, like if I’m shooting something really edgy, I’ll use a black girl, it always just depends on the clothes.” —A, NYC Magazine Editor
“Me personally, in my opinion, there really is no good, good, black girl around. The really good, good black girl around are still the same, and are still the one that everybody wants… It’s very difficult to find one. The agency don’t deliver enough choice to make happy the client [sic].” —O, NYC Casting Director
[TW for the article]
White logic is circular logic:
The absence of non-white models is also deeply rooted in a Western relationship with race that aligns ethnic women with a heightened sexuality and accessibility. The editorial fashion world wants to downplay sexuality to the maximum, thus they choose child-bodied, excessively thin women with unique facial structures within the parameters of the white aesthetic; no one in the editorial fashion world wants to consider their choices racist but their desire to only utilise a certain appearance and also dismiss ethnic women for a lack of conformity to that standard reveals the latent racism that is perpetuated without question but with a recognisable degree of disappointment and no sense of responsibility.
“We would use more black girls if they looked more like white girls…the black girls just look too black. Otherwise we really would use them.”
“It’s not that we’re racist or anything like that, it’s very technical and scientific, it has to do with photography and economics and molecular structures and it’s hard to find Black girls who are white girls.”
Reasons why I don’t ever give a single fvck about fashion shows i.e Victoria Secret, or high fashion at all. Ridiculous.
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Racist Teens Forced to Answer for Tweets About the 'Nigger' President
Masked Racism: Reflections on the Prison Industrial Complex
I was looking at the Prison Industrial Complex as a racial project for the essential components I knew about it, but wanted to look at where the term originates and it’s exact meaning.
They said not to read the comments, but I did it anyway. lol.
I really can’t with youtube comments. Post-Racial society my black ass
13 Year Old Black Male Killed In Front of His Mother
I don’t even know what to say except that this is scary. No lie though I’ve always been weary of old white men….because they were around back when black folks didn’t have any rights and who’s to say they don’t still feel the same way? This is just so terrible. When you send your son to take out the garbage you don’t think he’ll be killed in the process.
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i think black people are the only people keeping racism alive because of constantly blaming their skin color for everything bad happening to them… smh
A gif will not suffice.
You’re…
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