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knowledgeequalsblackpower:

kronosinasuit:

Kerry Washington being amazing as always. 

Understand colorblinders out there. Please get it.

(Reblogged from iworryaboutyourachel)
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In the original Trek, Khan, with his brown skin, was an Übermensch, intellectually and physically perfect, possessed of such charisma and drive that despite his efforts to gain control of the Enterprise, Captain Kirk (and many of the other officers) felt admiration for him.

And that’s why the role has been taken away from actors of colour and given to a white man. Racebending.com has always pointed out that villains are generally played by people with darker skin, and that’s true … unless the villain is one with intelligence, depth, complexity. One who garners sympathy from the audience, or if not sympathy, then — as from Kirk — grudging admiration. What this new Trek movie tells us, what JJ Abrams is telling us, is that no brown-skinned man can accomplish all that. That only by having Khan played by a white actor can the audience engage with and feel for him, believe that he’s smart and capable and a match for our Enterprise crew.

Marissa Sammy on Star Trek: Into Whiteness.

perfect commentary which parallels what Rawles was saying earlier about the possibility of Moriarty being a person of color: 

  • “…The actual issue is that black people aren’t often allowed to play full and complete characters, and an antagonist who isn’t unintelligent, thuggish cannon fodder is just as much of a rarity for black men as the stubbly hero who saves the world or wtfever. “
  • “…The stereotype in no way intersects with brilliant geniuses who choose to step outside of the boundaries of society in order to exercise their intellect while having no concern for lesser beings.

    Or to break it down further: the problematic stereotype regarding black people is that of being, in essence, subhuman. Characters of the Moriarty (and Holmes) archetype are rooted in being superhuman.”

You see? It’s more complicated than “people of color get typecast as villains.”

Black people get typecast as an extremely specific type of villain - they’re thugs, brutish and animalistic. South Asian actors are similarly typecast as scary oppressive (usually coded Muslim) terrorists.

But when your villain is of the superhuman archetype? When they’re brooding antiheroes, when they’re nuanced, when they’re multi-faceted?

They’re white.

(And check out this post on the glorification of white criminality in shows like Dexter, Breaking Bad, Weeds, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, etc.)

(Reblogged from scottsredhoodie)

thechanelmuse:

Photos that speak: Fuck your fountain. Fuck your tree. Fuck voter suppression. Fuck your labels. Fuck your stereotypes. Fuck your hatred. Fuck your restaurants. Fuck that dude. Fuck police brutality. Fuck white supremacy. 

(Reblogged from boredwithinsanity)

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thegoddamazon:

mochafleur:

foreverqueird:

heatherbat:

cumaeansibyl:

ladies-andtramps:

ive noticed that tumblr has this white women vs. black women thing going on and i mean

cant we all just be women without a skin color attached to our identities…?

I’ve noticed this too.

I’ve noticed that when black women try to talk amongst themselves about experiences unique to them, there’s always one of us white women who just HAS to jump in on it and make it about us. I’ve noticed that we white women consistently refuse to acknowledge the effect of racism on black women’s lives and the effect of white privilege on our own. I’ve noticed that black women do nothing to invite this kind of disrespect, and when they object to it, we turn around and cry out that we’re being attacked when we started it.

I can’t be a woman without a skin color attached to my identity because I always have my white skin and that always affects how people treat me. Just as it’s impossible to get rid of one’s skin color for real, it’s impossible to detach it from one’s identity, because it shapes one’s entire life. Being a black woman in the world is a different experience from being a white woman. I know that because I listen to what black women say, but I can never know what it’s like, and I have a responsibility to respect black women’s ongoing conversation about that experience by staying out of it and not trying to claim a share.

Please don’t talk about this like it’s an equal conflict where both sides need to contribute toward a resolution. We always start it and we’re the ones who need to stop it.

…::slow clap::

I’m pretty sure with how loud I just yelled “YES!” in my room, my neighbors think I’m having awesome sex.  Either way..that reply was perfection.

lmao she got in ha ass

At first, I thought I was going to have to say something, but then I kept reading and just…yes. Finally.

(Source: lionsandmicee)

(Reblogged from beliel)
deafmuslimpunx: crackerhell: facelessinblack: nuwbiadesignsdynasty25: Before they came out the caves, we were already the masters of science, mathematics, writing and culture. #wisdom #timbuktu #mali #ghana #africa #blackexcellence #knowthyself it would be helpful if there were some links to news reports and perhaps pdfs or translations or something but here: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1924486-2,00.html and much more here: http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223083 I was taught just last term in my Archaeology class that Africans had no written documents. Fall 2012, folks. yep. View high resolution

deafmuslimpunx:

crackerhell:

facelessinblack:

nuwbiadesignsdynasty25:

Before they came out the caves, we were already the masters of science, mathematics, writing and culture. #wisdom #timbuktu #mali #ghana #africa #blackexcellence #knowthyself

it would be helpful if there were some links to news reports and perhaps pdfs or translations or something but here:

I was taught just last term in my Archaeology class that Africans had no written documents.

Fall 2012, folks.

yep.

(Reblogged from scottsredhoodie)

amischiefofmice:

Donald Glover talking about the comments he received during his campaign to be the next Spider-Man (x)

“I was talking about it with Dan Eckman, who directed my Bonfire video. Can you imagine that trailer? That would be dope. Like it makes sense… a poor black kid in Queens. Like it just fits.”

wow this just broke my heart a little bit 

(Source: halemcjoel)

(Reblogged from beliel)
kinkyturtle: lovewallace: casual-isms: Presented without comment, because I’m sure someone will be able to find the words better than I can. oh look we have cute doodles too perfection

kinkyturtle:

lovewallace:

casual-isms:

Presented without comment, because I’m sure someone will be able to find the words better than I can.

oh look we have cute doodles too

perfection

(Reblogged from whimsicalcircles)
angryblackchickk: stfusexists: vgmgc: paradiscacorbasi: blacksentai: nefermaathotep: Today is the anniversary…of one chapter in American History…that we should NEVER FORGET…!!! On July 25, 1972, the notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment came to light as The Associated Press reported that for the previous four decades, the U.S. Public Health Service, in conjunction with the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, had been allowing poor, rural black male patients with syphilis to go without treatment, even allowing them to die, as a way of studying the disease.   http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmtuskegee1.html Yeah, this is a big fucking deal. The ramifications of this experiment (and others like it) won’t ever go away. They’re still being felt and will continue to forever.  The government intentionally infected PoC with a disease — and I cannot emphasize this enough — for which there is no cure. That means it will affect these people and their descendants (who by the way have NEVER BEEN COMPENSATED for being treated like guinea pig test subjects) forever. This is why you can’t say racism is over. This is why no one can say we’re post racial. Until we make things right and go for true equality, starting with things like this. Now now, let’s make sure we’re getting our facts right. Actually, the government intentionally infected PoC with a disease — and I cannot emphasize this enough — for which there WAS no cure. Very strong emphasis on WAS. That’s important because when they found the cure in 1947 (15 years after the experiment began), they went to great lengths to ensure that the men in the experiment were not treated and that the men did not find out that treatment existed — for 25 more years. I will say it again: For 25 years they knew they could help these men and deliberately chose not to do so. On top of that, they also ensured that the men were not educated about any part of the “experiment,” and sometimes even told the men they actually were being treated  while injecting them with placebos. They told them they were helping them, while purposely doing absolutely nothing. And to keep this ruse going they did not allow the subjects to see other doctors. They also did not educate them about how to keep from spreading syphillis to their partners. They deliberately chose rural, uneducated, Black men so they could keep them in the dark about the study, and because they knew no one would care. Let’s not sugar coat this shit. I’m gonna go look at puppies now. Fuck. Oh good, so it’s actually worse than what I originally put together. I hate everything.  this was addressed during mandatory human subjects research training seminar during my first year of grad school. the woman in charge of the training was surprised that somebody in the room knew anything about the tuskegee experiment. i was surprised that i was the only person in the room who had read about it, especially considering my academic background (instrumental music education). then again, i was the only person of color in the room. *so many white tears shed that day* o_O View high resolution

angryblackchickk:

stfusexists:

vgmgc:

paradiscacorbasi:

blacksentai:

nefermaathotep:

Today is the anniversary…of one chapter in American History…that we should NEVER FORGET…!!!

On July 25, 1972, the notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment came to light as The Associated Press reported that for the previous four decades, the U.S. Public Health Service, in conjunction with the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, had been allowing poor, rural black male patients with syphilis to go without treatment, even allowing them to die, as a way of studying the disease.

 

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmtuskegee1.html

Yeah, this is a big fucking deal. The ramifications of this experiment (and others like it) won’t ever go away. They’re still being felt and will continue to forever. 

The government intentionally infected PoC with a disease — and I cannot emphasize this enough — for which there is no cure.

That means it will affect these people and their descendants (who by the way have NEVER BEEN COMPENSATED for being treated like guinea pig test subjects) forever.

This is why you can’t say racism is over.

This is why no one can say we’re post racial.

Until we make things right and go for true equality, starting with things like this.

Now now, let’s make sure we’re getting our facts right.

Actually, the government intentionally infected PoC with a disease — and I cannot emphasize this enough — for which there WAS no cure. Very strong emphasis on WAS. That’s important because when they found the cure in 1947 (15 years after the experiment began), they went to great lengths to ensure that the men in the experiment were not treated and that the men did not find out that treatment existed — for 25 more years.

I will say it again: For 25 years they knew they could help these men and deliberately chose not to do so.

On top of that, they also ensured that the men were not educated about any part of the “experiment,” and sometimes even told the men they actually were being treated  while injecting them with placebos. They told them they were helping them, while purposely doing absolutely nothing. And to keep this ruse going they did not allow the subjects to see other doctors. They also did not educate them about how to keep from spreading syphillis to their partners.

They deliberately chose rural, uneducated, Black men so they could keep them in the dark about the study, and because they knew no one would care.

Let’s not sugar coat this shit.

I’m gonna go look at puppies now. Fuck.

Oh good, so it’s actually worse than what I originally put together. I hate everything. 

this was addressed during mandatory human subjects research training seminar during my first year of grad school. the woman in charge of the training was surprised that somebody in the room knew anything about the tuskegee experiment. i was surprised that i was the only person in the room who had read about it, especially considering my academic background (instrumental music education). then again, i was the only person of color in the room. *so many white tears shed that day* o_O

(Reblogged from scottsredhoodie)

reginasworld:

Recently The Gordon Parks Foundation discovered over 70 unpublished photographs by Parks at the bottom of an old storage box wrapped in paper and marked as “Segregation Series.” These never before series of images not only give us a glimpse into the everyday life of African Americans during the 50′s but are also in full color, something that is uncommon for photographs from that era.

(Reblogged from apageoflife)
marfmellow: The first thing you really need to understand is that the definition of racism that you probably have (which is the colloquial definition: “racism is prejudice against someone based on their skin color or ethnicity”) is NOT the definition that’s commonly used in anti-racist circles.The definition used in anti-racist circles is the accepted sociological definition (which is commonly used in academic research, and has been used for more than a decade now): “racism is prejudice plus power”. What this means, in easy language:A. Anyone can hold “racial prejudice” — that is, they can carry positive or negative stereotypes of others based on racial characteristics. For example, a white person thinking all Asians are smart, or all black people are criminals; or a Chinese person thinking Japanese people are untrustworthy; or what-have-you. ANYONE, of any race, can have racial prejudices. B. People of any race can commit acts of violence, mistreatment, ostracizing, etc., based on their racial prejudices. A black kid can beat up a white kid because he doesn’t like white kids. An Indian person can refuse to associate with Asians. Whatever, you get the idea.C. However, to be racist (rather than simply prejudiced) requires havinginstitutional power. In North America, white people have the institutional power. In large part we head the corporations; we make up the largest proportion of lawmakers and judges; we have the money; we make the decisions. In short, we control the systems that matter. “White” is presented as normal, the default. Because we have institutional power, when we think differently about people based on their race or act on our racial prejudices, we are being racist. Only white people can be racist, because only white people have institutional power. D. People of color can be prejudiced, but they cannot be racist, because they don’t have the institutional power. (However, some people refer to intra-PoC prejudice as “lateral racism”. You may also hear the term “colorism”, which refers to lighter-skinned PoC being prejudiced toward darker-skinned PoC.) However, that situation can be different in other countries; for example, a Japanese person in Japan can be racist against others, because the Japanese have the institutional power there. But in North America, Japanese peoplecan’t be racist because they don’t hold the institutional power.E. If you’re in an area of your city/state/province that is predominantly populated by PoC and, as a white person, you get harassed because of your skin color, it’s still not racism, even though you’re in a PoC-dominated area. The fact is, even though they’re the majority population in that area, they still lack the institutional power. They don’t have their own special PoC-dominated police force for that area. They don’t have their own special PoC-dominated courts in that area. The state/province and national media are still not dominated by PoC. Even though they have a large population in that particular area, they still lack the institutional power overall.F. So that’s the definition of racism that you’re likely to encounter. If you start talking about “reverse racism” you’re going to either get insulted or laughed at, because it isn’t possible under that definition; PoC don’t have the power in North America, so by definition, they can’t be racist. Crying “reverse racism!” is like waving a Clueless White Person Badge around.

marfmellow:

The first thing you really need to understand is that the definition of racism that you probably have (which is the colloquial definition: “racism is prejudice against someone based on their skin color or ethnicity”) is NOT the definition that’s commonly used in anti-racist circles.

The definition used in anti-racist circles is the accepted sociological definition (which is commonly used in academic research, and has been used for more than a decade now): “racism is prejudice plus power”. What this means, in easy language:

A. Anyone can hold “racial prejudice” — that is, they can carry positive or negative stereotypes of others based on racial characteristics. For example, a white person thinking all Asians are smart, or all black people are criminals; or a Chinese person thinking Japanese people are untrustworthy; or what-have-you. ANYONE, of any race, can have racial prejudices.


B. People of any race can commit acts of violence, mistreatment, ostracizing, etc., based on their racial prejudices. A black kid can beat up a white kid because he doesn’t like white kids. An Indian person can refuse to associate with Asians. Whatever, you get the idea.

C. However, to be racist (rather than simply prejudiced) requires havinginstitutional power. In North America, white people have the institutional power. In large part we head the corporations; we make up the largest proportion of lawmakers and judges; we have the money; we make the decisions. In short, we control the systems that matter. “White” is presented as normal, the default. Because we have institutional power, when we think differently about people based on their race or act on our racial prejudices, we are being racist. Only white people can be racist, because only white people have institutional power.

D. People of color can be prejudiced, but they cannot be racist, because they don’t have the institutional power. (However, some people refer to intra-PoC prejudice as “lateral racism”. You may also hear the term “colorism”, which refers to lighter-skinned PoC being prejudiced toward darker-skinned PoC.) However, that situation can be different in other countries; for example, a Japanese person in Japan can be racist against others, because the Japanese have the institutional power there. But in North America, Japanese peoplecan’t be racist because they don’t hold the institutional power.

E. If you’re in an area of your city/state/province that is predominantly populated by PoC and, as a white person, you get harassed because of your skin color, it’s still not racism, even though you’re in a PoC-dominated area. The fact is, even though they’re the majority population in that area, they still lack the institutional power. They don’t have their own special PoC-dominated police force for that area. They don’t have their own special PoC-dominated courts in that area. The state/province and national media are still not dominated by PoC. Even though they have a large population in that particular area, they still lack the institutional power overall.

F. So that’s the definition of racism that you’re likely to encounter. If you start talking about “reverse racism” you’re going to either get insulted or laughed at, because it isn’t possible under that definition; PoC don’t have the power in North America, so by definition, they can’t be racist. Crying “reverse racism!” is like waving a Clueless White Person Badge around.

(Reblogged from doctorbofurbooty)