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- everyone: you're so quiet
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MY PRECIOUS BABY ;A;
how is it possible to have that moving of an expression. just LOOK at him.
I am not the oppressor.
My white skin does not make me the oppressor. I wasn’t the one who colonized Africa. I never bought and sold African-Americans in slavery. I never opposed integration, or worked against the civil rights movement. Oh, but other people of my skin color did, and so suddenly it’s on me?
No.
I suppose that because the 9-11 attacks were carried out my Muslims, that all Muslims should share the blame. And that because the Armenian genocide was carried out by the Turks, that every Turkish-American citizen carries a bit of the blame.
No.
I’m not trying to erase any sort of black history. I just fail to understand why there is this need to quantify our struggles, so that we can label whites as the “oppressors” and blacks as the “oppressed.” We all face struggles in life, whether they’re big or small, caused by race or not. I’m just sick of people telling me that I can or can’t do things because I’m white. Somehow, it’s okay to argue that I can’t do things because I’m white, but if I were to argue that someone couldn’t do something because they’re black, I’d be deemed a racist. Apparently, I have been oppressing their people, not through any actions of my own, but simply because the color of my skin links me to a certain group of people before me.
And I’m sick of it.
You benefit from oppression.
You benefit from genocide.
If you’re a white person living anywhere other than in Europe (and maybe even then) you benefit from colonialism and imperialism.
You cannot stop benefiting from these things, because privilege is not determined by you or your actions, but by the society you live in. It’s not your fault. But it’s not untrue.
It is your responsibility to recognize it.
The entire Internet is available for you to educate yourself. Your words come from a place of STAGGERING ignorance, so here’s a 101 list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege
http://www.amptoons.com/blog/files/mcintosh.html
http://resistracism.wordpress.com/racism-101/
http://www.racialicious.com/2011/07/27/racism-101-race-and-the-college-freshman/
http://racismschool.tumblr.com/
There’s a special place in hell for people that tell you to calm down when you’re already calm during an argument.
(Source: densityschild, via moniquill)
I’ve noticed that there are some blogs and threads where people flat out say that they hate it when others are shy. As a shy person myself, I can’t help but feel upset.
Being an introvert in an extroverted society is hard enough. We don’t need to be insulted for being different as well. This is like an athletic group of kids saying how they hate the uncoordinated kids and wish they’d just get over their asthma.
The reason why we’re shy is because we’re worried others won’t like us and are judging us. So posting things like “I hate shy people! Why can’t they just grow a spine already!?” only confirms our suspicions and make us want to avoid social interaction even more.
And what’s worse is that these people are getting away with saying those things because shy people are often too nervous to talk to them and tell them to stop.
People need to be respectful and patient with those who are shy. But I guess it’s a lot easier to just go online and rant about them instead.
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"I’m telling you this because juries still think women who even look like they might possibly be sluts are “asking for it.” I’m telling you this because some people still think it’s OK to drive a teenage girl to suicide because she was probably a slut. I’m telling you this because our policymakers would rather girls get sometimes-fatal diseases than be perceived as condoning sluthood. I’m telling you this because it’s important for everyone to understand: Sluthood isn’t a disease, or a wrong path, or a trend that’s ruining our youth. It isn’t just for detached, unemotional women who “fuck like men,” (as if that actually meant something), consequences be damned. It isn’t ever inevitable that sluthood should inspire violence or shame. Sluthood isn’t just a choice we should let women make because women should be free to make even “bad” choices. It’s a choice we should all have access to because it has the potential to be liberating. Healing. Soul-fulfilling. I’m telling you this because sluthood saved me, in a small but life-altering way, and I want it to be available to you if you ever think it could save you, too. Or if you want it for any other reason at all. And because even if you don’t ever want sluthood for yourself, you’re going to be called upon to support a slut. I’m telling you this because when that happens, I want you to say yes."
Jaclyn Friedman
Read this at least thrice before and every time, I want to scream each word of it from the rooftops.
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This, this, a thousand times this!
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Reporter: I have a question to Robert and to Scarlett. Firstly to Robert, throughout Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark started off as a very egotistical character but learns how to fight as a team. And so how did you approach this role, bearing in mind that kind of maturity as a human being when it comes to the Tony Stark character, and did you learn anything throughout the three movies that you made?
And to Scarlett, to get into shape for Black Widow did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet, like did you have to eat any specific food, or that sort of thing?
Scarlett: How come you get the really interesting existential question, and I get the like, “rabbit food” question?
The respect given to you if you’re a man in the entertainment business, and the respect given to you if you’re a woman in the entertainment business: all perfectly summed up in one idiotically thought out line of questioning.You know, I always did like Scarlett Johannson.
Dat side-eye.
Let me just hug you forever Miss Johannson.
Scarlett Johansson gives the best side-eye.
That side-eye is pretty great.
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Moniquilliloquies.: thesavagesalad: and another thingsometimes I get asked about whether...
and another thing sometimes I get asked about whether it’s ok for white folk to attend cultural events specific to ethnic minorities- my answer? Well first you gotta think about a few things Is the cultural event open to the general public? If it is, then yes! If you have…