September 2012
#810
thisiswhiteprivilege:
White privilege is the fantasy genre, especially concerning western children’s literature.
White privilege is authors like Tamora Pierce, Madeline L’Engle, Eva Ibbotson, Lloyd Alexander, C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, Edward Eager, Christopher Paolini, J.R.R. Tolkien, Holly Black, Garth Nix, George R.R. Martin, the beloved J.K. Rowling, and countless others who create amazing...
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can we please stop with this "mixed babies are so...
deafmuslimpunx:
it is so creepy and gross. i find these comments especially offensive toward people of color who don’t have mixed white blood.
By saying “mixed babies are beautiful” (usually targeted at white & non-white couples), it implies that babies who are mixed with WHITE roots are more “beautiful” than babies of color who are either racially homogenous or mixed with two parents of...
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popular-slut-club:
“That joke is offensive to white people—”
“Generalizations hurt white people too—”
“I’m white and my feelings were hurt—”
“Don’t you think you’re being just as harmful to white people—”
“You’re promoting racism against white—”
August 2012
“I had my father get sick when I was 22. And I was poor, alright. And my father...”
– Chris Rock [video]
Bringing this back, because some people don’t seem to understand that there is a discrepancy in the quality of care among poor, middle-class, and wealthy people, NO MATTER HOW DEBILITATING THEIR RESPECTIVE DISEASES MAY BE.
(via cgdageek)
Forever reblog.
(via missgingerlee)
“If you vote against Obama because he can’t get stuff done, it’s kind of like...”
– Chris Rock (via left-to-lenin)
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Almost had an anxiety attack at work today.
So many customers and phone calls at once.
Why aren’t we scheduling more people right now??
omg, just heard a cicada outside my window that...
lightspeedsound:
WHAT THE FUCK.
IT’S STILL GOING.
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mettalliccolouredglobes:
frankgrievance:
mettalliccolouredglobes:
The only justifiable reason to hate Ashley Williams is because no one person should be allowed that much swag
And she’s racist against aliens and a religious moron.
Hey, woah, hold up here.
Ashley? Racist? No. No.
If you’re calling her racist, then you’re calling Wrex racist for joking about eating salarian liver.
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“We do not publish “reverse discrimination” stories. ”Reverse discrimination”...”
– excerpt from the submission guidelines for Expanded Horizons, a magazine that has the goal of expanding diversity in speculative fiction.
The editor of the magazine writes:
“I’ve been REGULARLY getting plots pretty much like this in the Expanded Horizons slush pile for the four years we’ve...
brashblacknonbeliever:
ceasesilence replied to your post: In your opinion, is the t-word just as offensive as the n-word?
“just as offensive” what?! DON’T SAY EITHER ONE.
This is my official stance. I refuse to say one is “more offensive” than the other. You simply just shouldn’t say them.
lockpickpornography:
saying “no homo” confirms that yes you did consider the homo
your mind skimmed the homo long enough that you saw it as an option and felt the need to deny it just in case the other party did too
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CNN Camerawoman Patricia Carroll "Not Surprised"...
theybc:
Patricia Carroll, the CNN camerawoman who was mocked by two RNC attendees who threw peanuts at her while saying, “This is how we feed the animals,” said that she wasn’t surprised by the behavior at the Republican National Convention.
Carroll told Journal-isms: “I hate that it happened, but I’m not surprised at all. This is Florida, and I’m from the Deep South…You come to places like...
“I don’t like this expression ‘First World problems.’ It is false and it is...”
– Teju Cole (via semperes)
I remember when I had to explain to someone that Africa had roads. -_____-
what do they even teach in World Geography these days? everything else other than The Americas, Europe and China is a wasteland? I honestly think so.
(via newwavefeminism) 