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The halls rejoice and Kanye West is proudly declared the new headmaster of Hogwarts.
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why are white folk out here acting like if we removed the work of racists from the canon the canon would suffer?
if fucking wouldn’t
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werewolfpussychiapet asked: We'd be more than okay. But it's something (for white people) to think about. How can you say racism isn't built into the fabric of society when you praise slaveowners in your history books, put men who wrote dissertations contesting the idea that black people were human on your money, celebrate "independence days" during which so much of the population was enslaved/being systematically exterminated, and have holidays commemorating violent imperialists? Goes back to thinking evil "greater good."
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jubellation asked: Source, there WAS an entire culture like that. On a Pacific Island all men had to learn to give women multiple orgasms. They even had final exams of sorts where he had to give an older woman a bunch of orgasms. A man's reputation and honor depended on that. So once a woman was married she was assured a great sex life. Sadly, I think the tribe was ruined (guess which race did it. Guess)
WHAAAAAAT?????
Awwwwwww godddamn it colonialism!!!!!
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That shit’s extremely infuriating, really.
Crackers strip us from our native cultures, shit on them, mock them, make it something for us to be...
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when i was in school i worked for the catering kitchen for a couple semesters
this one time i won an award thing and the president (of the...
Besouro
an amazing film that centers around capoeria fighting in Brazil. this beautifully shot film also shows the African religious influences of Brazil and is based on the life of an actual capoeria fighter. various Orishas play an important role in the film. an appearance is made by Esu/Eshu and Oxun/Oshun and deals with ancestor veneration as well. in addition, and overall, the film displays the realities of Brazil during the 1920’s. a must-see film.
with English subtitles - pt 1, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5
with Greek subtitles here
without subtitles (in Portuguese) here
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PEOPLE OF COLOR BLINDNESS
Jared Sexton, Associate Professor and Director of the Program in African American Studies at UC Irvine, will discuss the concept of “people of color,” highlighting a form of blindness to the singularity of racial slavery internal to its articulation. The first section of the talk charts briefly a theoretical itinerary that reads the radical black feminism of Saidiya Hartman and Hortense Spillers and the political ontology of Frank B. Wilderson against the prevarication regarding slavery and its afterlife in prominent strains of critical theory. The second section attempts to situate Wilderson’s formulation of “afro-pessimism” with respect to the “black optimism” articulated by Fred Moten and other theorists of black performance.
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I had to type and post the entire section because I found it to be such good information. I think I may finally understand White people.
From Being White, Being Good: White Complicity, White Moral Responsibility, and…
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“When it seemed as though there were no more wonders to be had, the halls of the Kingdom filled with all manners of splendor, He wished to bestow one last gift at the end of an era. He reached into the Earth and took a handful of sand and sea, breathing His own breath into it. And lo, the last angel was born. Glory be always to Castiel.”
-“Named” by R.C. McLachlan
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Has anyone read this?
Being White, Being Good: White Complicity, White Moral Responsibility, and Social Justice Pedagogy by Barbara Applebaum.
Barbara Applebaum began her journey, which became the premise for this book, by asking the question, ‘Do I implement what I argue for theoretically?’ (p. 197). She was referring to her belief that teaching for social justice requires more than good intentions, but in fact requires a strong dose of ethical responsibility and accountability. She found that her own ‘well-intentioned’ white students had a difficult time understanding their personal investment in complicity as it related to undoing racism. This disconnect led her to the idea that a pedagogy which addresses this dilemma needs to be explicit and from this she birthed ‘white complicity pedagogy’. Applebaum makes the case that complicity may in fact be unavoidable due to unearned privilege, but that does not denote the necessity of responsibility.Applebaum offers a strong review of the literature on whiteness and critical white studies. One of the primary concepts she addresses is the concept of being ‘whitely’ which is essentially unwillingness on the part of white people to be challenged, even when they attempt to disrupt racism. This is referring to whiteness as a ‘performative way of being’ (p. 17) and is essential to her argument that complicity is unacceptable and not a neutral state of being but in fact an active tenet of racist behaviour. She specifically references examples of this in her own teaching practice, when ‘good’ white students have a difficult time understanding the difference between ‘benefiting’ from racism (an unequal system that privileges white people) to ‘contributing’ to (everyday behaviours that reinforce this system unintentionally) (p. 46). She makes a very important distinction that often times white people prefer to detach from whiteness and often assume they are somehow morally superior, making them ‘neutral’ regarding conversations about race or other ethical questions. This reinforces the idea that somehow whiteness, and therefore white people, are the unspoken norm for others to measure themselves against (i.e., non-white as a term for people of colour).…Read the rest of the review from the Journal of Moral Education
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My parents bought me this when the show was still airing, not realizing that the comic had a lot more violence, mature content, and explicit language than the show.
As you can imagine I was pretty thrilled.
I imagine so. What a great comic. Very different from the series, not to mention a darker origin story.
Plus, I kind of like the tandem of Frieda and Virgil more than Richie and Virgil.
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Remember Erika Alexander From TV’s ‘Living Single?’ She Writes Graphic Novels Now
Erika was best known for her role as Maxine Shaw on the show and we recently found out what she’s been up to; she’s been putting her efforts into creating a graphic novel series called Concrete Park.
According to ClutchMagOnline.com, Erika teamed up with her husband, Tony Puryear, and her brother, Robert, to create the series set in the future where humanity is threatened to be demolished by gangs. Concrete Park features two female leads: Luca, a gang leader and her lesbian partner, Lena, along with a host other multicultural characters who struggle to survive their harsh environment.
In a Q&A with Comic Book Therapy, Alexander says she’s been writing for 20 years, but the idea for her graphic novel came from movies and works by Octavia Butler.
“Tony, my brother and I share the co-creator credit,” said Alexander. “We just made something we wanted to see. We were all inspired by films like City of God. Octavia Butler’s work was a big influence. Another important touchstone for us is old soul music.”
When asked if Concrete Park will ever make its way to the big screen, Alexander said, “We are filmmakers. So we think in moving pictures, but right now we are focused on making Concrete Park the best graphic novel we can for our publisher and our fans.”
This sounds succulent and juicy! “We are livinnn..sin-gle…”
Oh my dear lord.
This sounds divine.WHERE CAN I GET IT
WHERE CAN I BUY IT
It began as a housing marvel. Two decades later, it ended in rubble. But what happened to those caught in between? The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city in the decades after World War II, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development and the St. Louis residents who called it home. At the film’s historical center is an analysis of the massive impact of the national urban renewal program of the 1950s and 1960s, which prompted the process of mass suburbanization and emptied American cities of their residents, businesses, and industries. Those left behind in the city faced a destitute, rapidly de-industrializing St. Louis , parceled out to downtown interests and increasingly segregated by class and race. The residents of Pruitt-Igoe were among the hardest hit. Their gripping stories of survival, adaptation, and success are at the emotional heart of the film. The domestic turmoil wrought by punitive public welfare policies; the frustrating interactions with a paternalistic and cash-strapped Housing Authority; and the downward spiral of vacancy, vandalism and crime led to resident protest and action during the 1969 Rent Strike, the first in the history of public housing. And yet, despite this complex history, Pruitt-Igoe has often been stereotyped. The world-famous image of its implosion has helped to perpetuate a myth of failure, a failure that has been used to critique Modernist architecture, attack public assistance programs, and stigmatize public housing residents. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth seeks to set the historical record straight. To examine the interests involved in Pruitt-Igoe’s creation. To re-evaluate the rumors and the stigma. To implode the myth”watched this on netflix and it was an excellent time line and overview of how public housing and public assistance, in post WWII amurica functioned as a great big wealth shifting scheme designed to uplift whitey, concentrate wealth, and restrict POC from accessing the resources connected to all things american-dreamish. in this film you can clearly track, via the physical degeneration of the project, how the feelings and rhetoric changed as soon as public housing was predominantly associated with Black folks rather than whites.
a syllabus for a seminar just writes itself as you watch it.
it respects the humanity of the people who participated with the film and really grounds the macro view in the individuals directly affected.
have to watch again when i have time to hit pause and write every few minutessounds well worth a look!
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So I read Letters From The Northern Continent the other day *_*
also I have no idea how Cardassian furniture is supposed to look like but judging by their buildings and stations they seem to like… pointy edges? Cardassia’s obviously not the place to visit if you’re like me and have a tendency of bumping into corners aioejtaoeoaieja
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Tom Hiddleston attends the press night of Flare Path at Theatre Royal on March 10, 2011 in London, England [HQ]
A short film following 5 inner city youth as they travel through the city of Detroit on their way to train in the sport they love. Sword Dreams is a non-profit dedicated to empowering youth through the sport of Fencing. www.EnGardeDetroit.com -Sword Dreams
We have big dreams, and lots of young motivated talent… we need your support.Founder of En Garde Detroit - Bobby Smith (Detroiter via Jersey via Jamaica)
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SO THERE IS A MANGA SET IN 19TH CENTURY CENTRAL ASIA AND THE HEROINE RIDES HORSES AND SHOOTS THINGS AND IS COMPLETELY CHARMING AND IT’S FULL OF REALLY WELL WRITTEN FEMALE CHARACTERS WHO ARE PORTRAYED AS CAPABLE AND STRONG EVEN WHILE THEY DO TRADITIONALLY FEMININE THINGS AND ALSO THERE’S GREAT GAME POLITICS AND THE ART IS INCREDIBLE AND IT’S JUST… NICE, I ENJOYED IT A LOT
I put this on my personal blog and read through all of the current chapters in like, three hours
But it is so good that I am reblogging it again to try and share; seriously, UGH this is one of the best manga I’ve read in a very long time
i’m already in chapter 7 and all I can think of is “NO AMIRA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SLKDJFALSKDFJSLKJDFALSKJDFA”
and I have caught myself calling Amira and Karluk precious babies
I think I may be too much invested in fictional characters…
Ohoho!
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Keep in mind the pages were not flipped, so you have to read it right-to-left.
Lovely! Enjoying it very much thus far :D
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