February 2012
114 posts
My problem isn't that Cleopatra was White.
dank-potion:
Evidence suggests she was Greek and that’s fine.
My main issue is that she’s become the focal point of Egyptian society.
That is a fallacy, because the Egyptian civilization was a powerful, autonomous, society well before Cleopatra and the Greeks came along.
Can we talk about Hatshepsut, Merneith, Nimaethap, Nitocris and the other badass female Pharaohs that were running shit...
“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood...”
– El Hajj Malik El Shabazz
(via pedaltothemetal)
“True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made...”
– - Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
(via stfufauxminists)
Kyriarchy in action.
(via transstingray)
Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women...
“There is no correlation between consumption of black culture and how white males...”
– bell hooks (via melknee)
I think that when black art is appropriated by white supremacist America it actually justifies and exacerbates anti-black sentiments.
Any black person can create something genuine, but no matter what it will be stripped of its humanizing capability because of the...
“Men, in return, thrived. The ego candy they feasted on by virtue of...”
– Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control — And Why We’ll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now (via janedoe225)
An absolutely fantastic article. Amazing. Please go read it.
(via missworded)
This article was incredible. Read it now, or save it for later- just make sure...
"I find it's distressing, there's never no...
theeducatedfieldnegro:
—Yasiin Bey (Mos Def)
“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more...”
– James Baldwin »chukwuma. (via tobia)
Esoterica: You know what the worst part about the... →
hamburgerjack:
motorway065:
todiedreaming:
[I am taking about this incident]
None of the companies that employ her care.
None of the entertainment companies who emulate, copy, and steal from black culture in order to make music for profit care that she openly asked for the…
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”
– Zora Neale Hurston (via psych-quotes)
it's not a drop out rate, it's a PUSH OUT RATE
shethinksof:
when i heard the man say this my heart stopped i never took it in like that.
‘they leave school not because they want to it is because the system we created to keep minorities down makes it known that they are not wanted. it’s not a drop out rate, it’s a PUSH OUT RATE’
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I REALLY am considering getting a nose ring...
White People Talking Awkwardly About Race: "Not... →
dank-potion:
This is easily the most derailing comment that I get, because it does three very harmful things.
First, it manipulates the situation. It makes me (the actual oppressed of race relations) look like the perpetrator. Instead of examining or asking me why I feel disdain toward…
Higher Education's Dirty Little Secret by Arvind... →
dynamicafrica:
Libya’s human rights crisis shined a much-needed spotlight on the relationship between universities and their more problematic funders. In this case, the London School of Economics (LSE) agreed to take about $2.4 million from the foundation controlled by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of the Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi.
LSE is not alone. American University in Washington...
Evolution Of A Queen: Confusion →
queennubian:
We raise our daughters to believe
that one day a prince will come
but you can do all bad by yourself
then
tell them not to settle
but be patient with that brother
that got some growing pains
he’s yet to evolve to the next level
and
momma says he’s a diamond in the
rough the preacher…
negro sunshine.: ‘We Don’t Have Anything to Call... →
negrosunshine:
The recent surge of media coverage on New York Knicks overnight sensation Jeremy Lin has been an almost Cinderella story (replacing pretty-white-poor-female, with handsome-skilled-Asian-men’s basketball player). And though his success on the court is undoubtedly due to his athletic…
“A riot is the language of the unheard.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“‘I love you’ means that I accept you for the person that you are, and that I do...”
– Unknown (via intercorpse)
“‘I love you’ means that I accept you for the person that you are, and that I do...”
– Unknown (via intercorpse)
I hate it when I don't have enough space on my...
its-all-too-cliche:
And by hate, I mean love.
“The educational barriers faced by Filipino youth are underexamined, as their...”
– Tracy Lachica Buenavista. “Issues Affecting U.S. Filipino Student Access to Postsecondary Education: A Critical Race Theory Perspective.” (via titotibok)
Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down... →
missdellaney:
“Drug warriors often contend that drug use would skyrocket if we were to legalize or decriminalize drugs in the United States. Fortunately, we have a real-world example of the actual effects of ending the violent, expensive War on Drugs and replacing it with a system of treatment for problem users and addicts…”
“There is a country where the leading cause of death of pregnant women is murder...”
– Jessica Valenti, in “Equality begins at home: U.S. lags pathetically behind other nations in some basic rights for women.” (via azelie)
Also: “For all of our rhetoric about respecting mothers and parenthood, the United States is the only industrialized nation without paid maternity leave, putting...
