December 2010
'...At home, everyone is white. The cashiers at... →
Happy Kwanzaa! Nia (Purpose)
learningtousegrammar:
Are you clear on your vision? Pinpoint clarity and precision of thought are important in achieving objectives. I believe, it allows you to see the strategic issues you must face, forces you to assess and examine reality as is, gives you a sense of urgency, which makes way for heightened awareness, creativity, and purpose. This in turn provides the impetus for excitement and...
“Racism is a sign of weakness in the person that is offended.”
– A friend’s reaction when I said I regretted making a racist remark that offended a friend of mine last year. I felt shocked. (via microaggressions)
kameelahwrites:
Today, I will write.
learningtousegrammar:
Many African descendants do not Seek to visit Africa, yet same ones go to France, China, Japan, and many other Ethnic group culture to see what it means to be from this rich culture country. However, when it boils down to our ancestor rich continent in which those country rape. No comment! You may do as you please.
«««Dominick R. Brady»»»: The thing about people... →
dominickbrady:
The thing about GIANTS like Dr. Billy Taylor is that we take it for granted that bee bop is great. We take it for granted that bee bop had to become the face of Jazz music. We take it for granted that Jazz music is thought of as America’s classical voice, our first truly great contribution to the…
“But there’s a dark side as well. We know about the real world of the era...”
– Charles Stross on steampunk - The hard edge of empire - Charlie’s Diary (via ebogjonson)
blackacrylic:
iamnotalive asked: I think the argument in the last question is slightly oversimplified. The culture of Africans and West Indian people, has a lot to do with why there is a so-called divide between two seemingly African people, even more so than the fact that their cultures are different. I especially think that it is essentially illegitimate to characterize the opinion of a whole...
“Ableism is colonial. It is employed to maintain an ideal body of a white...”
– —Qwi-Li Driskill (found through Aaron). (via theredtree)
“First, we have to ask what Western liberal values we may be unreflectively...”
– Lila Abu-Lughod, (2001). Orientalism and Middle East Feminist Studies, Feminist Studies 27 (1), p. 105. (via umnica)
Watchgkusoul:
I need this beat…in MP3 form…in my life now!
Micro(macro)aggressions
healingsakina:
I speak out of direct and particular anger at an academic conference, and a white woman says, “Tell me how you feel but don’t say it too harshly or I cannot hear you.” But is it my manner that keeps her from hearing, or the threat of a message that her life may change?
The Women’s Studies Program of a southern university invites a Black woman to read following a week-long forum...