White kids? I need y’all to listen.
We are not all Troy Davis.
This would not happen to us.
No, cork it and let that settle in for a second. This would not happen to us in this country and in this “justice” system and in this white supremacist culture that lets us think it’s the appropriate progressive response to stomp out feet about Not! Being! Racist! at this or any moment. Save your stories of unjustly accused white people, this is not the same at all. You mourn this man and you mourn the rotted soul of a nation that can allow this exact pattern of violence to carry through centuries, but do not for a second think it makes any sort of sense to co-opt this moment.
We are not all all Troy Davis.
This would not happen to us.
Yelawolf on white rappers using the N word:
“I mean - I’m from the South, and that shit don’t fly. In Alabama … put it this way, there are grandparents alive today whose parents went through a war, you know … we’re just out of the slave trade. It was a very real, very real situation. And you know, you don’t take that shit lightly.
Especially … hip hop, and american music culture is Black. Culture. Don’t ever get it fucked up. You … know your roots, know where the fuck you’re getting this music from and respect it. And don’t embarrass white people and white rappers by doing that dumb shit. By dropping the n-bomb you thinking you’re all cool and shit, you’re gonna find yourself slapped up, and it might be by a white boy. You know, cause you ain’t gonna embarrass me around my people like that. It ain’t gonna happen.
And you know, I try to tell people that … you know, it’s different when - I have some white boy friends of mine who grew up in the streets, in and out of prison, real dope boys, you know, and like … and even in that world how accepting they are and their black homies are - they share that word and bounce back and forth with each other - but even them, after they hang around me it’s like, ‘man, we were kinda trippin, huh?’
Like, it’s not - just don’t get it fucked up, man, you gotta respect your elders at the end of the day; you’re still dealing with an issues that’s very - we’re not far away from real, real life problems. You know, Obama is the president, but it doesn’t mean - less than 50 years ago, people were getting … shh, you know. People were still getting mobbed, you know. This shit ain’t no joke. So I mean, you know … some people have the birthright to use that word. I mean, I don’t know. As a white rapper it’s always been a big no-no but as a human being it’s been an even bigger no-no.
Whenever I would have said that around the house, just playing around, my mom would slap the SHIT out of me. That was just it. My mom did not play that shit. Because, you know, I’m from Alabama man, we got … this don’t fly like that, you know? And the same person who would slap the shit out of me if I was to say that, is the same person to wear a dixie flag on her shirt. It’s a culture that a lot of people don’t understand, but where I’m from that shit don’t fly and I ain’t backing it. That’s all I gotta say about that.”
“The White Way”
so much truth i can’t take it!!!!
TW: Racial epithets.
Truth bombs exploding everywhere.
“The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America”
Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
this. is. everything.
YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
To the people defending George Zimmerman:
Let me break this down as simply as I possibly can. Trayvon was at his father’s house when he decided to go to the convenience store down the street to get skittles and iced tea. On his way back George Zimmerman called 911 because he thought Trayvon looked “suspicious”. The 911 dispatcher specifically told him NOT TO FOLLOW TRAYVON and that POLICE WERE ALREADY ON THE WAY. This 28 YEAR OLD, ARMED MAN decides to ignore the 911 dispatcher and follow 17 YEAR OLD Trayvon IN HIS CAR.
After following him for a while, George Zimmerman decides to get out of his car and confront Trayvon. They then (allegedly) get into a fight and George Zimmerman, the 28 YEAR OLD, ARMED, GROWN ASS MAN decides to SHOOT TRAYVON IN THE CHEST AND KILL HIM. When the police show up, HE ADMITS TO SHOOTING AND KILLING TRAYVON. THE POLICE LET HIM WALK AWAY, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
How in the hell can you people defend that? He completely ignored the instructions of 911 dispatch, followed a kid in his car, and then shot and killed him in cold blood. At the very fucking least he should have been taken into police custody for questioning. What happened to Trayvon and how the police handled it makes absolutely no fucking sense. Anyone with half a fucking brain should be outraged at the fact that they are letting this man get away with murder. If you are defending George Zimmerman, you are defending a murderer. You are condoning his actions. You are upholding the white supremacist system that says Black children are inherently suspicious and that everyone has the right to follow and kill them.
Vigilante Madness in Pearland…Not Just in Sanford, Not Just Trayvon Martin! - CNN iReport
i-killed-the-kkk-with-malcolm:
This white woman saw a 13-yr old black boy on his go-kart. She figured he didn’t belong in her neighborhood so she slammed her JEEP WRANGLER into his GO-KART to detain him. The boy suffered neck and back injuries and had to be taken to the hospital. And the woman wasn’t arrested or detained.
America, what the hell is going on???
Wait…
Wait….
Wait.No.
The.
Fuck.
Man, I’m hoping that one of the good things to come out of the Trayvon Martin tragedy is maybe, maybe people will start to actually pay real attention to this stuff.
Really, America?
REALLY.
I’m done with people. Really? The boy now has PTSD, and no one’s doing anything about it.
DA FUCK?!
HOW YOU JUST GON
you know what?
I can’t………….This is why I don’t like people. Fa’real.
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glossylalia:
tehblackbirdflies:
thedailywhat:
Marketing Campaign of the Day: As if it weren’t enough that North Carolina already doesn’t recognize same-sex unions, the state votes next Tuesday on a ballot measure that reads: “Constitutional amendment to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized by this State.”
This ad campaign, by Winston-Salem agency The Variable, plays on segregation-era discrimination to shock voters into voting down the offensive legislation, called Amendment 1: “On May 8th, make history. Don’t repeat it.”
Yes, please.
[adsoftheworld]
I do not think this is okay.
This is not ok and whoever let this run needs to be mollywhopped
Clearly there are no black people who work at The Variable. Legit question too - which one is the “inferior” water fountain?
This is why we can never be great. Neva eva!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3avgrlhBi1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Marketing Campaign of the Day: As if it weren’t enough that North Carolina already doesn’t recognize same-sex unions, the state votes next Tuesday on a ballot measure that reads: “Constitutional amendment to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized by this State.”
This ad campaign, by Winston-Salem agency The Variable, plays on segregation-era discrimination to shock voters into voting down the offensive legislation, called Amendment 1: “On May 8th, make history. Don’t repeat it.”
Yes, please.
I do not think this is okay.
This is not ok and whoever let this run needs to be mollywhopped
Clearly there are no black people who work at The Variable. Legit question too - which one is the “inferior” water fountain?
This is why we can never be great. Neva eva!
