pumpkinthot:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

paulwalkersdogwalker:

This is what a lot of people, black and white, believe and think

OPRAH AND BARACK OBAMA EXPERIENCE RACISM ALL THE TIME!!!!!!

Those were the worst two examples you could choose. 

Slavery was never completely abolished and people are being enslaved “as punishment for crimes”.. and cities and schools are as segregated as ever.

lmao the most powerful man in the world regularly gets death threats and can’t seem to get secret service worth a damn.

the most powerful woman in the world can’t even go in a store to buy a damn handbag.

cyanhyena:

vandigo:

newwavefeminism:

The automatic criminalization of black and brown bodies

Now hold on a sec I do INDEED have a problem with one picture but not the other.

In the TOP picture you can clearly see two hunting rifles and a mid-sized handgun, which are perfectly reasonable guns for a family to have, and it appears that all three people in the picture are legally old enough to at least have gone to a hunters safety course, which legally justifies the weapons being in their hands for certain purposes - hunting. Hand guns are carried by hunters to defend against bear attacks, should they happen, and by fishermen when fishing in lakes containing sturgeon … because the only way you’re killing a goddamned prehistoric dinosaur fish from hell is by shooting it (no joke).

Now the BOTTOM picture clearly contains only ONE child old enough to have gone through a hunters safety course … and not a single gun that is used for anything other than killing other human beings, and this I have a serious problem with. Guns that are intended ONLY for killing humans (the AR and AK series rifles, which are shown) with CHILDREN is a fucking problem.

Now, if they were hunting rifles in the bottom picture - you know, guns that are meant solely for the procurement of food - then I wouldn’t have an issue outside of the questionable ages of the children shown.

Really huge red flag on the bottom pic is the fact two of the kids clearly have their fingers ON THE TRIGGERS.

Its called trigger discipline. I’ve never been to any gun safety classes and I know that much.

misandry-mermaid:

exgynocraticgrrl-archive-deacti:

Violent Relationships with Dr. Leelia Franck

Don’t forget that women of color and trans women (and especially trans women of color) receive even higher sentences for hurting/killing in self-defense against abusive partners than cis and/or white women.

This makes me think that perhaps it would be much better if these sentences weren’t so arbitrary. Instead of saying that someone can get ‘five to ten years’ for a certain crime, it might be better to say 'if you’re convicted of this crime, it is this amount of years/weeks/days in prison’.

Only my opinion, but I think if it can be proven 'beyond the shadow of a doubt’ that a person killed their partner in self-defense, or in defense of a child, that person should be given and fucking medal and a pat on the back. “Thank you for freeing the world from that fucker.”

diem-the-kitty:

lazylunatic:

a-spoon-is-born:

trapbuddha:

adumbrant:

nirvanatrill:

Albert Einstein teaching a physics class at Lincoln university (HCBU in Pennsylvania) in 1946

Sure as hell never mention that about him.

HOMIE

His anti-racism views and work are often totally ignored by historians.

EVEN OUR HISTORIANS ARE RACIST

I think you mean especially our historians are racist.

denise-huxxtable:

huntingvoldemortinamobilelibrary:

if you don’t think this carries an important message about our society then you are what is wrong with human society today

And this is why when you see a post empowering and uplifting black women, do not invade it with “don’t you mean all women.” No, because this is not the reality of “all women.”

sayheyagentcarter:

#oh hey remember when a fun movie#was also a great feminist film#and had a moment devoted to the intersection between racism and feminism#as much shit as these girls had to put up with#there are some women who have even bigger mountains to scale#all wrapped up in a moment without any dialogue

worldoflis:

girldwarf:

exgynocraticgrrl-archive-deacti:

Deconstructing Masculinity & Manhood with Michael Kimmel @ Dartmouth College

YAAAAEEESSSSSSS

You know what I like, and feel is so important? That he doesn’t say “Men thinks those are THEIR positions”. He says “We think those are OUR positions.”

As a male feminist, he still doesn’t exclude himself from the group of men.

huffingtonpost:

Jon Stewart’s Priceless Response To Fox News On Ferguson

Jon Stewart is back from vacation, and he’s not wasting any time going after one of his favorite targets: Fox News.

Watch his the full brilliant 10  minute monologue on racism and Ferguson  here. 

thelonelyscarecrow:

castiels-time-traveler:

nintendocanada:

mapsontheweb:

Map of the World by Natural Skin Color

i’m really dumbfounded that i never realized skin colour is literally just caused by being closer to or farther from the equator and the resulting sun exposure and skin darkening

actually, its an adaptation. natural selection. people with darker skin are selected for in areas near the equator, where the melanin that causes the darker color protects them from radiation and protects them from skin cancer and other health defects, and because they are healthier they can pass on that trait more. people near the poles have lighter skin because it allows them absorb more of the limited sunlight to convert to vitamin d. 

THIS IS THE THING SOME PEOPLE HATE OTHER PEOPLE OVER.

Evolution of melanin levels based on geographical location.