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“what radicalised you?” basic empathy

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they hate me for my girlish whimsy and for my pathological degree of avoidant behavior

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vulnerability is so important but I will not be partaking in it

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your girl calls me kate cause im in her bush

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Captain ‘Carter’ and Peggy having more promotion and merch than Sam Wilson as Captain America right now yeah I’m obviously going to have a problem with this¿

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the word after sketch in your user is a slur and not the nickname but many peopel said to bot even use the nickname because it's the same spelling as the slur just with another g in the frount and it makes many people uncomfortable

Hi, thank you for acknowledging this and trying to spread awareness. I'm going to piggyback off of @gukyi's post with various links about the matter.

I understand that this is a controversial topic, and there are split opinions about using the word in reference to Jungkook's name.

However, the term that you are referring to, g with two Os and a k, is a slur created by American war soldiers against East Asians and South East Asians (primarily Koreans, Filipinos, and the Vietnamese). It comes from the Korean word 국가 (gukga), meaning "country." In Sino-Korean, it originally derived from traditional Chinese, the dialect that I grew up on, stemming from 國 (gwok3), also meaning country.

During times of war, Koreans and the Vietnamese would refer to G.I. soldiers as 미국 (mee guk) and mỹ quốc, Americans, respectively. They come from the same term in traditional Chinese, 美國 (mei5 gwok3), meaning beautiful country. G.I.'s began to use these words against natives in a derogatory way, mocking them for their language, thinking that they were introducing themselves as "me, guk." To arrogant white people, the slur then became g, double o, k.

Jungkook's name, 전정국, is romanized in a variety of ways, and yes, Jeongguk would also be accurate. When using ㄱ, G and K are sometimes romanized interchangeably. In the same way, sometimes ㅜ is spelled as OO or U. It is spelled as Jeongguk on his passport, and it used for formal occasions like the United Nations conference. 

Jungkook has stated in a 2014 interview with Haru Hana that his grandfather named him, speculating that it means "pillars of the nation." In fact, his name in Hanja is 田柾國, referring to the wheat/farm of the country. Notice the last character? Once again, his name is in reference to the word for country, and it is in no way a nod to the slur. Jungkook's name has never been romanized using that derogatory term. Although it sounds the same, people are insinuating that Jungkook's name and the diminutive of it is offensive. 

You have to remember that his name exists in the Korean language. To be honest, romanizing languages like Korean or using the pinyin system is a way to accommodate for non-native speakers as we do not use the Latin alphabet. So not only have white people tokened parts of our language, but they’ve also occupied our land and claimed our culture, expecting a thank you as our white saviors. 

I think we all understand that this term was made to disparage Asians, but I don’t know why people are taking Jungkook’s name out of context then falsifying and invalidating it. Don’t twist it so that it fits a narrative that is made to harm us.

Yes, the word g, double o, k is a slur used in English. It’s made to oppress East and South East Asians. Please do not ever use that. And no, Jeongguk’s name is not related to it whatsoever. He has a Korean name that is romanized in a similar way, but it is not equivalent, and it was never meant to be. 

It feels a little backwards for white people to coin a word from my language, let alone a word that praises them for being beautiful, use it offensively against me, and then tell me I'm wrong for ever using it. It’s a word that belongs to my people. To the Chinese, the Koreans, the Vietnamese, and any other East and South East Asian who shares it linguistically. 

Can people of color just have things to themselves? Can we have ownership of our language and our names without having others ruin it for us? 

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I’m sorry but I cannot believe a lot of people here don’t take this seriously, or just completely brush it off when Jungkook makes statements such as this. A lot of fans look at Jungkook and idolize him because of his pretty face, or whenever he wears something trendy (mind you I also do these things) but then brush it off whenever scandals of him doing completely normal things pop up I see a lot of bitches staying quiet. He got tattoos? Scandals. He decided to grow out his hair? Not only received backlash from antis but also a lot of people within the fandom. He couldn’t get into a car accident like anyone that’s drove has mostly been, or at least know someone that has, without people calling him an immature or irresponsable member of the band. Jungkook has had a shit year, a truly shit fucking year and he’s still the most sweetest and caring people in the world, releasing songs for us, even having ARMY tattooed on his hand and always thankful towards everyone around him, and yet he also perceives himself as nearly worthless. It breaks my heart because he helped me grow so much more confident in myself, motivated me to push through hardships and try to find the positive in everything. He lets me know that having childish fun is good and valid, and that I can be serious and driven in my passions. He is a wonderful human being, and more people need to stop hopping in the spreading of rumors and bashing him for living his life and going out with friends and instead realize that he’s still a YOUNG man. 

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I am not a straight people.

Reblog if you are also not a straight people.

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they got mad

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This song will always have a special place in my heart.

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bad representation in the pjo-verse: a masterpost

racism/offensive stereotyping

samirah: arranged marriage + this + this + this , hijab + this , response to rick’s post + this , nickname “sam” + this + this (bonus: art tips)

hazel: fr*zel , white/lightwashing , “golden” eyes , eurocentric features , hair type , general issues + this + this , (bonus: fancasts/faceclaims/art references)

piper: general issues (a masterpost) , cornucopia , response to rick’s post + this + this + this , (bonus: art tips , resources masterpost)

sadie: white/lightwashing + this + this + this + this

leo: abuse + this + this , stereotyping + this (a continuation of the prev post)

reyna: this + this

mallory: this + this

paolo

latino rep

eastern asian/southeastern asian rep: this + this + this + this

indian rep

antisemitism: this + this + this , lavinia + this

the gods and dna: this + this

general racism: this + this + this + this + this + this + this

camp jupiter and the confederacy

cultural appropriation: this + this 

white supremacy

racism centric post with additions on leo + paolo + antisemitism

anti-lgbtq+

nico’s romanticized forced outing: this + this

lesbophobia: this + this + this + this + this

non-canon canon (a la jkr) ace/aro rep: this + this

transphobia: this + this + this

ableism

general issues: this + this + this + this

clovis: this + this

big age gaps

annabeth and luke , black female characters + this , female characters , apollo and thalia

misogyny/sexism

this + this + this (+ lesbophobia) + this

fatphobia

this + this

underage alcoholism

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Reconstruction of bust of Roman emperor Caracalla.

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okay but like hear me out: femboy zuko