#French diaspora

[apollolewis]

Here’s a fun reminder, Jean-Baptiste is an actual French first/given name. There are people who instead of just being named Jean after John the Baptist are given the full title. And I 100% wouldn’t be surprised if I have some Jean-Baptiste in my family tree.

[justdreamsandmusic]

[sadclowncentral]

listen to rap. especially in languages thar you are learning or have learned. it will teach you so much about cadence, pronunciation and meaning, but also the zeitgeist and cultural context they are used in, allowing you to engage with language as sound and rhythm while also engaging with it as a medium. listen to rap!

[yearningforunity]

Coffee pickers homeward bound with the results of the morning's toil, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. CIRCA 1900

[nashvillethotchicken]

And when I get my all black interview with the vampire remake ala the wiz then what

[secular-jew]

Pay attention Christians.

Half of all French MUSLIMS say they want all French Catholics to convert to Islam. More than one-third of all French Muslims want all French churches to be converted to Islamic Mosques. One-quarter of all French Muslims report that the word "France" is a word they reject.

France has 751 no-go zones ("Zones Urbaine Sensibles") where French authorities have ceded control to Muslim gangs and Imams. Nonuslkms can only live in these zones, if they accept "Dhimmi" status, which means they agree to be 2nd class citizens, admit they live in a territory ruled by Islam, and now their heads when they encounter a Muslim.

France is a country where the prison population is 70% Muslim. More than 100 rapes a day are occurring in France, most committed by followers of Muhammads misogynist cult.

45% of French Muslims say they want the total destruction of Israel.

An equal number of French Muslims want to redefine rape murder torture beheading kidnapping burning-alive and massacres as "acts of resistance."

The remaining Jewish families of France, who haven't been forced out, must pretend to not be Jewish, and have left public education entirely.

[ravenkings]

also lmao the implication that all of upstate new york is like westchester county or some shit and doesn't have parts that are just as rural and poor and filled with racial tension as louisiana like just TELL me you know nothing about the region

[karabastard]

Wow D&W Channing Tatum Gambit had to be a derogatory waterboy joke huh? there’s was no other option, just had to make fun of our accent. it’s 2024 why is this still happening

[swaggypsyduck]

THE EVIL (extended family members that i dislike) HAS BEEN VANQUISHED (they're leaving earlier than i was told [my mom lied to me to get me to behave]) AND I AM RETURNING FROM WAR (being forced to spend time w them even though i was studying for an exam)

so what did i miss??

[historia-vitae-magistras]

I would absoloutely LOVE to read a story of yours based around brigid showing up in America on a coffin ship. As someone from Ireland, a lot of people don't actually know the history and it makes my heart so so big hearing it even mentioned :')

I don't know if I'll ever do the coffin ships specifically but I have a lot of thoughts about Brighid and the diaspora in America and Australia especially but also Canada, Argentina and Chile. One of the handful of times I've heard Irish Gaelic in public it was from an Argentinian, it was glorious. Sorry, braincells playing pingpong today uhhh where was I oh! Yes. So if you kind of scratch that surface of American consumerism and the whole phenomenon of plastic paddies and yanks ordering car bombs in pubs you might be surprised! There's a real appreciation for the history and culture and music under there, I swear. I'm not Irish-American but I was born in Boston and we're the worst about this, I swear to god, but there is a really rich vein of history and appreciation in there somewhere.

Anyway, all of that to say I will likely write a story about if not the coffin ships themselves, then at least some of Brighid's life and relationships that resulted from the circumstances. Coffin ships, fever sheds, the Irish Brigade, the Fenian raids, the music, the food, the holiday, the legacy of the Celtic Church in the Catholic church of America and Australia. There's a lot of material in there.

[mchiti]

dali benssalah shared a story on ig about the billionaires' submarine vs the migrants drowing media coverage wallah this man. maghrebi. talented. beautiful. and an intellectual. what else do u ask for

[moonfirebrides]

Black women, you know that awkward moment when a Black man sees you and has that thinly veiled look of disgust on their face. You know that look, glazed over with a vague polite smile, it’s conclusive, you can feel it loud and clear, you know for sure that they don’t like Black women. Infact, they would not piddle on you if you were on fire.

- Yes, My Sister by Honey Williams ig: @thehoneyeffect

[mymusicbias]

[anissapierce]

Ngl the win yesterday almost made me regret my refusal to ever have anything Moroccan flag related bc im anti nationalism in general n bc of the western sahara n also bc the creation of morocco like the creation of all african countries basically is due to fucking Europeans n shit .... But my little sister light of my life was going to a big city w my mom for a street celebration.. neway though i hope moroccans dont use up all those fire flares bc the Moroccan Outlaws org needs tht nrg to repeal 490...

[tovaicas]

also btw although I didn’t list them bc the tree was so hard to read already, when I say diaspora Elezen languages I mean things like Sharlayan Elezen and other Elezen-family languages that would’ve developed in communities outside of the main zone of Gridania/Coerthas/parts of Dravania

[schwarzeneggr]

El Aïd is supposed to be a big party with a lot of family and a LOTTTTT OF MEAT TO EAT but unfortunately being so far from tunisia we have to settle for a small restaurant food... None of the festivities and the partying and the ENTIRE extended family being super kind and fun and also making snide remarks bc thats how retired tunisian women spend their days doing. just missing the vibe man