#bipoc history

[ivygorgon]

"No Pride for some of us without liberation for all of us." -Marsha P. Johnson

[popculturejunkie89]

Amazing Film, and Amazing Cast, this is a must see and top tier for BIPOC representation.

[nerdby]

The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, & The Most Elusive Tribe On Earth by Adam Goodheart

4/5⭐

This is a nonfiction book that delves into the history of the Adaman Islands and North Sentinel Island while following the story of a historian -- Adam Goodheart -- who traveled there to do research. The Adaman Islands are a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean, currently under the control of India. They are home to some of the most isolated indigenous peoples in the world including the Jarawa, the Onge, and the Sentinelese with the Sentinelese perhaps being the most isolated tribe in the world. That we know of.

This has somehow managed to be one of the most hopeful and depressing books I've ever read in my life. It reads more like a novel than a textbook which is a plus for me, and it's definitely more of a book about perseverance than anything else. It's a story about how the indigenous peoples of the Adamans managed to survive despite colonists' best efforts to erase them from the earth. Like all history, there are parts of the book that are incredibly disturbing and depressing to read. Frankly, if those parts don't enrage you then.......You should probably find someone to talk to about that.

The way historians before Goodheart have written about the Adamanese and the Sentinelese is disgusting. Some of it was fascinating until it finally sinks in that these are people who are considered subhuman by their oppressors. And that's not okay. Like to suggest that they are ancestors of a lost species of human is an interesting hypothesis. That doesn't make them beneath anyone else, though. Reading this I couldn't help but think that anthropology is a really fucked up field of science. You're literally treating humans and their various cultures as science experiments. Like what the fuck?

It made me feel a bit guilty for how much I loved this book, I'm not gonna lie. Cause like these are people's lives and cultures. They aren't artifacts or play things. They're human beings that are entitled to their privacy which has been encroached upon by people like Goodheart who are so eager to shove them under a microscope. Tribal reserves have been transformed into human zoos.

That being said, I would definitely recommend this to anyone with an interest in history or foreign cultures. There are parts of it that are difficult to read but that's just how history is. It's not pretty. It's appropriate for ages twelve and up.

[tboyemo]

Tapping the "your support and solidarity and care for Jews and Romani people and BIPOC should be more powerful than your hatred of nazis" sign so fucking hard rn.

Bcs u should support Jews and Romani people and BIPOC more than u hate nazis and some of u it is very clear that u couldn't give a shite about Jews and romani or BIPOC. You hate nazis but you've forgotten nazis aren't just generalised bigots or bad people and they have an ideology which targets "undesirables" and people who ate racially seen as inferior or less than. Only part of combating white supremacy and fascism is hating nazis and a lot of it is helping communities effected by white supremacy and fascism and listening to and understanding us.

[bixels]

I'm not explaining why re-imagining characters as POC is not the same as white-washing, here of all places should fucking understand.

[bfpnola]

While this information may technically be new, government infiltration is not. As mentioned in the video, COINTELPRO is a perfect historical example of the insidious downfall of so many leftist grassroots organizations, and guess what? We've made posts about COINTELPRO in the past!

This information isn't made to scare you though, but to empower us all to come together even stronger, even smarter, even more diligently. We owe it to ourselves, to our communities, and to our predecessors to do at least that much. As working class citizens, we must protect one another. Do not get distracted by the divisions those in power wish to ensue.

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[queerism1969]

[troythecatfish]

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[yourdailyqueer]

Virginia Mathews (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 9 March 1925 

RIP: 7 May 2011

Ethnicity: Native American (Osage Nation)

Occupation: Writer, activist, librarian, book critic

Note: Helped develop Sesame Street while serving as a consultant to Children's Television Workshop, and she promoted activities to support literacy through libraries.

[blkmagicwoahman]

Paris2024 Olympics Update: Team USA Brings Home The Gold for The Women's 4x100 relay final 🏃🏾‍♀️💨🥇

Team USA made it to the finals after heat1 (with a national score of 41.94s), Aug. 7th.

In the finals (Aug 8th), Team USA was able to secure a win and close the gap thanks to Sha'Carri Richardson's beautiful save in the last leg of the rally.

Team USA, final scores:

Melissa Jefferson 11.46 🇺🇸🥇

Twanisha Terry 9.98 🇺🇸🥇

Gabrielle Thomas 10.25 🇺🇸🥇

Sha'carri Richardson 10.09 🇺🇸🥇

USA FINAL SCORE: 41:78s 🇺🇸🥇

❤️🤍💙 Congrats Ladies ❤️🤍💙

[tyrannoninja]

The Black Empress of China (throwback)

Today I want to do a throwback to a 2019 piece I did of Empress Li from the Chinese Jin Dynasty (266-420 AD). Chroniclers described her as "tall and black", characteristics for which the Emperor's concubines mocked her. Nonetheless, she would proceed to give birth to the Emperor Xiao Wu (r. 373-396 AD). It's anyone's guess where Empress Li came from, but I like to think it was somewhere in eastern Africa, especially since they tend to have taller stature than either Indian or Asian Negrito people in addition to being dark-skinned.

Sources:

[ivygorgon]

The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Eartha Kitt - Kaz Rowe

[queercodedangel]

Aníbal Quijano's essay "Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality" is a short and interesting read if you're interested in the way colonialism shapes subjectivity, knowledge-production and epistemology more broadly ❤️

[homohistoric]

On Our Backs (Feb/ March 1999)

[duckprintspress]

Happy Black History Month! Check Out 15 of Our Favorite Queer Reads by Black Authors

February is Black History Month in the United States, and Duck Prints Press is joining in the celebration by sharing 15 of our favorite queer reads by Black authors! The contributors to this list are Shadaras, boneturtle, Tris Lawrence, Sebastian Marie, Shea Sullivan, Terra P. Waters, and an anonymous author.

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Trilogy) by N.K. Jemisin

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix (Remixed Classics Series) by Bethany C. Morrow

Nothing Burns As Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart Series) by Kalynn Bayron

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson

How to Find a Princess (Runaway Royals Series) by Alyssa Cole

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics Series) by Kalynn Bayron

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

What are YOUR favorite reads by Black authors? We’d love to find more to add to our to-be-read piles!

Want to chat your favorite reads with us? Join our Book Lover’s Discord server!

You can view this list as a bookshelf on Goodreads!

Love reading queer books? Our Queer Book Challenge is running on Storygraph through the end of 2024. Come join us!

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

PoC is not synonymous with Black.

Read that again.

PoC is not synonymous with Black.

So please stop using it that way. Black is not a dirty word, and it's not bad to say. So say it!! I'm tired of y'all saying PoC when you mean Black. I AM BLACK!! CALL ME THAT!! Not PoC. Not African American.

B 👏🏾 L 👏🏾 A 👏🏾 C 👏🏾 K 👏🏾