#black lives are important

[onlytiktoks]

[ughdoir]

I’m so tired of black and brown bodies being slain for the world to see. our brothers and sisters should still be here today and I’m outraged that they aren’t. to be killed over boiling water to be met with that brutality is sickening. to follow every order and still be shot is premeditated. the lack of humanity to refer to her as a “crazy bitch” speaks volumes. acab!

[surviving-the-next-4-years]

Republicans like to pretend that Slavery and Segregation were a long time ago. But if they are wrong. The generations that were dealing with segregation are still alive today.

[their-name-is-fake]

May the Governor of Missouri never know peace. May his every waking moment be that of pain and suffering, may he be ridiculed by society

Ina lillahi waina illahi raji3oon

May Marcellus Khaliifah Williams find peace in the afterlife and may Eric Greiten and the attorney general and the Supreme Court get exactly what they deserve

[fluffytimearts]

Happy black history month ya'll!!!

[busterballsblog]

[longliveblackness]

On this day, 5 November 1843 an enslaved woman called Carlota Lucumi led a slave uprising in Matanzas, Cuba. Brandishing machetes, Lucumi and her co-conspirators summoned other enslaved people with a kettle drum, then killed the cane plantation enslavers before heading to neighbouring plantations and farms to free other enslaved people.

While Lucumi herself was soon executed, the rebellion lasted until the following year, when Spanish colonial authorities succeeded in violently repressing it.

The abolition of slavery in Cuba was eventually achieved in 1886.

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Un día como hoy, 5 de noviembre de 1843 una mujer esclavizada llamada Carlota Lucumí lideró una rebelión de esclavos en Matanzas, Cuba.

Llevando machetes, Lucumí y sus co-conspiradores hicieron un llamado a otros esclavos utilizando un timbal y luego mataron a los escalvizadores de la plantación de caña. Luego se dirigieron a plantaciones y granjas vecinas para liberar a otras personas esclavizadas.

Aunque Lucumí pronto fue ejecutada, la rebelión duró hasta el año siguiente, cuando las autoridades de las colonias Españolas lograron reprimirla de manera violenta.

Eventualmente, se logró la eliminación de la esclavitud en Cuba en 1886.

[90s-kid-sad-adult]

guilt is an inactive emotion

[byyourdesignsblog]

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[black-fist-order]

Heroes of Black History: Day 5...

[in-omnia-paratusss]

hey you know what makes me afraid for the future? the fact that most people who become police officers from now on definitely saw all the bullshit that we tried to call out and put a stop to and they’ll still become a police officer. They’ll see the discrimination and the brutality and they’ll go ‘i’m fine with that’ and they’ll become a cop. There’s no way you go into this blind. We’re all on the internet and that’s made it impossible not to hear the rally cries. I want to believe many police officers who just wanted to serve the public and protect people. The job may be shit but I’d like to believe the people are good. Still, I can’t imagine anyone from this generation going into it for any of the right reasons. They heard us scream for justice and scream for our lives and they will be happy to ignore us.

[relaxedstyles]

The face of evil ....

[mos-twin-mattress]

It's so crazy... 2020 feels like a complete fever dream... I thought and hoped and prayed that we would keep the BLM momentum going like it was that year... But we didn't .... People started to forget and speak on it less.

I posted and still post as much as I can ab Black lives on my Facebook... Ab other social justice issues. Sometimes it felt like I was just screaming into a void... I still feel betrayed at times, by the white girlies who just a few years ago were in the streets saying "if they start shooting stand behind me"

My life doesn't feel important to most ppl. They talk a big game ab caring and wanting things to change, but at the end of the day most ppl don't want the status quo to change. They just want to do enough to look like a good person.

If this post makes you angry, makes you feel some typa way then I URGE you to look inwards and figure out WHY it strikes such an uncomfortablity in you. Figure out what you could be doing more...

I know it's difficult to hear these words, I know looking inwards is hard and uncomfortable, I've been there, I STILL have a cop in my head that I need to kill. We ALL do!

[busterballsblog]

Kamala Harris promised to " bring Joy " back to America. She did and she did it by losing!!!

[longliveblackness]

The Whitening of Brazil

Brazil has a long and painful history of slavery that impacted its racial composition. In 1888, the country became the last in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery. During the more than 300 years of slavery in the Americas, Brazil was the largest importer of enslaved Africans. According to a UN publication by Edward Telles, Brazil brought in seven times as many as the United States. This massive influx of enslaved Africans resulted in a predominantly Black and mixed-race population by the time of abolition.

From the 1930s until recent years, Brazil promoted the idea of being a “racial democracy.” This concept suggested that racism and racial discrimination were minimal or non-existent in Brazilian society, especially when compared to other multiracial societies like the United States or South Africa. The absence of explicit race-based laws or policies, such as segregation or apartheid, throughout the 20th century reinforced this belief.

However, this ideology masked underlying racial inequalities and discrimination that persisted in Brazilian society. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Brazilian officials actively encouraged European immigration while restricting Chinese and African immigrants. This policy was rooted in the scientific racism of the time, which viewed a non-white population as problematic for the country’s future development.

Blanqueamiento is a social, political, and economic practice used to "improve the race" towards a supposed ideal of whiteness.

Biologically, blanqueamiento could be achieved by marrying a lighter-skinned individual to produce lighter-skinned offspring.

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El Blanqueamiento de Brazil

Brazil tiene una historia de racismo larga y dolorosa, la cual ha impactado su composición racial. En 1888, el país fue el último país del hemisferio occidental en derogar la esclavitud. Durante más de trescientos años de esclavitud en las Americas, Brazil fue el importador más grande de africanos esclavizados. De acuerdo con una publicación realizada por las Naciones Unidas, escrita por Edward Telles, Brazil traía siete veces más que los Estados Unidos. Para el momento que llegó la derogación, esta entrada masiva de africanos esclavizados resultó en una población predominantemente negra o de raza mezclada.

Desde la década de 1930 hasta años recientes, Brazil promovía la idea de ser una “democracia racial”. Este concepto sugería que el racismo y la discriminación racial eran bajos o no existía en la sociedad de Brazil, especialmente comparada con otras sociedades multirraciales como Estados Unidos o Sudáfrica. La falta de leyes o políticas explícitas y basadas en la raza como lo son el apartheid o la segregación racial, hizo que a lo largo de el siglo XX, esta creencia se fortaleciera.

Sin embargo, esta ideología enmascaraba desigualdad y discriminación racial, que persistió en la sociedad brasileña. A finales del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX, las autoridades brasileñas promovían la inmigración de europeos y restringieron a los inmigrantes africanos y chinos. Esta política estaba basada en el racismo científico de ese entonces, el cual consideraba que una población no blanca sería problemático para el futuro desarrollo del país.

Blanqueamiento es una práctica social, política y económica, utilizada para “mejorar la raza” y para alcanzar la blanquitud ideal.

Biológicamente, el blanqueamiento podría lograrse casándose con un individuo de piel más clara para producir descendencia de piel clara.