#black media in general

[tariah23]

I love how Denzel answered the question and flipped it around on its head, leaving the interviewer stuttering to full on moving on to the next subject/question because it got awkward for him lol.

White people have never respected black entertainment, especially our movies (unless they’re in it as some sort of stand in white savior, especially slave movies lol. They used to love giving Oscar’s to black ppl if it meant they got to see them suffer throughout the film.) and it’s funny because sm of them gauge a films greatness based off of how many people have seen, how often it’s talked about globally while completely disregarding Black films and foreign films as well (especially if they’re not like French or whatever tf), or if it was “Oscar bait,” while completely forgetting that “Boyz N the Hood,” was also Oscar nominated. “Do the Right thing,” (they were NOT going to let Do the Right Thing win a damn Oscar lmfao) but they never watched them (well, they just simply called “Do the Right Thing,” “racist against white people-“ and the usual really.

“Hustle & Flow,” literally won an Oscar and you could see the discomfort in the sea of white ppl’s annoyingly frightened faces when they saw Three 6 Mafia and their entourage, go up on the stage and accept their award. That’s when I knew wp were no longer gonna allow for black films that were unapologetically black, regardless of subject matter, win anything like that again lmfao.

It’s funny since they do this with literature as well. I still remember being in HS and our literature teacher had us reading “the importance of being earnest,” and how he’d completely shut me out after I’d let it be known that I wasn’t really enjoying it, framing my opinion as being “naive,” and making it out to seem as though I just “didn’t understand it, that’s why I wasn’t enjoying it-“ when in reality, it was just a boring piece of literature to ME. He was really offended 😭. Then when you bring up literature written by Black people from the past, they purposely misunderstand the text because they personally cannot relate to the experience of being Black… like whatever!!!

I always kind of roll my eyes at white YouTubers/ streamers especially whenever they started picking up that trend of “watching black movies/ listening to hip-hop/rap, and just black music in general,” for views and their reactions are always so… like it’s almost as if they’re venturing into as if black media is some sort of strange thing from outer space that they’ve yet to encounter? Like we’re a phenomenon that’s completely separate from reality. “Ohh, this strange new world-“ and it’s just a black movie with black people who weren’t handpicked by white media to be in 🗿. They act like they’re listening to music discovered by aliens when they begrudgingly listen to rap music for the very first time in their lives despite being adults, for views. I’ve always found those channels strange like yeah, it’s great that you’re trying to expand your interests and broaden your horizons in media but how have you never watched [insert black classic] and you call yourself a “movie buff-“ 🗿… I already know the answer but eek.

[blackhistorystoryteller]

Black history is not slavery

Slavery is not the only history of black Black history goes deeper than slave trade

This is a message for my black brothers and sisters

Today I will be talking about the people of benin

The historical kingdom of Benin was established in the forested region of West Africa in the 1200s C.E. According to history, the Edo people of southern Nigeria founded Benin. They no longer wanted to be ruled by their kings, known as the ogisos. They asked a prince from Ife, an important West African kingdom, to take control. The first oba, or king, in Benin was Eweka. He was the son of the prince from Ife.The kingdom reached its greatest power and size under Oba Ewuare the Great. He expanded the kingdom and improved the capital, present-day Benin City; the city was defined by massive walls. The height of power for Benin’s monarchs began during this period. To honor the powerful obas, the people of Benin participated in many rituals that expressed their devotion and loyalty, including human sacrifices.Artists of the Benin Kingdom were well known for working in many materials, particularly brass, wood, and ivory. They were famous for their bas-relief sculptures, particularly plaques, and life-size head sculptures. The plaques typically portrayed historical events, and the heads were often naturalistic and life size. Artisans also carved many different ivory objects, including masks and, for their European trade partners, salt cellars.The success of Benin was fueled by its lively trade. Tradesmen and artisans from Benin developed relationships with the Portuguese, who sought after the kingdom’s artwork, gold, ivory, and pepper. In the early modern era, Benin was also heavily involved in the West African slave trade. They would capture men, women, and children from rival peoples and sell them into slavery to European and American buyers. This trade provided a significant source of wealth for the kingdom.Benin began to lose power during the 1800s, as royal family members fought for power and control of the throne. Civil wars broke out, dealing a significant blow to both Benin’s administration as well as its economy. In its weakened state, Benin struggled to resist foreign interference in its trading network, particularly by the British. A desire for control over West African trade and territory ultimately led to a British invasion of Benin in 1897. Benin City was burned by the British, who then made the kingdom part of British Nigeria (which became Nigeria after the country gained independence in 1960). After that time, the kingdom no longer played a governing role in West Africa. However, even today, the oba still serves in Benin City as a government advisor.

[sparsilees]

the blacks aren’t an incestuous family

you can say sirius is rather unhinged and depressed from prolonged dementor exposure and the violent tragedy of betrayal and loss. you can say he’s traumatised by his upbringing and the first wizarding war. or that the horrors™ have done a real number on him. that bellatrix lestrange was too brilliant, too enchanted with the dark arts, or too broken from azkaban.

don’t blame it on ‘black family madness’, it doesn’t exist in canon. don’t blame it on inbreeding.

the pureblood families generally intermarried between ‘suitable’ bloodlines (sometimes they brought in halfbloods, too). the blacks are no exception—why marry your silly cousin when there’s a wider pool of eligible pureblood contenders? because according to the back family tree *checks note* walburga and orion are the only cousins known to have married in canon—specifically, they’re second cousins.

the black family tree roots are far-reaching and expansive. there’s always a black daughter that’s married into every other notable family—the burkes, the crouches, the lestranges, the longbottoms, the malfoys, the prewetts, the potters, and the weasleys—the wizarding world is built on the black bloodline.

everyone’s related in some capacity to the blacks, with certain individuals more closely than others, like how sirius black and arthur weasley are second cousins once removed, with their closest common ancestor being former headmaster phineas black.

the black family members featured in the books descend from either arcturus (the main branch) or pollux. this means that, due to their parents’ union, sirius and regulus have black, macmillan, and crabbe ancestry. whereas the black sisters are entirely removed from the heir line and share black, crabbe, and rosier bloodlines. sirius and regulus, and bellatrix, andromeda, and narcissa share exactly one set of grandparents and one set of great-grandparents.

(also, if you subscribe to the alternate canon that james’ parents are dorea and charlus, it means sirius and james are first cousins once removed; james and arthur are second cousins; and harry and ron are third cousins, placing them in the same generation as the black quintet and closer to phineas black than draco or tonks.)

canonically, it’s the gaunts who were “a very ancient wizarding family noted for a vein of instability and violence that flourished through the generations due to their habit of marrying their own cousins”, and even nearly pulled off sibling marriage to continue their line.

unlike the gaunts, the blacks did not bring together first cousins into a union and added various bloodlines into the family, so the ‘black family madness due to incestuous practices’ theory doesn’t hold water, bye.

[pinkinsect]

they should let me cite my tumblr mutuals on academic papers

[sclfcare]

𖥨 ̟⊹ ♡ mutuals only ! open to f / nb !

" i'm sorry i don't like hearing you gushing over what's - his - fuckin' - face . " ─── " why are you even still with him ? too embarrassed to tell mommy and daddy you're actually in love with a fuck up like me instead ? "

[burntoutuserboxes]

[This user is super excited for Shadow Generations.]

[july-19th-club]

seven or eight times now ive watched the episodes in which they take the andromache and this is the first time ive realized that during the initial battle, after they board, every time the camera is from dufresne's perspective it's blurrier than otherwise because. he took his glasses off for the fight

[milfbrainrot]

"claire's a bad mom" claire chose to have her kids claire tells her kids bedtime stories and claire pretends not to be in life threatening danger when she's terrified for her own and her kids' safety to help them stay calm and literally only wants to know if they're okay before prioritizing herself and keeping them far away from danger by rescuing herself i think ur just racist

[brain-rot-central]

not to be rude but like AI art literally steals from other artists and it's awful for the planet.. so maybe you should mind AI art? lol

Hey so I'm not really gonna answer this beyond 1) I don't really use Tumblr for debates/arguments about inflammatory topics and 2) I'm purposely ignorant to the entire outrage surrounding AI art because there are too many things demanding "action" and "engagement" from the general public on any given day at this point that I literally have zero left in the tank.

I'm not defending AI art but I'm literally just saying it's not one of the things that "enrage" me as of late. I'm more worried about things going on in my personal life and the current political climate of the US rn tbh and I come here to Tumblr to be horny about fictional characters because that's a better coping mechanism than drinking myself into a stupor or taking bong rip after bong rip to the face.

That being said I subscribe to artists on patreon that create their own art and will always 100% support artists who draw for a living.

[the-monkey-ruler]

Dream Journey Sidestory: Save Wukong (2018) 大梦西游番外之拯救悟空

Director: Ma Zhongxuan Starring: Zou Zhaolong / Li Yixuan / Wan Lina / Yang Juncheng / Xue Xiangyun / Yin Ying / Fa Zhiyuan / Chen Yiming / Wang Xuan / Yang Manyu Genre: Action / Romance / Fantasy / Costume Country/Region of Production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 2018-08-15 (Mainland China) Duration: 98 minutes Also known as: The Great Dream Journey to the West Extra: Saving Wukong / 拯救悟空 Type: Reimanging

Summary:

The Golden-Haired Rat spirit in charge of the lampstand took advantage of the Buddha's retreat in the Hualong Pond to seal the Hualong Pond, took charge of the world as Lady Diyong, and falsely spread the Buddha's decree. But she was discovered by the Fighting Buddha Sun Wukong. Lady Diyong pretended to be Tang Monk and used the Buddha's pestle to knock Sun Wukong down to the mortal world. The gods did not dare to disobey the Buddha's decree, and secretly sent their disciples to the human world to save Wukong. Wukong transformed into a mortal Gui'er, and made a living by cheating the world with Chaoyan, who was half human and half fox. The two came to Dongsheng Village and met Ni Xiaojiu and Fuyao Immortal, who were mistaken for the reincarnation of Wukong. Under Fuyao's guidance, Gui'er understood that the magic power comes from himself, and not from others. Although Gui'er obtained the magic power from Ni Xiaojiu, it was ultimately Gui'er who transformed himself into Sun Wukong to defeat Lady Diyong and save the people.

Source: https://mov-10.chinesemov.com/2018/Dream-Journey-Sidestory

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pchnOj6ty94

[ghostowlattic]

unCommon Housewife 

from Grotesque Mockery

[professorjirt]

it makes me SO sad that it’s hard to go through Samwise’s tags or find people for whom he is their favorite that don’t put down Frodo. I’m thankful that the number of those who truly understand him and love both him and who he struggles for is greater than it could be and has been in the past, but it’s still so heartbreaking to see, because I love Sam so dearly, and he’d never want this. It’s such a disrespect of Sam’s character to think that the only way to praise him is to undermine or insult Frodo. And it’s a disrespect to the narrative of Lord of the Rings as well. People constantly reference a cherry picked and out of context piece of a letter Tolkien wrote, desperately trying to claim that Sam is The Singular Hero of the story, when that wasn’t even remotely the context of the letter, yet its been used for years to undermine all the other characters of the series and erase the well rounded character Sam is to shave him into some one dimensional He-Man. Sam is undoubtedly one of the chief characters of the story, THE chief character of the story alongside Frodo. Without Sam the quest would not have been fulfilled. Yet Tolkien makes it clear that Sam could not have done Frodo’s job— especially not on his own. Just as the Ring broke down Frodo, it would have done for Sam— especially by the point of Mordor. That isn’t where Sam’s strength and value lies. It doesn’t lie in being the sacrifice. It lies in being the hope, the support, the utterly maddened loyalty and stubbornness and love that overcomes and strengthens. As I have come to say, Frodo carried the world, and Sam carried Frodo. People seem to think that as lesser, and I find that insulting. Would you find a friend that supported you in dark times lesser? Are they not your world in those moments? Do they not hold up the world for you yourself, as you struggle to carry the weight of it, and remind you that whatever suffering, you will never be abandoned or alone, even if both of you endure the fires of hell and no brightness shines through. It will not be alone. That is the beauty of Sam, and the people that treat that role as though it was not enough or that he should have had more on his plate show their lack of understanding of the very character they claim to praise.

[the-bitter-ocean]

did people actually say “what did jolon do wrong” thats evil

Yes actually. Someone did unironically word for word ask if what Jolon did was "truly evil" or not. I am not making this up. Lmao.

[saturnniidae]

bro don’t hide this in the tags

but this is so real. httyd is so special to me, especially the first movie (which @/westwindy1 so eloquently put: the whole point of the first movie was overcoming biases), and it’s just so disheartening to see the racism that (i don’t know how to say this in a coherent way) influences (?) certain aspects of the franchise. which just hurts, being poc

Yeah it's sad, becoming forcefully like, at the very least, disillusioned (?) with something so like emotionally and personally significant due to its racist aspects. It's never surprising when it happens but it'll never hurt any less. It's always a kind of slap to the face. Like is it really that hard to hire sensitivity readers or, I dunno, just. Not be racist? Do more than just the bare minimum of research when including non white characters?? 💀

And it's absolutely exhausting when (white) people in fandom exacerbate the issue by fighting as if their life is on the line to claim they're not racist for liking something when usually. No one's saying that?? You can like media that has racism in it, you just have to be a) critical of the harmful nature of those aspects, and b) respect poc who might not personally be comfortable with it (you shouldn't be comfortable with it either!! Unless it's like a plot point that is used for character development/condemned within the story, it's literally just bigotry!!).

(Some) white people will literally throw the pettiest hissy fits over poc not liking their fav racist TV shows/books/movies etc. it's actually crazy 😭

Also this might be off topic but whatever lemme cook

Just. Overall people need to learn the difference between racist media and racism in media.

Like, some things are just racist whether intentional or not (honestly I think it often comes down to implicit bias and ignorance, I don't think there are people in the writers room rubbing their hands together gleefully thinking 'I hate them blacks!! This'll definitely make them mad!!' 💀 though sometimes that is the case I suppose, especially with older stories. Another thing people like to conveniently ignore) but like I said before, overall it's mostly fine when racism is a plot point and is condemned in the story (though it's definitely not always done well) but some things are just racist and there's no defending that and people need to accept it.

You can like those stories, you just have to be conscious of the fact certain aspects in them (not even just racism honestly, though it's one of the most prevalent) are harmful. To real people. They perpetuate these issues and you have to be aware of that and critical when you are consuming.

Anyways yeah ty for the ask!! Sorry for the rant I got kinda carried away

[sexlapis]

why are gen z turning into eugenicists and physiognomists

[caruliaa]

despite the whole theater kid-ness of pokeys i feel like maybe its just me being a certified logan disliker having a more critical view of him but the whole singular voice thing not tolerating anyone elses voices or thoughts is soo logan like hes always wanting to have thomas do his life exactly by his plans and his order yk and ofc they r both dark blue but im trying not to factor the colours into this bc thats so boringgg it should be either about thematic links or vibes. tinky is remus ik theres no time and space link to remus but they both have the same chaotic almost playful in a kinda twisted way energy to them and idk if remus is ever called a bastard in canon but i feel like he is in fanon/by the fandom a lot sooo. roman and nibbly is like soo obvious imo if u dont get hung up on the very weak idea that pokeys theater kid nature means hes roman by defult like i mean beyond being creativity roman is the personification of thomas' dreams and desires and nibbly is a not only the "hungriest" of the lords in black but feeds on the people that have the most passion and desire or need for something. virgil feels like an obvious choice for blinky bc of the idea of like anxiety = being always Watched (and ourple but we arent counting that) but i also cant stop thinking abt the "weve been watching you gracie, someones been a little naughty" line and linking blinky to the idea of failing strict xtian ideas of morality and the belief of always being watched by the xtian god and always being watched by blinky so i almost want to say patton for tht reason (tho iirc pattons whole thing was like catholic upbringing and morality specifcally and grace wld think thats not real xtainty but this aint abt her sorry) but yk there r five lords and six sides so they can share blinky yay. and then janus and wiggy which even tho there isnt really that much of a strong link between them i feel like still rly fits just bc like i feel like they have a similar demeanor in the way they like talk and act i guess and i feel like they both have a conniving nature to them. but all of this could be bs i havent watched tss in so long . but i dont think it is i think im right . okay bye .