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Did you start off pro black everyone and everything?

Yes and for a while now I’ve distanced myself from the pro-black label, and I now only consider myself pro-black women. Nearly every form of pro-black activism and movement is male-centered while the issues of black women are largely ignored if all the blame can’t be placed on white supremacy. Misogynoir is rampant in the black community especially amongst black men, and I see no reason to invest my time fighting for people who don’t go as hard for me.

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Me: sees actor.

My brain: don't get attached

Me a week later after looking at all of their interviews, movies, TV shows and reading everything about them: fuck.

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FBF : AMAS

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You know who deserves the “Sexiest Man Alive” title?

Jason Momoa

Oscar Isaac

Matt Bomer

Rami Malek

Chris Pine

Sebastian Stan

Chadwick Boseman

Tom Hardy

Idris Elba

Chris Hemsworth

Jensen Ackles

Like these are just a couple of examples. I just. I can’t.

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I need y’alls help for real.

I have a mammogram in the morning (16MAR2017) which will cost me about $650 because my doctor thinks I may have a cancerous mass in my breast. I applied for ACA earlier this year, but because of the debate about repealing it, my application is marked as still “in progress” and I’m still at war with the VA to give me my veteran’s ID and coverage so I am currently paying all of my medical expenses out of pocket. I work 40 hours a week, but not enough to cover all of my expenses.

So if y’all could donate here and here that would be fantastic so I can stretch my coins out for the other medical expenses (including an upcoming breast biopsy also related to the cancer threat).

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Patricia Akello, Janet Otobo, Mala Bryan, Nyamuoch Girwath, and Monique Sterling for Mille Collines by Aubrey Jonsson

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not your grades, not your failures, not your past.

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Confused why does anything have to go? Those greens can leave. I love my black eyed peas and rice.

One gotta go.

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RIP to Lee Thompson Young AKA The Famous Jet Jackson one of my favorite shows growing up and stared in one of my favorite movies Friday Night Lights. Also the first black man I ever saw on a snowboard, in the Disney movie Johnny Tsunami, thank you for that man.I never realized that I watched you on screen so much through my life weather on my favorite kids show of my favorite movie. I hope there treating you well up there.

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👆🏾 Doesn't support black men who put down black women.

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Actual Children’s Answers to The Question “What Is Love?”

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” - Chrissy, age 6 

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” - Terri, age 4

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” - Danny, age 7

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.” - Emily, age 8

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” - Bobby, age 7

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,” - Nikka, age 6

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” - Noelle, age 7

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” - Tommy, age 6

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.” - Cindy, age 8

“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” - Clare, age 6

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.” - Elaine, age 5

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt.” - Chris, age 7

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” - Mary Ann, age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” - Lauren, age 4

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” - Rebecca, age 8

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” - Karen, age 7

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” - Jessica, age 8

too bad we forget such wisdom as we get older.

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Re: Sick and tired of hearing “source?” or having to explain white privilege and systemic racism? [reformatted]

Hello all! This is a reformatted version of this post originally compiled by randymusprime​.

On Preparing for Arguments… Identifying and Avoiding Logical Fallacies

On White Privilege & Systemic Racism… 7 Facts That Prove White Privilege Exists On Racism and White Privilege The New Jim Crow Where White Privilege Came From White Privilege from Taking Action Against Racism Denying White Privilege White Privilege: An Insidious Virus 1 in 3 Black Males Will Go to Prison in Their Lifetime What is a ‘System of Privilege’? White Privilege 101 Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack 14 Examples of Systemic Racism in the US Criminal Justice System Black Student Graduation Rates Young Black Men and Gun Violence Operation Ghetto Storm Top 10 Most Startling Facts About People of Color in the US Racial Profiling in Vermont DoJ Stats Show Clear Pattern of Racial Profiling OK, fine. Let’s talk about ‘black-on-black’ violence. Why Police So Often See Unarmed Black Men as Threats

On the Difference Between Racism and Prejudice… Toward an Understanding of Prejudice and Racism Ferguson Cops More Inept Than Strategic 10 Simple Ways White People Can Fight Everyday Racism Ferguson’s Massive Cover-Up How Moral Leaders like MLK Approach Neutrality Why It’s So Hard for Victims to See Justice America’s Stop-And-Frisk Policies Proof of Racism Examples of Institutional Racism in the US On Why White People/Americans Are Afraid to Admit Racism Exists… The Racism That Still Plagues America Why We’re Still Unwilling to Admit to Systemic Racism in America Why American Racism is Impossible to Defeat

On Reverse Racism… A Look at the Myth of Reverse Racism Why Reverse Racism Isn’t Real Why There’s No Such Thing as ‘Reverse Racism’ Enjoy my lovelies, and feel free to add to this post or to the original!

- Mod D

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Why do you hate lightskins so much?

I don’t hate light skin people (do not refer to complexions as “_____skins”) 

I hate the silence in the room when a dark skin girl is being bullied and light skin girls remain silent because those words aren’t geared towards them.

I hate the smiles when some ignorant ass dude says “I don’t date Black girls, only light skinned ones.”

I hate when positivity is geared towards dark skin in the heat of all the hate and people make dark skin positivity equivalent to light skin hate, which it’s not. Maybe because when light skin is being praised, dark skin is being slandered. 

I hate when a dark skin girl has to have an A1 body with flawless ass skin and perfect teeth to get 100 notes on here while light skin girls can just hold a flower and get 34088 notes. 

I hate that we have to be twice as pretty just to be considered average in society. 

I hate that darker men and women get more prison time and less jobs.

I hate being 23 and still having to tell folks “You’re pretty for a dark skin girl” is not a compliment. I hate that I used to think that it was. I hate that I used to be flattered by that.

I hate that 90% of Black men’s misogyny is geared towards dark skin women. 

I hate that every time dark skin women, men and children are being praised it’s in a condescending tone like “see, they aren’t all ugly.”

I hate that 95% of Black Hollywood is light skin and no one says shit but dark skin women get called jealous for calling out the lack of representation. 

I hate that the only time light skin girls speak up is when they feel like they’re being attacked. So silent in the struggles of their dark sisters.

I hate that everyone likes to act like colorism isn’t a big deal but wouldn’t even take a check to be a dark skin person in this society. 

I hate how much light skin people sound like White people defending racism when colorism is the topic. “Don’t you mean ALL Black girls…I have dark skinned friends….I don’t have any privilege, I’m still a nigger to White people…etc” 

So no, I don’t hate light skin people, never will but I will not silence my experiences for your comfort. I will not pretend that Cardi, Zendaya and Amandla would be the it girls without their complexions. 

Colorism is a real issue, a real struggle. So if it makes you uncomfortable, maybe your light skin privilege pants are zipped up a little too tight. Maybe you got too comfortable in the fact that you would always be picked first. 

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