White privilege means that if you donât school your sons about it, if you donât insist on its reality and call out oppression, your sons may become something terrifying.
A Motherâs White Privilege | Elizabeth Broadbent
White privilege means that if you donât school your sons about it, if you donât insist on its reality and call out oppression, your sons may become something terrifying.
A Motherâs White Privilege | Elizabeth Broadbent
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New York Public Library is experimenting with PETSCII to generate covers for books that donât have one. Each letter in the title of the book is replaced by a corresponding PETSCII-character in one of its two character sets. So A become Ⲡand F becomes â and so on.
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Deconstructing Masculinity & Manhood with Michael Kimmel @ Dartmouth College
Last words of Kimani Gray, 16, shot 11 times by police after witnesses say Kimani adjusted his waistband. 3/9/2013
Last words of Kendrec McDade, 19, an unarmed college student shot by police for clutching his waistband as he ran down the street. 3/24/2012
Last words of John Crawford, 22, shot by police as he held a toy gun in Wal-Mart. 8/5/14
Last words of Oscar Grant III, 22, shot after being detained by police, despite being unarmed. 1/1/2009
Last words of Michael Brown, 18, shot by police after holding his hands up and declaring that he was unarmed. 8/9/2014
Last words of unarmed black youth gunned down by law enforcement.Â
âThere are reasons why white gunâs rights activists can walk into a Chipotle restaurant with assault rifles and be seen as gauche nuisances while unarmed black men are killed for reaching for their wallets or cell phones, or carrying childrenâs toys. Guns arenât for black people, either.â
from America is Not For Black People
ââŚif you live your whole life and then die without making a purposeful choice to become a white ally then American racism becomes your legacy.â
from Becoming a White Ally to Black People in the Aftermath of the Michael Brown Murder
People can be privileged in some ways and definitely not privileged in others. There are many different types of privilege, not just skin-color privilege, that impact the way people can move through the world or are discriminated against. These are all things you are born into, not things you earned, that afford you opportunities that others may not have.
Gina Crosley-Corcoran : Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person
Why do I check Twitter before bed? It only makes me angry.
Sigh. Police canât police themselves.
On the left is a paragraph from the New York Times about Mike Brownâs âtroubledâ teenage years; on the right is a paragraph from Rolling Stone about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers.
What could possibly account for the difference in presentation of these two teenagers?
And letâs remember that one was unarmed when he was shot to death by a police officer who stopped him for walking in the street after allegedly stealing some cigars and pushing a store clerk, while the other was taken alive after allegedly setting off a bomb at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing a police officer, engaging in a shootout with a host of other police officers, and then hiding from a full-scale manhunt.
Thereâs some line editor up in the Times building right now, pondering whether they did enough editing on this piece.
Cop Assigned To Ferguson Protests Threatens Attorney General Holder
âAG Holder is in St. Louis Today. I should go in early and punch him in the nose for so many different reasons.â - Tweet by Sgt. Mike Weston, Velda City PoliceNope. Not about race. Carry on with your day.
The above are the first 3 responses to Dr. Redmondâs spot on tweet. This is the boorish behavior that Black people have to deal with from white people for merely speaking out against white supremacy. The harassment from white people towards Black people is constant and virulent. If youâre a Black person speaking out against white supremacy, white people will attack you or at the very least, they will have a major problem with you. They will attack you more than a âgoodâ white person saying the exact same thing. Tim Wise does not put up with an inkling of the abuse Black people endure and he isnât saying anything new. Discourse about white supremacy from a white mouth is more palatable to the white masses than from the mouths of those victimized by white supremacy.
Ironically, the âgoodâ white people become like the rest of their white brethren when they attempt to separate themselves by saying ânot all white peopleâ. They too become a nuisance that everlastingly badgers. They are largely silent about injustice, inequity and marginalization at the hands of white supremacy. However, the minute the marginalized speak out against their abusers, they are quick to lend a voice in defense of the abusers. Itâs because even when white people are clearly abusers, other white people still see their humanity. In the face of this abuse, merely pointing out that the perpetrators of the abuse are white angers white people. The abuse itself doesnât elicit the same level of anger from them.
Another problem are these alleged white liberals. Truth be told, I get more harassment from white liberals than from anyone else. White conservatives donât hide their disdain for Blackness. For them, itâs a badge of honor. We know where they stand. White liberals in contrast tend to be silent, but will speak up to center themselves in a crisis or will be apologetic towards white abusers, instead of condemning them. Many will not acknowledge that white supremacy even exists. If they do acknowledge a problem, they will wrap it up in empty platitudes about everyone needing to get along, how they donât see race, how weâre all human, how they have Black friends or whatever post-racial nonsense they ascribe to, as if that addresses white supremacy. They believe that the problem âgoes both waysâ.
If the above isnât you as a white person, do not take this as your cue to respond with ânot all white peopleâ. As the saying goes, the hit dog will holler. If something does not apply to you, then why are you hollering? Did I hit you? Maybe I did. The only thing many white people can bring themselves to say in response to Black suffering and white supremacy is ânot all white peopleâ or “this is reverse racism” or their favorite chopped up MLK Jr. quote âhate cannot drive out hateâ. The response from white people is never a unanimous âthe system of white supremacy is a scourge that must end and we must fight to end itâ. It is never that.
Whiteness will always justify the extermination of Blackness. Mike Brown was gunned down in Ferguson by officer Darren Wilson and the Ferguson police in turn releases video stills of what they claim to be Brown being an alleged criminal days after his murder. This was completely unrelated to his murder, but there is always a reason for dead Black bodies when whiteness governs. So why did they release these stills if the Ferguson police themselves have admitted that it is completely unrelated to Brownâs murder at the hands of officer Darren Wilson? They did it to smear his image. This is a tactic of white supremacy. It always smears the image of a Black victim.
When Black people are victimized and dehumanized, they still arenât quite human in the eyes of many white people. At least not on the level of white humanity. Itâs why a white terrorist like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev can be put on the cover of Rolling Stone, like heâs a heartthrob in a boy band, and be described as âpopular and promisingâ, while unarmed Black people murdered by white people are criminalized in death. Their image gets smeared because full victimhood is relegated to whiteness. Innocence and chasteness will be awarded to a white murderer before a Black murder victim.
I donât argue or engage with white people on this subject anymore. This Malcolm X quote is forever relevant. Iâll respond or say my piece if need be, but I wonât debate a white person about Black humanity. My response to âgoodâ white folks will always be âgo and get your peopleâ. Thatâs all I have to say to them. Truly good white people donât need to be told that. They know. Word to John Brown.
From Elon James White Tuesday night.
âOn August 9, Raymond Wilford, who happens to be black, was walking to the Westlake Mall to meet a friend. He ended up walking through a confrontation between an unidentified man, who happens to be white, and protesters at a demonstration. In a matter of seconds, Wilford found himself being spit on by the unidentified man and then pepper sprayed by a mall security guard, even as eyewitnesses pleaded with the guard that he was apprehending the wrong man.â
When walking while black gets you pepper sprayed and handcuffed in Seattle
[Image: a series of tweets by justified agitator (@Awkward_Duck) on August 19, 2014.
1:23 AM: We literally laid in someoneâs backyard for what seemed like an eternity while tanks rolled down the streets #Ferguson
1:26 AM: Iâm live tweeting because thereâs a media blackout. #Ferguson
1:33 AM: Iâm so shaken. Theyâre literally just rolling around throwing tear gas into neighborhoods-not aggressive crowds. #Ferguson
1:34 AM: I was pouring milk over one guys eyes when they came back around and threw another at us. #Ferguson
1:51 AM: Let me repeat, THEY ARE GASSING NEIGHBORHOODS not crowds of protestors.There was only a few of us walking. there is no curfew, so why?]
Want to make sure you saw this.
âJust because youâre Black and you live in a Black community, which has been projected as a community of criminals. This is done. And once the public accepts this image also, it paves the way for a police-state type of activity in the Negro community. They can use any kind of brutal methods to suppress Blacks because “theyâre criminals anyway.â And what has given this image? The press again, by letting the power structure or the racist element in the power structure use them in that way.â
Malcolm X (via ethiopienne)
Iâm only sharing tweets for those who are not on twitter and canât see how passionate and outraged journalists are as they tweet from #Ferguson.
If you are on Twitter, hereâs a good roster of people to follow if you want to keep updated.
Just now reading about this Luis Gonzalez case Â
I was just thinking that. History has shown us MANY TIMES, that even when we have them caught on camera unlawfully kill someone, police still get off. Too much room for unreasonable doubt for a conviction in this case.
One of the biggest stories in comics and pop culture over the summer was from Marvel Comics showing their efforts in creating diverse characters. Much to a lot of fans dismay,they made Thor a woman and Captain America a black man. Sam Wilson aka The Falcon is now officially Captain America. While working today through my anger at the Ferguson, MO story which is still unfoldingâŚI wondered what Sam would do if he were a real person. So, I did this image to deal with the madness.
Don’t Believe Anything Except for Your Gut
âWe had not infiltrated any group,â he said the day after police raided the warehouse that had become one of several gathering spots for demonstrators during the convention.
Noted liar John Timoney, one week after everything went wrong at the RNC protests in Philadelphia in 2000.
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http://t.co/O2IGDGcAUD__http://twitter.com/theyoungist/status/501845246733344768_
Missouri National Guard now checking ID and Licenses at a checkpoint to enter W. Florissant #Ferguson
I am quoting this a thousand times today. RIP Mike Brown.
I went to the May Day protests this year, but mainly walked on the sidewalk, away from the bulk of the crowd. Once we got to downtown, the police presence was so heavy and crowded that I ended up ducking into a back alley. What did I find? An unmarked black van, with a bunch of burly 30 to 40 somethings wearing and putting on Black Bloc gear. They also looked quite startled when I stumbled upon them, but being a small woman wearing a nice shirt and jeans and a headscarf, I posed no threat to them, and they then ignored me as I walked past, doing the same to them. The âanarchistsâ and Black Bloc people I actually know in Seattle? Skinny kids and 20 somethings, who donât have the money for shiny tactical boots, and definitely donât have the money for a black van. It was pretty obvious these guys were undercovers of some type.
Comment on Escalating Tensions in Ferguson, Missouri | MetaFilter
The more violent this gets, the better for the cops & authorities. The last thing any of them want is a renewed civil rights movement.
â why donât they use water cannons? â
bitchâŚ
my nigga looked at her like âthis white bitch finna make me catch a case on national televisionâ
Was this actually fucking something a newscaster said on live tv
Yeah cnn, she sounds British I donât think she understood the historical significance of hoses and black people
Errol Barnett is my Ferguson News Media spirit animal:
