March 2012
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“I am here to destroy your personality, to give birth to your individuality.”
– Osho (via lazyyogi)
February 2012
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Self-Reflection #229
I don’t understand why I tend to attract people who, as they say, have “been through the fire”. Maybe our spirits see something familiar in each other. Could be we were once soul mates in another lifetime. Or maybe, we are simply reflections who have found a mirror worth looking into. Either way, I’ve noticed people who have been forged from the fire are the ones I have the...
Prejudice: [PoC calls white person a cracker].
Racism: Two centuries of PoC being stolen from their homelands, driven out of their native lands, tricked, raped, infected with disease, and otherwise downtrodden so as to remove them from any chance of being the dominant race.
Prejudice: [PoC gives a white person a nickname playing on the fact that they're white].
Racism: PoC must, from the moment they realize a baby is on the way, worry about whether giving a child a name reflecting their heritage will affect their chances at a good life in the future. Hint: it will.
Not racism: Calling out that slavery lasted for two centuries, and civil rights did not happen for PoC until the 20th Century (you know, the century which only ended TWELVE YEARS AGO).
Racism: We should not talk about it, because it makes [non-PoC] feel bad.
Not racism: A non-PoC actor can get pretty much any role s/he wnats.
Racism: ... including roles that were originally written as PoC. PoC actors must settle for roles making them servants, sassy women, jive turkey men, criminals, drug addicts, or abused downtrodden prostitutes, the better to reinforce the negative mental image of PoC in the minds of the zeitgeist, and hold up the excuse that "they bring it on themselves".
Not Racism: Flattering pictures of people used to represent them on the web.
Racism: Flattering pictures of Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Bachman. But the most unflattering pic available of Michelle Obama is used for the same article.
Not Racism: Articles about women's features.
Racism: Article purporting to have scientific "proof" that Black women are uglier than women of any other race.
Not Racism: America is where everyone is supposed to have equal chance.
Racism: Equal chance? Freed slaves were lucky if they got 40 Acres and a Mule, after working for free for generations for people who are now wealthy and offered no other reparations.
Not Racism: Irish History Month, Italian History Month, French History Month, German History Month, etc. All of which would, technically, qualify, btw, as White History Months.
Racism: It's not Cameroon History Month, Nigerian History Month, Egyptian History Month, Zimbabwean History Month, Zaire History Month, Somalian History Month, etc. It's BLACK History Month. Doesn't matter what country in Africa you come from. If you're Black you just all get lumped in together.
Not Racism: PoC describe their experiences.
Racism: Non-PoC interrupt, derail, silence, mock, deride, or cite "oversensitivity" because it makes them feel uncomfortable to know that PoC have endured this, and to have to acknowledge their privilege -- and their responsibility to do something about it if they really are as anti-racist as they profess.
...add your own examples.
one of the best things about "great music" is...
Sigh. Another year and another disappointing Hottest MC’s in the Game list. When rankings are dictated by the mainstream, such becomes the life.
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“You go to the Louis store, you go to the Gucci store, you go to the mall, spend...”
– Juelz Santana
People never cease to amaze me. I am continuously learning the weight that a single tear can hold, that good intentions can’t be seen behind closed minds, and how people who appear to be the most shattered are masters at putting the pieces back together. I don’t think I’ll ever stop being fascinated with the human race.
“The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither...”
– Deepak Chopra (via stellablu)
“I fight everyday. The fight to be nobody but myself in a world that’s doing its...”
– fighting spirit. (via nerdlikejazzy)
“They were always there. Whenever you wanted to do something simple, natural and...”
– Toni Morrison, What the Black Woman Thinks About Women’s Lib. New York Times Magazine (23 August 1971): 4+ Reprinted by permission of International Creative Management, Inc. Copyright 1971 by Toni Morrison. from the book What Moves at the Margin.
(via howtobenoladarling)
First thing to know about me: You will never know everything about me.
I’m just a spirit having a human experience. Life ain’t that deep.
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V-Day
Thousands of boxes
of dozens
of roses
are delivered.
Just to remind us
that love cannot escape the grips of capitalism.
And that which blooms unapologetically
will one day die.
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“You will never effectively counter that which you do not understand.”
Where are all the fly chicks in Seattle at?! I can’t find anyyyy!
Happy Birthday Huey P. Newton! Your legacy continues to live on! Btw, if you don’t know who he is…look him up. If you do know who he is…look him up! You can never have enough knowledge.
“Good morning silence. Good morning to myself. Good morning acceptance. Good...”
– India Arie (via soaringaboveitall)
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Revolutionary Suicide
nadiyahtrick:
By having no family,
I inherited the family of humanity.
By having no possessions,
I have possessed all.
By rejecting the love of one,
I receive the love of all.
By surrendering my life to the revolution,
I found eternal life.
Revolutionary suicide.
— Huey P. Newton