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T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh in the skit “Black World” from In Living Color
this shit is just so real it’s like funny but not =( damn lol
(via muzungus)
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Peepo Choo vol 2
I think that a lot of tumblr would benefit from reading peepo choo idk
Lost: I don’t know the context of this comic since I don’t read much manga (correct me if I’m wrong) but one thing I will say that is problematic about this is that PoC in the US whether or not they were born in raised in the US for years or where here for generations, we are not seen as Americans which I’m ignorantly assuming that the Milton character is supposed to be representing. Maybe he’s representing ignorant non-East Asian peoples in general I’m not sure. But I think that’s something to keep in mind.
With that being said, I think this can start great dialogue between PoC when it comes to us appropriating each other’s cultures, which does happen a lot. And yes PoC can appropriate too! When I used to run fucknofetishization I’ve encounter many Black people who appropriated and fetishized East cultures. And also fetishized East Asian peoples. In fact I used to follow some popular PoC bloggers who did/do.
This is not just a white people thing, while they may make up most of the fandom (?) they aren’t the only ones doing problematic and racist things. This needs to be addressed. Making excuses like I’ve seen people already do with this comic does not help whatsoever.
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Fantastic Fandom: Superheroes, Film Casting, Racism, and You I’m particularly glad to have this piece on The Black Kids Table and to have this writer contributing to the site now. JGalette examines racism in the comic book fandom.
As always, if you have a unique perspective on issues in blackness, The Black Kids Table would like to hear from you.
“Sometimes when I take a step back and look at these books that I enjoyed as a child and still enjoy, as best I can, I realize that I rarely see a face that looks like mine. That these things I love so much possess a fandom and are being put out by an industry that’s easily as toxic as the rest of society and I ask myself why. Why even bother? Why do any of us even bother?
And I tell myself it’s because these characters mean something more, that they represent more than what the worst of the people who fuel their existence creatively and economically are so keen to put out into the ether.
I tell myself that if Johnny, Sue and the rest of the Fantastic Four could leap from the pages they’d give all their racist fans such a talking to, that they’d make them understand why they were wrong and that they needed to change their ways. But they aren’t real and they can’t do that.
And the sad thing is, no matter what I write about this subject, I know I can’t either.”
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do animals think in english or in the sounds they make
this is what yahoo paid $1.1 billion for
I feel like the entirety of the Pokemon anime was and is trying to answer this question.
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look who’s finally joined!
look who got pushed to the side
reason no. 12326543742624743 why i wasn’t super outraged about the Merida redesign
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"This year a black person has died on average every 40 hours at the hands of a police officer or — though to a lesser extent — a security guard or vigilante. In 1892, when lynchings reached their peak in the United States, a black person was strung up on average every 54 hours." (via muzungus)
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cultural genocide in North America
This, this right here, this is why “white people” cannot wear our things, cannot appropriate our customs or languages. Because y’all did this. y’all continue to do this too.
well then you motherfuckers need to stop wearing jeans, watching tv, eating our food and wearing clothes of ours, stop using cell phones, and pretty much anything your “culture” hasnt contributed to.
the shit can go both ways, and i can wear what ever the fuck i want, just like you can.
although, i wouldnt wanna wear that shit because WHY would i need to.
people on here are fucking idiotic.
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Thank you seeing—pink—elephants for your insightful commentary. We’ve all been dying to hear it.
Okay. Listen.
Literally every part of this picture says “Your shit was forced on us”
Remind me where in history we forced you to dress like us in boarding schools meant to exterminate your cultures.
