This is why I joined tumblr. Last week a friend...

This is why I joined tumblr. Last week a friend asked me if she could borrow some “African clothes” (I’m Nigerian) for a Kwanzaa celebration and I declined, feeling uncomfortable about that. Turns out it was much worse than I thought. This is a picture of a kwanzaa party WITHOUT ANY BLACK PEOPLE. Cultural appropriation with smiles. I just know as soon as I call people out on it, I’ll be called a racist or oversensitive. I grew up with these people. You’d think that they’d learn after a year or so of college. I guess whiteness is stronger than that, huh?
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  The post that broke me into the world of Tumblr.
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  yes, yes, and YES!
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  ignorance at it’s finest everyone. don’t do this shit. it’s not cute.
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  The fuckery
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  /gives up on people
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  I don’t even celebrate Kwanzaa like that and I’m pissed. The seven principles weren’t burned into my brain for this...
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