February 2012
gratefulness & more
jalwhite:
I just wanted to take a moment to thank those of you that have reached out to me today, I am really very thankful for you and your support. As frustrating and hurtful as some of the commentary has been, and for as much as the Anons derailed the initial conversation(s), I have to just take this whole experience as a reminder to choose my community well.
The words of kindness and...
Anonymous Asks: When you look like Shaka Zulu and...
liquornspice:
jalwhite Said:
Shaka Zulu?
Shaka Zulu, ya’ll.
I look like Shaka Zulu!
Print this out, boo. Take it to a library. Give it to the librarian.
Maybe, they’ll know how to help you.
So…this actually happened.
nom-chompsky:
My mom orders her martinis with “a whisper of vermouth” and the server and I always look at her like she is a freak
Gin martini, or vodka? Please tell me your mom knows a proper martini„ because she’s got the vermouth part right. (fun fact: The Churchill is a “martini” based on Winston Churchill’s preference for straight gin martinis with hardly a...
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Minorities Are More Generous Than Whites, Study... →
baddominicana:
note-a-bear:
baddominicana:
darling80m:
This isn’t news, and especially not to those from communities of color, but it’s good to share:
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) released a new report, “Cultures of Giving: Energizing and Expanding Philanthropy by and for Communities of Color”.
… Recent trends show that communities of color are giving at increasing rates and levels. ...
“White women “stars” like Madonna, Sandra Bernhard, and many others publicly name...”
– Madonna: Plantation Mistress or Soul Sister? bell hooks From ‘Black Looks: Race and Representation’
(via howtobeterrell) …and there you have it. i will love “like a prayer” forever and ever and ever, but i will never call myself a madonna fan.
(via ethiopienne)
Hey New Yorkers: Stop Police from Criminalizing...
baddominicana:
latinosexuality:
Hey New York-based HIV PJA’ers - please take part in this action opportunity from our allies in your state!
Please support bill A1008/S232 by signing this petition! This bill would stop police and prosecutors from using possession of condoms as evidence that people intend to engage in prostitution. We should be encouraging as many people as possible to...
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deliciouskaek:
allyintraining:
OK, I just found out from my dashboard about the whole Billy Crystal black face debacle. I don’t have cable, so there ya go. WTF, Billy Crystal?! Anywho, I found this article about it, and there’s a poll that asks, “What did you think of the blackface moment?” The results are not encouraging:
So could we get some more intelligent voting on this? Because this...
Mother Jones obtains Syrian government hit list... →
producermatthew:
From Mother Jones:
A 718-page digital document obtained by Mother Jones contains names, phone numbers, neighborhoods, and alleged activities of thousands of dissidents apparently targeted by the Syrian government. Three experts asked separately by Mother Jones to examine the document—essentially a massive spreadsheet, whose contents are in Arabic—say they believe that it is...
“This is not just about dishonoring the Koran, it is about disrespecting our dead...”
– Maruf Hotak, commenting about the recent protests in Afghanistan in reaction to its largest U.S. base burning Qur’ans and referring to an episode in Helmand Province when American Marines urinated on the dead bodies of men they described as insurgents and to a recent erroneous airstrike on...
queernonymoose asked: I actually had successfully blocked out the Rafiki incident until you mentioned that name and like the fucking character in Lion King, it came running back in saying "SQUASH BANANA!"
The funny part about today's Pale Native Dickery...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
note-a-bear:
It’s the Black Hole.
Ain’t nothing bad ever happened to Black Folks that we didn’t make up on our own.
Well don’t you know? Curiouslycool constantly sends herself violent rape threats for sympathy, according to anon!
Yep, and Jal has never said boo in support of anyone. Ever.
And I’m sure you just make dummy accounts to send yourself lynching...
The funny part about today's Pale Native Dickery...
It’s the Black Hole.
Ain’t nothing bad ever happened to Black Folks that we didn’t make up on our own.
Thought on Blackface
Because I can’t even begin to actually engage the shit I just saw on my dash.
Here’s the simple fact: If you are actually able of doing a good, sophisticated impersonation of anyone you don’t need to alter your appearance.
I mean that.
You don’t need to over-emphasize their voice or cadence for comedic purposes, nor do you need to do anything aside from imitate them...
why is being a woman significant to me?
baddominicana:
-women are over 50% of the world population but do 3/4 of the worlds labor and own only 1% of property and assets
-most of the worlds poor are WOC and their children
-the leading cause of death for women is at the hands of their male partner
-latinas get paid half as much as white men for the same work
-over 90% of ceo’s and government heads are men
-3/5 women are sexually...
Anonymous asked: Being a Black NDN is not the same...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
karnythia:
ihavethisblog:
I’m surprised you could fit so much anti-black sentiment into such a short paragraph.
After de-coding what you are basically saying is that you don’t want nativeness to be associated with blackness. The fact that you say that I would not defend jal if I was “really native” is essentially more of you not wanting “native” to be, in any way,...
“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice
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so-treu:
White House Helped Pay For NYPD Surveillance Of Muslim Neighborhoods
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
The AP confirmed the use of White House money through secret police documents and interviews with current and former city and federal officials. The AP also obtained electronic documents with digital signatures indicating they were created and saved on HIDTA computers. The HIDTA grant...
chocol8luv:
“What motivates people who look “black” to claim to be Indian? When answered in a manner divorced from lived experience, the question produces many misplaced expectations about black and Indian mixed-bloods and demonstrates the fixity with which American race making practices ascribe blackness. The question is central because it engages the problematic American cultural practice of...
Y'know what, I'm just waiting
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
note-a-bear:
seriously, I’m counting down to it, for when the light-skinned Natives will be all “gorsh, you can’t say that’s an Indigenous person, they’re anon! You’re the racist!”
Man, keep on sipping that kool-aid, fuckers.
Maybe if you treat Black-Indians like shit, even more, this will be the time white people give you due props.
poemsofthedead said this already...
Y'know what, I'm just waiting
seriously, I’m counting down to it, for when the light-skinned Natives will be all “gorsh, you can’t say that’s an Indigenous person, they’re anon! You’re the racist!”
Man, keep on sipping that kool-aid, fuckers.
Maybe if you treat Black-Indians like shit, even more, this will be the time white people give you due props.
Anonymous asked: You guys are misunderstanding me....
poemsofthedead:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
karnythia:
jalwhite:
I’m sorry, ya’ll. I should have put serious trigger warnings on all of this shit. That’s my bad. This one is about violence against women.
They treat you like you are Black because that’s how they see you.
Well you aren’t wrong about that.
But let me just tell you, it’s people like you that make me feel unsafe.
Because who...
Supreme Court to decide if corporations can be... →
sarahlee310:
The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely watched by businesses concerned about long and costly litigation.
The high court on Tuesday will consider the reach of a 1789 U.S. law that had been largely dormant until 1980, when human rights lawyers ...
oshki-ayaawi: With solidarity for the shit that... →
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
bbanzaiz:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Like I said at 8am this morning, I plan to post about this all motherfucking day.
So late last night, someone told well known Black NDN jalwhite that “they need to stop talking about being Native because they don’t have the ‘Native’ experience; they just look Black”.
This is the first this is being brought to my attention. Solely...
Afro-Europe →
super-eklectic1:
neoafrican:
Great blog that focuses on Africans and African descendants living in Europe.
yes!!
Signal boosting!!!
Things other PoC need to start doing if they want...
racismschool:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Be aware of, and discuss, the advantages of Not-Blackness in communities.
Can I add…
Don’t ask us to fulfill a role that you are not equally willing to fulfill. Example: You ask us to stand up with you against someone of your ethnicity being treated unfairly, we do. Then you remain silent when we ask you to return the favor.
Why Dominican Feminism Moved to the Right: Class,... →
baddominicana:
not surprisingly, the white elite women dominated the discourse, in tow w the ruling forces, while actively suppressing and oppressing everyone else.
ring bells, ladies?
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Basically:
PoC: experiences racism
Tumblr:
PoC: continues to encounter racism
Tumblr:
PoC: harassed via inbox
Tumblr:
PoC: responds to racism
Tumblr: WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO BE OFFENSIVE GOSH! WE'RE ALL HUMAN. YOU'RE THE REASON RACISM IS STILL A PROBLEM!!!1111!!!!
MEANWHILE...
White person: does something racist
Tumblr: *crickets*
PoC: calls that person racist
Tumblr: HDU THIS IS REVERSE RACISM U ARE EVIL
White person: yeah you're evil you monkey ass bitch!
Tumblr: YEAH CALL THAT NEGRO A MONKEY! AHAHA THAT'LL SHOW THAT COON! GO GET LYNCHED!
PoC: responds in kind
Other white people who just come in: HOW DARE YOU THIS IS MY FRIEND THEY ARE A GOOD WHITE PERSON I AM COMPLETELY IGNORING THE FACT THAT THEY CALLED YOU A MONKEY AND TO GO GET LYNCHED BECAUSE WHAT YOU DID WAS REALLY MEAN
PoC who are white-identifying: YEAH!!! THIS IS WHY PEOPLE THINK WE'RE SO BAD!
PoC: :|
karnythia:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
poemsofthedead:
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
liquornspice:
What I learned from tumblr/Native American studies classes: the only “invisible” Indians who matter are white ones. This anon msg was sent to Jal.
I like your blog but you always go to far with Black stuff. The statistics about Native women being abused do you think that includes you? Would you be...
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Feminist XYZ
baddominicana:
redlightpolitics:
Blah blah blah noise. Blah blah more noise, followed by some farting, blah blah *reputation* blah blah Femmmmmminnnnnism we represent and ha ha ha you do not! WE DO. Blah blah blah. *GASP* CAREER.
Y’all, I am depressed. I can’t with that shit. Which is why I haven’t said anything about it.
I thought if I pressed my fingers into my ears and made some noises,...
baddominicana:
Kickass Openly Gay Native American Woman Elected to State Legislature
cassket:
Nine Native Americans have served in the Minnesota state legislature since the state’s founding, and all of them have been men. But on Tuesday, The Land of 10,000 Lakes chose via special election its first ever Native American woman to serve on its state legislature, and the first Native American...
fangirlmarena asked: #3 is one of many reasons why...
jalwhite:
fangirlmarena:
jalwhite:
Yes.
I have struggled with this a lot. I use the #NDN hashtag because it’s important for me to claim it and to contribute to what the definition of it is / can be — and it has meaning for me outside of Tumblr. Plus, I do feel community with folks - but in my head that list is very clear. My NDN community is not the same as THE #NDN community. It can’t...
