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alwaysbewoke · 2 days
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typhlonectes · 8 months
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radicalgraff · 7 months
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"ARABS GET OUT" fixed to say "YOU GET OUT"
Covering racist graffiti in Ankara, Turkey
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queen-mabs-revenge · 7 months
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White Man
Sure, I know you! You’re a White Man. I’m a Negro. You take all the best jobs And leave us the garbage cans to empty and The halls to clean. You have a good time in a big house at Palm Beach And rent us the back alleys And the dirty slums. You enjoy Rome— And take Ethiopia. White Man! White Man! Let Louis Armstrong play it— And you copyright it And make the money. You're the smart guy, White Man! You got everything! But now, I hear your name ain't really White Man. I hear it’s something Marx wrote down — Fifty years ago— That rich people don’t like to read. Is that true, White Man? Is your name in a book Called The Communist Manifesto? Is your name spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-T? Are you always a White Man? Huh?
— Langston Hughes, New Masses, 15 Dec 1936
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degeneratedworker · 11 months
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"Brotherhood and equality for all nations!" Soviet Union 1963
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edenfenixblogs · 20 days
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I feel like what is disturbing about (some) people discussing the Israel/Palestine conflict is that they insist that most major news sources actually can’t be trusted because the news sources are secretly lying all the time. And I feel like that is what conspiracy theories are, the insistence that everyone is lying to you, and that you should only trust these people. I feel like I was falling into it too, I was starting to believe it.
I’d always told myself before that I would never fail for conspiracy theories because I am a reasonable person, but clearly this isn’t true. I can fall for conspiracy theories if I am not always careful, and complacency is dangerous.
I feel like this same idea applies to antisemitism. People think, “I can’t be antisemitic because I want equality for all people”, but we can if we’re not careful. Complacency is dangerous.
Oh, @jellymarbles! This is very insightful!!!! Look, every major news source has flaws and bias. That is and will always be true. Because it is written by people. And all people have bias. And that's ok! The problems only arise if people allow their writing to consistently and only favor bias in one direction and leave no room for uncomfortable but necessary information from other viewpoints.
If anyone is telling you not to trust "the media" or "the mainstream media," then they are not only untrustworthy on any issue, but are likely especially dangerous on any issue where antisemitism is likely to occur. This is because it is usually rooted (whether the person is knowingly being antisemitic or not) in the conspiracy theory that Jewish people control "the media."
Anyone behaving responsibly would not urge you to shun mainstream sources. Rather, people behaving responsibly will urge you to develop the very necessary skill of media literacy, which will enable you to better discern which sources are trustworthy in a variety of situations. Whenever evaluating any source, but especially when dealing in issues that involve strong and volatile opinions and contested information from a variety of voices, it is vital to critically evaluate your sources using trusted media evaluation tools, like Media Bias/Fact Check. Fact check the story details too, if possible.
You are a private citizen. You are not a journalist. You are not an international diplomat. You are not a crisis negotiator. There is no reason for you to feel pressured to respond to everything quickly. Nobody will benefit from you responding to things you don't have appropriate information on. It is not your job to respond to all information as you encounter it.
There is no prize for speaking up first or most or loudest.
Rather, you will always be the most trusted human source if you take the time to know what you're speaking about fully before you speak. If you feel an urgent need to say something because you directly wish to help someone you know, sharing unverified and possibly false information is never the way to go. Rather, instead of trying to prove your commitment to a cause with self-righteous anger, reach out to the person you wish to help directly. Tell them you know that they are going through a rough time. You may not always know what to say or what you need to share, but say that you are committed to always sharing verifiable and the information, but that you also don't need the affected person to act as a news source for you. And in the meantime, you don't need news stories to be there for a friend. Lending an ear and some comfort to someone directly will mean more than shouting into the void. Personally, I'm always a little uncomfortable when I see non-Jewish and non-Muslim/Arab/Palestinian people I know screaming onto the internet about issues related to i/p when they have never actually taken the time to talk to a single Jewish person about how they actually feel about any of it (or when they only talk to Jewish people to determine whether they are Evil Zionists or Actual Humans).
Many people are willing to make sweeping statements about how all Jews feel about Israel or zionism or Netanyahu, but aren't willing to actually have a conversation about any of those things to find out if their assumptions are correct--let alone to see if the Jewish person in question has insights into issues they haven't thought of before. (Hint: as an oft-ignored micro-minority, Jews do often have insights that are not adequately understood by those who have refused to interact with us)
I can only imagine that Palestinian people as well as Muslims and Arabs in general experience similar bigotry when people make assumptions about their views of Jews, the politico-religious ideology of Islamism (which I'm acutely aware is different than the religion of Islam), the i/p conflict, Hamas, and a variety of other issues.
Because make no mistake, choosing to ignore your responsibility of media literacy during a time of stochastic terror for multiple groups is to support that terror. Choosing to ignore media you disagree with because you disagree with it and not because the source is wrong or untrustworthy is the same as making a conscious choice to be stubbornly set in your ways at the expense of people desperately trying to make themselves heard.
In other words, choosing to maintain media illiteracy is choosing bigotry.
That said, you'll make mistakes sometimes. It's inevitable, and that's ok. Just today I deleted a post I reblogged about the extremely good and worthwhile charity organizatin Anera that is providing much needed aid to Gaza at the moment. Is that because I stopped supporting the organization? Is that because I hate Palestine and its suffering citizens? OF COURSE NOT! Rather, the person I shared it from had a blog full of hateful antisemitic content and misinformation. I couldn't direct my followers to a resource like that, because I can and must share information from sources worth listening to. If a bigot is your only way of sharing information about something, then that information is useless. If the information is actually useful, you'll be able to share it from a source who isn't dangerous.
There are many trustworthy people who regularly share information about Anera as well as other organizations that are providing aid to those suffering in the region, by the way.
It i so easy to think that a post is innocuous enough to share without fact checking. But bigotry can sneak in to a lot of places. I didn't know about the person I reblogged from until a follower pointed it out to me. Someone trustworthy will act swiftly to amend the information and thank you for the information rather than acting offended that you dared to question them. And a trustworthy source certainly won't continue to behave irresponsibly or allow others to behave irresponsibly on their behalf without putting in any effort to do better in the future.
You will make mistakes. It's OK. Don't let the fear of making a mistake stop you from taking action to help. Just be sure not to let your desire to help turn into causing actual harm. As long as you try your best and keep an open heart, all reasonable people will understand if you stumble now and again.
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As always, feel free to explore my #Media Literacy tag for more info and discourse on the subject.
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[...]The language we use to talk about racism is obviously distorted, a big clue that something is being hidden. It's pretty easy to pinpoint the source: most White people can't handle talking about racism. We flail. We don't understand the subject, we get really uncomfortable, and we either clam up because we don't want to say the wrong thing, or we bust out the whitesplaining (FYI, this is a best-case scenario. It can be much worse).
To mitigate our shortcomings, we surround ourselves with comforting words. Words that feel neutral. Words that don't point fingers (at us). Words that center Whiteness, while erasing the harshness of discrimination and segregation. We reject words that we feel are too direct, that might reveal complicity on our part.
[...]Dr. Robin DiAngelo, a White critical racial and social justice educator who created the term "White Fragility," breaks it down like this:
"White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds white expectations for racial comfort while at the same time lowering the ability to tolerate racial stress, leading to what I refer to as White Fragility."
White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium."
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We've had all the basic ideas we've needed to understand racism for a long time. The only reason to pay attention to the packaging is to observe that it's pointing to the real problem: the idea that we as White people are entitled to be lazy. We expect to be served knowledge about race and racism in palatable doses. We expect to rest in our fragility.
The solution: Put in work. We are not newborn babies or fancy teacups. We have the ability to actively seek knowledge and understanding.
As Vernā Meyers says, "not enough White people have done their work":
"After all the resources spent and goodwill extended, many white people, in exasperation, ask me why we haven't gotten further in racial understanding or increasing the diversity in our workplaces and lives. Sometimes, they don't like my response. I tell them what I have come to believe. Not enough white people have done their work: the work of seeing the barriers to true meritocracy, the work of putting themselves in the shoes of black people to learn more about their experiences and perceptions, the work of understanding how being white has shaped their worldview and self-perceptions, and the work of gaining the skills of deciphering and managing cross-racial and cultural dynamics. That's a lot of work, but without it you cannot create fundamental change in your sphere of influence."
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The full article is worth the read.
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consultingwives · 3 months
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i don't if there's another person with ocd who needs to hear this but obsessing about not being racist is not how you become an anti-racist.
by which i mean, i think there are a lot of factors, many of them related to the way we discuss social justice and liberation for marginalized groups online, that create a perfect storm for people with ocd. and you end up just lying up at night thinking about all the racist things you might ever have done or have thought about doing, or the intrusive racist thoughts that might have popped into your head at any point.
when you're doing the work to overcome ocd sometimes this falls into a blind spot because you think, well, it must be a good thing that i'm spending all this time kicking myself, because that's what the internet tells you is productive. sit there and flagellate yourself and if you feel bad enough for long enough eventually you will be transformed into a perfect anti-racist through that mental suffering.
and it's just not true. if you're white (which i am), we don't become better anti-racists by spending a bunch of time ruminating over what we, as white people, think is racist or might have been racist or could be racist in the future, or for kicking ourselves repeatedly for all the times we've been racist (because we have been! it doesn't make us Bad or Evil, it makes us humans affected by growing up in a deeply racist society, who, i presume if you are reading this post, are trying to do better). you become a better anti-racist by reading, watching, and listening to people affected by racism.
it's kinder to yourself and more productive to your anti-racist education to spend 30 minutes a day reading james baldwin, angela davis, and frantz fanon, or watching f.d. signifier and princess weekes, and dispose of the three hours a day you spend ruminating on your own sins. it's just a deeply christian way of experiencing and engaging with the world and it's not helpful or good! it doesn't benefit anyone, least of all you. it just makes you a bitter, anxious person, and it doesn't teach you anything.
this basically clicked for me when i started thinking about the advice given to anxious people to "set aside 10 minutes a day for worrying". it's good advice, but sometimes you don't realize exactly how applicable it is to things beyond the everyday worrying about like, your next medical appointment or whether 2 hours is enough time to get to the airport. worrying about being a racist piece of shit counts as worrying.
(btw this also applies to other forms of bigotry that get deeply ingrained by society)
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stonebutchwritings · 1 month
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IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT PALESTINIANS IN RAFAH, PLEASE SHARE THIS
this is a list of funds vetted by @jenanmatari, a palestinian activist.
(while you should donate to palestinians unless proved scammers, this is a really helpful resource in donating)
most of these are evacuation funds, since so many people are trying to evacuate right now. the price-gouging for evacuation is higher than ever. while they should be able to stay in palestine, the reality is that ethnic cleansing by moving is a lot more favorable to people than ethnic cleansing by death. please give what you can.
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whitehorsevale · 4 months
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New anti-racism just dropped: Freedom Is Slavery
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agirlnamedbone · 10 months
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Sister Corita Kent // 1969
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alwaysbewoke · 2 days
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pennydykedaughter · 13 days
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oc. 2020
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bnwo-warrior · 3 days
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This account is happily and thoroughly RACE TRAITOR! If you aren't actively anti-yt, anti-racist and totally opposed to whiteness, then I don't have any use for you. I'm a mutherfuckin RACE TRAITOR bitch! a fuckin' SLAVE to the Supreme Black Race! If you can't accept that, keep moving cause I ain't got nuthin for ya! Fuck the yt race! ♠️💯
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artist-issues · 7 months
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Snow White's Race and Skin Color Are Not Integral to the Story.
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They're just not. It doesn't matter if she's brown or black or white or literally anything in color. Im sorry. I know it's a talking point, but it's not a very good one if you know how many different cultures have stories with the exact same point and themes as the popularized German version that Disney's is based off of.
I know, I know, it's in the name, her NAME is "Snow White," how can whether or not she's white not be a thing?? Because the point of Snow White is not "she's white." The point of Snow White is, "she's pure and beautiful." And the popular version just uses the symbolism of "Snow" to make that point with a clever name. She could also have been named after her "blood-red lips" or her "ebony-black hair."
But they didn't name her "Blood-Red." They named her "Snow White." Because the point wasn't really on the way one specific feature looked--it was on who she was. Pure.
It's a story about purity. So sure, the Disney version--and the only versions in any cultures that can lay accurate claim to the title "Snow White--" depict the lead character with white skin.
But that really only matters to the story if you're trying to associate her, by look, with the color of snow. Which you don't strictly need to do. Because the color of snow is not the only way to communicate "this girl is pure and innocent."
Any skin color can go into portraying that. There's lots of different ways to say "pure and innocent."
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You can say, "but this proves that the Live Action Disney creators are racist against white people now; they're erasing white people culture! They're erasing white people history! They're just being ridiculous, because the word "white" is in her name!"
You can say all that if you feel like it. But those are different issues than the one I'm talking about, and for the sake of argument, it should be very clear: The STORY does not need the Princess to have pale skin in order to work.
(The character doesn't even need pale skin for her name to still be "Snow White," because again, the snow-and-white-thing was only a word picture for "purity." Her name could also be "Silver" or "Salt" or "Refined Gold" or "Filtered Water." It would all serve the same purpose. It just maybe wouldn't have the double-ness of the meaning unless her hair is refined gold-colored or her eyes are the color of filtered water or something. You get what I'm saying)
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thoughtportal · 1 year
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the history of Caucasian as a term for white
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race
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