April 2012
"Use of polite language in an argument leads to... →
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everythingbutharleyquinn:
deaf-autie:
Another reason why being nice when your shit’s on the line isn’t going to get you anywhere.
Yeah, basically, I think when you play too much into that ‘be polite so people will listen’ thing you actually reinforce disparate power dynamics that allow more privileged people to believe they’re doing you a FAVOUR by listening, so you’re still...
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Watchqueerhairyvag:
wtfwhiteprivilege:
Melissa Harris-Perry: “How White People Can Talk About Trayvon Martin
From the video:
#1- it is ok to say B L A C K. It’s not embarassing to mention when a black person is y’know black .
#2- Black is an adjective. Never a noun. ‘black people’ is fine. ‘the blacks’? no.
#3- don’t try to sound insightful or empathic by saying you have black...
March 2012
connorkenwayschoiceaxe:
antivian replied to your post: when korra kissed mako she was actually trying a…
WHAT IS THIS KORRA KISSING MAKO BUSINESS I KEEP SEEING ON MY DASH!? Will someone be so kind as to point me in the direction of this? I can feel my ships a’rockin~
on this video
LORD YES
“And in 45 years of me being on this earth, that was the very first time that I...”
– - Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. speaking to Democracy Now on Thursday. His father, Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., a 68-year-old African-American Marine veteran, was fatally shot in November by White Plains, NY police who responded to a false alarm from his medical alert pendant. The officers broke down...