June 2012
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#35
thisiswhiteprivilege:
White privilege is when you can wear hair pieces, weaves of different colors, and dreds/locs and be considered hip or even cool. Whereas POC are called fake, ghetto, or dirty.
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Anonymous asked: Hi, I'm pretty new here, so I wanted to ask you: where do you see white people fitting in with PoC's struggle for equality? I mean, obviously we're not going to be speaking for others when we have no idea what they've been through and have that be the answer, but at the same time apathy isn't an option. So, basically, where can white people fit into this without being in...
May 2012
Woman v. The Government
Woman: I cannot afford to have a child right now. Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant but I cannot afford to have a child and I'm not ready to be a parent. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I had the child, but I cannot afford to raise him. Will you help me out?
Government: No.
Woman: I guess I'll have to give my child up for adoption.
Barry and Steve: We would love to raise your child. We have been in a committed relationship for 15 years. We have steady careers and are very successful and financially stable. We love children and wish to provide a loving nurturing environment for your child. Would you be willing to give your child to us?
Woman: Sure, as long as it's ok with the government.
Government: No.
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Teacher: Schools almost over
Teacher: and this is crazy
Teacher: but here's three projects
Teacher: due friday
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ianishollywood asked: Darkness on the Edge of Town and Nebraska are really the best places to start with him. I love Bruce, but at the same time he is the epitome of the masculine white male liberal.
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lawd-knows asked: Not really all that into him, but Springsteen's song about Amadou Diallo (21 Shots) is pretty nice. It caught me off guard one night randomly cruising youtube. It was a very recent live recording (potentially a response to Trayvon's shooting) and he really went in, energy on a thousand hunnid.
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Anonymous asked: Also give Sign o' the Times by Prince a listen.
Openly gay Latina wins Texas congressional seat
basiacat:
heysammy:
nbclatino:
(Courtesy Mary Gonzalez)
Mary Gonzalez told them she was the best candidate to represent them and El Paso voters agreed, but along the way, the 28-year-old doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin broke her share of barriers.
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wait wait wait
female
Texan
Latina
openly gay
twenty-eight years old
Lady, you are officially the...
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sonottechsavvy asked: Album of the same name.
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raisedbyskunks asked: darkness on the edge of town is my personal fav
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downtherebythetrain asked: Darkness on the Edge of Town. To put it in context, it's the album after Born to Run, so it's like he's left town, he's reached The Promised Land he set out for... and found that it's just a different kind of darkness as the one he left behind. To me the album sounds like a Civil War that a man is having with himself, but in triumphant and romanticised way. That's...
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alexeikaramazov asked: Have you listened to Born to Run or The River?
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couchdeath asked: The album "Nebraska" will make you love Bruce Springsteen.
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goldenadj asked: I'd recommend "Nebraska," "Born to Run," or "Darkness on the Edge of Town" if you wanna get into Bruce. They're all pretty different from one another. BTR is my favorite because it showcases the E-Street Band more than the others, and I think a lot of Clarence Clemons' best saxophone solos are on that album.
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sonottechsavvy asked: A respinse to your Springsteen q: I'm not a BS fan but I liked the song The River , not sure of the album though.
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thedismembermentflan asked: Nebraska is an AMAZING album. A PERFECT album.
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downtherebythetrain asked: I'm very curious to what your thoughts are on Born in The USA. I don't think it's Bruce's best album by a long shot, and it's unfortunate that it's the thing most people know him for because it's very often misunderstood by a lot of clever people who should know better than to be rock-snobs. WOW SORRY, I'm just a very geeky Boss fan.
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Anonymous asked: i like you more than doug. just saying.
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Anonymous asked: My mom likes you too.
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Anonymous asked: I just want to say - never feel discouraged if a white person refuses to listen when you yell at them for being racist. I used to refuse to listen (I'm white) when POC would call me out on my shit and got really upset, but eventually I internalized what they were yelling at me and realized I was totally wrong. So one, yelling does work, and two, there's a fair number of white people who...
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Anonymous asked: is the evil eye/eye of hamsa/hand of fatima jewellery trend that emerged recently considered cultural appropriation? i know you're not middle eastern, but i'd appreciate your input either way
Cis privilege:
autumn-and-eve:
I don’t need to take expensive and extremely dangerous drugs I got from the internet without medical supervision because of my inability to pay for multiple psychological evaluations, or because I was deemed to be not able to make decisions over my own body
“You also left me a really good TV sports package. I use it.”
– Barack Obama, to George W. Bush. (via officialssay)
Quote of the year
zjemptv:
“It’s weird how the definition of ‘ally’ has gone from ‘people outside our group who genuinely support us in our quest for equality’ to ‘people who will withdraw their support if they and their feelings aren’t centered in the discussion’.”
-electricsouls
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Hooch is crazy.
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pantherapardus asked: Is it possible for you to make that last ask about 'sometimes what you say to white people makes me feel an ounce of discomfort...' rebloggable? It's awesome. (if not, I'll get my screenshot skills out)
I'm going to listen to Born in the USA for the...
Thoughts?
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Let's just get one thing straight.
littleojibwe:
This is traditional native clothing:
Eastern Shoshone (Wyoming), Girl’s Dress, beads/leather, c. 1900.
Not this:
Or even this:
Wanna know why that second one still doesn’t count? Because ladies and gents that is Iron Eyes Cody. He was a famous actor who did western movies. He was an Italian that liked to play Native American, not just in his movies, but in real life.
...
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Anonymous asked: is it okay if i eat actual crackers?
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Anonymous asked: Sometimes what you say to white people ("fuck off cracker" etc.,) makes me feel an ounce of discomfort, as a white person. But then I think, imagine that ounce is pounds and tons, and it's all the time, and it comes from people who really have power over me. That puts things in perspective. So in that way I think it's good that you talk the way you do, even if it sort of hurts...