May 2013
28 posts
“You’re not an African because you’re born in Africa. You’re an African because...”
– Marimba Ani (via specialnights)
“Who will love our daughters?
Who will love our daughters when abuse is the...”
– Jada pinkett smith (via myblackisbeautiful2)
: there are people in this world that have never... →
blunthought:
there are people
in this world
that have never consciously
known i exist,
i speak to them
fluently
every night.
matched
by voices
of energy
surrounding them,
often screaming out
to our inattentive
ears and minds.
-
last night i spoke
to a stone in a…
: “love is a battlefield” -
the days of daze... →
blunthought:
“love is a battlefield”
-
the days of daze
passed
as i contemplated
how love could be
compared to a militaristic paradox
of who owns what land
as if land could be owned,
as if i could be owned.
once you have
conquered me,
what is left?
-
“us against the…
This guy is the truth.
Outspoken
11 tags
“Ode To You, Woman
You ARE beautiful today. Not just today but everyday....”
– Shelly Gray
Ann Cunter claims that the new Star Trek Film has... →
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter walked out of a screening of Star Trek: Into Darknesslast night, saying that the science fiction adventure had “too many minorities.”
According to witnesses at Regal Cinemas in New York, the controversial author was seen cursing out the screen and exiting about half an hour into the picture.
In an interview on Sean Hannity’s radio show today Coulter defended...
Spelman's first twin valedictorians!
belindapendragon:
theblackcollegian:
“Please join us in congratulating identical twins Kirstie and Kristie Bronner, they have been named co-valedictorians for Spelman College Class of 2013 with a 4.0 GPA. The Bronner sisters are Atlanta natives who are making history as the first twins to receive the designation in the history of Spelman College.”
(via Girls2Greatness)
CONGRATULATIONS TO...
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“Let me reduce your culture to a party theme, a costume that I wear on Halloween,...”
– What I hear when people defend cultural appropriation (via colormeradical)
April 2013
21 posts
theatomicboom:
I don’t get people who don’t like reading.
I mean, there are people who are so proud to say that they haven’t read a book since high school.
Like, am I supposed to be impressed by that?
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I am the product of racial mixing and I LOVE interracial couples (obviously, I post them all the time). I cannot ;even simply by genealogy; (and my love for all races be racist) nor would I want to be. I know and believe that racial discrimination is a manmade, hateful, ugly thing that should be eradicated. I am however aware of it’s effects on all who exist on this planet and I think that...
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Let me be clear about the last post I uploaded. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG with asking about someone’s ethnicity or background out of curiosity; but to try and give a black person a compliment by saying they’re nice looking BECAUSE they look like they have caucasian, hispanic, or other blood IS NOT a compliment. Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, and all other people are absolutely beautiful..but so are...
Things that say a lot about people:
the way which they treat the waiter/waitress
how they feel about the weather
whether they dog ear pages or highlight in books
fingernails
and hands in general
their preferred creative outlet
how much they dread/enjoy talking on the phone
whether or not they drink coffee
if they ever forget to eat
how honest they are with themselves (and others)
if...
Lala ngoxolo Gogo.
Rest in peace Grandmother.
“Because when a man tells a Black woman that she looks mixed as a form of...”
– Shayla Pierce, Why Saying I Look “Mixed” Isn’t A Compliment (via theraceproblem)
Or the shock when folks actually find your Black ass attractive and you’re so obviously not recently mixed.
(via witchsistah)
I hate that bullshit. I dont’ find it a compliment when people say shit about me being...
Let's Pretend It's Love: In reality... →
thr0ughmyv3ins:
I know this website is infested with pictures of unrealistically beautiful girls but that doesn’t mean you have to look like them to be beautiful. It’s great to have a goal but getting yourself there by starving yourself, exercising till you physically can’t any longer, or a combination of the two…
this.
March 2013
41 posts
