Potent minimalist art sends a strong message about police and vigilante brutality in America
Journalist and artist Shirin Barghi has created a gripping, thought-provoking series of graphics that not only examines racial prejudice in today’s America, but also captures the sense of humanity that often gets lost in news coverage. Titled “Last Words,” the graphics illustrate the last recorded words by Brown and other young black people — Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant and others — who have been killed by police in recent years.
Month: November 2014
do not tell the oppressed how to react to their oppression
(via diariesofadesigirl)
I blinked one day and when I opened my eyes, it was normal to have an American army battling Americans on American streets. No one even calls it a war. But it is.
“And water is wet"…"and fire is hot”
iMho possibly the most totally ignorant or useless comments you could add to almost any post addressing serious subject matters:
Rape culture…”and water is wet”
Structural racism…”and fire is hot”
Misogyny…”water is wet and fire is hot”
A…
if you’re still unlearning internalized problematic shit clap your hands
If you don’t want to hear about black issues it’s probably a good idea not to follow a black person. Go be racist and ugly some where the fuck else.
This is me, flirting.