Black Twitter Drags New Black Celebs
One of the first and most influential users of the tag, #BlackCelebsBeLike, was Zellie Imani, an activist and blogger behind the website black-culture. “The goal really was to challenge the pedestal we sometimes put celebrities on and not to allow media to use them as spokespersons for [all] black people,” he tells BBC Trending via email.
Imani mentioned the remarks by Common and Terrence Howard. “I was surprised that the hashtag took off so fast but i wasn’t surprised at how many people felt about the issue,” he says. “Celebrities experience racism and discrimination even when they are in denial of its existence. Denying racism doesn’t make it exist any less.”
Month: March 2015
White people don’t undertand that they have benefited from the systematic discrimination of black people. The GI Bill, Housing, Jobs, education, public transportation, highways, banking and credit. All these things provide people with the means to move up in society. When these things are denied to black people that is racism. And these are just the big, obvious things.
“Unless you make a change, yes you are.”
IT’S THAT FUCKING SIMPLE.
If you are unwilling to change the racist system your ancestors put in place, then you are just as guilty.
“Unless you make a change, yes you are.” holy shit. boost this to the fucking heavens. I’m making shirts of this
Exactly. If you are not working to change the system, you are supporting it
EXACTLY
“You can’t blame people for what their forefathers did, you have to look to the future” They get mad when we talk about their legacies though…..
The truth, though.
Curious about BDSM? In the NYC Area?
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Come to: (Almost) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Kink* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Description:
Panel Discussion, moderated by Gleeful Abandon
After seeing BDSM in the news because of a certain unnamed movie franchise, do you feel shades of uncertainty? At this panel, we will go over some of the most common questions asked by those curious about the Kink Scene (or who know someone who’s curious), and address common misconceptions and myths floating around.
Or, do you have FAQs you think have yet to be addressed? Feel free to come with more questions- we want to hear what you want to know! All experience levels welcome.
Location -TRS – 40 Exchange Place (3rd Floor), New York, NY
Doors open at 7:30 pm – Meeting begins at 8 pm
How much:
TES Members $5, Students with ID and Reciprocal Groups $10, Non-Members/Non-Reciprocal Group $20When: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 · 8:00 PM –10:00 PM
Where: TRS – 40 Exchange Place (3rd Floor), New York, NYTRS – 40 Exchange Place (3rd Floor), New York, NY
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He said that he would like to experiment with tease and denial more. She decided that there was no time like the present.
Forever reblog.