I really wish y’all would understand that AAVE is a legitimate form of English just like Gullah and Patois and isn’t just a bunch of random words thrown together like fuckboy and thot…
It’s really insulting actually that you guys think of it that way. Whenever y’all comprise lists of what AAVE is it’s literally just a bunch of slang that you hear on social media with no mention of how some of us say “yo” instead of “your” or “finna” instead of “about to” or “gone” instead of “going to” and those are the words that deem black people unintelligent most of the time because it’s not just a bunch of cool catchy sayings that young black people use. So when people think of AAVE they just think it’s something related to being a young black person because all that slang is only used by us.
My grandparents use AAVE, my mom uses it, it holds a lot more weight than just calling people fuckboys…
oppression
Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows – a crash discourse on black culture.
Made by me and youre-a-virgin-who-cant-drive for our history class :+)
i love her and i want to be her best friend.
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Just a reminder: What the police said about Tamir Rice’s death before they realized there was video footage.
DO. NOT. FORGET.
I DON’T HATE WHITE PEOPLE.
I hate the system of white supremacy that gives them asymmetrical power & unmerited privilege.I DON’T HATE COPS.
I hate the pattern of police brutality that systematically harasses & kills black people & other people of color with impunity.I DON’T HATE SOLDIERS.
I hate the horror of war that terrorizes the most politically and economically vulnerable among us.I DON’T HATE RICH PEOPLE.
I hate the system of capitalism that creates an elite 1% at the expense of the rest of us.It is precisely because of my love for humanity that I get enraged at system’s that prevent people from flourishing & being free.
It’s frustrating to see my righteous anger at unjust systems interpreted as hatred for individuals, but it’s more frustrating to see the oppressed suffer while those maladjusted to injustice remain silent.
I WON’T BE SILENT. SILENCE IS VIOLENCE.
Nyle Fort (via thetalkoflove)
Just a your daily reminder that slavery was ended 152 years ago and not 500, 400, 300 or even 200. 152. That is all.
Standardand not even completely abolished.
Mississippi JUST ratified the 13th amendment in 2013.
prisons are exempt from the 13th amendment in ALL states
Black Americans have a problem.
No matter how hard they try, they can’t seem to avoid getting harassed, beaten or killed by the police. They’re constantly being told how to change this fact: respect the law, respect authority, respect themselves, respect each other. They’re being told, in so many words, that the problem is them.
But the truth is, black Americans have been trying to escape conflict for years. They’ve taken notes, worked hard and gained access to some of the best schools and jobs available. They’ve pulled up their pants and tied their ties, become students and professors and everything else America claimed would make them respectable men and women.
They’ve done it assuming it would shield them from harm. Yet every day, they face the reality that this doesn’t seem to be working.
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.
Me loving Laverne Cox and thinking she’s beautiful or wanting to be an influential speaker like her one day does not magically cure me of my transmisogyny. Wishing that Amiyah Scott would be my wife/personal stylist does not magically cure me of my transmisogyny. Screeching like the fangirl that I am when Janet Mock oh so casually spills tea on Twitter does not cure me of transmisogyny. And that goes for every other cis person out there too. Let’s not act like captioning a pic of Laverne with “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAS” means that we will never again have to be self-reflective and examine the ways in which we may contribute to large scale transmisogyny. :/
Personal reminder.
Quick P.S.A
The only people on this planet that have any business discussing how Black people chose to use the n-word (either version), is other Black People. Some Black People have modified it to as mark of camaraderie, taking a word created to destroy as and use it as a word to empower us.
Some Black People will literally drop everything and beat you to the ground for using it in their presence.
Some Black People shrug their shoulders and go on about their day because they simply chose not to acknowledge the word period.
All of these viewpoints and the ones in between and beyond are valid to the Black People who hold them. I don’t have the time or energy to explain why this is the case cause it would take forever, but let me put it like this….
A society that has sought to pathologically and systematically destroy a group of peoples do not get to comment on how they put themselves back together. Period.
So with that being said, I do not care who you are, how old you are, or how many Black friends you have. I don’t care if you helped Dr. King put on his shoes in the morning. If you are not Black, your opinion on the n-word is null and void.
A society that has sought to pathologically and systematically destroy a group of peoples do not get to comment on how they put themselves back together. Period.