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this past weekend was the one year anniversary of mike brown’s death. this quote was taken from a post solange made on Instagram during the national protests that followed (pictured).
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A few of my favorite things
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- White people trying to explain the civil war to me (”You see! The North was racist too! The whole time! Aren’t you glad I revealed this secret to you? Can I fly the confederate flag now?”)
- White people trying to explain black history to me
- White people trying to explain intersectional feminism to me
- White people trying to explain womynism to me
- White people trying to explain intuitional racism to me
- White people trying to explain political issues that revolve around anti-blackness to me
- White people trying to explain that race isn’t biological (”You see! We’re all the same genetically! Racism is over. I have done it. You’re welcome.”)
Yo, wtf is this shit?! This man is trying to make a difference but y’all won’t let him, let this man do his thing cause he’s proven that he’s here for us that he wants change, if anything y’all need to interrupt Trump, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz hell even Hillary Clinton. Wtf is this going to solve by interrupting someone who constantly shows his support for us?
Edit: this is not an attack on The Black Lives Matter Movement, I still support the movement but this act was unnecessary. The only positive thing that came from this is that it showed us that white liberals aren’t as progressive as they think.
No but see here’s the thing.
BLM has been asking Sanders for a plan. Sanders has, frankly, responded poorly. He has insisted that racial inequality comes from economic inequality and that if he solves one it will solve the other.
Yes. This happened. As though there is no racism. As though there is only classism.
BLM (rightfully) didn’t accept that, and stepped their game up. Twice they have interrupted his rallies because, frankly, his plans as they stood were not going to help black people.
Lo and behold – Bernie wised up. He called an attorney and member of BLM and (importantly) black woman, Symone Sanders (no relation). And he said, “What am I doing wrong?”
In a long meeting, she told him. And at the end of that meeting, he hired her as his new press secretary. Now he has released an ACTUAL PLAN for criminal justice reform. Now he has pledged ACTUAL SUPPORT to BLM.
Saying you want to help is not the same as helping. Black people were not obligated to give Bernie a pass just because he said his plan would help them, when he would not even listen to them or accept their criticism of his platform.
Now he is listening. Now he has to follow through. And we should not be critical of the protesters who got through to him, when no one else could, and made him see the error of his ways.
THANK YOU
What they won’t show you on CNN tonight: Ferguson residents line a parade of roses down W Florissant, leading to where Mike Brown was taken from this world. #staywoke #powerful #insolidarity
This is why people need to stop saying #AllLivesMatter
Over the weekend, democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley responded to Black Lives Matter protestors with a familiar phrase “Black lives matter. White lives matter. All lives matter.“ His intentions were good, but horribly misguided. What makes #AllLivesMatter so problematic? One Reddit user broke it down with a perfect analogy
#DearNonNatives happened yesterday. Signal boost this and support! This hashtag needs more traction.
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All attributed motivations are approximate. All races are unconfirmed. All crimes are alleged. All oppression is interconnected.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority kills in order to feel powerful. He kills nine black parishioners because black people are all the same to him and he needs to do what he needs to do to remind the world that he is dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority tries to kill in order to feel powerful. He crashes in the midst of trying to run someone over with his car because “go back to the country you came from” and don’t tell him not to use the business’ phone because he is dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority stabs in order to feel powerful. He stabs three musicians because ew gay and “skinny jeans” and he will show them what happens to fags because he is dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority kills in order to feel powerful. He shoots a Muslim man in the head at a four-way stop because “go back to Islam” – or maybe a traffic dispute – because it was his turn to go, damn it, because he is dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority kills in order to feel powerful. He kills a lion because it’s one of the most majestic creatures he can think of and being able to kill it affirms that he is its dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority threatens murder in order to feel powerful. He retaliates against a black woman because she refuses to perform subservience and “I will light you up” if that’s what it takes to show you people that I am dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority kills in order to feel powerful. He opens fire on two Native American men he believes are homeless because he’s “tired of watching them” and it is not acceptable that he is uncomfortable or inconvenienced because he is dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority attempts murder in order to feel powerful. He shoots a person in the face because he believes he is an undocumented immigrant – “a fucking Mexican” – because this is his country and, therefore, he is dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority kills serially in order to feel powerful. He pulls a gun and strangles a woman with the intent to torture because he assumes she is nothing to anybody and murdering prostitutes makes him feel dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority kills in order to feel powerful. He, a police officer, shoots a man in the face because he might be getting away; black lives don’t matter because he is dominant.
White American male with a weapon who believes in his own superiority kills in order to feel powerful. He kills women because they insist on doing and saying things that he does not approve of and he doesn’t have to take it anymore because he is dominant.
Summer 2015, so far.
By your own admission you admit you don’t know exactly what happened when you said “this needs to be investigated to explore all options, whether suicide, murder or manslaughter.” Again you admit there needs to be an investigation when you said “There were many policy and procedure violations, as well as inconsistencies in the police departments stories and errors in reports.” After the video we don’t know what happened but you “blame the police and white supremacist capitalist patriarchy.” Huh?
StandardYes, The angry Black woman narrative, rationalizes abuse & violence against Black women.
It is a mechanism of white supremacist patriarchy that strips Black Women of their humanity.
Sandra was labeled as “combative”. The angry Black woman trope is dangerous. White supremacist patriarchy is a threat to Black bodies.
So yes, I blame white supremacy capitalist patriarchy and the State that perpetuates, reinforces and performs anti-Blackness and anti-Black misogyny for the arrest of Sandra Bland that lead to her death in the cell.
If she wasn’t arrested, she would have never died in the cell.
Period.
zellie