“I told her ‘because God gave you that skin colour, because you’re a proud blackfella like mum’.”
Since speaking to the media, Samara and Rachel have received hundreds of messages of support online. Samara has been invited to perform in the Disney on Ice Dare to Dream show and indigenous rapper Adam Briggs has invited her to star in his new music video — she will play a young Cathy Freeman.
“We are very overwhelmed and shocked by the kindness of people. I didn’t think people would care so much,” Ms Muir told The Courier.
“I can’t express how much it has meant to us. I just thought it would be a story people would click past and forget. To know that she has touched so many people … that they see her how I see her, is just incredible.”
Ms Muir said she reads all the messages to her daughter.
“After every message Samara smiles and says ‘thankyou your majesty’,” Ms Muir said.
“She is back to her proud, beautiful Aboriginal self.”
Yes baby, do it to it with your beautiful indigenous self. We all love you.
Adventure Time: it sucks that it couldn’t be explicitly stated that Bubblegum and Marceline had a romantic history together but the subtext is nice
Legend of Korra: Though they had to make it much subtler and toned down than the hetero relationships it’s so good that there’s a same-sex canon endgame couple
Steven Univerise: sign me the FUCK up 👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀 good shit go౦ԁ sHit👌 thats ✔ some good👌👌shit right👌👌th 👌 ere👌👌👌 right✔there ✔✔if i do ƽaү so my selｆ 💯 i say so 💯 thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ) mMMMMᎷМ💯 👌👌 👌НO0ОଠＯOOＯOОଠଠOoooᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ👌 👌👌 👌 💯 👌 👀 👀 👀 👌👌Good shit
I was wondering why none of the black writers on OITNB called out the whites for having Taystee basically tell another black inmate to stop pulling the race card and then I remembered that the show has no black writers, and that the one POC writer on the staff, a Latino man, left after the first season. How can you make a show about the experiences of women of color in prison and have no women of color (or people of color at all) writing for your show?
Why do people make such a big deal about diversity? Why is it so important that a protagonist in a movie or novel be black? What does it matter if there are no Native-American themed dramas on television? I would argue that there is a strong correlation between diverse content, identity, and self-worth. What I mean is that it is important…no, it is imperative for children of color to see and read about strong characters that they can identity with. Characters that give them a sense of identity, expand their dreams, and increase their self-worth.
why do non-black people of color always do this? why make everything about black people about you?
Black latinas dont exist? That girl is a damn mess
they never miss a chance
How exactly does one represent an ethnicity that’s made up of multiple races???
I am so tired of this because we are never allowed to be exclusive when we do something for black people. We always have to be inclusive because people simply get offended by something being all black. But, when black people get upset at NO REPRESENTATION AT ALL BY ALL MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT/FASHION OUTLETS we’re told “Well, go make your own!”
^^^^^^^^okay⁉️ Meanwhile, how many Latinas even recognize Afro-Latinas? They’re just the Blacks…
Being black is like being the mother of POC. NBPOC think we should create rallies, protests, visibility days, and (apparently) dolls for them. But what POC group (as a whole, not just a few members), are repping for us? Every culture has a slur for black people but then they want us to be their guard dogs.
I’m all for solidarity, but why is it that everyone always expects us to do the hard work?
I feel like being Black/African American makes us the posterchildren for other ethnicities. Like oh, “Black people have something that specifically represents them, that’s nice, BUT WHY DON’T WE!?
Here’s a selection of fantastic LGBT webcomics which have at least one main character who is a person of colour. Check out our LGBTQ webcomic masterlist for more, and feel free to reblog with your own favourites!
Ambrosia: (teen, various) An angel and a human take a road trip fueled by revenge.
All Our Cuts and Bruises: (mature, m/m) Tony Green, banker and father of one, gets roped into adventure against his inclination by Roberto Luciani, esteemed cat burglar and less competent time traveller.
A Woman of Dust: (teen, f/f) A spirited Eternal finds herself the guest of a strange and secretive woman. The more she learns about her host, the more intrigued she becomes.
Sonnet: (everyone, m/m) A fairytale-inspired comic told in a series of seven illustrated sonnets, about two knights that meet by chance while slaying a dragon.
Missing Monday: (teen, f/f) A coming of age webcomic that follows Foyle Leaf and her growing relationship with Monday Rhodes, a girl from another world who appears one day through a doorway in an abandoned clocktower.
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal: (mature, m/m) The agreement is simple: Amal does the driving; TJ pays the way – but a 3500 mile journey leaves plenty of time for things to get complicated.
As the Crow Flies: (teen, various) A story about Charlie — a queer 13 year old girl who finds herself stranded in a dangerous place: an all-white Christian youth backpacking camp.
Valley of the Silk Sky: (teen, various) A YA science fiction comic featuring a cast of characters including queer, trans, and asexual people, and the stories of their adventures in the often-dangerous Pocalo Valley.
Ouroboros: (teen, m/m) High school junior Alex has nothing left of his father but his sword. Until a strange boy appears out of nowhere (literally) and steals it.
Shades of A: (mature, various) When openly asexual Anwar Sardar gets dragged to a kink night by his (soon to be ex) best mate, JD; he is surprised to make friends with Chris Slate, a middle aged transvestite with a penchant for Dr Who.
Princess Princess: (everyone, f/f) Amira and Sadie are two very different princesses who decide to take their happily ever after into their own hands.
Prince of Cats: (teen, m/m) Lee Andrew Holtzer is seventeen and should only be worrying about one thing: getting into college. Unfortunately, the talking cats are making that a bit difficult. Luckily, he’s got the support and confidence of his best friend, Frank.
Relativity: (everyone, f/f) Fifteen years from now, Irina Novak sets off on the first manned lightspeed flight, with unexpected consequences to herself and her marriage.
Carrots: (everyone, m/m) A short story about a travelling hero and a single dad.
Dicebox: (mature, f/f) The story of an eventful year in the lives of Griffen & Molly who started off as a couple of itinerant factory workers in a space-traveling future.
A important list
I made it onto a list with these other fantastic people 😀
[stands on the roof of my house] MORE HISPANIC/LATINO REPRESENTATION [pulls out megaphone] MORE HISPANIC/LATINO REPRESENTATION THAT ISNT GANGSTERS, DRUG LORDS, AND THEIR WHORES [screams to the heavens] MORE HISPANIC/LATINO REPRESENTATION THAT SHOWS THAT NOT EVERY HISPANIC IS A CRIMINAL OR A CRIMINALS GIRLFRIEND AND ARE IN FACT ACTUAL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY [drops megaphone] thank you.
