#anti racist

[eponastory]

So you can read Katara's mind now?

Sorry about the big blue dot, but I had to fit all of this in one screen.

Let's start off with the fact that this person completely disregards the entire character arc of both Zuko and Katara to put this point across.

From what it looks like, Katara is actually okay with being in the Fire Nation. Otherwise, she wouldn't be very comfortable at the BEACH HOUSE at Ember Island, where OZAI laid his head, too. But yeah, let's just glance over that. She even goes to the same theater where the Royal Family frequented when Zuko was a small child and had no issues with it up until the last act of the play. I mean, she had problems with her portrayal, but that was the play. Not the place. She even has fun in the Fire Nation.

Why? Because the Fire Nation is not all bad people. There are a lot of innocent people in the Fire Nation. That's like condemning all Japanese for the bombing of Pearl Harbor... oh wait... that happened. Yeah, Japanese Americans were treated like traitors after Pearl Harbor, even after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Some were forced to live in 10x10 horse stalls. But I digress. You realize what I'm getting at here don't you?

Probably not because you are naive.

I agree that Fire Lady is an irrelevant title. She wouldn't take it anyway, but instead, because she is very good in politics and loves her culture, she'd likely take on a more political role. Ambassador Katara is overused. But I do know that she is a guiding voice for Zuko (this is in the show btw) so maybe his right-hand advisor who gets shit done could work. Remember, they work incredibly well as a team. Plus he's the damn Fire Lord. He'd find a position for her that she could do some good. (I know this is kinda my headcanon, but it's based on information gathered from various source material from the franchise) hell, even a health coordinator would be in the cards.

Anyway, it seems you don't really understand her arc given that she is very good at politics post-war and has the capacity to FORGIVE Zuko and put all of that behind her. I mean... the way you guys make it sound is that she hates everybody. And that isn't true.

#dont come at me with youre silly bullshit #ill shoot it down with facts #zutara #anti anti zutara #anti racist #anti bullshit

[decolonize-the-left]

This weather sure is looking up, huh. The flowers and birds are starting to come out.

We should make plans to do something now that the weather isnt so gloomy

Bring back the old ways throwing bricks at people who keep pushing us into a corner

#lgbt #solidarity #lgbt community #lgbt bills #aclu #current events #usa politics #politics #human rights #supreme court #anti fascist #antifa #anti racist #direct action #leftist #indigenous #capitalism #biden #communists #anarchists #pride #lgbt pride #pride month

[aloeverawrites]

If you want to learn math, no amount of good intentions and warm feelings alone is going to help you understand math.

If you want to learn science you can’t just sympathise with a biology textbook without reading it.

If you want to learn another language you can’t just smile at the text until you understand it.

So if you want to learn how to be an effective ally, you have to learn about the people you’re trying to help and the bigotry you’re trying to fight.

It’s a nice attempt but you can’t purely affection your way out of the bigoted teaching that the dominant culture taught you.

You’re going to have to do some studying.

#you know how well intended disability allies will say “your disability is so inspiring it’s good you don’t let it define you #or how white allies will say “wow you’re so arcticulate! black people can speak properly. #about aave #if you don’t unlearn the bigotry you’re just going to keep spreading it but with good intentions and in a nice way #which is sometimes more frustrating #so you have to learn #human rights #disability #anti racist #antisemitism #trans rights #lgbt rights #intersectional feminism #today I was reading a post and poitingoit to myself the antisemitic state said by someone with good intentions #and then I read a Jewish poster explaining how it was antisemitic #the guy had good intentions but you have to study. me and him were both taught the same things and we have to unlearn it #and I have a lot of unlearning to do #you don’t have to study in a way that’s difficult if you mostly read posts follow people in a minority group that educate about bigotry #and get more resources from them #google if you’re confused #you can do it

[smallblueblondie]

Please never stop ignoring that white supremacy is a huge core element of radfem/terf ideology.

Like yes they hyperenforce gender roles and stereotypes on all cis women, but it is primarily women of color that they target and accuse of being predatory and "not real women" when they're targeting cis women.

The metrics of "real woman vs trans woman" that terfs love to share are almost all just white eurocentric beauty standards. Small nose, thin fine hair, little/no body hair, petite but somehow curvy, hell I've even seen a post saying skin lightness is a determiner.

Terf/radfem circles are racist at their core. You cannot separate radical feminism from it's violently white supremacist roots. You can't have "anti-racist radical feminism", that's a fucking oxymoron. There is a very clean path from terfs to tradfems/tradwifes, to just straight up conservative republican women.

Yes yes always, terfs are super misogynistic. They hurt all women by forcing them back into the little impossible painful boxes that they claim they're fighting. But one of their biggest targets other than trans women is black women. Not to mention ignoring, discrediting, or just straight up trying to erase all the hard work that black trans women did for queer rights.

Radical feminism is very much transphobic, homophobic, and misogynistic. I'm not saying stop addressing it as such. Don't ever do addressing it as such!

But racial feminism is white supremacy in a coat of pink paint. Please never forget that when talking about how it hurts us all.

#feminism #intersectional feminism #fuck terfs #trans rights #queer rights #bipoc rights #black lives master #blm #poc rights #anti racism #anti racist #I'm not super well versed in what to tag anti racism posts but I'm tryin

[radicalgraff]

"Fight old Etonian racists by any means necessary"

Seen in London

#graffiti #graff #vandalism #street art #anti racist #class war

[violottie]

as someone who's gone my ENTIRE life having my name mispronounced at best and ridiculed at worst, this hits

"Do you have an ethnic name? I love when people use their cultural name. What is in a name? Everything is in a name. It is represent who you are and where you from? It could be a reflection of your birth, a prophesy and a statement of who you are!

"As madekuti said, free your mind from the shackles of European supremacy :)" from Chisom 29/Mar/2024:

#anti white supremacy #anti racism #anti racist #people of color #ethnic pride #black pride #black culture #poc #woc #anti blackness #internalised racism

[acetaminofem]

Not the white trans people naming themselves Asian names as an aesthetic... Please have some critical thinking you piece of shit weeaboos.

#txt #gender critical #radfem #radblr #terfblr #terf #radical feminist safe #anti racist #asian #yellowface

[personal-blog243]

Quick thought about cultural appropriation in language discourse….

I am white so I hope I can handle this topic appropriately, but I would like to hear from some POC about if picking up words, slang, or speech patterns from someone of another culture is ALWAYS INHERENTLY insensitive or not.

I am NOT trying to excuse using another cultures accent or dialect to MOCK them because obviously that’s mean, but my state of Tennessee has not been LEGALLY racially segregated since the 1960’s and black teenagers and white teenagers are allowed to be friends now, so I don’t necessarily think that it’s as simple as “white gen z teenagers are STEALING black words”.

Also black Americans have had a MASSIVE influence over pop culture and slang and youth culture ever since Jazz music and record players were invented over 100 years ago so it’s not like today’s white teenagers are only just now discovering black people exist on TikTok. This has been part of the cultural discourse ever since jazz records were able to be sold to people from other cultures.

I am NOT saying that it is ok to MOCK other people’s slang. I am NOT saying that racism and cultural appropriation aren’t still real issues that need fixing. We still unfortunately live in an unequal system.

I am just saying I happen to live just outside of a rapidly growing city that has become more diverse over the past few decades and I live in a country that once claimed to be a “melting pot of diversity” so I think there are ways to blend cultures and pick up on slang in a way that isn’t inherently racist.

Also there is more than just “white people” and “black people” so where do Asians, Latin Americans, Native Americans, etc. and their slang and engagement with other cultures fit into this? I am obviously just one white idiot on tumblr who is NOT an expert so I would hope some POC would weigh in on this? What are some examples that are insensitive and what is not? In what ways might I be missing the point?

#black lives matter #AAVE #blm #cultural diversity #cultural appropriation #cultural appreciation #anthropology #anti racism #anti racist

[sugaronyourtongu3]

If you are friends with, defend, or don’t instantly cut ties with people who have been called out as racists, nazis or fascists, you are also apart of the problem. If people who are hurt by these ideologies tell you how to respond to these people and you ignore that, you’re apart of the problem. If you only care when it begins to affect you, you are a huge part of the problem.

Stop silencing those who are hurt by racists and nazis and silence the racists and nazis. Cut them off, don’t associate with them or you are complicit in their ideologies. You are not showing them consequences or negative responses to their actions. You are complicit.

If you’re guilty of any of these things, take your anti racist and anti patches or punk wear off. Because you clearly don’t actively work for your beliefs. I will actively tear your patches off myself.

Do better.

#punk #diy punk #crust punk #political punk #anti racist #fuck nazis #punk subculture #punk discourse #anti society punks #punk patches #real punk #jew punk #folk punk #punk fashion

[newsfrom-theworld]

the only fitting statement.

I think people don't hate the US enough.

Like who the fuck votes against a ceasefire?

#freepalestine

#palestine #free palestine #pro palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #gaza #news from the world #malcolm x #civil rights #fuck genocide #fuck israel #fuck zionism #boycott israel #anti racist #anti racism #fuck the united states #ceasefire now #ceasefire in gaza #free gaza #palestine genocide #palestinian genocide

[defleftist]

The first time I had a black woman professor she discussed with us the idea that modern football is continued exploitation of the black body for the entertainment of white folks. And I’ve never been a sports fan but that’s an intriguing lens with which to view men risking extreme bodily harm in the form of concussions, heart attacks, etc for our amusement.

#football #american football #super bowl #black history month #black lives matter #black liberation #exploitation #sports #leftist #leftblr #racism #anti racist #anti capitalist

[onemustalwaysbecarefulofbooks]

HOT TAKE: Being disappointed about the casting of Annabeth Chase in the Disney+ PJO show does NOT make you a racist!!!!!

I honestly don’t even come on this website much anymore but I am breaking my silence to shout this from the rooftops. I don’t care what the reaction to this is, I stand by it 10000000000% and you’re not changing my mind.

Is it okay to be excited about the casting? Yes!!! Of course!! Is it also okay to wish there had been a different outcome? ALSO YES.

(And for those of you who are ready to click away, or turn into a furious keyboard warrior before going any further, I sincerely challenge you to read till the end. A weak-minded person refuses to examine things from anything other than their own perspective. Prove me wrong!!!!)

Here’s the real talk most of you aren’t ready to hear. If Rick Riordan collaborated with Disney+ to develop an original show with original characters, with a totally new plot and story and everything, and this girl was cast as the main female lead and people said “Ugh, this is so disappointing, why is she black????” THAT WOULD BE RACIST. If, in our current scenario someone said “I really wish she wasn’t black, black people are ugly/stupid/bad actors/etc.” THAT WOULD BE RACIST. Saying “Annabeth was a white girl with blonde hair in the books so I wish she was being portrayed as a white girl with blonde hair in the show” IS NOT RACIST.

We live in a society that preys on the majority of the population’s desire to be good. And I really and truly do believe that--most people are GOOD!! No normal sane person wants to be labeled as a racist. Unfortunately, people with nefarious intentions know this and have begun using this word as a weapon. Don’t agree with me?? You’re a racist!!!!!! In that person’s eyes, they are on superior moral ground, therefore they have already won the “argument”. All productive conversation is shut down. This word has become so normalized that it downplays actual REAL HARMFUL racism that is hurting people around the world on a daily basis. RACISM IS REAL. It exists anywhere that humans look different from each other. It can have devastating consequences. And I find it incredibly disrespectful to the victims of it to throw this word around as loosely as we do now.

All it takes is about five seconds of critical thinking to realize that maybe the majority of people who are expressing disappointment about this are not all evil white supremacists. Guys. Annabeth Chase is one of the most well-known middle grade/YA literary characters of all time. She has been a main character and/or featured in The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan’s Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian, The Lost Hero, The Mark of Athena, The House of Hades, The Blood of Olympus, The Sword of Summer, The Hammer of Thor, The Ship of the Dead, The Tower of Nero, and several short stories and novellas: The Demigod Diaries, The Demigod Files, The Staff of Serapis, The Crown of Ptolemy. Her first appearance was in The Lightning Thief, which was published in 2005. This is a character who has been living in people’s minds for damn near twenty years. She has been depicted by both fan artists AND professional artists alike for that entire time as a white girl with blonde hair. She is smack dab in the middle of the cover of House of Hades as a white girl with blonde hair. We have been staring at her in beloved fan arts as a white girl with blonde hair for YEARS (those of you as ancient as I am will remember the heyday of Burdge and Viria. Shout out to both of them, I LIVED for their work back in the day!). Saying that someone is racist for wanting a beloved and well-known character they have been visualizing for seventeen years to look the way they were DEPICTED for seventeen years RACISTS for doing so is just SILLY.

Saying a character’s physical appearance means nothing is equally as silly. Apparently everyone is too young to remember or has conveniently forgotten the uproar that was heard and felt when Alexandra Daddario portrayed Annabeth as a brunette. If you talked to a PJO fan about the movie back in 2010, I can ASSURE you, one of the first things out of their mouths was: “Annabeth is supposed to have blonde hair!!!!!!!” People did not like that choice of actress and it was simply because she did not resemble the physical description of Annabeth in the books. Anyone else remember the fuss that was made over Daniel Radcliffe not having green eyes as Harry Potter?? Or the bad dye job they gave Josh Hutcherson to play Peeta?? None of those things involved race. Book fans STILL complained about them. The bottom line is this: die-hard fans want the actors on screen to look like the characters they imagined in their minds. AND THAT IS OKAY!!!!!!!

Guess what??? I would be JUST as pissed if they cast Percy as a redhead (and for those of you saying he was cast as a blonde, mark my words. . .they’ll still dye his hair black. And if they don’t at this point, it’ll just be to try and prove a point). I would be JUST as pissed if, down the road, they cast Hazel as a white girl, Leo as a blonde white kid, Piper and Frank as ANYTHING other than Cherokee and Chinese. What they are in the book is what I want to see on the screen. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH BLACK PEOPLE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS GIRL AS A HUMAN BEING OR AN ACTRESS. DIVERSITY SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. I JUST WANT ANNABETH TO LOOK LIKE SHE LOOKS IN THE BOOKS. THAT’S REALLY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s honestly not that deep!!!!!!!!!!!

It has nothing to do with white people vs black people, it just simply has to do with book fans wanting to see what they saw in their minds for nearly two decades play out on a screen in front of them. That’s it!!!!!!!!!

Calling people racists over this is immature and cheap, you guys. People on this site (and in life in general) really need to learn how to disagree without becoming hostile and dramatic. If you’re happy and excited about the casting, that’s great! I’m happy you’re happy. There is so much negative bad shit in the world, anything you can find to be happy about is great. Leah Sava Jeffries is a beautiful little girl. I’m sure she’s sweet and intelligent and an extremely talented actress. I would never ever want to see her bullied or harassed for any of this and anyone who does so should be condemned. (Honestly though, 99.9% of internet “haters” have the intellectual and emotional maturity of the mountain troll from the first Harry Potter so trying to explain to them that this is not only pointless, but morally wrong, is a waste of time and effort). I can say all of this AND also say that she is not who I would have liked to see play Annabeth. That does not make me a racist. It makes me a book purist. Learn to recognize the difference, guys.

#pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #disney plus #pjo disney plus #rick riordan #annabeth chase #percy jackson #anti racist #the lightning thief

[aloeverawrites]

Tw mentions of slavery and colonialism

When people ask us to wave away the brutality inflicted by their ancestors they ask us to be complicit in the suffering of our ancestors.

When they make a movie about a slaver and portray him as a hero, they ask us to buy into the ideals held by (some people) of the time, the idea that this is just how things are we should accept it. They’re using the same arguments to justify the same thing.

They ask us to see the enslavement of people in the background as something non-tragic, a normal and acceptable part of that society. Or they don’t want us to see it at all.

‘Those peoples dreams and pain doesn’t matter because we’re focused on the white dude who was so brave by having opinions🥺”

They say we’re erasing history while they are ignoring our history and their ancestors. They want to praise all of the good things their ancestors did and explain away the bad, as though their characters weren’t made up of both.

They don’t want us to tell the stories of the courage of our ancestors, because to be a hero there needs to be a villain, and they don’t want to see their ancestors as villains.

So remember, it was a different time and in that time some people choose to behave like monsters and some didn’t. Trying to sugarcoat the nature of slavery and colonialism to make white people of the time look better is continuing the white supremacy that caused those atrocities.

#anti racist #anti colonialism #human rights

[brothersnackariahsbitch]

My biggest hope for the reading community for 2024 is that we start vetting an author’s morals before getting attached to their work and really critically examining the messaging in their work. This is something I’m also personally working on. There are books that I loved in 2023 but will never recommend because I found out too late that the author is not someone I want to support. But we’re not doing that in 2024. We’re not supporting transphobes, racists, zionists, and people who romanticize abusive behavior. No ifs, ands, or buts. We’re researching author’s before reading their work, and if they support oppression, we don’t support them!

#reading community #booktok #book tumblr #read in 2023 #queer #lgbtqia #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free palestine #anti zionist #anti racist

[fuckyeahanarchistposters]

“Protect each other against the enemy that is white supremacy”

Graphic by @nicthepainter

#fight white supremacy #anti-racism #anti-racist #anti racist #antiracism

[not-your-asian-fantasy]

In 2019, Saffiyah Khan would join The Specials on stage to perform "10 Commandments", a song that had appeared on their album, "Encore". It was said to be a response to the track of the same name that had been released by Prince Buster in the 1960s.

Khan had come to the attention of the band after a photograph of her staring down the EDL leader at a protest went viral. It later transpired that she was wearing a Specials t-shirt and she was a fan of the band.

#saffiyah khan #Pakistani #the specials #activist #British asian #model #activism #anti racist