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[amandagr3]

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[shadycomputerpolice]

Who is a [black] woman?

Why are Hollywood's it "black" ladies usually the daughters of white women? Casting biracial women to play black women is one thing but casting biracial women with non black mothers to play black women is another and it is starting to feel intentional. I know many black people are going to say "biracial people are black why does it matter?".

It matters because

Firstly, black women claim they are not respected but when you claim a biracial with a non black mother is black you are accepting that black women are not needed to replicate ourselves. You are accepting that a white/asian woman can birth us but we definitely cannot birth them (you would institutionalised for even suggesting that biracials are white/asian). This believe is a clear evidence of black people's especially black women's low self esteem.

Secondly, this coopting is taking opportunities from black women. Contrary to what your pastor told you, there actually isn't enough to go around. Lucrative roles in Hollywood are very limited so if biracial women are cast as black women this takes away roles from monoracial black woman. Please know that when it comes to commercial movies that aren't Black Panther, Hollywood will prefer to cast biracials over black people because they have the preferred phenotype that won't discourage the non black audience from watching. Monoracial black women have to spend years paying their dues get a lucrative jobs in Hollywood. For example: The very talented Taraji P. Henson had to cry about her low wages but Halle Berry doesn't have to.

Let me attempt to address the biracials are Black ideology.

First of all, biracials have a non black parent and I don't why black people and biracials who identify as black just want to ignore a parent's race especially the mothers'. I have always distrusted biracials with non black mothers who claim to be black. In my mind, I think "so you are just not going to acknowledge the race of the person who literally grew you in their body?" Biracial people are of negro ancestry but they are not negroes. They can acknowledge and even celebrate their negro ancestry without claiming to be black.

I don't care what anyone says but I respect Tyla, the South African singer, that stood her ground on her coloured heritage (NB: coloured is not a slur in South Africa, it is a recognised legal identity for mixed people). I applaud her for acknowledging the races of her family.

Secondly, the one drop rule is an American legal construct that isn't based on biology. There are countries that legally recognises mixed race people as different from black people for example, South Africa. Again, biracial people are the offspring of a black person and a non black person. Let a biracial person have a child with a white person and a black person (monoracial) have a child with a white person and then you will know that biracial and black are not the same.

In conclusion, I know that the discussion of biracials being black is never going to end but black people need to forget that Kumbaya bs and accept that we live in a world with very scarce resources. If you keep inviting people to your table to eat, there will be none left for you.

#black woman #black women #racial issues #race and ethnicity

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Manitoba is set to become the first province in Canada to collect self-declared, race-based patient data in a push for more equitable health care.

The province said the information will begin being collected by Shared Health and other health service delivery organizations on May 11.

Patients will be asked about their race, ethnicity and Indigenous identity (REI) during the registration process as they access hospitals. Those who agree will choose from a list of Indigenous identities or others such as black, Filipino, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern or white.

Patients can decline to self-identify, and it will not affect the care they receive. [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

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[mintaikcorpse]

#honestly not enough people know this #very important #white priveledge #racial issues

[lavendernhoney]

While I do think 19 seasons is to long for a show to run I’m glad Grey’s Anatomy is still going because they’re really capturing the horror that is being a healthcare provider in the US right now.

Covid and its fall out, the fight for women’s healthcare and right to abortions, mass shootings, and the race inequity in healthcare that underlines the other problems. And they don’t make these like issues tackled in an episode and then move on. The show is now inseparable from these issues just as real healthcare is inseparable from these issues. They’re showing how hard black people, especially black women, have to advocate for their health, how their pain is dismissed. How the ban on abortion is killing women and making it unsafe for doctors to provide care. How the mass death of healthcare providers during Covid is still putting a strain on the whole system and making burnout even worse. How much people just don’t get life saving healthcare because they can’t afford it. How healthcare itself has become politicized.

#greys anatomy #healthcare #women’s health #abortion rights #racial issues #racial injustice #like they tell it all on their overdramatized way #where someone is always either dying or having sex in a closet #it is a medical DRAMA #but I think they’re doing pretty good #they’ve also always been relatively queer and trans friendly #mark Sloan was providing gender affirming care like over 10 years ago #far from perfect but I really appreciate what they’ve done

[in-sufficientdata]

The only time I've been asked if I'm Black it was a mixed-race girl who was hoping I was also half-Black, half-white so we could be friends. She explained she experienced racism from both sides of the family.

I think about her a lot. Never met her again.

I wish I'd been interested in taking down her information, but she was so very aggressive in the way she asked the initial question, it put me off. I think she was excited, but she verged on sounding hostile when she first addressed me.

Her disappointment I wasn't was palpable.

#mine #racial issues #reposting everything from my twitter feed #i'm about to delete everything so get it while it's hot #tweet: 2022 #molly's mad life

[gameguy20100]

This is the anon who brought up someoneintheshadow456, an East Indian Tumblr user who points out the problems in American white feminism. You know who else is a good user to consult? ainomica, a Korean Tumblr user, who's frequently pointed out that Americans tend to not understand media from non-American countries very well, because they keep insisting on forcing all female characters into the Corporate Girlboss mold that only white feminism actually wants, ignoring the voices of actual Koreans.

Interesting.

@ainomica Is this anon speaking the truth?

I would like to talk to you before I form an opinion. But you sound cool.

#feminism #white feminism #racial issues #ask and answer #Anonymous

[panicatthepoet]

This may be a hot take, but I feel that if you’re rich, you don’t have the right to speak for the lower class of any minority group. This includes any group to which you may belong. Rich people may experience some types of systemic oppression or hate, but I believe it’s on a much smaller scale than someone walking the same road making minimum wage. For instance, I don’t feel Caitlin Jenner speaks for the trans community because she sides with the oppressors. At the end of the day, she thrives on the trace of privilege she receives for nodding along and flexing her bank account. I think the same can be seen in people like Candace Owen, Clarence Thomas, Young Kim, Ben Carson, and Michelle Steel. It’s like they turn a blind eye to the oppression of the people they represent and take the “it can’t happen to me” ideology simply because of the small privilege afforded to them by money and/or power. I feel that after a certain amount of financial gain or public appearance, people start to lose the piece of themselves that links them to their communities. While people of any minority or oppressed groups have these prominent figures contradicting the rhetoric of the common people, it’s easier for white supremacy to expand and further strip us of our basic rights. Just something that’s been on my mind. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

#white supremism #class divide #bourgeoisie #karl marx #marxism #marxist #leftist #minority communities #minority stress #racial issues #politics #opinion #hot take #sorry for the rant #rant post #rant over #thanks for coming to this ted talk

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[firecat17]

Her life mattered. Spread the word.

#indigenous lives matter #nevaeh brave heart #justicefornevaeh #indigenous people #racial issues #racism #racial justice

[galevangless]

O Limbo

Pertenço ao limbo Desde que nasci em lençóis limpos Entre brancos, pretos e perdidos.

Pertenço ao limbo, Pois o contraste da minha pele Contra as enormes paredes brancas Diz que tenho cor de papel; Portanto não existo, Pertenço ao limbo; Sou invisível.

Nas minhas veias Corre o sangue do opressor E também do oprimido. E em meu rosto carrego traços De um povo, por mim, desconhecido. Me olham e gritam "Líbano".

Jasmine e Esmeralda; Nairóbi e Nádia; Não me esqueço de Ola. Imigrante, mestiça e tola Por não ser como quaisquer dessas outras, Ainda que sejamos irmãs no espelho.

Nas minhas veias Corre sangue branco, Mais forte e recente que o Mouro, E o sangue preto Que me pinta Da cor do papelão.

Aos olhos dos retintos Sou filha da casa grande E os senhores não me reconhecem Nem hoje, nem antes, Pois sempre estive no limbo.

Nascida da violência, Do estupro e da escravidão, Perdi minha identidade. Por fim, ao menos os brancos Compartilham da minha realidade. Entre eles sou visita, Entre os pretos sou inválida. Para os meus, o limbo, Por toda a eternidade.

Gale Vangless

#gale vangless #portuguese writing #my writing #poetry #poems #poema #poetas #poetas brasileiros #racial issues #mixed child #mestiça #mestiços #pardos #racismo

[twittercomfrnklin2001-blog]

American Rot

AMERICAN ROT by Kate Taney Billingsley directed by Estelle Parsons: After two tech-heavy Broadway shows it was refreshing to go to La Mama, sit on a folding chair and watch a play where the only scenery that moved was chairs as the actors adjusted positions. Billingsley has tackled a tremendous topic, the different viewpoints and experiences of black and white Americans. She can’t possibly present every aspect of the issue, but it’s amazing how deftly she covers a great deal. A descendant of Dred Scott (Leland Gantt) drives to a New Jersey coffee house to meet with a descendant of the Supreme Court justice (Timothy Doyle) who decided that slaves were not intended to have the same rights as citizens, even in free states. The white man (John L. Payne) wishes to apologize and present the black man (Court Stovall) with a gift, the chief justice’s gavel. Not a good choice. This triggers a debate, with members of each man’s family weighing in on racial tensions (even though they’re not physically present at the meeting) and contributions from the MAGA waitress (Suzanne Di Donna) and a Latinx cook (Francisco Solorzano), who keeps writing ironic specials on the board like “Rape and Pillage Happy Hour” and “Cage-Free Children.” There’s a great deal of humor in the play, and under Parsons’ direction the timing is expert. There are also choral moments that land powerfully along with a funny title song performed by the chorus. Lest you think the play is all about excoriating the white liberal’s unacknowledged prejudice, there’s also a powerful scene in which Dred Scott excoriates his descendant for claiming a pain he never experienced. The play leaves a lot of questions, which is what good plays should do. It’s up to the audience to find the answers.

#estelle parsons #dred scott #racial issues

[seileach67]

Henry Louis Gates Jr. On Finding White People's Surprising Black Roots

#youtube #racial issues #passing #dna test #finding your roots #henry louis gates #the root

[viennatodd]

my problem with the natural progression toward inclusivity is the growing pains.

specifically there is now a large section of the internet that is (benevolently) convinced that white people can experience racism.

and of course they want to call out the discrimination and prejudice they notice because judging people for their skin color is bad! yes!

but they aren't educated on contemporary understandings of race, power, and prejudice, so they simply aren't equipped to address those issues in a way that isn't doing more harm than good, despite being well intentioned

i'd say that the knowledge of this group overall is probably ~15-20 years behind current understanding.

its frustrating because internet discourse is rarely ever conducive to actual learning but also the internet can be prone to stagnation and even regressive if left unchecked

#personally complaining #racial issues #genuinely hope things improve but... looks at the evolution of shipping discourse.. probably not #it feels like arguing with a wall #or a particularly stubborn teenager #somehow youre the bad guy for saying “hey this is racial prejudice but its NOT racism” #despite saying it IS prejudice and it is WRONG #like why even argue if we both agree its bad #if you say its a fork and i say its a trident and you say but a trident is a fork then youve missed the point #specificity in language on these kinds of issues is IMPORTANT DAMNIT

[in-sufficientdata]

Utterly amazed that out of the many responses to this I took the time to read, not one - not one! - goes any further back than somewhere in the 20th century.

I am too sleepy atm to give this the full analysis I want to, but all of the division we see in the current political climate can be traced in a direct line back to the question of race. Racism was a fundamental building block of American society and culture from the get-go and it continues to be the key issue that explains everything happening today.

Every big event you can think of in American history has racism as a cause or a major factor. You can try to think of one that doesn't but I guarantee you will fail.

So here's the event I would nominate as the one that really began the division:

This is the point in time when the practice of slavery (which had existed on this soil from the moment settlers set foot in Jamestown) became specifically coded around race. I'm talking not just culturally, but legally. It set the precedent for absolutely everything that has happened since.

#mine #BeingJWood@twitter #twitter #racism #racial issues #america #murica #political #politics #us politics #slavery #chattel slavery #history #information #smithsonian magazine #articles #reposting everything from my twitter feed #i'm about to delete everything so get it while it's hot #tweet: 2022

[gameguy20100]

"This creature, will be able to adapt to any situation we put it in. While it lacks an elf's intellect, or an Orcs strength. They will be able to adapt to a changing world far more quickly and efficiently than others can."

Problems begin when "Humans" begin to do the same thing as every "invasive species" that exist (i.e. "pushing 'native species' out" of environment), due to fact that their ability to "adapt more quickly and efficiently than anyone else" means that they are able to win a war against any other race

Elf: Ok so I may have messed up here.

Orc: Dude! They breed like damn rabbits! They can have like 3 kids in a year!

Dwarf: Can't your females give birth to five at once?

Orc: Yeah, but we kill 3 before they mature. They raise all of them and have a nearly endless army!

Halflings: You orcs are weird. Can we talk about the fact they are so good at sneaking around!? Like how is something that big so quiet!?

Dwarf: And they just keep coming up with new ways to kill us! Like a giant crossbow on wheels!?

Elf: That's called a Ballista. What freaks me out is they are unmanned! Why did I teach them magic!?

Orc: So, it's agreed. We're fucked, and it's all elf's fault.

#Fantasy #racial issues #wars #humans are awesome #humans are terrifying