#TheBrownExperience (Taken with instagram)
"Why do [insert poc of choice] people always segregate from everyone else?"
I’m not segregating from you. But sometimes, I want to be around people who I can relax around.
Sometimes I want to be around people who will not oppress me, be it by accident, or on purpose.
Sometimes, I want to be around people who understand, fully, 100%, what I’m going through, because they go through it too.
Sometimes, I want to be around someone who will not make me aware of my race, and how I stand out on this campus, or anywhere else in this world that I might go.
Sometimes, I want to be around people who won’t make me feel like I don’t belong.
White friends, I’m not segregating myself from you. It’s just that sometimes, I need a break. Because I know that you mean well. And I know that you’re trying your best to avoid racism in its most simple form. But your white privilege. And having to deal with you exercising it tires me out. And having to constnatly think about battles because I have to choose which ones to fight, and which things to let slide, tires me out. And it’s not pleasant. And it’s not fun.
So when I run to the arms of people who look like me, and we all sit together for lunch, or hang out, or study together, we’re not segregating from the white population. We’re taking a break from white privilege, and pretending, just for a second, that we’re not under your feet.
(Source: thinkspeakstress, via wtfwhiteprivilege)
When African people used gauges as part of culture, ceremoney and religion they were called savages and uncivilized
Today, since the so-called ‘civilized’ people embrace it, it’s called art
#JustSaying #ThinkAboutIt
Yep.
(via wtfwhiteprivilege)
I Hella ❤ Oakland (Taken with instagram)
- True and efficiently.
I want one!
After an awesome year which saw The Black Girl Project do some great work, we’re looking forward to doing even more in 2012 and beyond, so basically, buy a shirt. Inspired by spectacular Black women, both real and fictionalized, they come in all types of colors and all of the proceeds go to The Black Girl Project.
Buy one for yourself, your cousins and your mama and ‘em!
<3
The Black Girl Project is amazing.
‘Racial Battle Fatigue’ Seems to Fuel Anxiety Disorder Among African-Americans
This is not shocking news, but I am glad more people are starting to pay attention to it… More people should read Dr. DeGruy’s Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
Emerging research suggests chronic exposure to racial discrimination is analogous to the constant pressure soldiers face on the battlefield.
And, just as soldiers experience debilitating stress when they return home, African-Americans face race-based battle fatigue, according to Penn State investigators… People with the disorder may have chronic worrying, intrusive thoughts and difficulty concentrating. Physically, the disorder may manifest such symptoms as tension headaches, extreme fatigue and ulcers.
(via wtfwhiteprivilege)
