February 2012
how to be Nola Darling (deux): My Maternal Great... →
howtobeterrell:
His mutilated body was found swinging from the most beautiful tree in West Virginia.
When you view a photo of a lynching what are you seeing?
what are you supposed to be experiencing? These were not secret or private photographs. Lynching photographs were often sold at picnics as post cards…
Libérate.: My brother knows racism before he's... →
queerhairyvag:
Welp! That’s great! Gonna rant now! AS USUAL WHAT ELSE IS NEW
Before he was 8, things were fine and dandy and he’s a happy adorable snotrag!
He isin’t treated any differently and if he is, he’s too young to notice at the time.
He’s 10. He’s talented at creating animation…
Professor: I think everyone has fond memories of the United States's past and how it came to be.
Me: Not Native Americans. Not Black people. Not Mexicans.
Class: ...
Professor: [laughs] You're right. I let my white ass get in the way of my thinking again.
Me: [laughs]
Class: [looks around in bewilderment unable to conceptualize what just happened]
Letter from a Former Slave to His Former Master →
fearandwar:
In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdon Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdon — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family — responded spectacularly by way of the letter seen below (a letter which, according to newspapers at...
Reblog if you struggle with depression, or an...
If I were President of the United States, I’d build a great wall along the...
– Dave Mustaine of Megadeth
For those of you wondering about his recent endorsement of Rick Santorum.
(via paxamericana)
How do you become a mom if you are into birth control?
– RUSH LIMBAUGH, posing a rhetorical question as only a white male conservative can, in radio remarks broadcast on the Fox News Channel.
Here’s a question, Rush: What the fuck gives men the alleged right to ask such stupid fucking questions?
(via inothernews)
How do you ever have sex with another...