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provocatoria: cuntygrrl: youarenotyou: some1simple: youarenotyou: fattiesinlove: thecurvature: *blinks* Okay, I’m trying to take a really deep breath here, but … Are you telling me that some motherfucking white dudebro actually got out a motherfucking pen and a big old sheet of poster board and seriously sat his ass down and wrote out “Why are you harassing us white kids when you could be arresting BLACK PEOPLE??? Who have serious medical conditions (i.e. addiction) but no access to treatment? ISN’T SOCIETY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE POLICE ARE CURRENTLY FAILING THE RACIST PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX BY PICKING ON WHITE FOLKS???” And then And THEN A whole bunch of OTHER motherfuckers got on tumblr and reblogged his goddamn picture without a single fucking critical word? Because apparently they see this sign and think “YEAH. He’s right! WE SHOULD BE ARRESTING BLACK PEOPLE INSTEAD.” Yeah, okay, if you did not see an immediate problem with this sign the minute you saw it, I am totally fucking DONE with YOU. I could think of about ten other things this guy could have wrote on a sign to make it more effective and less awful.  thecurvature: You’re implying crack can only be sold by black people. Uh… probably because the vast majority of people arrested on drug charges, especially crack, are Black. Pay attention.  “Because of its relative low cost, crack cocaine is more accessible to poor people, many of whom are African Americans. Conversely, powder cocaine is much more expensive and tends to be used by more affluent white Americans. The report includes recent data that indicates that African Americans make up 15 percent of the country’s drug users, yet they make up 37 percent of those arrested for drug violations, 59 percent of those convicted, and 74 percent of those sentenced to prison for a drug offense. More than 80 percent of the defendants sentenced for crack offenses are African American, despite the fact that more than 66 percent of crack users are white or Hispanic.” losing so much faith in the occupy movement every day A friend of mine in Seattle sent me a picture of a different sign that said this exact phrase taped to some trashcans at OccupySeattle. It is not just this one white guy who feels this way, there are plenty of racist white folks in the Occupy movement ….but will you see people who are putting OWS on a pedestal talking about race? no. If they do, they’re trying to get you to shut up about race by appeasing you, there is no discussion or consideration of race within the Occupy Movement at large. When I say that, they’ll think “Well why don’t you get more involved and bring it up”….my response is fuck you, if you’re so fucking radical that classwarfare is coming out of your asshole….why don’t YOU bring it up? yeah, that’s what I fucking thought. Um… I’m actually among those white people who reblogged this picture a while back, but I wasn’t aware of the racist implications when I did. I apologize, and I’ll pay closer attention in the future.

provocatoria:

cuntygrrl:

youarenotyou:

some1simple:

youarenotyou:

fattiesinlove:

thecurvature:

*blinks*

Okay, I’m trying to take a really deep breath here, but …

Are you telling me that some motherfucking white dudebro actually got out a motherfucking pen and a big old sheet of poster board and seriously sat his ass down and wrote out “Why are you harassing us white kids when you could be arresting BLACK PEOPLE??? Who have serious medical conditions (i.e. addiction) but no access to treatment? ISN’T SOCIETY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE POLICE ARE CURRENTLY FAILING THE RACIST PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX BY PICKING ON WHITE FOLKS???”

And then

And THEN

A whole bunch of OTHER motherfuckers got on tumblr and reblogged his goddamn picture without a single fucking critical word?

Because apparently they see this sign and think “YEAH. He’s right! WE SHOULD BE ARRESTING BLACK PEOPLE INSTEAD.”

Yeah, okay, if you did not see an immediate problem with this sign the minute you saw it, I am totally fucking DONE with YOU.

I could think of about ten other things this guy could have wrote on a sign to make it more effective and less awful. 

thecurvature: You’re implying crack can only be sold by black people.

Uh… probably because the vast majority of people arrested on drug charges, especially crack, are Black. Pay attention. 

“Because of its relative low cost, crack cocaine is more accessible to poor people, many of whom are African Americans. Conversely, powder cocaine is much more expensive and tends to be used by more affluent white Americans.

The report includes recent data that indicates that African Americans make up 15 percent of the country’s drug users, yet they make up 37 percent of those arrested for drug violations, 59 percent of those convicted, and 74 percent of those sentenced to prison for a drug offense. More than 80 percent of the defendants sentenced for crack offenses are African American, despite the fact that more than 66 percent of crack users are white or Hispanic.”

losing so much faith in the occupy movement every day

A friend of mine in Seattle sent me a picture of a different sign that said this exact phrase taped to some trashcans at OccupySeattle.

It is not just this one white guy who feels this way, there are plenty of racist white folks in the Occupy movement

….but will you see people who are putting OWS on a pedestal talking about race? no. If they do, they’re trying to get you to shut up about race by appeasing you, there is no discussion or consideration of race within the Occupy Movement at large. When I say that, they’ll think “Well why don’t you get more involved and bring it up”….my response is fuck you, if you’re so fucking radical that classwarfare is coming out of your asshole….why don’t YOU bring it up? yeah, that’s what I fucking thought.

Um… I’m actually among those white people who reblogged this picture a while back, but I wasn’t aware of the racist implications when I did. I apologize, and I’ll pay closer attention in the future.

(Source: hasslechassels)

The word and it’s meaning is wrong, but the sign is true. There is no contest about it. I am probably the least racist person out there. ….I don’t wish to exploit you. I apologize for the upset and tears it caused you. Please, you have every right to think that I am wrong, just please realize that people who are not white can be extremely racist too.

Kelly Hannah Peterlinz, person holding “Women are the Niggers of the World” sign at SlutWalk NYC

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Wait wait wait, so the moral of the story is “I’m sorry but black people are racist too” Apologies: you’re doing it wrong.

Also, let’s talk about how she wants all pictures of her with the sign taken down because they make her cry. White people are really great a erasure.

(via provocatoria)

Hey Kelly, since you obviously won’t listen to reason from POC, how about you hear it from another white woman? YOU NEEDED TO APOLOGIZE, AND YOU DID IT WRONG. Here’s how you should have said it: “The word and its meaning are wrong, and I wish I had understood that sooner, before I offended countless people with my sign and my ignorance. I apologize for the upset and tears it caused you. I have learned from this mistake, and will never repeat it again. I’m sorry.”

Pushing the blame onto POC for having the potential to be racist is the second most idiotic thing you could have done, after your attempt at ‘reclaiming’ one of, if not THE most offensive word in the English language. 

One last helpful word of advice from someone who (with embarrassment) shares your skin tone: check your fucking privilege.

provocatoria: blackamazon: karnythia: notyourkinddear: mujerinterrumpida: What the fuck? That’s that bullshit I’m talking about RIGHT HERE! This is why I don’t support the SlutWalk, among other reasons.   And look at all them honkies standing around her, probably the same people who whine on Tumblr about how they are “good allies” and we are “alienating” them - but they can’t be bothered to put a stop to this shit when it’s right in front of them. The fact that no one chin checked her (and before some gives me that BS about it being a song title I know that & it is still offensive as fuck to actual women likely to be called nigger), says a whole lot about the racism inherent in white middle class feminism. Fuck slut walk official talk HOLYFUCK. Why is she smiling instead of having a broken nose? Anyone I know would’ve promptly told her where to shove that sign. TW for racist slur being used by a white woman! OH FUCK NO. FUCK NO. Why hasn’t anyone confronted her about this?! If I were there, I’d have slapped that sign out of her hands and given her the riot-act-reading of her life… since apparently, no one’s told her that shit like this is UNACCEPTABLE. (Although, if I had to guess from the self-pleased look on her face, I’d say she knows full well what it means, and is either a dyed-in-the-wool racist or some asshole trying to be ‘ironic’.) And then I’d tear the sign up for good measure.

provocatoria:

blackamazon:

karnythia:

notyourkinddear:

mujerinterrumpida:

What the fuck? That’s that bullshit I’m talking about RIGHT HERE! This is why I don’t support the SlutWalk, among other reasons. 

 And look at all them honkies standing around her, probably the same people who whine on Tumblr about how they are “good allies” and we are “alienating” them - but they can’t be bothered to put a stop to this shit when it’s right in front of them.

The fact that no one chin checked her (and before some gives me that BS about it being a song title I know that & it is still offensive as fuck to actual women likely to be called nigger), says a whole lot about the racism inherent in white middle class feminism.

Fuck slut walk official talk

HOLYFUCK. Why is she smiling instead of having a broken nose? Anyone I know would’ve promptly told her where to shove that sign.

TW for racist slur being used by a white woman!

OH FUCK NO. FUCK NO. Why hasn’t anyone confronted her about this?!

If I were there, I’d have slapped that sign out of her hands and given her the riot-act-reading of her life… since apparently, no one’s told her that shit like this is UNACCEPTABLE. (Although, if I had to guess from the self-pleased look on her face, I’d say she knows full well what it means, and is either a dyed-in-the-wool racist or some asshole trying to be ‘ironic’.) And then I’d tear the sign up for good measure.

(Source: ynannarising)