Shadows and Reflections

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Mon, 20 May 2013 09:37:27 -0400

continueplease: nbcnews: Teen’s invention could charge your...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:11:29 -0400

nbcnews:

Teen’s invention could charge your phone in 20 seconds

(Photo: Intel)

Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student’s invention. She won a $50,000 prize Friday at an international science fair for creating an energy storage device that can be fully juiced in 20 to 30 seconds.

Read the complete story.

Everybody, remember this face.
Remember this name.
If this becomes a commonly used & highly lauded discovery, at some point a White guy is going to take credit, even if he has to word it like “Improved upon a previous…”
No no no
Fuck that guy.
Remember this brown girl.
Remeeeemmmmmberrrrr

"In one 1962 survey roughly 90 percent of White people believed Black children had an equally fair..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:01:12 -0400

“In one 1962 survey roughly 90 percent of White people believed Black children had an equally fair opportunity to get a quality education as White children. Wise recognizes that White Americans’ lack of awareness—and denial about the extent of racial inequality in America—is dated, calling it “borderline delusional”.”

- (Unpacking the Snowflake - Kevin M. Hemer)

In 1962— before Civil Rights legislation, when Black people were literally having their houses bombed for moving into white neighborhoods, and Black neighborhoods were being bombed in entirety for having nice houses, white people were literally releasing dogs on Black children (my parents) for walking to school, Black children and teenagers were literally leaving school to protest and then being arrested for demanding to be treated equally, police commissioners were driving through Black neighborhoods in tanks to instill fear in them for wanting to be treated equally, everything was separate with Black people getting the shittier end, they literally had lower education standards for Black schools and Black people were still getting lynched and the KKK was strong—

White people when surveyed said “there is equal opportunity“… So don’t think it’s weird that 93% or so of white people still think “there is equal opportunity” today. They’ve literally always been wrong and still are.

(via fuckyeahcracker)

This post isn’t about welfare, but it beautifully illustrates a point I’ve been making (or trying to make) since I started this blog:

Privileged people do not understand the realities of people who lack their privilege.

White people assume PoC have the same education and job opportunities.

People with permanent addresses assume homeless people can just fill out an application for McDonalds or Burger King, be hired, and immediately use their paychecks to secure housing.

People who don’t receive welfare assume people on welfare are lazy and intentionally having multiple children and not looking for jobs.

This is why I am always, always asking people if they’ve ever considered that maybe, JUST MAYBE, they don’t have the whole story about their cousin/neighbor/friend’s sister. Because people in privilege tend to ascribe their own circumstances to everyone, even when that’s the exact opposite of reality.

(via getoutofthewelfaretag)

"If you are reading this in the United States or Canada, whose land are you on, dear reader? What are..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:15:42 -0400

“If you are reading this in the United States or Canada, whose land are you on, dear reader? What are the specific names of the Native nation(s) who have historical claim to the territory on which you currently read this article? What are their histories before European invasion? What are their historical and present acts of resistance to colonial occupation? If you are like most people in the United States and Canada, you cannot answer these questions. And this disturbs me.”

- Qwo-Li Driskill (Cherokee), “Doubleweaving Two-Spirit Critiques: Building Alliances between Native and Queer Studies” (via nepantlastrategies)

neffyfrofro: Shanghai Shoniwa for Mizani via Woman In The...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:31 -0400

neffyfrofro:

Shanghai Shoniwa for Mizani via Woman In The Jungle

I love everything about this picture! Drop dead gorgeous

hollywood-fashion: Liya Kebede in Alberta Ferretti at the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:01 -0400

hollywood-fashion:

Liya Kebede in Alberta Ferretti at the Cannes premiere for Jeune & Jolie on May 16, 2013.

zuky: thegoddamazon: hamdoullahcava: Muhammad Ali on the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:06:03 -0400

zuky:

thegoddamazon:

hamdoullahcava:

Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War Draft

The fact that this is STILL relevant should be very telling.

Immortal words…

“If I’m gonna die, I’ll die right here fighting you … You my enemy, not the Viet Cong or Chinese or Japanese … You my opposer when I want freedom, you my opposer when I want justice, you my opposer when I want equality … You want me to go somewhere and fight, but you won’t even stand up for me here at home.”

mercurialme: I knew y’all would have a gif set of this by...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:45:45 -0400

mercurialme:

I knew y’all would have a gif set of this by morning.

goatmusk: i always feel inclined to reblog this because it is...

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:12:40 -0400

goatmusk:

i always feel inclined to reblog this because it is literally the best hair flip in the history of hair flips

racismschool: Racists and The Dunning-Kruger Effect The...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:57:50 -0400

racismschool:

Racists and The Dunning-Kruger Effect

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that warps our ability to judge our own competence. Unintelligent people think that they are absolutely brilliant because they are not intelligent enough to tell that they are actually, ya know, not.

We encounter this each and every day with racists. The certainty from those who have no reason to be certain. How many times, just this week, have you seen someone outside of a racial group tell someone within a racial group, what their lives were like? How many times have you heard, “There are no white only scholarships” when there are not only multiple white only scholarships but according to studies, most scholarships have a white leaning?

We here this every single day from people who have made no efforts to study the topic they are discussing with certainty. The same people who will argue to the death about what is or isn’t part of someone’s culture. Yet, they themselves are not a part of said culture. They haven’t lived the life or studied the topic. Yet, they are SURE they are right. Positive even.

Even in conversations about the correct definition of racism. The main (often only) reference is the dictionary. Yet, the dictionary itself actually states that words and definitions not only change but are simply the “Accepted” definitions of the time they are added to the book.

Yes, much of this extreme ignorance comes from entitlement and the belief that they are superior. Therefore, there could never ever, under any circumstances, be a topic they aren’t MORE versed in than their darker raced opponent. Still, even with the ignorant entitlement and false superiority complex, what reason do they have to be so SURE? No study. No lived experience. Yet, they know. They know for CERTAIN.

iggymogo: sinidentidades: People starving when tons of unsold food is thrown away globally because...

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:12:17 -0400

iggymogo:

sinidentidades:

People starving when tons of unsold food is thrown away globally because people couldn’t afford to purchase the food, that’s violence.

People dying and going bankrupt to pay for their healthcare, that’s violence.

People being evicted from their homes when there are more houses than there are houseless people, that’s violence.

Listen to the end.

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:47:00 -0400

Listen to the end.

blackhistoryalbum: Edna Earl Gaston (1928) Durwood Barbour...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:41:35 -0400

blackhistoryalbum:

Edna Earl Gaston (1928) Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina postcards in the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Via Vintage Black Folk

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allcoveredinglitter: Cora Emmanuel - Elle France 19th April...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:00:46 -0400

allcoveredinglitter:

Cora Emmanuel - Elle France 19th April 2013 issue

Photographer: Simon Burstall