[beyonslayed]

someone: hi how are you me:

[happy2bsmiling]

[megurashkarchived]

still me

[nubbsgalore]

[realdwntomars]

to avoid paying a construction fee, jack mubiru, father of the skateboarding scene in uganda, fabricated a story about building a private enclosure for a pet crocodile. most local officials and neighborhood residents had never heard of skateboarding. yet six years later, the sport has spread from the skate park to the streets, attracting everyone from young children to women. photographer yann gross, who always takes his deck with him on his world travels, by chance encountered a group of skaters in kitintale, a suburb of kampala, who had built the first and only half pipe in uganda. he ended up spending several months with the skaters, becoming a full member of the group, documenting in the process a unique skate culture that, given the area’s contingencies, has styles and tricks all its own. text adapted from joel vacheron and julie bosman

[stability]

[datboigavin]

the real Person of the Year

[earthshakinlove-deactivated2018]

Wopmis 🎅🏾🌲🎁

[amishwebsite]

I LOVE HAPPY GUCCI

[jbern123]

[fullpraxisnow]

On this day 47 years ago, Fred Hampton was assassinated by the Chicago Police Department.

“On the morning of December 4, 1969, lawyer Jeffrey Haas received a call from his partner at the People’s Law Office, informing him that early that morning Chicago police had raided the apartment of Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton at 2337 West Monroe Street in Chicago. Tragically, Hampton and fellow Panther Mark Clark had both been shot dead, and four other Panthers in the apartment had critical gunshot wounds. Police were uninjured and had fired their guns 90-99 times. In sharp contrast, the Panthers had shot once, from the shotgun held by Mark Clark, which had most likely been fired after Clark had been fatally shot in the heart and was falling to the ground.

Haas went straight to the police station to speak with Hampton’s fiancée, Deborah Johnson, who was then eight months pregnant with Hampton’s son. She had been sleeping in bed next to Hampton when the police attacked and began shooting into the apartment and towards the bedroom where they were sleeping. Miraculously, Johnson had not been shot, but her account given to Haas was chilling. Throughout the assault Hampton had remained unconscious (strong evidence emerged later that a paid FBI informant had given Hampton a sedative that prevented him from waking up) and after police forced Johnson out of the bedroom, two officers entered the room where Hampton still lay unconscious. Johnson heard one officer ask, “Is he still alive?” After two gunshots were fired inside the room, the other officer said, “He’s good and dead now.””

– The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther

[baronessvonprivilege]

Vice journalist gets sacked for journalism.

[sacred-portal]

[jesusbeans]

Or it’s a jewellery box…

[ceeberoni]

what kind of jewelry box has usb ports. the truth is out there

[brylup-blog]

It’s a fucking mirror

[ceeberoni]

What kind of mirror has USB ports????????

[pro-gay-deactivated20170112]

confirmed

[exoqenises]

what the fuck happened here

[super-wolves-blog]

the truth

[thepryncess]

There are militarized police, along with dapl personnel, who are terrorizing the water protectors at Standing Rock #NoDAPL

Source

[illbegotdamn]

where all these international hitmen at that be taking out ceos & shit?

[amishwebsite]

me, lonely as shit: i'm lonely as shit

anyone: hey do you want to hang out m-

me, exhausted suddenly: no

[cursedimagez]

[beyonslayed]

Post-Trump #looks

[pegglemasterpaul-deactivated201]

[pics-that-make-you-go-hmm]

[buddhabrot]

sweet dreams my pink friend

[preposterousness]

this is the only picture i want to look at for the rest of my life

[blazeupandtasteme]

mariah’s backup singer is forced to pay up when he bets $20 that she can’t hit the whistle notes in obsessed.

[amishwebsite]

inspired

[nevaehtyler]

For people who still don’t see anything wrong with cultural appropriation, who still call cornrows “boxer braids”, “Kim K braids” or whatever - our cornrows symbolize liberation and freedom, it’s not your trendy hairstyle, it actually does have a history.

Since slaves were never taught to write and drawing directions was dangerous, because they could lead to them being discovered, captured, sold again or even killed by their master.

To reduce the risk of being discovered, women started weaving the maps in their hair, carving out paths with their cornrows. Some of the patterns even had hidden messages!

Yes, braiding existed in Africa way before, but it got a whole new meaning when Europeans enslaved millions of people. So next time you decide to go for a “Kim K look”, do a little research before you end up disrespecting someone’s culture and just, in all honesty, looking silly.

#AppreciateDontAppropriate