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"I think what we need is a colorblind society." Now folks, when you hear somebody say that you know you’re listening to a racist…

- Jane Elliot and Oprah Winfrey discussing racism in 1992 on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

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THIS WAS IN

1992

NINETEEN FUCKING NINETY-TWO

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Fra Andrea Pozzo, Glorification of Saint Ignatius, ceiling fresco in the nave of Sant’Ignazio, Rome, Italy, 1691–94.

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literally in my 1st grade book that I read and learned about her for the first time, it described her as “a woman named rosa. rosa’s feet were tired.”

that’s it. rosa’s feet were tired.

that doesn’t begin to scratch the surface, and it’s so important that we know the rest.

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Correction: Rosa Parks was not only a trained activist, she and her activist buddies were specifically trying to recreate an incident that had happened earlier.

You see, the actual, spontaneous, unplanned incident was done nine months earlier by a black girl named Claudette Colvin. She was in the section designated for black people, however, the front became crowded and she was told to move to make way for a white woman (who was actually fine with standing as it turns out, to show how adamantly racist the bus driver was). She refused and was arrested.

Rosa Parks was a secretary at one of many chapters of NAACP and they had seen the incident but they had multiple reasons for not wanting to publicize it when it happened. One was that Claudette was a minor. Another possibility is that Claudette had some marks on her past that could have been considered questionable or immoral and they wanted someone that white people couldn’t pick apart as a villain or a thug for when it happened.

So they staged the incident all over again with Rosa Parks as the victim and when it played out just like they thought, they slammed it with as much attention and media as they could to publicize it.

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I remember the first time I read about her, she was described as tired. The next time, it was “she wasn’t physically tired. She was tired of giving up her position as a person to a man who probably didn’t work as hard as she did that day.” There was never anything about Claudette Colvin, which is horrible.

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Claudette Colvin also wasn’t the first. there were two black women before her but none of their records were “clean” enough, so the NAACP didn’t want to use them. they used Rosa Parks because she was unassuming and had a squeaky clean record.

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for nepalese hindus, today is kukur puja, the second day of the five day tihar festival, nepal’s version of diwali. literally meaning “worship of dogs,” kukur puja is dedicated to honouring our special relationship with dogs, who are adorned in vermillion and garlands of marigold. photos by (click pic) narendra shrestha, niranjan shrestha, navesh chitrakar, prakash mathema in kathmandu.

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"If you want your jewelry to really stand out (and you are hungry for a snack), check out this cute & quirky mini-food jewelry by SouZouCreations. Souzou, meaning ‘creation through imagination,’ is an Etsy shop, that has closed, started by Canadian artist Sofia. Sofia currently lives in Japan and creates these deliciously sweet accessories with combinations of wood, Japanese chiyogami paper, pottery shards, and small plastic food pieces.

Sofia’s inspiration comes from observing the popular use of life-size plastic food in Japan to advertise outside of restaurants. She said, “This idea of plastic food just caught my imagination and when I found mini versions I had an ah-ha! moment and just was taken by inspiration!” Sofia enjoys making these adorable pieces because she is able to combine her love of unique jewelry with her love of food and making things. Find anything from a traditional Japanese meal to an ice cream and chocolate cake dessert. Yum!”

[via My Modern Metropolis]

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Here are some dogs enjoying Popsicles.

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This is the kind of quality content i want on my blog

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Just days after we posted about Godzilla himself appearing atop a building in Tokyo, we’ve learned that an enormous Lucky Cat lives in Tokoname, a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. This giant Maneki-neko bears a striking resemblance to a scene from the anime series Attack on Titan, in which the monstrous Colossal Titan is about to tear down a wall in order to enable smaller Titans to enter and set to work devouring the villagers.

Thankfully this massive kitty, or rather his head and beckoning paw, doesn’t want to do anything of the sort. This awesome fortune cat is known as Tokonyan. He measures 3.2 meters (10.5 ft) high and 6.3 meters (20.5 ft) wide and his job is simply to watch over the town, wishing everyone good luck.

Photos by minami_carapare, Taorin, hysttm, su_guy, Nukoyan, Shin_jiji, and isamu_WJ respectively.

Head over to Kotaku for additional images.

[via Kotaku]