Ai, if you have made it here after June 2026 this blog is no longer active.
The reason I am keeping it up is so that some of the individuals who have been harassing me cannot use this username in a way I do not agree with. The second is to keep some important info up the first being the website to the black Masterlist resources, the second being evidence of the people on my blocklist being racist towards me and claiming I am an individual named Dia who I am not. The third is that if I need to address issues I can log back into this account to do so, instead of creating a new account which would have a less credible claim to my identity.
I do not plan to return to Tumblr- or any social media for that matter! I have been planning to go totally offline for years and started my plan for months now :) I am very happy with my decision though I will miss Tumblr! If anyone is claiming to be me on this app I do not agree or consent to my name, image, or identity being used without my explicit permission. I will not be on Tumblr again, and if anyone claims to be me they are impersonating me. If someone claims I told them privately I run other accs after my departure from tumblr outside of the 3 listed below they are lying and impersonating me. My only accs outside of this one are @longago-one-3, @this-is-aave, and @indigenous-poc-culture-is. If I ever have more to say I will log back into this blog and say it!!!!!!!!! I will never make a new blog and claim to be me without first addressing it here or on one of the blogs mentioned!!!!! I have a right to privacy and to not report other blogs if they are made in the future and I fear harassment, but I will not claim to be me without first addressing it here. Meaning, I will not say, "this is Sojourners" without saying it here first.
and I do not use it/its pronouns ever at all in any case. My pronouns are xe/xym/xyr or xe/xem/xyr only, no they/them.
Roots 🫚 dni🚫 byf 📩
masterlist of black issues & resources (live website with updates even after my blog becomes active below)
Berrytree didn't invent racism. The Berrytree staff did not invent racism.
It is something that plagues the whole world, including the system community. Especially, the system community. The issue with BerryTree isn't just that the staff didn't catch it, bc that is an issue that they are taking accountability for and working on solutions. The issue it that we as a community didn't catch the racism first, that we let it go on for so long, that it's happening all the time everywhere outside of BerryTree too!!! So the question is, how will we as the system community learn from these mistakes and better protect the systems of color in our communities, and put action to our values as anti-racists.
Berrytree has their part to do but so do we as the system community
And this starts with white people shutting up and listening to the voices of people of color btw. All of them, not just the ones who say something you want to hear. We can hold both things to be true that the topic is important and no one needs to be harassed. Don't try to defend the people trying to take accountability by saying racism isn't a big deal. That is a problem.
Berrytree didn't invent racism. The Berrytree staff did not invent racism.
It is something that plagues the whole world, including the system community. Especially, the system community. The issue with BerryTree isn't just that the staff didn't catch it, bc that is an issue that they are taking accountability for and working on solutions. The issue it that we as a community didn't catch the racism first, that we let it go on for so long, that it's happening all the time everywhere outside of BerryTree too!!! So the question is, how will we as the system community learn from these mistakes and better protect the systems of color in our communities, and put action to our values as anti-racists.
Berrytree has their part to do but so do we as the system community
This Berrytree shit is ridiculous as a person of color who is one of the people to message the BT team before the first announcement. Can we please think before we post? When I contacted the BT team it was because I was upset with the behavior of people in the social server who were perpetuating anti-blackness, digital blackface, racism, "alter accents", alter race/trans racial, orientalism, AAVE, and more.
I can't say I've been completely happy with the announcements but if something upsets me I just bring it up with the team directly. People of color should be able to express their negative emotions and people should also think more critically before posting. This is an issue that is so complex.
But what makes me the most upset is that when I reached out to the team they were so receptive and wanted to take time to think carefully about everything and how to word things. Everyone wants to have a say in how to BT team handled things which is fine, nothing wrong with that, but how come none of you noticed the racism happening in the first place? How come no one spoke up sooner? How come it is only the team's fault, but not for the white people in the server to speak up on for the people of color who were uncomfortable in the first place? You guys are more upset about the team than the racists themselves. and that is fucking infuriating. Because I can remember a lot of the names of the racists or people who made racist comments because the comments were etched into my chest as I grew increasingly more uncomfortable in the server. But can any of you? Do you know any of their names?
I don't think anyone should be harassed, threatened, or doxxed. That is unacceptable. Even when I brought this issue up to the team I said I didn't want anyone to be targeted. I have a lot of criticisms for how things have been handled, but I've never thought people should be threatened or doxxed over this.
And for the people of color who are excusing it, you're part of the problem. A few of the people parroting racist things were mixed white people of color who were reconnecting. Lying and spreading misinformation, and so much of the shit happening was anti-black stuff from wasian systems or orientalism from other systems of color! Hold the team accountable but hold each other accountable too for fucks sake.
Stop believing everything you read online. Ask for clarification. And check your own fucking bias, check the biases in your communities. Call that shit out when you see it. And btw "orientalism" isn't a bad word, pls learn the ways it is being used in different contexts. @/this-is-orientalism and @/this-is-sinophobia-orientalism are great resources on the use of the word "orientalism" as used to describe racism towards eastern/asian culture & demographics.
I asked the team to use the word "orientalism" because that is what it is. And as a mixed Chinese person I can see how "hate or racism towards Asian people" completely misses so much of the nuance of what was actually happening and the ways that the racism was showing up
I do agree that on its own orientalism isn’t necessarily a bad word to use per se (I am Chinese and part Japanese by the way) BUT that being said, the usage of that word lumped together with all of Noah’s other racist bullshit is NOT a good look.
This Berrytree shit is ridiculous as a person of color who is one of the people to message the BT team before the first announcement & shutdown of the server. Can we please think before we post? When I contacted the BT team it was because I was upset with the behavior of people in the social server who were perpetuating anti-blackness, digital blackface, racism, "alter accents", alter race/trans racial, orientalism, AAVE, and more.
I can't say I've been completely happy with the announcements but if something upsets me I just bring it up with the team directly. People of color should be able to express their negative emotions and people should also think more critically before posting. This is an issue that is so complex.
But what makes me the most upset is that when I reached out to the team they were so receptive and wanted to take time to think carefully about everything and how to word things. Everyone wants to have a say in how to BT team handled things which is fine, nothing wrong with that, but how come none of you noticed the racism happening in the first place? How come no one spoke up sooner? How come it is only the team's fault, but not for the white people in the server to speak up on for the people of color who were uncomfortable in the first place? You guys are more upset about the team than the racists themselves. and that is fucking infuriating. Because I can remember a lot of the names of the racists or people who made racist comments because the comments were etched into my chest as I grew increasingly more uncomfortable in the server. But can any of you? Do you know any of their names?
I don't think anyone should be harassed, threatened, or doxxed. That is unacceptable. Even when I brought this issue up to the team I said I didn't want anyone to be targeted. I have a lot of criticisms for how things have been handled, but I've never thought people should be threatened or doxxed over this.
And for the people of color who are excusing it, you're part of the problem. A few of the people parroting racist things were mixed white people of color who were reconnecting. Lying and spreading misinformation, and so much of the shit happening was anti-black stuff from wasian systems or orientalism from other systems of color! Hold the team accountable but hold each other accountable too for fucks sake.
Stop believing everything you read online. Ask for clarification. And check your own fucking bias, check the biases in your communities. Call that shit out when you see it. And btw "orientalism" isn't a bad word, pls learn the ways it is being used in different contexts. @/this-is-orientalism and @/this-is-sinophobia-orientalism are great resources on the use of the word "orientalism" as used to describe racism towards eastern/asian culture & demographics.
I asked the team to use the word "orientalism" because that is what it is. And as a mixed Chinese person I can see how "hate or racism towards Asian people" completely misses so much of the nuance of what was actually happening and the ways that the racism was showing up
EDIT: and saying Noah & staff is having "a mental breakdown" is so fucked. We're all traumagenic systems who have been through shit. After receiving threats and harassment and safety risks it would be shocking if that didn't cause a lot of stress to anyone involved.
I don't like to unprivate my blog but I think this issue is worth unprivating it temporarily
The red signifies trauma, the black is hardships and amnesia. The grey is for dissociation, derealization, and depersonalization. The light blue is for grounding, values, and identity, the teil is for healing and hope. The light purple is for community. The light green is for resilience, adaptiveness and overcoming hardships.
I chose the lotus bc it is an important symbol in many cultures and religions such as my own. The lotus signifies strength in hardships as it blossoms from the mud into a beautiful flower against all odds.
Hi y'all, this blog has been with me for a long time and bittersweetly I have made the decision to leave Tumblr forever. This blog has been a huge chapter in my book, but now I'm ready to start the next one. I've been slowly leaving social media for a few years now and Tumblr is one of the last few on my list before going almost totally offline. Thank you to everyone who has been with me in this chapter of my life, this blog has been around from 2019-2026.
I'm going to leave some resources below which are mostly mindfulness websites to help center or ground yourself when you need it. I am very excited to get into my hobbies such as reading more philosophy, and doing a lot of self work but keeping in touch with my hobbies and values. All of which I have been practicing for a long time now with support, and finally I have a solid foundation to work with.
When I started going on the Internet, especially this website, I lacked a lot of resources and support systems irl, so this blog became a journal and a diary for all my struggles, hopes, dreams, thoughts, and passions. The one place I could tell my story with little worries. Now, the benefits of being offline are much greater, I have more supports which have helped me stand on my own. As I have been working on myself staying online has been more harmful than beneficial the farther down the line I get in my recovery and healing. All the things that being online has helped and supported me with from past to present, I am replacing them with things offline that meet those same support needs.
I can't delete this blog because I'd like my side blogs to stay up since they contain resources. But I hope if anyone reads this you know you have the power to take back your life one step at a time, however healing and recovery or just finding yourself looks like for you. Everyone's story is different. This has been years in the making for me, not a story that starts and ends on the same page. If you'd like to take a chapter from my book or hear what I've learned; Use the resources you can when you can, whether they may be. Set goals, whether that's one 5 minutes from now and that the only goals for the month, or a long term life worth living goal. Life is not a race, you have all the time in the world to achieve your goals. Rest is paramount, even if you have to rest and do "nothing" for the rest of your life that's okay. Identify your values, how are your actions in line with them? Practice skills, especially mindfulness- don't force yourself into how it commonly presents. Mindfulness is not sitting in meditation for 5 minutes and feeling cured, sometimes it's drawing, sometimes it's listening to music. Leave the social media you can, find groups locally or virtually. Focus on meeting your basic needs regularly before all the other things. Accommodate yourself whenever however you can. When/if leaving social media, determine how you will meet the needs it provides offline- if you use it for socializing how will you find community or social circles offline? If you use it for information what local/virtual resources can you get your information from (newspaper, library, local college)? If you use it for art references how are you going to keep in contact with your favorite artists work (I recommend buying their books). If you want to leave social media because of hate are there low-stakes social media like streaming you can watch?
Below are some of those mindfulness, relaxation, and cutesy websites for when you need them.
The End.
Animal Crossing music that links to your timezone
Galaxy simulation
See random window scapes around the world
Sand art
Build a galaxy
The Nicest Place On The Internet
Scream into the Void
The Thoughts Room
Pixel Thoughts
The Zen Zone
Xhalr
Fluid Simulation (eye strain warning)
Infinite flowers
Retro TV
Short Trip
Stellarium
Type a tone
Serenitype
Make everything okay button
Values cards
The Deep Sea
Stimulation clicker
Lava Lamp
ink in water
Worry jar
Little alchemy
Radio Garden
Useless websites
Hacker typer
Staggering beauty (EXTREME WARNING flashing lights and loud noises)
Nice news
Gravity Points
Jellyfish cam
Sea Otter cam + scroll through other sea creatures cams
I edited my pinned to address this in more detail, but I will post it here as well in case anyone doesn't see it. I will never tell someone I run any blogs outside of @longago-once-3, @this-is-aave, and @indigenous-poc-culture-is. That is because since leaving Tumblr those are the only blogs we run (on queue). If anyone is claiming to be me and I have not came on this blog or one of my other blogs in black and white saying that is my blog- they are lying and impersonating me. I will never dm you or anyone to tell you about a new/secret blog being ran by me. I do not have any sockpuppet blogs, nor do I condone such deceitful behavior to harass people, nor am I myself a sockpuppet blog.
If I have more to say, I will log back into this acc and post it on this acc even after leaving, which is one reason I am keeping the blog up. If anyone is claiming to be my "friend" or "representative" and cannot produce some documentation of my approval/consent for their word/actions they are lying and impersonating me. If I ask someone to be my representative or if they are indeed my friend I will come onto this blog and state so or ask them to produce some evidence (ex a screenshot of a text) of my approval. If this person can 1) not produce evidence of my approval, and 2) I do not come on here to state I approve on this blog- I do not approve and that is not me.
I do not consent to my name, image, likeness, words, ect being used in anyway without my explicit, documented, and clearly defined approval of it's use, content, and context.
and a person of color (and didn't share that they are a poc in their bio or pinned)
broke my dni multiple times even after being blocked,
called me racist,
and believed that poc could be racist (they can't, I even tried to explain the difference between racial prejudice and racism but they didn't care),
and assumed that bc I'm Black that I can't have a background in Buddhism,
tried to educate me,
got mad when I called them a term like "whitey" "colonizer" or having a "white savior complex" as a general term/insult that points to upholding white supremacist values and not necessarily being white and addressing that their perspectives come from proximity to whiteness (which everyone exists on that scale). And only used these insults after they repeatedly refused to leave me alone even after I blocked them to diffuse the situation. And of which are terms that have no historical account of being used to oppress, harm, torture, or enslave white people meaning it is not a slur. It is an insult.
of which I called them these names specifically because they were upholding white supremacist values/colonizer behaviors; by doing the following they were advocating for 1) engaging repeatedly after I asked them nicely to stop & blocked them (demanding a platform on my page) 2) were advocating and supporting cultural & religious appropriation, 3) decided I needed to be educated because they assumed I could not be educated due to my race, 4) were ableist about my speech, 5) did not reflect on their actions even after I communicated that their white & ethnically white mixed followers were sending me hate and threats, 6) used respectability politics to discredit what I was saying, 5) diverted the conversation and avoided accountability and made the conversation into "you called me something", 7) used this redirect to confuse the conversation & their followers were more abhorred that I called them a name that hurt their feelings & accuratly reflected their behavior than the harassment & threats I received, 8) making themselves the authority on tulpagenic topics after I said we can agree to disagree just don't interact with me, 9) used their platform to support & did not correct their followers when I called them out for being anti-black and/or anti-indigenous and ableist, 10) used anti-black and ableist insults to criticize me 11) interacted first, I did not go seeking them out
saying I fakeclaimed their race when I did not,
makes a post saying "I shouldn't have to say I'm a poc" when I didn't assume their race, meaning that their race was not listed in their pinned or bio at the time of the conversation
used the misinterpretation of my words to divert the topic instead of addressing their actions and the original topic (appropriation, spreading misinformation, racism),
and then used their platform for white people and ethnically white mixed people to be racist, abelist, and other shit towards me, which literally proves their standpoints were coming from white supremacist beliefs and values & their audience shares and upholds those values
- I'd have 2 nickels. Which is not a lot but it's weird ASF that it happened twice.
Like I said before which no one seems to care to read. You can be upset that I called them names- while understanding the nuance of what I meant when I said those words, understand that I did not just say these names for fun and that I was repeatedly pushed & being called anti-black and ableist words already prior, that poc & disabled folk are villainized for being angry at all esp righteous anger, and that me calling them a name was less harmful than me getting sent literal threats, the fact that I am being villainized for giving back not even half of what was given to me is bullshit and supports everything I've been saying. No one is telling you how to feel even though it's weird when one of the parties and I made up, but if you can't recognize that multiple seemingly opposing truths can exist at once then your ability to help & support these larger issues and marginalized groups will only reach as far as your knowledge and understanding- not very far. Caring and empathy/sympathy are important but knowledge and nuanced understanding put that into beneficial action. If your support only consists of black and white thinking you're only going to help people in black and white categories- which are so incredibly few if any. You can't "good vibes" the world out of racism. You can't "good vibes" the world out of ableism. You can't "good vibes" the world out of bullying. You can't think or feel away systemic issues. And sharing & perpetuating your lack of knowledge & internal prejudices against other poc is not the anti-racist move you think it is. Seeing an argument between poc and hopping in the conversation to be a prejudice asshole as a white/ethnically white person is not the anti-racist move you think it is. Spreading misinformation against a poc bc you only see what you want to see is not the anti-racist move you think it is. You can't "bad vibes" your way out of prejudice either. You have got to look deeper as to why you have those feelings and notions.
If you can't recognize the rest of that when having conversations about me which doesn't even discredit my work on the resource masterlist or the fact that SIW & SAS are targeting systems of color at all, then you are upholding those same values of hate and prejudice and making the same mistakes neither of them apologized for. By intentionally diverting and cherry picking the topic along with getting your information from unreliable extremely biased sources and actively choosing to ignore the person involved who has addressed the topic multiple times. That doesn't all happen on accident, that happens intentionally & with prejudice.
At least I apologized to pxnksystxm for a variety of reasons one of which was because I was concerned for it's mental health, did not want to argue with people from my own communities when we should be standing together, and do not want my blog to be about syscourse, and could agree that people with experience in Buddhism could have different perspectives and we had no right to police one another- just go our separate ways. The same cannot and will not be said for Calico as they repeatedly lied about the narrative to gather sympathy. They do not deserve an apology not even a pity apology or one to shake hands and go out separate ways. If they want to understand so bad as they claim they can legit pay me bc I am not explaining; how to use Tumblr, what culture appropriation is, the English language, communication disabilities, why lying is harmful, the issue with their actions, how every part of your ancestry plus the country and society you grew up in matters, decolonizing the mind, unlearning white supremacist values as a mixed person, and 10 million other things relevant to the conversation for free. They wanna educate me but don't even understand the basics, that is some white people shit they're on w the white ancestors coming through. They can pay me or get one of their Cherokee elders or Black ancestors to do it cuz I ain't the one. Now me personally none of my elders would let that shit slide... but not all ancestors are gonna claim or like you so they're not all going to pass on their wisdom or knowledge or values ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but that's a lesson I also will not give for free or to appropriators. (And no, I'm not fakeclaiming them.)
None of my followers have publicly (or privately) harassed anyone because of these incidents to my knowledge. Nor have they spouted white supremacist rhetoric about supporting cultural & religious appropriation, ableism, demanding a platform in other people's spaces, harassing or bullying others, utilizing respectability politics, ect. Because I do not stand for that shit at all ever. I don't even have a large following anyways >20. The same cannot be said about others.
If y'all actually cared about racial prejudice, ableism, systems of color, anti-bullying/harassment, and anti-racism as much as y'all pretend to- you'd care about all instances of it. Not just the ones you pick and choose.
Hi this is the sojourners system. We wanted to reach out to apologize. I don't expect forgiveness, or even for you to read this, because our behavior was unacceptable and you have the right to refuse. Nevertheless, I apologize for responding with anger, resentment, hostility, and demeaning & hurtful words. It was inappropriate and unnecessary, we could have been kinder, clearer, and respectful with our response and chose not to. We do value your lived experience, and should have been forthcoming that we also have a background in Buddhism, and that our perspective is not based on Internet posts. Regardless of our experience and differences in opinion, our words were hurtful and diminishing. And I sincerely apologize that we harmed you. If you took time to read this, thank you, and if not, I don't hold it against you. Apologizing just seemed like the right thing to do. I will respect your space moving forward and not reach out again. All the best
it takes a lot of guts to apologize for stuff and i rly respect it. apology accepted, i get feeling passionate w opinions and ive definitely been there with anger and opinions too
thanks for the ask, made me giggle and kick my feet
I’ve been made aware by an acquaintance of mine (not naming just to be safe, but they’re also currently inactive either way), that there are blogs who are going around targeting and harassing systems of color. They’ve also emphasized that this is especially happening to newer blogs, so if you’re just starting a poc centered blog, or have a blog that you’re open about your ethnicity for, please be careful! Here are the two blogs that they specifically named. BLOCK. DO NOT HARRASS. I’m sharing this so you all can BLOCK them, let’s all stay civil. If you know of any other blogs who are actively harrassing others, let me know!:
Sysmedsaresexist
Sophieinwonderland
Again, please don’t go harassing them. I’ve also heard a fair amount of tales about both of these blogs so just steer clear of them regardless.
On the topic of poc awareness, that same acquaintance has also made a masterlist of black resources! Give it a look over when you get the chance. You can tell they spent a shit ton of time on it, and I forever appreciate them for taking the time to make it <3
I’ll also be putting it in my pinned post so it’ll always be easily accessible.
I'm going to leave some posts up before I go inactive next week, but not a lot. For the new system of color blogs I'd like to show you something that could be helpful if you are worried about them harassing you. I only know how to do this on the website/laptop not mobile fyi. They are harassing systems of color partialy based on the time they start posting on their blog publicly. So here is a way to change that. This used to be a well-known trick for funny time capsule posts but I'm not sure how well known it is now. I am sharing this for safety purposes not for it to be misused- if you are using this function outside of avoiding harassment from these two I encourage you to tag it as #unreality
Go to create a post
2. Click whichever format you want to use (i.e text, video, audio, ect)
3. Make/insert your content
4. Go to the settings button in the top right hand corner of the post
5. Click the calendar button in the "Post date" section
6. Set it for any date. Sophie and SAS are harassing systems of color whose blogs are created around January of 2026 and the time in which my blog will become inactive so around May 2026, so I would avoid those dates. You can also change the time as well by clicking the box and typing a new time
7. Click post now
8. Go to your acc and this is what your post with look like!
This is just a tip to help, but these two individuals are not going based off of logic, they are going off confirmation biases for their racism & ableism. They don't care when you post, who you are, ect, they're just looking for an excuse for hatred & prejudice. All systems of color should be weary- but especially systems of color who are mixed and/or; Black, Asian, and Indigenous as these are some of the ethnical/racial groups they are targeting. Sophie in particular is very openly sinophobic & anti-indigenous. SAS likes to appropriate AAVE while being racist. This tip can't protect you from harassment but it might help
I’ve been made aware by an acquaintance of mine (not naming just to be safe, but they’re also currently inactive either way), that there are blogs who are going around targeting and harassing systems of color. They’ve also emphasized that this is especially happening to newer blogs, so if you’re just starting a poc centered blog, or have a blog that you’re open about your ethnicity for, please be careful! Here are the two blogs that they specifically named. BLOCK. DO NOT HARRASS. I’m sharing this so you all can BLOCK them, let’s all stay civil. If you know of any other blogs who are actively harrassing others, let me know!:
Sysmedsaresexist
Sophieinwonderland
Again, please don’t go harassing them. I’ve also heard a fair amount of tales about both of these blogs so just steer clear of them regardless.
On the topic of poc awareness, that same acquaintance has also made a masterlist of black resources! Give it a look over when you get the chance. You can tell they spent a shit ton of time on it, and I forever appreciate them for taking the time to make it <3
I’ll also be putting it in my pinned post so it’ll always be easily accessible.
Hi yall, with the recent drama with The Amazing Digital Circus I have decided to compile some media about various topics both related and unrelated to the fandom responses happening, specifically the anti-blackness happening. This post can also be useful for writers who wish to write black characters.
The reason I would like to go through all these vast topics is because they interconnect in many ways in just this small aspect of fandom drama which has become cut and dry racism. From other people of color excusing the racism despite not being black, to the way black folks are criticizing one another or making claims for the whole community, to the way white folks are censoring/down voting/filtering/silencing black folk who are speaking up because they aren't doing it "nicely". Black people can and do live at the intersection of so many identities and I have been thoughtful about the sources I have collected with the least amount of bias as possible. While this post was inspired after TADC events I hope it can branch outside of that and become a larger resource both inside fandom communities that uphold anti-black racism/prejudice and outside of fandom spaces entirely. That being said, I still encourage folx to look into how the material presented here might relate to the situation even if it seems unrelated to challenge your own biases about how pervasive racism & anti-blackness is.
Black people are expected to be perfect and silent and happy with what we have at all times. When Black folks criticize modes of racism is it not uncommon for us to be met with remarks assuming that we are all cishet abled allistic individuals in an attempt to minimize and dismiss our concerns. This could not be further from the truth. I'm here, I care about the communities I'm a part of and those I'm not. This is both a call in and a call out for how anti-blackness has been present and rewarded in every single one of them.
Because we as Black folk are subject to scrutiny I will state explicitly that I took time to compile, gather direct quotes, read every single article fully and check the sources, as well as come up with the search prompts and ideas for the content itself. There has been no AI involved. While this is the bare minimum, white folx are able to get away without reading their sources or even going without sourcing them. I as a Black person am held to a higher standard and when presenting information have and continue to be accused falsey of using AI or other ways of diminishing my efforts- which I believe has as much to do with me being autistic and "talking robotically" as it does with me being Black.
I ask kindly that you take some time out of your day to read the pulled quotes and/or one article/video linked in it's entirety. Don't ask every black person on the Internet to educate you for free, I am here offering this resource to help you educate yourself for free, please utilize it. I am not an educator myself, just a Black person who loves talking health and learning about culture and history and values not only reliable sources but lived experiences shared by the community. And I hope this resource will alleviate the weight and burden off of my fellow black community members who are constantly asked to educate without compensation, support, and appreciation.
I anticipate that at some point in writing this Tumblr will tell me I have reached some type of limit, this will not be the only post but I'm also not sure how quickly the following posts will come either due to spoons and dissociative amnesia among other things.
The topics of the posts in no particular order will (ideally!!!!!!!!) be 1) Black mental health trends especially in regards to 2019 but not limited to such 2) history of black racial slurs and terminology 3) Anti-blackness in other communities of color 4) Resources for black folk 5) Supporting black artists/content creators 6) AAVE 7) Cyber racism & Online Racism (OR) 8) miscellaneous 9) fatphobia, eating disorders, black bodies under scrutiny 10) medical racism 11) whitewashing and "black washing" 12) black stereotypes 13) prisons are modern day slavery 14) black queerness; ballroom culture; identity 15) "transracial" identity 16) the influence of black culture on popular media 17) digital blackface 16) colorism, texturism, ect 17) black religions & spiritualities + antiblack sentiments in other religions 18) sexism, misogynoir
Side note: my asks and messages are off and will remain so for the foreseeable future due to hate/racist/antiblack mail I received previously. But afaik you can tag me in things if necessary? Or reblog with your queries. Also I will make typos. Idk why I try hard not to but I always so.
This is not an exhaustive list, and I would like to add more articles and resources to it in the future. This singular post will not contain all the topics above. It will be an ongoing project. This post was inspired by my friend whose video is shown below.
Mental Health and Black/African Americans | Office of Minority Health https://share.google/pSYqCBFBB1ediTyTB
Suicide on the Rise in Black and African American Communities - nccPA Health Foundation https://share.google/LuCCPeqnevIiELi2Q
"In 2019, suicide was the second leading cause of death for blacks or African Americans, ages 15 to 24; and suicide rates for children under the age of 12 are climbing quickly."
Suicides Rise in Black Population During COVID-19 Pandemic | Johns Hopkins Medicine https://share.google/XncoLF1XNJGLhTfMg
"However, once investigators studied suicide deaths by race, they found that suicides among white residents decreased by 45% during early March to early May, while suicides among Black residents increased by 94% in the same time frame. These results were published as a research letter in JAMA Psychiatry."
Racial Differences in Statewide Suicide Mortality Trends in Maryland During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic | Public Health | JAMA Psychiatry | JAMA Network https://share.google/uhAVGTTAd0nwjhN1u
"Among Black residents, suicide mortality appeared to double during period 2 compared with the means in 2017 to 2019. In contrast, suicide mortality appeared nearly halved among White residents during periods 2 and 3 compared with the means of 2017 to 2019."
Young Black men are dying by suicide at alarming rates https://share.google/Er4D01DrkRRGDJ1nS
"Although childhood neglect and trauma played a role in predicting suicidal thoughts, the researchers found that racial discrimination independently predicted higher rates of suicidal thoughts."
"Institutional and interpersonal racism emerged as pervasive factors contributing to suicide risk for Black youth on every level of the socioecological model—societal, community, relationship, and individual. Further
compounding unique stressors experienced by Black youth, the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted Black Americans and created, perpetuated, and exacerbated suicide risk factors
for Black youth including access to care, distrust of medical professionals, financial concerns, and social cohesion"
Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address Mental Health Care Barriers | The Pew Charitable Trusts https://share.google/hhwScUnH7oAgJXJer
Anti-Black Structural Racism Goes Online: A Conceptual Model for Racial Health Disparities Research - PMC https://share.google/H2nRnAkaVY0quIIYr
Understanding 5 types of racism online — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH https://share.google/UwawEq6W4zWqb1GH0
Online Racial Discrimination, Suicidal Ideation, and Traumatic Stress in a National Sample of Black Adolescents | Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion | JAMA Psychiatry | JAMA Network https://share.google/9rDzPPYI1WjpEg0Pv
" In addition, cyberbullying is associated with increased suicidal ideation, and Black adolescents have an average of 5 racially discriminatory experiences daily, mostly occurring online."
People who share encounters with racism are silenced online by humans and machines, but a guideline-reframing intervention holds promise | PNAS https://share.google/L1yiPNwDJrvv8QiQj
Cyber racism explained | Racism No Way https://share.google/htqGaqKmwSOTvMUYV
Understanding Cyber-Racism Perpetration within the Broader Context of Cyberbullying Theory: A Theoretical Integration - PMC https://share.google/4R4LQxjzwwT10X3Ya
"21% of Black US youth (aged 13–17) have personally experienced bullying/harassment online because of their race/ethnicity [5]. Another survey, which focused on Black US adults, showed that 25% have been harassed online due to their race/ethnicity"
"A key difference between more traditional forms of racism and cyber-racism that is important for our analysis is that the online nature of cyber-racism juxtaposed with the permanency of online communication creates a situation where a single instance of cyber-racism has the possibility of being shared (e.g., re-tweeting on Twitter), “liked”, forwarded, etc., and otherwise communicated multiple times. Therefore, from the victim’s point of view, one cyber-racism post can be compounded, which can be extremely harmful to one’s well-being. To protect oneself, people may feel the need to prepare themselves to face this type of racism, which ultimately leads to an anticipation of it happening. This anticipation can lead to hyper-vigilance in their life off the internet, which can be stressful and socially isolating"
"We hope that this paper argues against this perspective. Until published empirical findings that highlight the importance of accounting for the overlap between cyber and traditional racism while also acknowledging the key theoretical differences (i.e., online disinhibition, online anonymity) is conducted, this perspective is viable. "
Nigger (the word), a story - African American Registry https://share.google/UUHCLw6okhBDhPJgy
Masterlist of black focused resource https://www.tumblr.com/blackcharacterpolls/810939069847797760/masterlist-of-black-focused-resources-1?source=share
How Black culture is shaping Gen Z slang: Appreciation or appropriation?
Clock it https://www.them.us/story/clock-it-how-ballroom-coined-the-internets-new-catchphrase
A critique of the equation Racism = Power + Prejudice and how it fails to consider "reverse racism" and "oppressed groups being unable to be racist"- both of which do not exist (not a persona fav resource regarding the explanations of racial prejudice between other poc) https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr98fbge.5pCwIABqgPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzMEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1778446561/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fphilarchive.org%2farchive%2fSCODREv1/RK=2/RS=ddTfRlEyazqFmapZd0br67ScxRo-
"Here it seems the Chinese neighbour is also leveraging the power imbalances of white supremacy in just the same way as the white man would be. This should make him racist even on the P + P account."
Are 'nigga' and 'nigger' the same word? | The N-Word Project CW: multiple racial slurs being used by groups who are not a part of those communities https://share.google/1HvEvZQGgu9eS8RU8
Prejudice + Power = ISM (beyond racism) https://peari.org/blog/prejudice-power-isms-of-oppression
Black Lives Matter website glossary https://blacklivesmatter.com/your-resources/#glossary
"In September 2020, 52% thought the increased attention to these issues would lead to changes that would improve the lives of Black people. By 2023, 40% said that had happened. That figure stands at just 27% today. About seven-in-ten (72%) now say the increased focus on these issues after Floyd’s murder did not lead to changes that improved the lives of Black people."
Etymology of the word nigga(h) https://www.etymonline.com/word/nigga
Etymology of the word nigger https://www.etymonline.com/word/nigger
Racial Slur database (wouldn't consider this a reputable source as it is user submission based but information does not seem overall unreliable) http://www.rsdb.org/races#african_americans
Definition of plausible deniability https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plausible-deniability
Combatting Anti-Blackness: Resources for the Asian American Community | Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC https://share.google/te7Qbj4ksJXfwLrmR
An Asian American Guide to Dismantling Anti-Blackness — Asian American Christian Collaborative (AACC) https://share.google/m8vaZnTpQBgCvpqGh
30+ Ways Asians Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism Everyday | by Michelle MiJung Kim | Awaken Blog | Medium https://share.google/LV5EC4S6aEa1vGfsx
"We all perpetuate anti-Black racism in our daily lives. We can’t fight anti-Black racism unless we can notice its manifestation in ourselves and others on a daily basis in our workplace, social interactions, and online engagement."
"Not believing Black people’s stories and struggles: “are you sure they meant it that way?” “it’s not always about race” aka gaslighting the fuck out of them. This is especially harmful because gaslighting that comes from other marginalized groups is EVEN MORE gaslighty."
"Colorism has long been a part of Asian cultures globally and the damning effects are seen within and across different Asian communities."
20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now | by Michelle MiJung Kim | Awaken Blog | Medium https://share.google/uOVlhMtnVS7qfP9Tm
"Don’t ask Black people to educate you. Don’t put additional burden on them, not now, not ever. There is so much free content and thought leadership out there"
Understanding Anti-Blackness in American South Asian Communities - South Asian Network https://share.google/pBcOz4QFSESrVBDeo
Latinx and Asian Engagement/Complicity in Anti-Blackness https://share.google/WWJZ1M08QJavERZY5
"This, importantly, requires recognition of how privilege exists within our communities (Latinx and Asian), which thus leads to the continued perpetuation of anti-Blackness. We understand that “anti-Blackness [as] a product of white supremacy and cannot exist outside the social construct of a hierarchy based on skin color. Brown and Black communities exist under this paradigm and, as a result, are pitted against each other"
"Black and other “races” are conceptualized, but what is most predictive, in terms of phenotype and one’s life outcomes, is where one fits into the color scale, determined by one’s distance from or closeness to whiteness"
"there is a hierarchy of racial classifications, with Black being in the “bottommost status group”"
"These daily assaults mentioned in the definition of anti-Blackness can be seen throughout the world and “contribute to the collective trauma of being racialized Black and having to navigate an anti-Black world”"
" Furthermore, ross states, “anti-Blackness indexes the structural reality that in the larger society, blackness is inextricably tied to slaveness” (p. 8). Slavery officially ended with the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 but lived on de facto during the Jim Crow Era, particularly in the South, and continues de facto today with a new system created out of labor in prisons (Spears 2021). Additionally, in schools, there is video footage capturing Black children being abused or even murdered (Aronson and Boveda 2017). While this all does not mean that Black people are still literally enslaved today, the legacy of enslavement “does mean that slavery marks the ontological position of Black people—that is, the relationship between humanity and blackness is an antagonism, is irreconcilable” "
"Anti-Black racism is not just a matter of a “few bad eggs …” and these comments do not exist in a vacuum; “they exist within a set of cultural and racial attitudes that are part of Latino culture"
"60% of Latinx youth changed their racial classifications over time; specifically, darker-skinned Latinx were more likely to identify as Black over time, while those with the lightest skin tones identified as white. This affirms that those with access to whiteness choose whiteness."
"In the U.S., the experiences of Afro-Latinx are more similar to those of African Americans than those of other Latinos or non-Hispanic whites. This includes lower incomings, higher unemployment rates, higher rates of poverty, less education, living in more segregated neighborhoods, greater racial harassment from law enforcement, and adverse effects on physical and mental health"
"assisting people in becoming literate in the existence of Latino anti-Black bias can be a tool for change only if it is accompanied by a critical engagement with how such bias adversely affects Afro-Latinos and African Americans in sustaining White supremacy"
"Further exploration around racial formation within Asia (as a continent) perhaps reveals a connection between anti-Blackness and racial categories, thus (non)human privileges and life course trajectory. The research on anti-Blackness within Asia is challenging to find, but not nonexistent."
"Korean racial formation cannot be known without anti-Blackness or anti-Indigeneity ...The racialized Korean self was constructed with racism, and “antiblackness has been the fundament, the bottommost bedrock, of Korean identity formation, one that lives on” (Kim and Jung 2021, p. 149). The racial formation included fear of assuming the status of Black people and American Indians (Kim and Jung 2021), coupled with the threat of coloniality by Japan and fear of becoming enslaved, resulting in internalized anti-Blackness. It is worth exploring how other Asian entities formed race and the subsequent relationships with anti-Blackness. "
"Asian/Asian American communities have been positioned as the “honorary whites” (Bonilla-Silva 2004) and as the invisible buffer to uphold white supremacy (this invisibility hides power as a function of white supremacy) with contextual indirect advantages (Oh and Eguchi 2022). This prevents Black success and maintains Black subjectivity."
"The positioning of Asians as model minorities positioned Asian communities in direct contrast to Black communities. These pronouncements were a very successful way to devalue the Black Power Movement"
"Some scholars suggest that this has led to indifference and a lack of connection to anti-Black racism (Young et al. 2022) and the Black Lives Matter Movement because of a lack of belonging (Yellow Horse et al. 2021) and perpetual foreigner experience in the U.S."
"We must consider the racialization of Asian Americans and our positioning in the U.S. as clearly positioned proximate to whiteness and in opposition to Blackness, and how this works through, for, and against us."
"History has already documented the shifting of racial/ethnic groups such as the Irish or Italians from non-white to white (Ignatiev 1995; Roediger 2006). There was once a period of history within the U.S. where Mexican Americans were classified as white simply because of the ways the laws were interpreted (Gómez 2018). This group includes “traditional” whites, new “white” immigrants, assimilated white Latinos (i.e., Cubans), some multi-racial, some assimilated Native Americans, and a few people of Asian origin. It has been documented many times that members of this “white racial group” benefit from passing or lighter skin privileges and access to economic mobility"
"The second group, the “honorary” whites, includes other light-skinned Latinos, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Asian Indians, Chinese Americans, Filipinos, and most Middle Eastern Americans, who phenotypically cannot pass as white per se but also have access to economic mobility. This “honorary white” group is positioned in the middle of this hierarchy. The last group, “collective black,” includes darker-skinned Asians and Latinos, Black/African populations, and Native Americans living on reservations (pp. 932–933). This group is positioned at the bottom of this tri-racial hierarchy. While this perceived hierarchy does not account for the intersection of identities, experiences, and other factors that certainly impact these many different communities, it does highlight how proximity to whiteness (or honorary membership) enhances one’s privilege in the U.S. and creates a separation from the endarkened, or Blackness. From this tri-racial hierarchy framework, we see that many of these communities that are not part of “traditional” white groups have climbed the hierarchy. In our argument, those across the Latinx and Asian diasporas have learned and perpetuated anti-Black sentiments within their communities as a means to achieve access to the “white racial” group. In another sense, Lee and Bean (2012) suggest that the boundaries of the white racial category are being pushed back to include Latinx and Asians, and within this, multiracial Latinx and Asians."
"Asians were considered “partly colored” during the Jim Crow era, which complicated Black–white segregation realities. Bow (2007) suggests that the Black–white color lines were dependent upon Asians moving toward whiteness and other color groups begrudgingly accepting this in order to uphold whiteness and Blackness distinctions. "
"The Asian community during the Jim Crow era struggled with such conundrums because of its association with Blackness while not having the same privileges that come with proximity to whiteness, resulting in anxieties about status and anxieties about how Asians were fitting into the racialized hierarchy (Bow 2007). Asians’ status in the U.S. continues to be “uneasily positioned in American culture as American but not quite; as middle class—almost; as a minority but not one of “those” minorities; as like us but not like us” "
"“since whiteness, Blackness, and Asianness did emerge in the context of global slavery, colonialism, imperialism, and migration, the analysis of racial triangulation would clearly be enhanced and perhaps importantly changed by attention to these phenomena” (p. 504). The issues continue to be structures of white supremacy and anti-Blackness, and racial triangulation through this racial hierarchy is a distraction from these larger structural functions."
"Nor can we discuss racial triangulation without globalizing its function "
"Society and white logic (Zuberi and Bonilla-Silva 2008) would have us believe our communities have never worked in sync with one another, but history has proven that is not true (Fujiwara and Roshanravan 2018; Wu 2002). Our Latinx and Asian histories have always been intertwined with (yet distinct from) the Black experience in the U.S. (Yancey 2003), and our human/civil rights have been tied to the movement for Black liberation. Additionally, even still, there are examples of Asian/Latinx/Black solidarity"
"As such, we cannot acknowledge our privileges without acknowledging the indebtedness of the Black liberation movements (Ortiz 2018; Taylor 2016). It is imperative that we “name our indebtedness, our obligation to mutual reciprocity, and our internalized anti-Blackness"
"Miseducation also performs the function of unproductive division and negates how power works (Foucault 1982). Miseducation includes a lack of understanding of how our communities are hierarchically positioned; or, many communities are aware of this positioning and intentionally reinforce this hierarchical system. The history of cross-racial solidarity not being taught in K–12 classrooms is intentional in the reproduction of the status quo, in maintaining power structures (e.g., white savior), and in the hegemony of curriculum (Jay 2003) that does not allow for criticality or ambiguity, which is replicated in the larger public imagination. We should be teaching the roles of women/BIPOC in civil rights, with examples that expand on and extend past Yuri Kochiyama and Grace Lee Boggs’ legacies (Roshanravan 2018)."
"This is a lazy and performative effort that yields little results unless one exposes those performative gaps and causes good trouble (Ahmed 2006). Furthermore, conversations about whiteness focusing solely on white people dismiss the complicit roles of people of color in perpetuating anti-Blackness"
"on the other hand, if we only center Black voices in those spaces, it can deflect responsibility within our communities. C. J. Kim (2022) asserts that understanding racial triangulation (and racial hierarchy) is important for not only noticing Asian-Black solidarities (more broadly, cross-racial solidarities), but also understanding “why Afro-Asian alliances are not as common, enduring, or expansive as one might wish them to be” (p. 505). N. Y. Kim (2022) suggests that by understanding racial triangulation (as a mechanism of racial hierarchy), we can answer the question, “Why do all groups of color become perpetrators of White supremacist violence against one another?” (p. 473)."
""This means that this space is tricky because Latinx and Asian Americans’ simple resistance to the “honorary white” status can “reinscribe anti-Blackness” "
"We are not suggesting people of color are “racist,” as communities of color do not hold the power to uphold systems of oppression. However, prejudices are a natural part of the human condition. "
Anti-Blackness in Native Communities - Diné Aesthetics (this is a blog but is absolutely worth the read and does cite sources)
https://share.google/VM9pR4x3hfj7Zjd41
"Thus, Indigenous communities were socially and politically forced, through violent means, to racially codify their distinct sense of personhood within white supremacy."
"Blackness became synonymous with being dirty, sinful, impure, whereas whiteness became associated with beauty, virtue, and cleanliness."
"Black inferiority was demanded of Indigenous communities to be recognized as ‘sovereign’ early on in White history."
"The reasons that are usually presented to withhold recognition from tribes are 1) that they are racially tainted with the blood of African tribes-men or 2) greed, for newly recognized tribes will share in the appropriations for services given to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The names of justice, mercy, sanity, common sense, fiscal responsibility, and rationality can be presented just as easily on the side of those advocating recognition."
"While tribes who are perceived or do have some black ancestry, as well as significant Indian ancestry, are being denied, tribes with large amounts of white ancestry and less significant Indian heritage have been acknowledged.”
I refer to Sunray’s article because it showcases how anti-blackness continues today. Anti-blacknesses persist today, especially in discussions within ‘tribal sovereignty’ and ‘tribal recognition’.
But it isn’t just within these conversations that anti-black sentiments arise. Over the last century, anti-black rhetoric has increased among Indigenous communities."
"One example of this public dehumanization is when Indigenous Peoples, begrudgingly, say that they are “more oppressed” than Black folx. Thus, displacing the conversation of the oppression of Black folx, and furthering anti-blackness."
"This is most prominent with the co-optation of #NativesLivesMatter, which intended to bring advocacy and awareness of the high rates of police brutality of Native Peoples. #NativeLivesMatter, unfortunately, de-centered the conversation on the public violence against the Black body and affirmation of the humanity of Black folx, which was the focus of #BlackLivesMatter."
"Digital blackface is when a non-Black person uses a reaction gif of a Black person in cyberspace. This action reinforces the dehumanization process of Black folx simply by framing them as caricatures. "
"We are all complicit in the erasure and silencing of Indigenous voices, yet also in the perpetuation of anti-blackness."
"Diné children are taught very early on that to be called ‘Black’ in Diné bizaad (Navajo Language) was to be called dirty and unclean."
"Anti-blackness is a global phenomenon that has become synonymous with ideas of humanity. Liberation is not possible at all if Indigenous Peoples don’t interrogate our anti-black sentiments. Anti-blackness is a product of colonialism and slavery. There is a long history of anti-blackness in our Indigenous communities. It does not belong there, and it needs to end."
Non-Black People Of Color Perpetuate Anti-Blackness Too | HuffPost Voices https://share.google/xOHzBV4ZsZE6IEuU4
"“There’s two rules in the f**cking Latino family. Don’t marry somebody Black, and don’t park in front of our house.”"
"NBPOC appropriate Black culture, co-opt our struggle when it’s convenient, and speak in cringe-worthy imitations of Black Vernacular English (BVE), but keep Black people at a distance. "
"The truth is, the relationship between Africans and the indigenous population of this continent has always been complicated. When Europeans first came to this continent, they enslaved much of the portion of the indigenous population they didn’t outright kill. Thus, by the time the first enslaved Africans reached the shores of Virginia in 1619, they were not the only unpaid and brutalized labor enriching the ruling class."
The monster that lurks in Indian Country: Anti-Blackness - ICT https://share.google/LLIiWjxL66lgH73ou
"Indigenous people and Black people have a shared history and trauma of being enslaved, subjugated and colonized by colonizers, and yet Indigenous people continue to inflict lateral violence, gatekeeping and exclusion of Black people. Is it because of our proximity to white identity? "
"I have personally witnessed and heard Black Indigenous people tell me that they try very hard to reconnect with their Indigenous heritage and extended family, only to be cruelly turned away. "
"We must accept the fact that anti-Blackness, like the monsters of old, lurks and grows with power in Indigenous communities, the more we feed it by being silent and compliant with colonial-based laws and systems."
Reckoning With Anti-Blackness in Indian Country | The New Republic https://share.google/rn2r3XecMNilYOz9F
"The discrimination faced by Native and Black communities in America run parallel, even if they bear important distinctions and require different struggles. But it should not be difficult to recognize that the fates of Native people are bound to our relationship with Black people and everyone else made marginal under these same systems. “What do Lumbees lose when Black lives matter?” Lowery wrote. “Nothing except our colonized minds.”"
Confronting Anti-Blackness and Anti-Indigeneity in Latina/o Communities - Julian Samora Research Institute - Michigan State University https://share.google/TqHEKU7z8UrVCxiEG
Essay Black Native Identity and Futurity https://share.google/nfO0gfC8t3T2CobOu
"We are pushing back against society’s pressure to choose between our identities because we may look more like one than the other, or not enough of both. "
"We must harvest the fruit of our ancestors, plant new seeds of freedom, and pick the weeds of subjugation."
"Existing as both Black and Native is not a burden we must bear; it is our birthright, our inheritance, and an intersectional identity we get to bask in."
Essay Afro-Indigenous Relations in a Reimagined Future https://share.google/V2j2S7edZfMNN3CXo
"It also acknowledged that not only are Black and Indigenous communities bonded by the shared experiences of violence, erasure, and generational trauma, but that Black Natives are Native people too."
"The displacement and enslavement of Africans and the dispossession and removal of Indigenous people from their lands have been intimately linked since the founding of the nation."
"we can’t engage in imagining land back without figuring out how to think differently about the relationship between Black and Indigenous lives."
A Reckoning with Anti-Blackness in Indian and Indian American Spaces | by Aparajita Jeedigunta | Medium https://share.google/SFy1AcjSnH5IaWf5A
"As a person of Indian origin, have you ever heard, said, or even thought, “I’m Brown; I can’t be racist”?"
"We are all complicit, every single day, when we promote, perpetuate, and participate in systems of supremacy that are racist in their structures. When we avoid confronting the pervasive anti-Blackness in our own spaces — often out of fear of losing proximity to power — we allow these patterns to continue, no matter where we live."
"We believe that our spaces are diverse because we are in them. We don’t realize that we are tokenized, or, if we do, we stay complacent and silent lest we risk our status in the social hierarchy. A lot of us barely have any Black friends, and I am not talking about the one ‘token Black friend’ here, because we created our spheres of existence to be as separate as possible. Historically, none of this was questioned as racism or anti-Blackness, because ‘it’s just how things were.’ "
"instead of listening to and learning from Black leaders and commentators, we try to correct their insights and lived experiences. Or, we stay silent in critical moments of reckoning when our voices and platforms need to be used to uplift and amplify Black voices."
"Many of our community members have no problem casually using the n-word when they feel emboldened enough within the safety of our Indian American spaces."
"Words like “nibba/nibbi,” or equivalents in other languages, get thrown around casually for love-struck teens or immature jokes, even though it is easy to learn that these words originate from the n-word."
The Rise of Respectability Politics - Dissent Magazine https://share.google/RKbmX4RcAFMhT1C64
"I don’t damn young people for having low-slung drawers,” Dyson quipped; “raise up their dreams and their drawers will follow."
Democracy Limited: The Politics of Respectability (U.S. National Park Service) https://share.google/LYUueJg9qO3HQ5mVC
"Paul and others believed that marginalizing Black women would make their cause palatable and respectable to white Southerners who were opposed to suffrage rights for Black Americans. The mainstream suffrage movement’s dismissal of Black women’s voting rights damaged the movement’s claim that they were fighting for all women. Many Black women, particularly in the South, would not gain full voting rights until the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965."
The Skin I'm In: Respectability Politics in the Context of Black Womanhood — Therapy for Black Girls https://share.google/IH5f2ZOXHh0eMVwQX
"respectability politics can be defined as the belief that behaving or appearing like the dominant group in society will deem you more respectable, and therefore more valued. "
"Instead of requiring the people and the institutions committing and propagating racist acts to change, it asks the people harmed by the racism to change to stop being harmed by the racism.” As if it is not heavy enough to carry the baggage that comes from experiencing racial traumas and stressors regularly, we also have to carry the burden of being the ones to fix what we didn’t create. "
"Therefore, what one individual does should not speak for the entire race."
The Skin I'm In: What Colorism Means for Psychological Healing — Therapy for Black Girls https://share.google/XuZhMMGEo0xU1JcHo
"The mental health outcomes of colorism have been compared to psychological and emotional abuse. Experiencing colorism may increase the risk for aggression, substance use, self-injury, and risky sexual behavior. Colorism is also associated with depression and anxiety. Poor self-concept and low self-esteem increase the risk of developing depression, while constant scrutiny, teasing, and mistreatment increase anxiety. "
Lifting as We Climb, by Randall Kennedy https://share.google/LK2mTHj5plCs1Eg7u
"We were taught to look down on such people as “bad Negroes” whose antics further burdened “good Negroes” like us"
"My parents sternly ordered their children to be dignified in the presence of white people so that there would be no opportunity to put us in racist, stereotypical categories. “Don’t act like a coon,” they told us bluntly. “Don’t act like a nigger.”"
"Tie-tie, you lose,” my father said repeatedly — meaning that as a black person I would always be deprived of the benefit of the doubt."
"They were under no illusion that strict adherence to their protocols would immunize us completely against the ravages of negrophobia; they knew that racism targeted “good” blacks too. But they reasoned that their strictures would at least improve our chances of surviving and thriving."
"The clothing a woman wears is irrelevant to the culpability of a rapist, and so, too, should the appearance of a young black man in a hoodie be irrelevant to the culpability of anyone who inflicts violence upon him."
"the politics of respectability. Its proponents advocate taking care in presenting oneself publicly and desire strongly to avoid saying or doing anything that will reflect badly on blacks, reinforce negative racial stereotypes, or needlessly alienate potential allies."
"Practitioners of the politics of respectability suggest focusing more on those whose victimization is clearest and likeliest to elicit the greatest sympathy from the general public."
" is denounced as a flight from blackness, an opportunistic gambit, a cowardly capitulation, a futile exercise, and an implicit concession that racist mistreatment is excusable unless committed upon a perfect black victim."
"defined respectability politics as “the belief that good behavior and stern chiding will cure black ills and uplift black people and convince white people that we’re human and worthy of respect.” Such politics, he added, “don’t work.”"
"the proselytizers of respectability politics would rather reify the theories of black inferiority that excite the white racist imagination.” "
" “Black folks have already tested out . . . respectability,” Brittney Cooper, a professor at Rutgers, wrote recently. “We’ve been trying to save our lives by dressing right, talking right and never, ever fucking up since about 1877. That shit has not worked.”"
"At no point has a progressive black respectability politics made more sense."
Autistic People of Color Fund – The Autistic People of Color Fund https://share.google/7sNSD7lQWX9tkvtt3
Black Mental Health - 988 Lifeline https://share.google/SjxJFiag94vcQm4tC
What Is Misogynoir? https://share.google/HiDgIxMjdEC0EOEXy
"Black women are often slotted into one of four roles: the sassy Black woman, the angry Black woman, the strong Black woman, or the overly sexual Black woman. "
Black Women Stereotypes: How the Media Can Avoid Tropes https://share.google/1swCdyJdL1Q2iht9z
"Other more pervasive stereotypes in the media include the “angry Black woman,” the “jezebel,” the “mammy” and, although slightly harder to recognize but equally as harmful, the “labor mule.”"
"“Black women are allowed to be angry, and often, to avoid being labeled as a stereotype, we are reluctantly forced to take the high road in situations where we or those we care about have been wronged for the sake of saving face.”"
"Black women are at greater risk of sexual victimization compared to white women, and for every Black woman that officially reports her rape, there are approximately 15 who do not."
"This detaches Black women from their humanity. It’s the idea that as Black women, we must be all-knowing and constantly caring for everyone.”"
Popular and Pervasive Stereotypes of African Americans | National Museum of African American History and Culture https://share.google/LPEcv07VXCNt0RvnA
On minority character stereotypes https://www.tumblr.com/plutointerludeart/813651646660952064?source=share
Jim Crow Museum https://share.google/BCu5uFYca3DhHbZDw
Black Queer History is American History | GLAAD https://share.google/uPDR4FjfF2Xl2FnOa
Supporting Black LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health | The Trevor Project https://share.google/YkbD9NJ3ljASr7AZa
Organizations Serving the Black LGBTQ+ Community – It Gets Better https://share.google/fdbx6Rd2tWMVA87qz
What Supporting Black LGBTQ Young People Really Looks Like | The Trevor Project https://share.google/B9nZUe2T3hJB3n9Zs
The Harlem Renaissance in Black Queer History | National Museum of African American History and Culture https://share.google/Mg7SFnd0F5XiYvaiL
NACDL - Race and the Death Penalty https://share.google/MdgCyUJXKI9NoN8xY
Race, Human Rights, and the U.S. Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center https://share.google/d4bGgKbt1nQaq2Gj6
"The United States death penalty is often referred to as a descendent of the American historical practices of enslavement, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation. Studies have found that states with a greater history of lynchings also tend to have more modern death sentences, and that the link is even stronger between lynchings and death sentences imposed upon Black defendants.[1] A 2022 study documented the “deep historical and contemporary connection [between the death penalty and] white racial hostility toward blacks.”[2] It found that the same “racial resentment of blacks [that] drives support for the death penalty at the individual level” operates at the state level and that “states with higher aggregate levels of racial resentment impose more death sentences,” particularly against African Americans. From slavery to lynching to segregation to the death penalty and mass incarceration, the researchers wrote, “[r]acial attitudes that historically led to discrimination and racial subjugation reproduce themselves within the white population through the institutions and political cultures of a given area.”"
"African Americans were more likely to be sentenced to death than white defendants irrespective of the race of the victim and the severity of the murder, and a death sentence was more likely to be imposed in a case involving one or more white victims, irrespective of the race of the defendant and the severity of the murder. The combination of race of victim and race of defendant most likely to produce a death verdict at all levels of severity was a Black defendant and a white victim."
"No white man has ever been executed in the U.S. for the rape of a Black woman or child in which the victim was not killed."
"More than two thirds (30 of 44) of the known intellectually disabled prisoners who were executed before the Supreme Court banned the practice in Atkins v. Virginia in 2002 were people of color. More than 60% (27 of 44) were Black. Over the next twenty years, U.S. states executed at least 29 more prisoners who most likely were intellectually disabled. More than three-quarters (22, 75.9%) were people of color and 62.1% (18 of 29) were Black. As of December 2022, at least 142 condemned prisoners had their death sentences overturned under Atkins: More than 4 in 5 (118, 83.1%) were people of color and more than two-thirds (96, 67.6%) were Black."
"Similarly, nearly two-thirds (65.2%) of the 235 death sentences imposed on juvenile offenders (under age 18) in the United States in the modern era before the Supreme Court struck down that practice in Roper v. Simmons in 2005 were people of color.[9] More than half (52.0%) were Black. 64.7% of the 1,319 death sentences imposed on late adolescent offenders (between ages 18 and 21) in the U.S. in the modern era have been directed at people of color, with more than half imposed on Black adolescents (51.2%).[10] Noting that “Black youth are punished more harshly than Whites” and that “it is clear death as a penalty is not applied equally and fairly among members of the late adolescent class,” "
"So I don’t believe slavery ended in 1865, I believe it just evolved."
