#praetoreyna

[lizzibennet]

repost this and then tag 10 people you want to know better

i was tagged by rachel artemistletoe (thanks bbyyyyy)

Name: lorena

Nickname: lori or lo but i like lori a lot more

Birthday: may 22nd

Gender: female

Sexual Orientation: bisexual

Height: about 5"5'

Favorite color: all shades of blue and black and i also like grey and gold a lot

Time and date at the current moment: 2:09 pm december eight 2014

Average hours of sleep: because im on break about 10-12, if im having school then it's about six

Lucky Number: 7, 8, and 26

Last thing i googled: how much is 170 cm in feet lol

First word that comes to mind: magnet

One place that makes me happy: really cliche but the beach

How many blankets I sleep under: i have two in my bed but i just use one to kind of cuddle up and make my bed more comfy and cozy, i don't actually cover myself w/ it, so one

Favorite Fictional Character: kate beckett and annabeth chase

Book: im just finishing aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe and i cannot think of any other books rn

TV Show: castle, criminal minds, and new girl

Favorite Beverage: tea and maracuja juice

Favorite Food: all of them

Last Movie I saw in Cinemas: mockingjay with my mom and my brother

Dream Holiday: probably backpacking through europe cause i don't think i could choose only one place

Dream Wedding: a beACH WEDDING one of those really sweet ones where you rent a giant beachside house and invite your family and friends over and it's really intimate and sweet

Dream Job: something that has to do with photography or writing

i tag thetitancurse, preatoreyna, anti-leyna, breakffastclub, pipalia and also anyone who wants to do this!!!!!!!!!

[jumpluckyz]

Blink, a fantastic book written by the brilliant Malcolm Gladwell (an African Canadian man who also authored the famous book Outliers), explains how internalized racism can have very real, often fatal, impacts. The book overall is about how people make split second decisions, but Gladwell spends an entire chapter (Ch 6) looking at racial profiling. 

He uses a chilling example to highlight how racial profiling can lead to horrific outcomes. In 1999 in the Bronx, a young Black immigrant named Amadou Diallo was standing outside his apartment complex. 4 police officers, in plain clothes, driving an unmarked car, drove by and were supposedly shocked that a man standing outside his own home would be so brazen as to continue standing there, as a car drove by. The 4 cops (all white) decided this was very suspicious behavior, so they got out of the car and approached him, while yelling at him. Diallo became fearful, and retreated to the door, trying to get it open. The police charged. Diallo pulled a black object from his pocket. The cops thought he had a gun. They killed him. Between the four cops, they fired 41 bullets at him. Four cops. Against one retreating man. 41 bullets. After killing him, they finally saw what was really in his hand. A wallet. Amadou Diallo had recently immigrated to the USA and didn't speak English well. He thought they we going to mug him. So he retreated, while trying to give them his wallet. And they killed him, because they deemed him to be a threat, based on biases that completely twisted their perception of reality. 

Gladwell goes on to give an insightful explanation on how biases against Blacks lead to false and very harmful perceptions. 

I would recommend this book to anyone. (Especially Chapter 6). It is heartbreaking, but so worthwhile. Racial profiling is real and we need to overcome it.

[helenamanings]

FRICKING HATE U U BITCH

So you call me a bitch? Well a bitch is a dog. Dogs bark. Bark is on trees. Trees are a part of nature. And nature is beautiful (: so yeah....thanks for the compliment (:

[froggyluvr]

I was confused 4 such a long time bc I didn't kno who u were and when I say a long time I mean all day

i didn't even change my icon and my url just has 'rumpel' in front of it

i jsu t

dumb

[fredweasley]

i initially followed u bc i thought u were quality and now i'm stuck following u for the rest of my life

you thought i was quality???? thought?????? you're DFUCKING DEAD KIDDO

[firelordzuko]

i follow u purely for ur body

i knew it