#systems of privilege

[itsmythang]

When I was a child, we were taught to speak well, be educated and stay out of trouble and all would be good between you and white people. WTF???? Helll nawwwwww that doesn't satisfy them...you can't educate yourself out of racism, you can't fame yourself out of racism...white people have proven that over and over again. In fact, the more you have, the better you dress, the more intelligent you are, a racist white person will hate you that much more.

Racist white men are like spoiled children, but you can't let those crazy azz racist Karens off the hook either.

Perfect example ... think about the periods after slavery. Everything was created to prevent the progress of Black folks. Vagrant laws, Jim Crow, segregation, and all the massacres of Black towns that were popping up. Not to mention the assassination of Black leaders.

[johariswindow]

NPR journalist Cazey Rentz reports on the misdiagnosis of children with autism. According to a study in 2007 from the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Black and Latin American children are 5 times more likely to be misdiagnosed than their white peers, and often don’t get a proper diagnosis until their older. This article briefly summarizes the classism, racism, and ableism that bars parents from seeking treatment & counseling to help their children become confident and successful in their academic, professional, and personal pursuits. Due to many factors that include but are not limited accessibility to healthcare, environmental racism, lack of school intervention, normalized behaviors, and lack of accessible medical information. This article takes roughly 5 minutes or so to read, and cites several mixed studies across the U.S. that range from 2001 - 2017.