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[jackryan1369-blog]

If you’re white in Ferguson, you would need to be snorting cocaine directly off your dashboard to get stopped by the police

John Oliver (via jackryan1369)

Speaking the fucking TRUTH...

[jackryan1369-blog]

If God just answered all our prayers, there’d be nothing left for us to do ourselves. Life is about problems, and overcoming those problems, and growing and learning from obstacles.

South Park, Are you there God? It’s me, Jesus. (via jackryan1369)

[therealjaycouncil]

He got tired everyday & Then slept

Sometimes okay Sometimes unbearable

[trevorlewis2168-blog]

Those in charge don’t have the best sense of how their community feels

John Oliver; Last Week Tonight (via trevorlewis2168)

This was an important quote from the show because John Oliver is explaining what is the root of the violence and rioting. It is a result of the police and government not being able to empathize with the people in the community that they are governing.

(via hauser9)

[trevorlewis2168-blog]

I say fuck the police, that’s how I treat em We buy our way out of jail, but we can’t buy freedom We’ll buy a lot of clothes when we don’t really need em Things we buy to cover up what’s inside

Kanye West; All Falls Down (via trevorlewis2168)

When I read these lines, it’s interesting to wonder whether Kanye is just speaking pessimistically here or if this is his actual mindset. It seems as though he’s just being a pessimist, but he’s feeding directly into common stereotypes and he’s not taking much of a stance on change.

(via ross-george)

Fuck the police.

[therealjaycouncil]

Dear white people, the minimum requirement of black friends needed to not seem racist has just been raised to two. Sorry, but your weed man, Tyrone, does not count.-Sam White, Dear White People.

[samantha-e-hicks-deactivated201]

I like this quote because it reminds me of the tendency for white people accused of racism to defend themselves by saying, “I’m not racist! Some of my best friends are black,” which is a total cop out. It’s as though they think being friends with other races and being racist are mutually exclusive.

[therealjaycouncil]

This is a fucking genius comment. Excuse my language but you are right. So many people feel justified in some of there actions by bringing up this excuses.

[therealjaycouncil]

If God answered all our prayers, there'd be nothing left for us to do ourselves.

Life is about problems, and overcoming those problems. And growing and learning from obstacles. If God just fixed everything for us, then there'd be no point in our existence. That's why he wouldn't show up to my New Year's party.-Are you there God? It's me, Jesus, South Park.

[therealjaycouncil]

We sweat for a nickel and a dime Turn it into an empire. -Rhianna, American Oxygen.

[therealjaycouncil]

Dear white people, the minimum requirement of black friends needed to not seem racist has just been raised to two. Sorry, but your weed man, Tyrone, does not count.-Sam White, Dear White People.

[therealjaycouncil]

And then he said it again, he said, “He looks like me.” So at that point I looked at him and looked at the photo, and he did look like Michael Brown. And I began to think, I wish there was a way to stop him from identifying with somebody who is dead. But the real understanding was that he too could be dead, at any point.

[therealjaycouncil]

"John Henryism-For people exposed to stresses stemming from racism. They achieve themselves to death trying to dodge the buildup of erasure." "You hope by sitting in silence you are bucking the trend."-From Citizen, Rankine

[therealjaycouncil]

but i’ve been watching from the slaughterhouse. ever since you named me edible. tossed in a cookie at the end. lucky man. go & take what’s yours.- Franny Choi.

[therealjaycouncil]

The books you're always reading? Don't you know the size of your library is in inverse proportion to the size of your penis? - Unknown White Woman

[therealjaycouncil]

“That major that she majored in don’t make no money
But she won’t drop out, her parents will look at her funny” -Kanye West, All Falls Down.

[prend5-blog]

#AmericanDream #illusion #whitewashedAmerica #oppression #fightforjimmyleejackson #1965or2016?

[hauser9-blog]

This image is an important part of the movie because it shows the unity, commitment and determination of the people who participated in the march. They are going to walk to send a message to Washington that they need there rights.

[trevorlewis2168-blog]

“The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.”

-Lorde; “The Master’s Tools”

[therealjaycouncil]

Our sense is that the criminal system cannot be relied upon to administer justice for black folks, and was, in fact, historically designed to control blacks with a racial caste system. -Richael Faithful, #BLACKLIVESMATTER KITCHEN TALK