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i saw a post on twitter by a european saying americans are fake for their random compliments to strangers and their general cheery demeanor and like no. no no no you don’t understand. if you get a random compliment from an american on the street about your outfit or whatever, that is 100% genuine. we mean it. we aren’t lying we are making a small but fleeting connection with you because our lives are shitty but the human condition is enduring. oh god i’m clutching my chest
What are the four levels of racism?
Level 1 - Internalized Racism - racism that you can’t see within yourself. This also means you can hate yourself. For example, you realizing that White people gets attention and you secretly wish you were White for whatever reason.
Level 2 - Interpersonal Racism - It’s internalized racism, but speaking out loud (or worse, acting out). This is also the most common type that people talk about. When celebrities get called out, for example.
Level 3 - Institutionalized Racism - This occurs within institutions and systems of power. For example… Blacks are thought of as criminals, hence when you mixed it with power, they tend to get harsh sentences.
Level 4 - Structural Racism - This occurs among Institutions and society. Examples: The on-going Drug War, real estate redlining and blockbusting, generification.
When people think “racism”, they only think of either level 1 or 2. When I talk about it, it’s mostly level 4 and 3. When I attack a person’s statement, it’s level 2 because I have NO idea if they are level 1 until I see the BODY of their work.
So yeah… there are levels to this game.
the svu gamergate episode sure is…
ice t just said “they were uploaded through the dark net, just like the doxxing”
Community Response to 02/10/15 Offensive Flyer at UCSD
Look at how great and definitely not racist my school is...
5 years after the Compton Cookout, 5 days before the anniversary
February 9
On the morning of the 6 month anniversary of Mike Brown’s death, protesters delivered fist-shaped tombstones, a coffin, and a list of demands to St. Louis Mayor Slay’s house.
Mayor Slay responded with jokes on Twitter.
Follow the #MondayMourning hashtag on Twitter for more.
Introduction to Racist Statistics
This is a post inspired by jessedictor. It’s here that I’ll debunk the myth that there are more black people than white people on welfare. Sorry this post is so long. Just kidding, no I’m not.
First let me address his claim that the studies I linked in this post are not empirical. I’ve been doing empirical research for three years now. I’m fluent in experimental design, statistical analysis, and all that fun stuff. I’m working on a senior thesis now conducting my own empirical study with the ultimate goal of publication. Conclusion from this: I know what empirical research is.
But for those who don’t know, empirical research involves the statement of a testable hypothesis and prediction, the collecting of data, and the subsequent analysis. Many people think that studies with seemingly abstract variables for things like “aggression” aren’t empirical, but that’s not true. In research there are these handy things called operational variables which help us quantify abstract concepts and allow us to conduct statistical tests on them. The studies I provided all fit this model. They introduced testable research questions, collected data, and used statistical techniques to draw conclusions from them. That is what an empirical study is.
Now let’s get to the statistics. Here are the results from the Pew Research Group about the percentage of Americans who have received food stamps. Here’s a chart (taken from the website) summarizing the findings.
According to this study, 15% of white people have used food stamps, 31% of black people have used food stamps, etc. In the body of the article, you’ll find the following statement:
Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to have used this benefit during their lives (31% vs. 15%).
This is where racists start to misinterpret the statistics. According to the Pew study, 31% of black people have been on food stamps at one point in their life. That means if you randomly selected a person out of the black population, you would have a 31% chance of selecting someone who had been on food stamps. The same thing applies to any other category; if you randomly selected one person from the white population, you would have a 15% chance of selecting someone who had been on food stamps. Therefore, yes, it is more likely for a random black person to have used food stamps than a random white person. Why? A number of reasons, from income inequality, institutional oppression, unequal opportunity, etc. That’s for a different post altogether, though, and you can research that independently to learn more about how black people are disenfranchised in this country.
Racists, however, do not come to this conclusion from the numbers. This is the conclusion that racists try to make with these findings. This is a quote straight from our friend jessedictor that you can find here on this post.
The reason this conclusion is flagrantly incorrect stems from a complete lack of understanding of basic percentages. The study found that 31% of black people and 15% of white people had been on food stamps. However, this does not mean that black people are using “twice as much welfare” as white people. The reason is because the black and white population sizes are drastically different. Here are the calculations:
There are about 38 million black people in the U.S.
32% of 38 million is 12,160,000.
There are about 224 million white people in the U.S.
15% of 224 million is 33,600,000.
There are almost three times as many white people on welfare in the United States than black people. Source for population numbers.
The findings from the Pew Research Group only demonstrate the percentage of welfare recipients within a racial population. However, the conclusion that racists love to make is that the percentages are also reflected in the population of welfare recipients, which is blatantly false.
The findings from the Pew Research Group only prove that if you pick a random white person and a random black person, the black person would be more likely to be on welfare. However, if you were to pick a random welfare recipient, you would be MUCH more likely to select a white person. White people use much, much more welfare resources than black people do.
I was never arguing with the Pew research. All they are doing is presenting their results. I am arguing with you, jessedictor, for trying to bend their results to fit your racist agenda.
So, no, jessedictor I’m not a liar. I’ve done my math and shown you my work. What do you have? A burning, but ultimately futile, desire to justify your racist ass. Take a stats course henny.
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we were re-examining the lesson plan for queer 101 and found a really important and helpful article called the history of disability and the justification of inequality in american history by dr douglas baynton. it really efficiently covers 1) ableism as a tool by the majority as an argument against equality, 2) ableism as a tool used during other justice movements (anti-slavery, suffrage, immigration) by the proponents of them to normatize the groups attempting to access equality, and 3) the ramifications of justice movements that are one dimensional and do not focus on dismantling systems of power, but rather work to access that same power
warnings for ableist language, if you can read this i really encourage you to do so and pass it along!
58 Tweetable MLK Quotes to Reclaim King’s Legacy by Drew Dellinger
Use these with the hashtags #MLKalsoSaid & #ReclaimMLK.
“All of us are on trial in this troubled hour.”
— MLK (1968)
King on police brutality:
“We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.” — MLK, Aug. 28, 1963
“The white man does not abide by the law… His police forces are the ultimate mockery of law.” — MLK (1968)
“We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity.” — MLK, Aug. 28, 1963
“We have got to go all out to deal with the question of segregation justice. We still have a long, long, way to go.” — MLK (1965)
“How long will justice be crucified and truth buried, how long?” — MLK (1962)
“Wounded justice lying prostrate on the streets of our cities.” — MLK (1962)
“The beating and killing of our… young people will not divert us. The arrest and release of known murderers will not discourage us.” — MLK
“When we truly believe in the sacredness of human personality, we won’t exploit people … we won’t kill anybody.” — MLK (1968)
“I believe that the dignity & the worth of human personality will be respected one day. I believe this and I live by it.” — MLK (1964)
King on confronting systemic racism:
“The first thing that must be on the agenda of our nation is to get rid of racism.” — MLK (1968)
“The thing wrong with America is white racism.” —Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)
“Large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility & the status quo than about justice & humanity.” — MLK
“However difficult it is to hear, however shocking it is to hear, we’ve got to face the fact that America is a racist country.” — MLK (1968)
“Racism is a philosophy based on contempt for life.” — MLK (1967)
“We must come to see that the roots of racism are very deep in our country.” — MLK
“There must be something positive & massive in order to get rid of all the effects of racism & the tragedies of racial injustice.” — MLK
“White America has allowed itself to be indifferent to race prejudice.” — MLK (1968)
“I am sorry to have to say that the vast majority of white Americans are racists, either consciously or unconsciously.” — MLK (1967)
1/2: “The doctrine of white supremacy was imbedded in every textbook and preached in practically every pulpit…” – MLK
2/2: “… It became a structural part of the culture.” —Martin Luther King Jr. on white supremacy (1967)
“The great majority of Americans… are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to eradicate it.” — MLK
“There aren’t enough white persons in our country who are willing to cherish democratic principles over privilege.” — MLK
King on the importance of direct action and civil disobedience:
“The blanket of fear was lifted by Negro youth. When they took their struggle to the streets a new spirit of resistance was born.” — MLK
“When [Black youth] cheerfully became jailbirds & troublemakers… they challenged & inspired white youth to emulate them.” — MLK
“We have, through massive non-violent action, an opportunity to avoid a national disaster & create a new spirit of class & racial harmony.”
“I’ve just come to a conclusion that our country doesn’t really move on these issues until a movement is mobilized.” — MLK (1968)
“I’m talking about poor people’s power. That is what is needed.” — MLK (1968)
“Every [person] of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits [his or her] convictions, but we must all protest.” — MLK
“There must be more than a statement to the larger society; there must be a force that interrupts its functioning at some key point.” — MLK
“Non-violent protest must now mature to a new level… The higher level is mass civil disobedience.” — MLK (1967)
“Our power lies in our ability to say nonviolently that we aren’t gonna take it any longer.” — MLK (1967)
“I’m worried today when there are those who try to silence dissenters.” – MLK
“We aren’t going to let this attempt to crush dissent turn us around.” — MLK (1968)
“Our experience is that marches must continue over 30-45 days to produce any meaningful results.” — MLK
“I believe in dissent. We must never lose this.” — MLK
“The greatness of our nation—and I don’t want to see us lose it—is that… it does keep alive the opportunity to protest and dissent.” — MLK
King on economic justice and ending poverty
“The time has come for an all-out world war against poverty.” — MLK
1/2: “The nation doesn’t move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people…”
2/2: “… until it is confronted massively, dramatically in terms of direct action.” — MLK
“Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation.” — MLK
“In the final analysis, the rich must not ignore the poor because both rich and poor are tied together.” — MLK
“I choose to identify with the poor…. This is the way I’m going. If it means suffering a little bit, I’m going that way.” — MLK (1966)
“I think it is absolutely necessary now to deal massively and militantly with the economic problem.” — MLK, 10 days before assassination
“I still have to ask, why do you have 40 million people in our society who are poor? I have to ask that question.” — MLK (1966)
“Poverty, the gaps in our society, the gulfs between inordinate superfluous wealth & abject deadening poverty have brought about… despair” — MLK
“There’s going to have to be more sharing in this world.” — MLK (1967)
King on the question of “Riots”
“Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention. There is no other answer.” — MLK (1967)
“Riots are not the causes of white resistance, they are consequences of it.” — MLK (1967)
“There are many persons who wince at a distinction between property & persons—who hold both sacrosanct. My views are not so rigid.” — MLK
“Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper.” — MLK
“It is clear that the riots were exacerbated by police action that was intended to injure or even to kill people.” — MLK (1968)
“Our summers of riots are caused by winters of delay.” — MLK
King on interconnection and linking issues and movements:
It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated.” – MLK
“The black revolution is much more than a struggle for the rights of Negroes…” (1/2) — MLK
(2/2) “… It is, rather, forcing America to face all its interrelated flaws: racism, poverty, militarism, and materialism.” — MLK (1968)
“Local problems are all interconnected with world problems.” — MLK (1968)
“I’m still convinced that the struggle for peace and the struggle for justice… happen to be tied together.” — MLK (1968)
“We aren’t going to have peace on earth until we recognize this basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.” — MLK
Now you have ammo. Seize the moment!
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Some of the awesome and informative posters we have up in Sixth College
The Cost is Correct was a smash hit! Look at those happy faces!
Reclaiming King’s Legacy: A Jobs & Economy March for the People | Anti-Police Terror Project
"This weekend is part of a national call that will tell the world that King’s vision and mission were larger than what we have been allowed to remember. Through 96 hours of direct action and a Jobs & Economy March, we are reclaiming Dr. King’s radical and militant legacy of direct action."
— Anti-Police Terror Project
Join us (click here) for a MLK day march that reclaims the spirit of King from whitewashed history and celebrates his legacy of radical resistance! Let’s debunk the mainstream media narrative that has painted MLK as a sanitized pacifist and uses him to denounce militant forms of resistance.
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I wanted to do a passive program this month for MLK Jr. Day and this photoset is almost exactly what I had in mind! Perfect!
We have a large bunny population around my college, but there’s this one bunny that’s all black and probably used to be someone’s pet. And it’s been chilling with the other wild buns and surviving for at least the last two years (that was the first time I saw it).
And tonight I almost ran it over with a golf cart
“Your job — as students who are receiving an education — is to be aware of your privilege. And use this particular privilege called “education” to do your best to achieve great things, all the while advocating for those in the rows behind you.”
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How the hell aren't Black people equal to White people today?
Understanding White Supremacy
White Privilege by Peggy McIntosh.
White Convicts As Likely to Be Hired As Blacks Without Criminal Records
Fourteen Examples of Systemic Racism in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
New data reveal young black men are 21 times more likely to be shot by police than their white counterparts
Why Black-on-White Crime Statistics are Not an Appropriate Response
Why reverse-racism doesn’t exist.
