Frankly, that’s an entirely different problem to solve. It doesn’t look like we’ve written a guide (I’ll make a not to pitch it some time!) but off the top of my head, here are a few suggestions:
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i showed my boyfriend all of her instagram last night. he had to excuse himself from the dinner table. i love her so much.
well i died
RIHANNA AT CARNIVAL IS MY RELIGION NOW.
Bitch, better have my feathers.
Every year, Rihanna graces the Crop Over Festival, aka Carnival, in her native Barbados, with her presence. Every…
yeah, but they don’t use any references to africa in their activism. blackness, however, yes (but again, it’s linked to their original categorization during british colonization and related social divisions (i.e. segregation, land access, assimilation projects, etc). interestingly enough, during the thatcher period in…
a lot of aboriginal people in australia do indeed consider themselves black and were called as such by the english who colonized the region...
Obtuse is not a good look, boo boo.
Well it IS the worst thing that has happened to white people forever!
So, my kinky 4b/4c afro that I was constantly told as a child was ugly, undesirable and just plain wrong by commercials pushing relaxers, people suggesting hot combs or white classmates who helpfully threw things in was always just an “individual expression” when another culture attempts to do it. Alrighty then. Glad…
i am biting my tongue from flipping the fuck out at so many commenters right now. like really dig in, which i try not to do, but i am so furious over how horrible so many people are being because they’re white and they’re being told ‘no, this isn’t yours.’
I always hate the “aren’t black people appropriating white clothes” argument, because white people didn’t just ask other cultures to wear their clothes, or beg people to wear their clothes, they marched themselves into other people’s countries and forced them to wear their clothes, speak their language and assimilate…
As Armenians they are literally as Caucasian as one can be.
Middle East?! 1) They’re Armenian American. Caucasus, not Middle East. 2) 99.99999% of their shenanigans would be forbidden in much of the Middle East.
More to the point: still, still not black.
Still white by USA standards.
Somebody at Allure saw all the attention Rachel Dolezal’s hair was getting and thought it would be a great idea to capitalize on it without thinking why that hair became famous in the first place.