well, i feel like in a lot of ways, Ms. Tubman being on the 20 dollar bill will be one more symbol to buttress the beliefs of people who believe that we live in a post racial society. just like President Obama’s term was supposed to be progress but in many ways showed the very poorly masked prejudices of those even…
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Raven did a piss poor job of explaining her position and it reeks of “let’s just not dwell on the unpleasantness of the past let’s put someone on who makes us feel better about our country’s legacy.”
“I know you have to understand history so you don’t repeat it, but that doesn’t happen in our world, because we still repeat history of hating other cultures over and over again. So I would choose a different one, no offense.”
That isn’t what she said. She said a bunch of incoherent nonsense that made it sound like she had no clue what Harriet Tubman actually did and that she wanted Rosa Parks ‘cause she’s more recent and stuff. Had she said what you said, people wouldn’t be so annoyed by her opinion because what you said actually makes…
Your version and hers are miles apart. I totally agree with you that she may have been trying to share that perspective, but she did a pretty shitty job of it.
But by her logic, we should also replace Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hamilton, Grant and Franklin on our currency. I mean, those motherfuckers are nowhere near current anymore.
This might make Ellen Pompeo and Shonda Rimes feel better at the office but for the show, Patrick Dempsey’s is another dead character to deal with in the reruns and the absence will haunt the new episodes.
And it is a pity, cause Fan Bingbing > everyone else at fashion, ever.
That vogue cover didn't even mention a single Chinese actress either despite the met gala being China themed. So whatever.
For some people civil rights is about making changes to a fundamentally broken system.
I have no damned idea why I’m going to actually answer your question which I think you meant rhetorically, but here I go! :D
But this isn’t new. It is just more of the same “politics of respectability” BS that has always been raging. I think that is often dangerous territory that the Black Lives Matter (and similar) movements tend to veer into on a regular, as well, when they start discussing these victims as saints. Or noting how people…
As a Black Man with a White Name, White Speech Patterns and White Mannerisms (I was raised this way by a Mother and Father who knew the shitty world they lived in) I totally agree with you. This race thing is just so stupid!
I get great phone interviews, and often get told: The in person interview is a formality! Then…
It’s only a matter of time before Kanye implores young black youths to pull up their pants.
Yeah but when people say that it’s a low key way of saying, “Please stop talking about racism because it makes me uncomfortable”. Dismissing what’s happening now will not change the future. Again, tell the white people all of this, “we are all one race” bullshit. Not the black people who are yelling, “we are all one…
it’s also a very flattering narrative: “ I was able to pull myself up by my own bootstraps, and it was because of my awesomeness and hard work ect etc.” Therefore those who can’t, can’t because they must be lazy or weak or have some other character flaw.
Because the police wanted to punish her for struggling.
Leo is aging like milk.
Not blond enough, but we’re getting there. A few blonds like this and the conversation will finally begin.