And you're not thinking at all. That intro was there because it was really the reigning attitude white people had towards black/latino women's bodies. Large butts were seen as vulgar,freakish and being fat.

white women don't count as white people? lol

Please, tell me all the ways race has nothing to do with the standards of feminine beauty.

Troll harder, asshole.

I agree with your point, but all I know is the phrase: "Honey, does this make my butt look big?" came from somewhere. They always admired and exoticized our bodies but it was an underground thing. A dirty fetish. Never the way a respectable (aka white) woman should look. Just like with thick lips: "black" features…

Remember when white people thought big butts were "ghetto' and "disgusting" because of its proximity to black and latino women?

Now a skinny white girl having a round, fake looking ass stirs up awe and admiration in people? Beyond annoying.

desperately want to be her bestie. fuck a Jennifer Lawrence.

This conversation is old and no one will likely read this but I just have to say this article disgusts me. I just got done watching the movie and I felt NO sympathy for the cruel planter wife. In the context of slavery, her plight is that of a bored house cat. A kept, prized pet who suffers from a lack of attention…

You're bloody right there's a difference. The difference is a respect for black lives. So many people died during the Trans Atlantic slave Trade the estimates are between 20-30 million. No one can no for sure. And it went on for so long it was impossible to keep count (even if you wanted to). But everyone has oh so…

What a fucking special snowflake.

New website description: "Clever German engineers were able use their ingenuity to build state of the art gas chambers. In enacting mass murder, the Nazis valued critical thinking and the development of cutting edge technology!"

I can't believe Ani DiFranco and her shithead fans were willing to give a plantation that's nostalgic about slavery HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS (the tickets were like, a grand for a room or some shit). That's like having a Diversity Conference at a former Holocaust site. One owned by Germans who have creepily…

Teens are usually not terribly intelligent, experienced,well read or well traveled. Their conversation skills are lackluster, their taste in clothes is awful and unrefined,political options are either non-existent or fucking stupid- basically they're really boring.How did they become the arbiters of cool? Who decided…

Casual, "colour blind" racism is often the most insidious and damaging. At least the openly hostile racists from the South you DO encounter are more likely to show their true colours up front so you know who you have to stay away from.

Casual, hipster racists will throw tons of micro-aggressions your way (ignoring you,…

I'm not really talking about this movie in particular. Just the general trope through-out cinema.

I'm not even from America and I found this article overly classist and patronizing.

I can't help but suspect that Americans use The South as a kind of scapegoat to pick on as the source of backwards beliefs. It's like a frame of reference that makes them feel good about themselves "well, at least I'm not some…

Every movie about slavery, pre-civil rights and black oppression in general always has to include some variation of a White Savior because it makes white audiences (the most valuable audiences to movie makers, apparently) comfortable. It softens the blow of seeing your ancestors do and perpetrate horrible acts of…

When you're making "jokes" about the devastating HIV/AIDS pandemic in relation to your whiteness- it's funny OR DIE.

If someone needs to take a step back and "explain" your joke in a way that doesn't make you sound heartless and racist- you're dead.

Plot twist: she gets herself out of this mess and lands another job in PR within her lifetime. Is considered the best PR exce of all time.

Most likely she'll end up working at Arby's, though.

Racists and/or idiots please be careful on social media! Your job security is at risk.

that's why when you're not funny or witty AT ALL and you have a high profile job, it's best to shut the fuck up.

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