“Whiteness” is a construct designed by a particular group of people in order to exclude particular other groups and deny them their rights. It has been used to mean or to exclude a variety of people of varying skin tones and ethnic backgrounds, depending on what was convenient at the time. “Blackness” is also a social…

people need to learn to separate criticism of an entity from criticism of the individuals who make up that entity. Hating “Whiteness” as a structural inequity is way different from hating “You, White Person”. Same way I can say “organized religion is awful” and respect You, A Religious Person, exercising your shit.

Kindly read the 4,000+ word history I just spent months writing explaining why that is a gross oversimplification before you comment.

Pull up your big girl socks. Our people (I’m Native American, you’re an immigrant) have dealt with much much worse. You’re here & I’m here bc our ancestors dealt with genocide, smallpox epidemics, violence, rape, and severe prejudice. The least we can do is pull it together and fight this bullshit.

Do it!

I’ve got family who voted for Trump now reposting “politicians don’t fix things, artists and writers and hurk durk, etc. etc., love trumps hate” shit on Facebook and will someone please hold me because I am about to spit pure fire and just burn it all down.

I’m tired of my Facebook feed getting cluttered with false equivalency. “Both candidates are bad, can we get a do over? Lol!”