it’s not even that far-flung. this is how a lot of commenters sound when they are talking about cases of gang rape or rape in general that have happened in the u.s. perhaps not to be best time to point it out, but certainly spot on when it comes to the ways people repeatedly respond to tragedies inflicted on people in…

for some reason, before i watched the video, i thought this might be the new project for these ladies...

that.was.so.hard.

yesss omg that film was so c r e e p y !

whut!?

zing!

people do know what it means, it just depends on whom you ask. for example, in brazil, when i was explaining the flag controversy to some of my white friends, they were unaware of the racist history and thought it was just a leftover symbol from a war. but at the same time, there are black blogs that deal with racism…

interesting...you say you want your opinion respected and subsequently deny the experiences of others. high marks for you!

but it’s their natural hair type. and in brazil, just for reference, since we’re talking about latin america, it’s called a “black power,” in direct reference to the black movement’s (in the u.s. and brazil) encouragement of people to wear their hair naturally. there is not an issue with people wearing their hair like…

of course you are entitled to your opinion, but you asked a question, and several comments serve as answers...

it reminds me a bit of the help...like that movie would have been amazing had it been told *purely* from the prospective of the maids. but then it just HAD to be about some young white woman finding herself by helping all us poor black folks. like...what?

yeaaah...you know how it is. no one can identify unless the protagonists are whitey mcwhiterson. it’s a rule!

yeah the plastic is there for a reason (As stated above, generally for larger/heavier earrings). i have earrings that have come without it, but they are usually small.

this is precisely the problem though: it’s not an embrace. it’s usually in the form of erasure and double standards. these types of bodies on black women are still not lauded as acceptable. they are often seen as sexually lewd, exotic, etc, but never an acceptable body type to have. meanwhile, when you read white…

and this marriage will probably last longer than most. hate is much stronger than love, afterall.

please take a moment and get familiar with the other comments on this thread to see what the fuss is about. gracias.

oops hair type*

also, to clarify further: i am talking primarily about the media.

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...