it’s just a cartoon character calm do-
its just a shade lighter stop being pick-
BRHood: THIS IS WHY WE POINT THIS OUT. THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS WHY WE DON’T GIVE SLACK FOR “JUST A SHADE LIGHTER” OR WHATEVER. THERE ARE NO EXCUSES.
THIS DOLL TEST HAS BEEN REPLICATED SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST TEN YEARS THAT YOU CAN EASILY FIND VIDEOS AND STUDIES ON IT THROUGH GOOGLE. AND IF YOU ASK A LITTLE BLACK CHILD, BLACK BOYS AS WELL, WHICH DOLL IS BETTER/PRETTIER BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK, THEY WILL PICK THE WHITE ONE. WHEN YOU ASK THEM WHY, LITTLE KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3-7, THEY WILL SAY BECAUSE BLACK IS UGLY AND BAD AND WHITE IS GOOD AND PRETTY.
THIS IS NOT A RANDOM THING THAT HAPPENS TO MAYBE FIVE CHILDREN OUT O THE MILLIONS OF BLACK CHILDREN IN AMERICA. THIS IS HUGE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY EVERYWHERE.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER NON-BLACK POC WHO MIMIC THIS EXPERIMENT USING WHITE DOLLS AND DOLLS THAT REPRESENT THEIR OWN RACE. AND SURPRISE SURPRISE, THE RESULTS ARE SIMILAR. THE ONLY RACE THAT GROWS UP SEEING GOOD REPRESENTATIONS OF THEMSELVES, THE ONLY RACE THAT CAN SEE THEMSELVES AS NOT JUST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, BUT GOOD PEOPLE WHO DO GREAT THINGS, THE ONLY RACE WHOSE CHILDREN WOULD PROBABLY PICK THE DOLL THEIR OWN RACE IN THIS TEST IS WHITE PEOPLE.
THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T STOP. THIS IS WHY WON’T STOP. THE SELF HATRED THAT IS SO HEAVY IN POC COMMUNITIES TIES BACK TO THIS. IT’S TAUGHT HERE. IT’S TAUGHT WHEN WE’RE LITTLE AND WE CAN’T UNDERSTAND, BUT WE JUST KNOW THAT WE WERE BORN THE “WRONG” RACE.
THIS IS NOT A JOKE. THIS IS REAL LIFE. IF YOU EXCUSE WHITEWASHING, YOU’RE A HORRIBLE PERSON, A RACIST, AND YOU DON’T DESERVE OUR SYMPATHY, TIME, OR ATTENTION. PERIOD.
[image of a black girl picking to play with a white doll over a black doll from doll tests]
Images from this Documentary: A Girl Like Me (it’s only about 7 minutes, watch it)
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I’m sorry, but why would you gain the trust of inner city children, give them an opportunity to go on something as scenic, adventurous, and different (for those who have never gone, at least) as hiking, and then completely betray them by writing down what they say and posting it on a blog named GHETTOHIKES?
You’re not entertaining people, you’re exposing and making a spectacle out of children that probably look up to you not only as a mentor, but also as an upstanding parental figure.
Seriously, this is fucking disgusting.
Extremely appalling and a horrible breech of trust. Not to mention so fucking supremacist in so many fucking ways. I love how only hippie white folks have valid observations about nature and their floaty, hippie quotes are totally valid.
But the kids should just be glad that someone is bothering to notice them. Ten says that this is a Great White Savior type who is getting credits on a resume for this shit.
(via somerset)
I WOULD LIKE TO START A SUPPORT GROUP/DISCUSSION GROUP FOR QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO DATE OR HAVE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH WHITE QUEERS. or generally want to talk about their experiences w/ white queer people?
there are lots of white queer people who i hold very near and dear to my heart. my best friend/platonic life partner, my girlfriend, and many of the queer people who i am closest to are white. my mom is also white and is kind of queer. i think they all identify and work on being anti-racist white people but there are still, obviously, plenty of instances where i feel alienated and/or silenced by the unintentional affects of their whiteness/white privilege. it is not uncommon that i am in a space where everyone is queer and/or trans, and i am the only person of color. i think right now i have lots of things i need to explore regarding WHITE QUEERS and my experiences with them. i would like to do this with other QTPOC folk. is anyone interested in starting a private facebook group, for starters? does anyone have any recommendations for other ways this group could happen?
please signal boost! <3
this also should include queer and trans people of color who have white family members, such as queer people of color who were transracially adopted or come from a mixed race family.
signal boost
wearethe99percent: Because of the effects of the Free Trade Agreement in my country, I had to migrate to the US where I don’t have my family and my brothers have been unemployed for more than 14 months. I am the 99%.
(via brownroundboi)
For my fellow food/sociology nerds out there, this is a really interesting blog, about sustainability, capitalism, imperialism, globalization, idigenous rights, health, and how all of these things come together in the meals that we eat. Awesome.
