Reasons why I’m so glad/happy to be a black woman majoring in Latin American Studies.
THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ for anyone who identifies as black, latin@ or afro-latin@. I will do my best to post sections so that you all can keep up, but let me just tell you know, the history in the first two chapters is enough to blow your mind if you didn’t already know it.
Californians, I’m definitely speaking to you.
Must Read: The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States
First gif set.
I’m looking forward to more photosets. This is important stuff.
“I’m sorry there’s racism” is the most vile, pathetic half-assed apology
Love it.
delicious white tears
Was I the only one dying of laughter?? LOL
No, I was, as well.
*ugly laugh*
Damn.
Another White Privilege example. Can I take this class????
Is white skin really fair skin?
Something as basic as the color of our skin has shaped our lives, opened doors, put us at the head of the line.
Granted us privileges we don’t even realize.
We don’t experience the daily disadvantages - the looks, the fear, the hassles - that thrive in the unspoken world of white entitlement.
And that’s unfair.
For those who think White Privilege is a myth.
Welp. WELP. This pretty much sums it up.
Bang! I can do this all day….lol
More Murders And Attacks Against Colombian Indigenous People
The Colombian National Indigenous Organization (ONIC) made up by the native peoples of the country is denouncing and rejecting the serious attacks and human rights violations suffered by their communities. Several leaders were murdered these past days, following an end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 with many murders and attacks.
On January 15th, members of the Embera community Herminson and Alexander de Jesus Morales Zamora were murdered in Riosucio, Caldas department.
“We reject this act of violence and demand that our rights and integrity as human beings, as communities, as peoples representing different cultures are ensured”, reads a statement by the Indigenous Government Council of ONIC.
The denunciation by indigenous organizations is addressed to different justice and human rights advocacy groups, NGOs, the civil society and international organizations.
According to the statement, the Embera people is one of the most affected by the armed conflict in Colombia. According to authorities of the Indigenous Council Nuestra Señora Candelaria de la Montaña, Herminson and Alexander de Jesus Morales Zamora (29 and 24 years old respectively) disappeared on January 14th. They were members of the Ubarbá and El Rebaño communities. On January 16th, the families of the victims received a note indicating where they were. Their bodies were found n Cerro El Tigre, La Palma community, in a common burial site. They had been shot several times.
More Murders And Attacks Against Colombian Indigenous People
(Source: solitaryforager)
White Jesus modeled on Cesare Borgia?
The theory is that people were generally not too enthusiastic about the Catholic Church’s regular massacres of Jews and Crusades against Muslims, because the people they were killing looked like Jesus. Pope Alexander VI then ordered the destruction of all art depicting a Semitic Jesus and commissioned a number of paintings depicting a Caucasian Jesus. His son, Cardinal Cesare Borgia, was the model for these paintings. Thus, the nastiest of all the Borgias, became the iconic Caucasian Jesus so loved by Christians today.
In 1995, GZA’s Liquid Swords album featured the solo track by Wu-Tang Clan affiliate, Killah Priest, ”B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)”. The lyrics include the lines; “I even learnt Caucasians were really the Tribe of Edam, The white image, of Christ, is really Cesare Borgia”
hmmmm
Bang again: White Jesus modeled on Cesare Borgia
(Source: theholyprepuce)
