theheathermcnamara:posttragicmulatto:brooklynwaste:setfabulazerstomaximumcaptain:pine-cypres
theheathermcnamara: posttragicmulatto: brooklynwaste: setfabulazerstomaximumcaptain: pine-cypress: gynocraticgrrl: “I think what we need is a colorblind society.” Now folks, when you hear somebody say that you know you’re listening to a racist… - Jane Elliot and Oprah Winfrey discussing racism in 1992 on the Oprah Winfrey Show. THIS WAS IN 1992 NINETEEN FUCKING NINETY-TWO Jane Elliot is the fucking truth she goes “i know this maybe hard for you because white males are accustomed to telling people things not listening to people so let me break it down for you” i have died and she has resurrected me There was a time in the early 90’s where people were really talking about race and what it meant to be black. They’ve been talking about it or a long, long time. Hundreds of years in fact and you can find it if you know what to read. Unfortunately, talking about it doesn’t always mean things change. That’s the real tragedy. You talk about all this stuff that hardly ever gets discussed and you think “Now. Now things are really going to change. Now that we get it” but no amount of getting it reduces the stakes that the oppressors have in the game. Every generation’s epiphanies get erased and rediscovered by the next. Progress happens, but it’s slow. -- source link
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