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I GOT A NEW JOB!!

#I got to put in my resignation at my current job today! #you can ignore me BUT I AM SO EXCITED and wanted to share #I’m just talking to myself

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“it’s just a parking lot”

exactly. there’s nothing there. not a statue. not a plaque. nothing.

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what really gets me about the argument that “americans are so selfish they can’t even care about others enough to stop the virus” is that we fucking did. the vast majority of americans, at great personal and financial cost to ourselves, went inside and distanced and took precautions and isolated and changed our lives to slow the spread and keep our loved ones and strangers safe. we did that for months, even when the government offered piss poor assistance and unemployment skyrocketed and food bank lines lengthened and the death counts climbed and parents with young children reached a breaking point, we still did it. the polling still shows that the vast majority of americans are more worried about easing restrictions too soon even if it hurts the economy. americans give a shit. we care. we made the sacrifices to give our government the time to figure out and implement a plan — to find a way to keep us safe and as healthy as possible and to use the power of the federal government to protect small businesses and feed our children and put a roof over our heads and create education campaigns to get people to socially distance and wear a mask for fucks sake. we did that, and at the end of months of sacrifice they decided that it wasn’t worth the trouble and have left us at the whims of our governors and local officials, left us at the mercy of our employers, left us to die.

americans aren’t selfish — our minority-rule government is — and it’s left us to die.

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This has been going around and I wanted to make my own post about it instead of adding commentary to another.

This explanation? Is bullshit. Widespread protests have been going on since May, giving Rask plenty of time to educate himself on racism and police brutality before this interview. Even a surface level of understanding and support for the Black Lives Matter movement should have given him more than enough of an explanation as to why wearing a Boston police hat is unacceptable. Contrastingly, continued support for police despite education on systemic oppression shows a deliberate political and moral stance.

Even if, for the sake of argument, Rask wasn’t trying to make a statement—it doesn’t matter. Intent doesn’t matter; the act itself does. If you don’t intend to be racist but you perform a racist act, the thing you did is still racist. Ignorance doesn’t matter either. If you are ignorant that an act is racist but you perform the racist act, the act is still racist. There is no question that this act was racist no matter how much anyone tries to rationalize it and trying to rationalize it, write it off, or sweep it under the rug in any way is unacceptable.

There is no excuse for Rask to be ignorant. Rask, as a veteran public figure, has a heightened responsibility to be aware of how his actions affect others.

You cannot claim to “want to be part of the change” and then openly support the corrupt system that created the need for change in the first place.

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How well do you see color?

I’m cry I scored 60, I feel blind

#apparently i can see color really well #i dont know what to do with this information #i really did not expect that answer #i did not think i would do well on this at all

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CAUSE EVERY TIME WE TOUCH I GET THIS FEELING

EVERY TIME WE KISS I SWEAR I COULD FLY

CAN’T U FEEL MY HEART BEAT FAST, I WANT THIS TO LAST

NEED YOU BY MY SIDE

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insp [x]

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yall realize diversity isnt just white people and then one poc right? the world is full people of different races and cultures and not representing that in your characters is. gross lol

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to all my black friends, mutuals and followers on here:

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Reason #789 why Zuko joining the Gaang earlier would have been hilarious: he's the only one sleep-deprived enough to understand Aang's batshit exhaustion hallucinations

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incorrect b99 1/? (via @noine-noine)

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#they’re literally talking about keeping a middle-aged man from spilling sauce on himself how much extra can they be