#Trans-Atlantic

[vox-anglosphere]

Titanic's 1st class staterooms were the ultimate in ocean-going luxury

#RMS Titanic #White Star Line #1st class #ocean liners #1912 #maiden voyage #stateroom #luxury travel #Atlantic Ocean #UK #oak panelling #ship of dreams #watery grave #Trans-Atlantic

[laurelxs]

Sweet..💋🍆

#lgbt #lgbt nsft #lgbt pride #lgbtq community #trans #trans nsft #transgirl #gay men #gay pride #lgbtq #gay love #gayman #video games #feminine sissy #submisive sissy #transgender #trans rights #atlantic canada #atlanta #dallas

[rosielav]

My favorite genre of media is This Absurd Thing Is Real and No One Questions it in Any Way

Here are some of my favorite examples of this:

Dimension 20: A Court of Candy (I watched one episode and was enamored by the food stuff, like yum yum yum I'm eating it up thank you chefs)

The Amelia Project (a delightfully morbid interview style podcast, where the absurdity ramps up more and more each season, and although there is a Straight Man or two, the whimsy never dies down)

Monstrous Agonies (a write-in advice show style podcast, where monsters are as commonplace as pens in an office supply store. Monsters write in needing advice, and that advice is of course monster related, but coded in many different ways: queer, bipoc, abused, privelidged [some people need a wakeup call] , etc like if you've ever felt like a monster or had someone call you a monster this podcast is for you)

Victoriocity (steam punk meets the 1890s meets modern day meets detective audio drama, really can't explain it but the whimsy and the silliness and the seriousness is all there, really recommend this one for the voice acting)

Wooden Overcoats (imagine if Victoriocity, which I just described, wasn't steam punk at all, but Ambiguous Time, and instead of a detective drama, it's more like an interpersonal drama, with the very same energy, and that absolutely incredible level of detail in the voice acting; simply tremendous and I'm only on the second season)

If anyone has their own favorite whimsical, weird, 'yes and' type of podcast/webcomic/novel(like Hitchhiker's Guide!!!!) , please please please recommend it to me!! And if you like any of the aforementioned podcasts, please yell at me about them!! I love podcasts! I love audio drama! I love to consume content!!!

#podcasts #podcast recommendation #the amelia project #wooden overcoats #victoriocity #monstrous agonies #I am literally begging for more content like this especially the writing and directing styles of Amelia Victoriocity and wooden Overcoats #I just can't get enough of a trans Atlantic accent plus just Lal the whimsy like AAAAAAAA I LOVE WHIMSY

[jinxed-sinner]

The funniest thing about Alastor having a trans-Atlantic accent to me is that people apparently don’t know the historical context behind trans-Atlantic accents. Alastor probably has a Louisiana accent too (or at the very least did at some point), because trans-Atlantic accents are (usually) completely learned by being part of the media industry as a mix of a generic higher-class American accent and a higher-class British accent (so it’s actually not unheard of for someone to develop a trans-Atlantic accent naturally if their parents are American and British).

Historically, trans-Atlantic accents have been used in radio, film, and television to make American radio, film, and television stars more relatable to a general audience, as well as make them easier to understand (because if Alastor did speak with his normal accent, depending on how thick it is, he might be harder to understand through a carbon microphone, the standard microphone of his time period). In fact, because of the historical context, it’s entirely possible that Vox also used a trans-Atlantic accent at some point whether that be in life, death, or both, and eventually abandoned it after he died.

Anyway begging people to research trans-Atlantic accents before criticizing Alastor’s for “not sounding Louisiana enough” lmao

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor the radio demon #trans atlantic accents

[googlein1942]

alfred talking like this to ivan and then being forced to sleep on the couch

#hws america #hws russia #rusame #alfred speaking in the trans atlantic accent but only for the bit my beloved #amerus #hetalia

[kny111]

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is promoting reparations in a bid to curb health and wealth disparities of black New Yorkers — but the effort is being met with accusations that it’s “sowing racial divisiveness,” The Post has learned.

The proposal for federal reparations is spelled out in a bombshell report from the city’s Department of Health and the Federal Reserve Bank entitled “Analyzing the Racial Wealth Gap and Implications for Health Equity.”

“The goal of a [federal] reparations program would be to seek acknowledgment, redress, and closure for America’s complicity in federal, state, and local policies … that have deprived black Americans of equitable access to wealth and wealth-building opportunities,” the report said.

The city’s Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan and his team offered three key recommendations including: a fresh approach to public health policy, how to improve data collections on wealth and health outcomes and getting the community more involved with health care decisions.

But moderate and conservative politicians opposed to reparations accused Adams’ health minions of turning into ideologues and social justice activists instead of doing their jobs.

“Add reparations and sowing racial divisiveness to the list of greatest policy hits by Commissioner Vasan’s and his health department, right alongside the crack pipe vending machine, heroin ‘empowerment’ signs on subways, firing unvaccinated city workers, supporting government drug dens; and banning unvaccinated kids from sports,” fumed Council Republican Minority Leader Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island).

The New York legislature approved a commission to address economic, political and educational disparities by black people in June and follows the lead of California, which became the first state to form a reparations task force in 2020.

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, the first black person to hold the position, called the legislation “historic.”

Adams has previously expressed support for the commission which is awaiting Hochul’s signature.

“We have consistently brought together experts to discuss a variety of ideas to promote equity in our city and we will continue to do so,” said the Health Department’s spokesman.

“We have an obligation to help New Yorkers lead longer, healthier lives.”

As with most progress in this system, we have to first inspect its ongoing involvement in pro enslavement systems. Not only did the historical ties to the Trans-Atlantic-slave trade leave on going structural residual connections that linger in our society today, it continues to exist in the 13th amendment's clause: slavery illegal unless a crime was found on you. That "unless" aspect made it essentially persist as is under the guise of hyper-criminalization at a system level. This has had adverse, negative effect on everyone including the environment. These are facts that can be proven. Not just social justice counter points. Besides, we are literally (regardless of what we say about it) immersed in politics and social justice through our lived social experiences. Claiming "the social justice advocates are the issue for pointing out what exists" is not helpful and adds to the lack of communal education required to understand these things. We need problack proindigenx reperations and restituion.

#health #wealth #disparity #equity #science #heal department #reparations #trans atlantic slave trade #white supremacy #black people #federal #ny #nyc #america

[elviraaxen]

hello👋 ! i was wondering if any of them have any voice claims, personally I kinda see Donna sounding like pinkpantheress

Noo not yet I’m afraid :0 I don’t think I’m particularly picky with exactly how they sound. I know what accents I’d like for them to have but that’s about it!

#for those curious; #Donna - a bit trans atlantic #Albin - New York #Ricky - Texan #Myra - BRI’ISH #Lune - idk some posh British accent #asks

[yungcrybby-anonymousbosch666]

non-blacks truly do not understand that African American descendants of slaves are not welcome in Africa. They don't want us and they didn't want our ancestors they sold into slavery. (Not to absolve white people of their culpability, of course.)

everything African American descendants of slaves do and say originated in the Americas. We built a new identity from scratch to make lemonade out of a-hell-on-earth.

we are without a motherland. we were brought here by force and we have no place to go.

every time they'd re-introduce former slaves back to Africa, there was always violence. we are reviled on the continent. they do not want us. our adaptations to living in a hostile land makes us unlike them and also they tend to buy into the othering that antiblack racism promotes. they think as badly of us as white people (and you) do.

please understand this.

#TAST #trans atlantic diaspora #antiblack racism

[magnetothemagnificent]

Okay, as a disclaimer I'm not Black or Jewish, but from my understanding I don't think Black people "have been getting oppressed and genocided since day 1 for just existing"? Certainly in the Americas that's the case, but I gather that anti-Black racism as we know it today arose from the Atlantic slave trade and subsequent colonization of Africa, both more recent than antisemitism. Of course I'm not trying to compare who has it worse, and I could very well be wrong, so feel free to correct me.

Africans were targets of enslavement long, long before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. For centuries before Columbus, Africans had been systematically enslaved in the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade under Arab rule. Europeans didn't waltz into Africa and decide to enslave Africans out of the blue, they did so because the enslavement of Africans had already been established and normalized. While "race" as a construct didn't exist until recent centuries, the colonization of Africa and subsquent enslavement of Africans had been solidly in existance before the colonization of the Americas. And for the duration of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and beynd, the subjugation of African people wasn't isolated to the Americas. Europe funded the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, antiblackness was and is alive and well in Europe. It's not just an American issue, and framing it as such is extremely harmful.

"Race" is a relatively new concept, but that doesn't mean that certain groups of people haven't historically been targets of oppression before that. Both Africans and Jews have been subjugated for thousands of years, it's a shared experience we have, which is why Black and Jewish solidarity is so important.

It's not an arms race between which group is more "oppressed", but both antisemitism and antiblackness go back for millennia. There's no quantifying which is "older", because both are extremely old forms of bigotry with monumental effects on their victims.

This kind of "comparing" trauma is something I won't accept from either group of people, but certainly not from someone who isn't Jewish nor Black. Who are you to dictate which marginalization is "worse" or "older"?

#antiblackness #antisemitism #racism #slavery #trans saharan slave trade #history #i know the us education system is abysmal but seriously....antiblackness didn't start with the trans atlantic slave trade #black and jewish solidarity

[ausetkmt]

https://x.com/Joe__Bassey/status/1701860296493547847?t=z8gLfv41GiIWPQq83c58Ng&s=09

Image: a Moor on sale after the beginning of their fall in Spain. The last expelled Moor was in 1492 CE

THE 'CHURCH' WAS THE DRIVING FORCE OF TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AS MUCH AS ISLAM WAS AT THE HEART OF ARAB SLAVE TRADE

IN 1455 CE, Pope Nicholas V. wrote a Roman bull(romanus pontifex) declaring that all Moors, Saracens and all non-christian blacks were to be sentenced to perpetual slavery and Charged as heretics during the early stages of the 'Inquisitions'. By 1492 CE, the Moors (African Maghrebs and some Arabs) surrendered their castles in Iberian peninsula with Spain claiming most of the Moorish territories and persons of black-skin became the 'property' of Spain. Some escaped back to Africa.

In 1493 CE, another declaration was made by Pope Alexander VI(inter caetera), known as 'doctrine of discovery' which gave rise to the idea of 'discovery' as a concept in Europe. What followed this was noted by Karl Marx thus; "what was good for the europeans was obtained on the expense of untold suffering by the Africans and American Indians... the discovery of gold in the America, the extra patient enslavement and the entombment of the minds of the aboriginal population... the turning of Africa into a commercial warrant for the hunting of black skins, signaled the rosy dawn of the capitalist production". Little wonder, Rev. Richard Furman, President of the S. Carolina Baptist convention in 1823 CE, stated that, " the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the holy scriptures, both by precepts and by example ". He was a slave owner. "I draw my warrant from the Scripture of the old and new testaments to hold slaves in bondage" -Rev. Thomas Witherspoon of the Presbyterian church of Alabama, in a letter to 'the emancipator' in 1839 CE. These 'justifications' were stated by many churchmen and women, drawing from the Judeo-Christian Bible.

The revered book of the Mohammedans, the Qur'an, which was written in the 8th/9th century CE, by those who took over from the Nabataean, also indicated in many verses that slavery was 'just'. But in this case, it was often Stated that the followers of the Islamic ideology were to by loving and gentle among themselves but to "fight them[non-followers of the ideology] and allah will punish him by your hands" (Quran 9:14, 15) and that "allah will strike terror unto the unbelievers(Q. 8:60)... and until they pay gizya(Q. 9:29). 'Gizya' was supposed to be an Islamic tax, targeted at the non-followers of the ideology, even if they are not enslaved but if their lands are taken over by followers of the Islamic ideology.

Following several injunctions in the Arabian Quran, the Mohammedans in Iberia had sought to control the situation: "anyone who is known to be from those lands which are known to be lands of Islam should be let go and should be adjudged free. This is the ruling of the jurist of Andalusia "-( Al Umari, 14th cen. Arab historian. But for all else, slavery was allowed.

This was the ugly web that Africa was caught in, in the 7th cen. CE and the 15th cen. CE. And in this way, many Africans became Mohammedans for convenience, especially the Garamantes(an ancient black skinned people with kinky hair), of north Africa, who joined forces with the Islamizing Arabs, whom together went in and took over Iberia in 711CE.

According to Dr. Josef Ben Jochannan, " Africa took-in both the hook, the line and sinker" and that had stretched to this very day. Africans born into this just 'follow the followers', sometimes, even somewhat blindfolded.

#THE 'CHURCH' WAS THE DRIVING FORCE OF TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AS MUCH AS ISLAM WAS AT THE HEART OF ARAB SLAVE TRADE

[poorsouling]

Alastor redesign because as an Ace person I’m gonna make sure my community has some solid ass character designs out there that are good-

No hate in Vivs Alastor or his look but when I learned he was Mixed Creole I was like “… THAT BITCH IS WHITE FUCK YOU MEAN???” And I couldn’t live with his look anymore and had to make my own.

Make it make sense-

#we need Alastor to be voiced by #like fuck imagine him being voiced by Wendell Pierce with a Trans-Atlantic accent #my little Ace heart would SWOON #alastor #Hazbin Hotel

[thottybrucewayne]

That nigga sound like epic rap battles of history-

#thotty speaks #KILL YOUR PRODUCER!!!!!!! #imagine making music with the OTHER corny ass Canadian terrorist of the rap game #at least If he had got a drake feat they could have rapped abt how funny they think the trans Atlantic slave trade is or something

[laurelxs]

Put me on call imma pull up...💋🍆

#lgbt nsft #lgbt #lgbt pride #lgbtq community #trans #trans nsft #gay men #feminized husband #feminine sissy #hyper feminine #feminism #sissi femboi #public exposure #expose sissy #gay pride #transgirl #lgbtq #atlantic canada #gay otter #ottawa #calvary

[itsnobuddy]

Shout-out to the Atlantic ocean for being such an icon. She heard us say Eat The Rich and she took it a step further 😍

Girly is taking us one step closer to a more stable economy, one iron lung full of billionaires at a time 🥰

#oceangate #lost submersible #billionaire #eat the fucking rich #eat the rich #shitpost #atlantic ocean #lgbtqia #poverty #economy #fuck the government #fuck the rich #trans #submarine #the jokes write themselves

[alagaisia]

I’m reminded of that post about how goths and people who wear only lots of pink are actually the same because “wearing only one color” is a specific choice in opposition to just looking Normal

I’m flying to a friend’s wedding today, and I recently acquired from my neighborhood free page a very pretty vintage suitcase in like a brocade upholstery texture in all of my good colors, so of course I needed a coordinated airport outfit à la Midge Maisel. You guys don’t know me, but I usually dress very put together, in what my sister calls Outfits, with a capital O to distinguish it from just wearing clothes. And since getting a full time job I’ve been slowly adding to my collection of vintage and 50’s-vibes clothes, because I just really like that aesthetic (my bridesmaid dress for the wedding is a vintage tea dress I got from Etsy. The fabric is in great condition but I had to reinforce pretty much every seam with my sewing machine, because the structural integrity of the original thread was breaking down, so that was an interesting learning experience).

All of which is to say that I Dressed Up for the airport in a vintage-y outfit that coordinates perfectly with some of the colors of my suitcase, and my hair is curled, and I have a vintage leather purse that my grandma gave me that matches her watch that I’m wearing and the shoes she bought me last summer at the same vintage store that my skirt came from, and a teenage-ish girl with whatever you call the 2023 teenage equivalent of emo/punk vibes, like the dark maroon mullet and not a lot of makeup and dark comfy clothes but like, very on purpose, told me I look cool when I walked past on the way to security

And like, she Gets It! We have different fashion goals but I think we put a similar degree of intention into the way we look compared to just wearing regular clothes. Which is cool! It’s validating. Not that I really need validation, but it’s always nice to get compliments, of course. And the way I dress is really not terribly distinctive most of the time, other than being Outfits and a little dressier than maybe the norm is, like I think most people who see me one time in passing would see that I look Nice but not necessarily see it as a cultivated Look. But punk mullet girl gets it.

#struggled with not sounding *too* pretentious here #I don’t feel pretentious but I have a hard time talking about like. specific choices and things in any detail #like to my friends I just said what happened with a picture of my outfit and was like ‘and she gets it!’ and they were like ‘yeah!’ #but to strangers I have to go into much more detail to get the point across #even though really it’s not like I’m putting all of that into it every day I just get up and go ‘i want to look nice today’ #in accordance with my personal fashion preferences #and then having to explain those preferences like ‘my name is alagaisia midge maisel darkness way and I’m wearing vintage whatever’ #i do look so cute though #i got these shoes last summer and then lost the heel cap off of one of them the very first time i wore them #finally took them in to have them fixed last week so I could wear them to the wedding #needed a deadline so that I would actually get around to it #i hate flying it’s really a testament of how much I love my friend that I’m flying #instead of driving ten hours to Nebraska #but it made more sense and to make sure i won’t be late or run into car trouble or anything #and I’ll stay looking nice right away instead of getting gross and sweaty in the car or having to change for bachelorette activities #i only know the bride so I’m definitely going to make a very specific impression on all of these strangers lol #i joked with my dad about adopting a trans Atlantic accent for the whole weekend just for shits and giggles #turns out you cannot do it over the top. have you ever listened to JFK’s ‘we choose to go to the moon’ speech #it’s very silly sounding #we had a good time saying things one might say at a bachelorette party in a goofy voice #‘we cho~ose to ohdah thihs maiule strippah… ahnd the othah things.. nawt becahse it is easyh.. #but becawhse he is hahd’ #highly recommend #mine #personal

[kny111]

New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed by the state Legislature on Thursday.

"We want to make sure we are looking at slavery and its legacies," said state Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages before the floor debate. "This is about beginning the process of healing our communities. There still is generational trauma that people are experiencing. This is just one step forward."

The state Assembly passed the bill about three hours after spirited debate on Thursday. The state Senate passed the measure hours later, and the bill will be sent to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for consideration.

New York would be following the lead of California, which became the first state to form a reparations task force in 2020. That group recommended a formal apology from the state on its legacy of racism and discriminatory policies and the creation of an agency to provide a wide range of services for Black residents. They did not recommend specific payments amounts for reparations.[1]

The New York legislation would create a commission that would examine the extent to which the federal and state governments supported the institution of slavery.[2] It would also address persistent economic, political and educational disparities experienced by Black people in the state today.

According to the New York bill, the first enslaved Africans arrived at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, then a Dutch settlement, around the 1620s and helped build the infrastructure of New York City. While the state Legislature enacted a statute that gave freedom to enslaved Africans in New York in 1817, it wasn't implemented until 10 years later.[3]

"I'm concerned we're opening a door that was closed in New York State almost 200 years ago,"[4] said Republican state Assemblymember Andy Gooddell during floor debates on the bill. Gooddell, who voted against the measure, said he supports existing efforts to bring equal opportunity to all and would like to "continue on that path rather than focus on reparations."[5]

In California, the reparations task force said in their report that the state is estimated to be responsible for more than $500 billion due to decades of over-policing, mass incarceration and redlining that kept Black families from receiving loans and living in certain neighborhoods. California's state budget last year was $308 billion.[6] Reparations in New York could also come with a hefty price tag.

The commission would be required to deliver a report one year after its first meeting. The panel's recommendations, which could potentially include monetary compensation for Black people,[7] would be non-binding. The legislature would not be required to take the recommendations up for a vote.

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who is the first Black person to hold the position, called the legislation "historic."[8]

Heastie, the governor and the legislative leader in the state Senate would each appoint three members to the commission.[9]

Other state legislatures that have considered studying reparations include New Jersey and Vermont, but none have passed legislation yet.[10] The Chicago suburb in Evanston, Illinois, became the first city to make reparations available to Black residents through a $10 million housing project in 2021.[11]

On the federal level, a decades-old proposal to create a commission studying reparations has stalled in Congress.[12]

Some critics of reparations by states say that while the idea is well-intentioned, it can be misguided.[13]

William Darity, a professor of public policy and African and African American Studies at Duke University said even calling them reparations is "presumptuous," since it's virtually impossible for states to meet the potentially hefty payouts.[14]

He said the federal government has the financial capacity to pay true reparations and that it should be the party that is responsible.[15]

"My deeper fear with all of these piecemeal projects is that they actually will become a block against federal action because there will be a number of people who will say there's no need for a federal program," Darity said. "If you end up settling for state and local initiatives, you settle for much less than what is owed."[16] K, Blog Admin notes: [1] This is useful because it's attempting institutionalization of the divestment in needing money to solve the issue of slavery reparations and instead aims to provide a means to account for such a system by way of adhering to necessities. This seems like a legislative path to that. A formal apology is well overdue so the creation of these institutions, paired with divestment in money (which are literal enslavement notes) makes for said apology more effective and honest.

[2] Correct, slavery is handled and supported to this day at a state and federal level. Any strategies aimed at changing this enslavement system requires changes at both state and federal levels, otherwise what's the point? [3] Legislature like the one in 1817 what it did was make enslavement go covert while continuing to operate with the same engine. Which is why we need to correct any semblance of it existing by abolishing institutions that were created from slavery and repurpose ones sabotaged by past and existing pro slavery legislature. Reparations fixes itself to do just that.

[4] Read [3] because slavery's door was never shut. There's never been enough evidence, something I hope this legislature corrects, with regards to presenting when this "end of slavery" ever occurred. As far as everyone experiencing this god awful system is concerned slavery continued just fine.

[5] Slavery as a system created such a historical inequivalence for all involved that a path has never honestly been formed to claim we're all equal. How can we "continue" on something we've never even established?

[6] Translation: The enslavers who own this system over us and invested so much in slavery can't put their money where their labor is. This is our issue how? Legislature like this will help correct that.

[7] I would hope that this conversation around monetary compensation and reparations from enslavement systems involves a divestment plan from a currency note that has factual connections to and will continue to be looked at as an enslaver note to those who study slavery historically. So this might look like an institution that can help communities divest from ever even needing to use money due to their systemic connections to slavery.

[8] This legislature is needed and overdue, I wouldn't call it historic yet. People within government tend to have a low bar for what's historic and epic.

[9] Not enough people. 3 is not enough. This is a ridiculously low amount considering how easy it can be to sabotage this work as they have in the past, this increases that chance. They need more community input. Otherwise, what's the point?

[10] Further implicating these states with systemic slavery.

[11] Not enough for similar reasons that a slaver creating their own paper and telling you to live off of it is not enough to stop slavery.

[12] So the one thing that did have a semblance of working, you let it rock there, doing nothing? Seems like an institutional trend.

[13] How? Explain using evidence in the same way we abolitionists use evidence to prove slavery is not needed.

[14] Agreed, and they don't have the capacity to make their enslaver dollars mean much into the future. Money temporarily becomes pay outs which are like the apology letter you include system changes with otherwise its just enslavers recycling their image.. AGAIN.

[15] Agreed, but I hope this doesn't mean shift in focus from what needs to structurally change at a state level and what these types of legislature can do. I think federal changes should come with state strategizing as well.

[16] see [14] and [15]

#reparations #thoughts #news #policy #legislature #trans atlantic slave trade #slavery #abolish slavery #abolish police #abolishment #black lives matter #new york #nyc #new yorkers #black new yorkers