#poc ally

[thequeenofhorsesofficial]

“You shouldn’t have had to give up your voice to be heard”

The filmmakers gave The Little Mermaid justice! I hated the original and seeing this fresh take made me so happy. The quote above will stay in my head forever. It’s a good lesson for people to learn. I honestly don’t understand why people were and are so against. If it makes you uncomfortable, let’s just say the movie isn’t the problem.

#the little mermaid 2023 #probably the only remake Disney did right #support blm #blm blacklivesmatter #poc ally

[ilovejoyjessie]

Hidden Figures #3 (Wandering Rocks by Tony Smith) || II.

No place is perfect; that's to be expected...though you never know exactly how that imperfection will appear. But what I hadn't expected were the amount of times I'd find myself in the novel situation where I could watch my melaninated skin leap from my body and morph into an elephant in the room. And as it took shape, I would watch its appearance cause a certain amount of self-awareness, from the others in the room, transpire along with it. And as we'd stand there - my manifested Black elephant and I - we'd soon be joined by the awkward denials of its existence by those others in the room: Denial that it was there, denial they felt any awkwardness about it, denial of the idea that perhaps their thoughts and actions - in that moment - challenged the liberal acceptance banner they waved, lived under, and identified with. And as they'd fervently do their best to ignore the elephant summoned into the room, their efforts to do so would give their real feelings away, despite their attempts to hide them behind "good thoughts" and "good intentions".

It's not that I expected residents of a city known for its liberal views to never have a misstep, never say something they could've thought about a second longer. Everyone's been in a situation where they might have put a wild foot in their mouth - myself included. But in the same way I've seen how Seattleite defensiveness can arise when an outsider perspective clashes with their niche culture, so can it arise when certains of them are informed that their assumed, projected allyship needs a little more work.

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If called out on a wild foot moment, I - and most reasonable people - swallow the foot of pride and keep the correction in mind for later (or if we're not sure if the thought is wild - and we don't want to ask - we just keep the potentially wild-foot thought to ourselves). But it's been interesting to me to see the ways in which some Seattlites respond to their own Foot-In-Mouth moments - particularly the ones who see themselves as steadfast supports in whatever ally community they hold most dear. Sure, the defensive response isn't native to Seattle. But I've observed the response here the most out of my various dwellings - and here, the most fervently:

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It's here that I seen the intensity with which such self-justification could be delivered by someone who sees themself as a beacon of allyship - so much so it's become integral to their personality: Validating their belonging in the area and the circles they run in. They assume they lead their Ally platoon, fighting the good fight alongside their chosen wards, walking in lockstep with those they take up for. But in reality, the marching stomps they take are so loud that when they're presented with opportunity to truly walk that walk by taking in notes or observations that could help them be better soldiers for the cause - from the people they purport to be allies to - they cannot hear those notes and observations. Instead, they march even louder, choosing to fight to defend their footwork by rallying against the idea that they are, in fact, out of step.

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I know this because I've received it as a Black person existing in the area. These kinds of "crusaders" don't take the most allied approach to being informed that they're, in fact, expressing a microagression they didn't read about on a White-run Social Justice Instagram post; or that their attempts to "relate" to the Black people they meet are actually furthering internalized social expectations of Black people. Instead of the note being suggested as something for them to consider or work on - something to help them be more of what they say they are - the suggestion that they may have exhibited a misstep is more of a personal attack: They are already enlightened - how dare it be asserted that they aren't as enlightened as they see themselves to be.

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Because they "don't think that way" or didn't "mean it like that" - because that "wasn't their intention" - the actions or words they exhibited in the direction of a POC, in my direction, in the moment are negligible; it's almost a buzzkill, a non sequitur to inform them otherwise. Because it's the intention, not the words, actions, or their charged natures that matter: They are a BIPOC ally; they've heard of "Hood Feminism"; they feel comfortable around people that look differently from them and are around them "all the time". Their words, actions and perceptions can't be problematic - as if those "checked ally boxes" preclude them from possibly saying something that might be - in fact - problematic, as if they assume where they live is the only place safe from the Color Seeing Flu.

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"All I was saying was..."

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But denying that it's possible that you still have some work to do when it comes to being a better BIPOC ally doesn't change the fact that you could be. And as you deny that possibility, you also run the risk of invalidating the way BIPOCs feel and express experiencing those instances - a core contradiction to being a good ally: Ignoring that it's possible that we live in a world where I am seen as less beautiful or talented than dancers or creators that look differently than me. Or oppositely - where I'm a vital addition to a cast to fill a diversity quota, not because I'm worthy of being there on my own creative or personal merit - but because you "love having Black people around" (and it makes you look good to do so). That's not allyship.

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Or denying my expression that I feel I've been responded to as an "aggressive Black woman" - recognized by its familiar tone of defensiveness and judgement - in favor of saying "Seattlietes just aren't comfortable with confrontation'"....running away from my assertion that someone is engaging in the sins of White Feminism (see: Hood Feminism) and swatting away the idea that my color has "nothing to do with" that womxn's response - denying that any of those instances are possible because they feel uncomfortable to process isn't allyship.

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Attempting to "connect" with a Black person by painting conversation with broad strokes about "Urban" culture (that we can quickly discover to be attempts to seem "plugged into" what we're "into" once we really get into the topic with you, only to receive parroted talking points or blank yet enthusiastic stares in return)....uncharacteristically code switching while conversing with a Black person while delivering a wink and a nudge that we could be comfortable with - in the right context - but in the wrong one, we absolutely aren't...isn't allyship. Liking rap music and saying you "date womxn of all colors" isn't allyship.

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And assuming that you're liberal enough or you and the people around you live liberally enough that your actions are always aligned with allyship isn't enough. Engaging in these behaviors doesn't preclude anyone from learning how to be better, from being better. They're the minimum - and in my experiences in Seattle, the minimum seems to go a long way for people when it comes to proving their Black allyship. But when we're already familiar with getting the bare minimum, we aren't as impressed to receive it, despite the intentions behind it - a sentiment I feel a lot in Seattle as a transplant, actually...

#conceptual art #black writers #black experience #seattle artist #shadow photography #James Baldwin #allyship #bipoc #dear white people #white feminism #sjw #poc ally #hood feminism #intersectionality #photo composition #Black History Month #black voices #natural light photography #things people don't want to hear

[revengeromance]

I feel like we need to get a little more specific (on tiktok at least) about what MSI actually did, because saying “they’re problematic” is a huge fucking understatement that just makes kids go “oh, I’ll just pirate it then” or listen to Faggot with a sense of “it’s okay because I can reclaim it” no!!! Mindless Self Indulgence is actively and maliciously racist! It’s not satirical! MSI is a self proclaimed band of pedophiles and they weren’t joking about that one- Jimmy is literally going to court for being a pedophile. And it’s definitely not the same as older metal bands being called problematic.

They are actively racist, pedophillic, antisemitic and so much more. You can’t separate the art from the artist when 1) I don’t know if I’d call the song titled with a racial slur “art” 2) the art is the problem. Fuck y’all

#i fucking hate MSI fans so much #and white alt poc ‘Allies’ who listen to them

[cashandprizes]

Happy Black History Month

Never forget the same man with Black Lives Matter on his early videos is the same guy who made an entire audio roleplay where people use the magical police to take away someone's rights

#i don't fuck with quinn. don't get me wrong. but saying a person doesn't deserve rights... #it's not the flex you think it is. #look. we could have worse. people who listen to escaped. thoughts and prayers you are delivered from walter soon #but like... sir. this is not very black/poc ally behavior... #speed run #redactedasmr #redacted

[trasiycrem]

I've noticed that for some people that everything going on in Palestine is just drama to them, which happen to concern their faves - not like, an actual genocide that is devastating a people. Which is leading some of you to over step your place as "allies" (I don't really think they're allies to cause tbh) and do things like accepting apologies that aren't yours to accept in the place (i.e some of the famous people's 'apologies') and downplaying the damage the western media and certain people in power have done. Like I'm sorry that people are upset over the disgusting statements your fave made, people are literally dying, but I guess we're just too sensitive & chronically online right?

Idk y'all make me mad.

#palestine #free palestine #free gaza #gaza #israel #human rights #white people #poc #white people are doing the thing again #allies #noah schnapp

[cheesebongdynasty]

Imagine if....

...people on Tumblr decided that South Koreans were "white" and North Korean were "POC."

Imagine that people you follow, and who follow you, are regularly referring to South Korea as a "U.S. army base," and "a white colonizer state."

Whatever you think you know about history and whatever you've seen with your eyes is irrelevant. These labels are now the norm, and you can't convince people otherwise.

Imagine that people you follow, and who follow you, are urging that you must spread the word about South Korea's "genocide" against North Korea, or you're not a true Ally.

Do you openly question anyone on this?

Do you dare just ignore it all?

Or do you start looking for ways to maintain your "ally" badge for both North and South Korea, without losing too many of your followers on this website?

Maybe you simply reblog the anti-South Korea posts, while looking for ways to show off that you're totally still an ally to the South Koreans (perhaps by acting outraged over a maybe-stereotype in a random work of fiction). That seems logical, right?

#israel #israeli #palestine #palestinian #hamas #mizrahi jews #ashkenazi jewish #sephardi jewish #white #poc #ally #its all about the labels on this site #propaganda #jewish #antisemitism #allyship

[home-n-harmony]

I’d like say that my blog is a safe place for lqbtq+, poc and those that have a different belief set than me/a different lifestyle than me.

Just because we live different lives doesn’t me I don’t hold the utmost respect for others and their paths🤍

#lgbtq #poc #woc #ally #trans ally #feminism #homemaking #housewife #milspouse #sahm #uk military #baking

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Non-Black “ally”: **Does something antiblack**

Black people: Can you not do that, and treat us with basic respect?

Non-Black “allies”:

“How dare you monkeys ask for basic respect? You’re supposed to be supporting us!”

“They can’t help it their culture is full of antiblackness!”

“It’s ok, (insert person). We accept your apology(even though we’re not black)!”

“Y’all are asking too much of them!”

“It’s always you Black Americans getting offended!”

*Blah, blah, blah, more racist dribble about how black people are supposed to mule for them*

Also the Non-Black “allies”:

Help! Help! Our group of people needs help! Bipoc/POC solidarity! We’ve always stood in solidarity with Black people!

Black people/me:

#black tumblr #black girls of tumblr #screw bipoc solidarity #ya’ll only scream that when you want someone to give you free labor at the cost of you mistreating us on every level #you don’t need our help #you want it #you want our help because you think of us as your collective mule to pass around to other non-blacks when they’re in trouble #the pocs will never do the same #if even asking for basic respect as black person during their times of need is too much for them then I have something to tell you #you’re not an ally #you’re a manipulative pos who thinks they can have a whole group of people at their disposal #screw poc solidarity #I hope black people specifically black girls and women start being more selfish #let the nonblacks fight for themselves #which they can do despite their incessant whining about needing us #soulaan #vent post

[hadesoftheladies]

So I started writing a Christmas fantasy novel about seven girls in a catholic all-girls school and one of them is in love with her rival, and her rival gets mad when she kisses her under the mistletoe, which awakes a spirit trapped by magic, who then transports the girl, her rival, and the other school girls to a world of ghosts so they can save that world before becoming ghosts themselves and her rival is tasked with finding the girl who she doesn't want to admit she has started having feelings for, and the girls are knighted by the displaced kings and queens of the country, and they suck at it . . . etcetera

anyways, i wanted to test a chapter on you guys to see if it's a solid idea and if it can go somewhere. i really love Christmas tbh, but so many Christmas stories are bland and unmagical, so i wanted to make this a real adventure that doesn't lean to hard into the cliches of Christmas itself, but has a distinct feel when it comes to magic and setting without taking too much of the whimsy out.

here's the first chapter. please tell me your thoughts :)

#radblr #only want the radfems and allies on this #all the characters are poc btw #there's a reason they have strictly european names

[tyrin1350]

If you’re not black you’re not a Stud.

If you’re not Indigenous you’re not a Two Spirit.

It’s the same caliber of not being black/mixed and calling yourself “light skinned”

If you’re using any BIPOC terms when referring to yourself and you’re NOT that’s so cringe.

#lgbtqia #stud #two spirit #cultural appropriation #aave #poc lgbt #butch #masc lesbian #bipoc lgbt #bipoc representation #fake allies #white washing #culture vultures #masc presenting #lgbt #cringe #this is cringy

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

ppl will go “i’d notice if society was going to sacrifice a marginalised group of people and if they said that it’s ok that a bunch of people would die then i would stand against it” and then they’ll hear people saying “well only disabled and vulnerable people will die of covid” and go “yes this is normal and ok and fine”

#first of all it’s not only disabled people who are dying and also covid can disable you real quick and make you part of that group that #people are fine with dying #but also do y’all hear yourself bed sometimes. the amount of people who claim to be allies but with throw others aside as soon as it #interferes with their comfort #also there have been so many studies and reports and articles on how covid disproportionally affects poc. not to mention inequalities in #healthcare that come into play too when you’re dealing with a pandemic #but as soon as y’all have to stop going to parties or restaurants or isolating for two weeks when exposed or confirmed positive or even if #you suspect you have it. or any of the millions of other things that at this point are important facets of community care and protecting #yourself and others from a disease that has been proven and continues to be proven to do a lot of damage to the body #y’all just balk. you don’t drop your claims but that doesn’t mean you’ve dropped your allyship #I’d love to go back to normal. i’d love to go out without a mask and eat in restaurants and do all the things i did before covid #but i won’t. because i know that isn’t safe for me or my friends/family/community and also quite literally isn’t possible now because we’re #still in a pandemic. if you claim to be an ally to disabled people then prove it and mask #I can’t speak as fully on allyship to other communities who are disproportionately impacted but not masking harms everyone and if anyone #does want to speak on allyship to their communit(y/ies) feel free to go ahead #covid tw #fired up about this because i’m doing radioactive iodine treatment in a few weeks and my mother is taking no precautions. not only am i at #risk if i catch covid but if she gets sick i either have to postpone my treatment to care for her (which risks giving my cancer more time to #metastasise if there are cells left) or i have to figure out another plan for treatment since my current plan hinges on her help since i #have to isolate #im just tired and frustrated. a pandemic doesn’t stop just because you get bored #vent tw #this is not as eloquent as i wish it was and the lack of punctuation and tone can make parts confusing but i think y’all get my point

[yooniesim]

Another day, another racism related "drama", another white person making a post educating everyone on what is and isn't harmful for POC... simblr never changes lol

#text #ceci speaks #nonsims #negative #sorry but this irks me #yall know those white ppl that ALWAYS make a post anything race related happens with links and such #and never seem to reblog posts about it from poc #they just GOTTA make their own post #they give me the heebie jeebies fr #especially if theyre silent when poc are being harassed #or even worse say they deserve it #but you an advocate right #most sane simblr white ally

[knowlesian]

okay, i’m not gonna call out names because i think people deserve chances to grow and i’m not assuming any malicious intent, but i also feel a need to answer something addressed to me today, because empathy’s gotta go hand in hand with accountability.

this is why talking about race (in fandom, or otherwise) is often like slamming your face into a brick wall that keeps insisting it’s on your side.

okay. so i sort of debated how to handle this: i think i’m just gonna quote myself. you may have missed this piece, so hopefully it’ll give context for why i’m not sure exactly what to say, and remain unsure.

i am very sure that until the day i die, i will be doing the hard and frustrating and not super ego-boosting work of diving into the mental dumpster of weird bullshit i was implicitly taught and unpacking it all.

so i know i will breathe my last and i will still have all these racist ideas, rattling around my noggin fucking with how i see the world and how i treat people, even though i don’t know i’m doing the thing. when i talk about people being racist and having implicit bias, i am also talking about me!

because racist is a descriptor, not an insult. and as much as it sucks for me to unpack this shit (don’t let anybody tell you it’s not hard work or that it feels good to do; it’s really hard and it will make you feel very small and gross sometimes) the people i accidentally aim it at deserve me putting in that effort and have it much worse.

so when i’m like, it was racist stede did that? i’m not saying stede is a bad person, and i’m not saying fuck that guy.

i’m saying oh shit this show is SMART, i do that too! it’s me!

so. i don’t know why you posted this and then bounced: i don’t know why you didn’t @ me, if you wanted me to see it and respond.

like... is your issue that i’m talking about race too much? that i’m being mean or unfair when i do it? that i don’t talk enough about how hard it is for white people to think about race, or that i’m not being understanding enough that it sucks to look at people who hurt you and have to consider you might have something in common with them? because i’ve said exactly that, too. you’re right, it’s not fun to do this work, and it is work.

i guess i just don’t understand the purpose, here, or why you’d say all this and not explain what exactly you want from me as a writer to do differently. and if that’s not your goal and i’ve misunderstood, then...  i mean. i guess i remain confused as to what you want me to take away from this, other than “it’s hard to be white, and you have made me feel very uncomfortable about it so i wish you would stop”.

#i still don't know what to say #i do not understand why this post was made #do they want me to change? talk about race less or differently? #never mention whiteness? #because i feel like i have been scolded for not being nice enough or understanding enough about the Plight of The White Ally #so i guess my question is: what was i supposed to say here? #what am i supposed to do with this #but feel like i am somehow not in the crew unless white people feel comfortable #posting this and then immediately unfollowing just feels... defeating and weird #like i'm not gonna block you and i hope you take this and just. don't do this to the next poc in line #but this made me feel p shitty #this is fine to rb btw please do not try to sleuth shit or whatever this is not about that #it's just... you know. play stupid games handle your public stupid prizes #to allow frustration to make me blunt for a sec #also apologies for the caps and no id i just could not make myself sit and transcribe all that #if someone else has the fortitude thank you and i will rb #i just. not today you know? i can't do the second layer and process every word at that level rn

[floralovebot]

It's insane to me that this entire "debate" (if it can even be called that) is literally just

trans people, jewish people, black people literally everyone who has been hurt by bigotry: hey please don't spend $70 on a game about pro-slavery and fascism when a lot of that money will go to its creator who is publically bigoted and uses her massive amounts of wealth to fund the eradication of marginalized groups

and the response to that was: fuck you why can't you just let people enjoy things, harry potter personally saved my life

like. it's extremely telling that so many people value their own entertainment and nostalgia over the lives of others. jkr is such a horrible, despicable person and literally all people are saying is that yeah you shouldn't be giving a modern day nazi that much money when they constantly bring people to the alt right and donate that money to every anti-human rights organization you could think of.

and no i don't think sending people death threats is okay but at the same time, you don't get to act surprised, defensive, or victimized when people call you out for giving money to a fucking nazi.

#its so upsetting seeing all of this #people have put in so much work and energy trying to educate people about her #but it feels like we take fifty steps backwards whenever a new hp thing comes out #is it really that hard to NOT spend money on the fucking nazi game??? #no!! it isn't!! no one is forcing you to give her money!! #people are literally detailing exactly why its bad to buy this game and every response is literally just fuck you let me do whatever i want #she literally donates to orgs that actively spread hatred and bigotry and resort to people killing themselves... #and youre surprised when trans and jewish people say they dont trust you? #when you care about yourself and your enjoyment of a piece of media over their lives? #you don't get to act surprised when people call you transphobic or antisemitic when you willingly give a transphobic nazi money #just cause you want to play the silly wizard game #and yeah sorry if it 'hurts' but no you can't be an ally while also buying this game #thats not how that fucking works #not to mention it literally fucking Astounds me when i see poc and queer people support this game.. #she doesn't like you!! she wishes you were dead too!! #hogwarts legacy #like i genuinely dont care if you like hp but knowingly funding her hatred is not okay and i don't understand why people think it is

[moonhedgegarden]

How white folks can go about decolonization

#pagan #spiritual healing #spirituality #healing #nature #self care #self help #racism #decolonialism #decolonize #colonialism #poc #woc #ally #activism #writing #advocate #white superiority #white fragility #white supremacy #community service #community care #seer #diversity #earth #humanity #growth #love #education #text

[felucians]

white autistics stop hiding behind your neurodivergency and weaponising it against poc when talking about racism.

#if ur white autistic and say you're an ally this better be an rb #oh and i am a brown autistic before y'all start #a brown autistic woman. #woc #woc experience #autism #actuallyautistic #racism #white autistics #autistics of color #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #poc #people of color