#protect our black people

[sanyu-thewitch05]

At some point I wonder if Black people get tired of consistently having egg on their face. Y’all love to defend other groups, but they rarely ever do the same for us as Black people.

Black people like to defend Latinos and they get a bunch of lightskinned and mixed Latinos saying the Ni**er to their faces because of their general ignorance of race vs ethnicity.

Black people like to defend indigenous people and they those same indigenous peoples(this really only applies to the ones in the south like the Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, and Chickasaw, and Choctaw) rarely ever acknowledge the fact they were oppressors to Black people. Or when’s someone brings it up, it’s “but they were kinder than the white people!” Like please-

Black people defend Asians, especially South East Asians, and we get them calling us slurs in their own language, extreme colorism, extreme texturism, and generational prejudice and biases about black people.

Black people defend biracials and their “blackness” and instead we get them replacing and erasing us in our own shows, other media, and praising the white features that they inherited from their white parent. Meanwhile, darkskinned women from Africa are called Eurocentric because they’re beautiful and have different features(despite black people saying we come in all shades and colors and features. Black people don’t like it when those different features aren’t on a mixed or biracial girl)

Black people defend the lgbt community and we get their community members saying we as black women aren’t women because of white supremacy.

Like are we not tired! Are you not tired of constantly being laughed at and being made the joke of the world?! Are you not tired your people are considered the front line warriors who will defend everyone if they don’t deserve it?! Would it kill the black community, especially the black girls and women, to focus on ourselves and our image that’s slowly disappearing. When will we learn to say it’s not our fight.

#blackblr #black girls of tumblr #literally it’s exhausting seeing the black community and black girls and women being everyone’s attack dogs #do y’all seriously not notice that the groups you defend don’t even respect you #they’re using you boo! #and don’t get me started on the black community protecting criminals because they’re men and that’s their ThAWn! #it’s exhausting #it really is #like I have compassion for other people but that doesn’t mean I’m going to go fight for them #especially when they do little to nothing to help me as a black girl #especially with this femicide crisis going on #it’s not our fight! it’s really not #we as black women and girls need to be focusing on us and our image and our issues instead of worrying about other peoples #especially when those people don’t do the same for us or rarely talk about our issues #and the latinos thing doesn’t apply to Afro Latinos #the afro latinos generally care a tad bit more about black issues because they are of course black

[ofekma]

"how can you be an animorphs fan and support Israel?"

I don't know, how CAN I be the fan of a book series talking about kids being forced to grow up too fast due to being a part of a war that has been going on for longer than they're alive, trying to defend their home against an invading force?

Seeing how this situation affects their mental state, world view and relationships with each other? Not being able to fully trust anyone else because they can turn out to secretly wish for your demise?

How can I be the fan of a series that mirrors the way I grew up, of feeling scared and lost and small but knowing that you have to keep going because there's no other way?

Knowing that the other side has people who are like you, who never really wanted to hurt anyone but are being forced to fight too, who were brainwashed from birth to not see people like you as people?

Knowing that innocents die in war, that cruel, messed up, unjust things happen in wars but not seeing another way forward?

Wanting to save your loved ones who are now being kept hostages?

YEAH I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD I, AN ISRAELI PERSON, BE AN ANIMORPHS FAN?

#animorphs: there's no black and white but sometimes you have to fight to protect the people you love #people on tumblr: ISRAEL BAD PALESTINE GOOD #Hey remember how every time the animorphs kill a hork bajir controller #they kill both an innocent hork bajir hostage and a yeerk that is threatened with starvation by their superiors if they won't fight? #remember how most taxxons only agreed to collaborate with the yeerks because they feel like being puppets is better than constant hunger? #remember how Serrow only wanted to do something good but ended up causing an intergalactic war? #remember how as early as book 6 Jake didn't blink before boiling alive dozens of helpless yeerks? #remember how the Howelrs who exterminated countless species were merely toddlers playing controlled by a higher being? #REMEMBER HOW ANIMORPHS IS A FUCKING COMPLICATED BOOK SERIES AND EVEN OUR HEROES COMMITED ATROCITIES THAT HAUNTED THEM EVERY DAY? #AND HOW WE STILL ROOTED FOR THEM BECAUSE WE KNEW WHY THEY DID THIS AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM? #HOW MOST OF THEIR ATROCITIES WEREN'T JUST KILLING FOR THE SAKE OF KILLING? #Unlike you know #what Hamas is doing #killing for the sake of killing #sacrificing their own people in the process #brainwashing and treathening their population #Remember how the war is actually a chess game between two larger entities that use everyone else as a peon for the war between themselves? #Hm now that surely sounds familiar #Imagine thinking that a fictional war in a book series for kids is more complicated and morally grey than one in real life #And that you can know everything about it from Twitter and tik tock #Couldn't be me lol

[stirdrawsandreblaws]

screaming crying coughing up blood every time i have to fucking defend genocide joe bc ppl wanna lie and say he isn't responsible for most of the best domestic policy we've seen in decades

his foreign policy is dogshit, yes, and he should rightly be called on it and primaried out, but we can criticize the shit he's actually done wrong instead of making shit up about him ~not doing anything good~

#thinking about the keystone pipeline shutdown and how fully 2/3 of the people he appointed to legislative systems were women and poc #thinking about student debt forgiveness and rejoining the paris climate accord and unfucking some of the extreme gerrymandering #and improving COVID protections (that were roundly thrown out by corporate america which is its own concern yes but like. he's not a king) #'biden didn't fix' blah blah blah he's not a fucking dictator he can't actually do whatever he wants. the only thing the GOP lets slide #is the aforementioned dogshit foreign policy bc fuck knows every last republican loves bombing the middle east and supporting israel #(remember that the evangelical xtian death cult requires israel for the apocalypse!! that is a very real fucking thing these ppl strive for #(and evangelicals support the GOP for this very fucking reason. you cannot forget this. we are all fighting for all our goddamn lives rn) #stirring up trouble #i hate biden i hate his foreign policy i hate how ok he is with fascism i hate most of his pre-presidential voting record BUT #i will not let that hate blind me to the reality that he is Objectively Miles Ahead Of Any Fucking Republican Alternative #i still want his ass primaried out of the presidential race so hard he physically blacks out upon seeing the polling results tho #and fuck. at least the dem side seems to have a lot of good progressive downballot candidates this time around already.

[hussyknee]

Did they.... Really say.... Machine guns.... Protect minorities.... What--

They really said "RIP to y'all but my Good Guy With A Gun is different".

#idk maybe the problem of cops killing people cant be solved by letting everyone else kill each other too #also do they expect gays to take guns to go clubbing? jews post guards with submachine guns outside the synagogue? #black people take guns to church? university students take them to class??? #''we could stop the school shooter drills if we gave each kid an AK-47'' #''we can only protect our fundamental human rights by forming armed militias'' #USAmericans need to be studied in a lab #gun control #social justice #western leftists #american exceptionalism #commie brainrot #knee of huss #tumblr wank #asks #wintersmitth

[chaoswalksthemoon]

I wish all those who kill snakes in their gardens and especially other people's yards and also everywhere else a very terrible death

#cw: animal death #i am very sad and very angry right now #however much you try to protect the things you love #there will always be someone else working just as hard #to undo it #to destroy without a second thought #a few days ago there was this beautiful black racer snake hanging out in the garden #and my whole environmentally-minded family was excited and so happy to see the snake #but just yesterday #we had some landscaping done #and i found the poor animal in pieces with wounds that looked like they'd been inflicted by a shovel #i am seeing red #like i know people hate snakes this is not news #but for it to happen here #at our house #where we should've been able to stop it #it feels like a personal violation #it was a wild animal but my family and i feel like someone's killed our pet #the brutality of it just fucking breaks my heart

[sadbeautifutragic]

.

#as a black bi person i don't get the point in arguing over whether it's better to make a speech in a red state vs a blue state #at the end of the day the speech will have the same impact which is to raise awareness of the escalating situation our community is in #while also comforting lgbtq+ fans both online and in person #the argument that she only did it in chicago to avoid losing fans doesn't really hold up because she has fans who come from all over #so she will lose tickets even if she does the speech in a blue state and she has upcoming shows in red states/states that are in danger #of flipping back. besides this was only the first show of pride month she will likely continue the speeches which means she will speak in #those upcoming red states #i also think we shouldn't be complacent and act like living in a blue city/state means you're automatically 100% safe #especially when certain gop nominees want to force their horrific legislation upon the entire country #especially when there's people in blue states who still face the threat of homophobia/transphobia at the hands of people in their own lives #i'm saying all this as someone who lives in a blue city in a red state with some of the worst laws in the entire country btw #the only things protecting us are our governor and city leadership 😐

[l-na]

i think you can have an anger and distrust towards white trans people as a whole without being a weirdo transmisogynistic freak about it. white people have demonstrated over and over again that theyll choose to use their white privileges to rule over whatever minority group they fall into. but that doesnt suddenly make transmisogyny okay. i personally despise white lgbt ppl for sure. they have and continue to hurt me. but that doesnt mean its all bets off....

#luna landing #locked this bc im just thinking out loud #its frustrating to me how theres so little nuance on this stupid website and i keep running into tme poc recently who insist on being #the worst. its so ugly. #i want to share my gender angst and my rage towards white people but these bitches are so LOUD and WRONG #and it all just goes back to hating black transfems. our sisters. who we claim to protect thru these actions #transmisogyny ment #transmisogynoir ment

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

This post is for anyone who wants to interact with it but I'm addressing it to white Americans. Cops are racist, violence wanting demons. We know that, but they're not just racist. I'm not saying that that's not comfortably bad enough, it is. What I am saying is that you can't interact with them as if you're not a potential target. They're looking for any opportunity to get anybody for anything. They're violent to black people because they think they can get away with it, and if for some reason they think they can get away with it they'll rough you up too.

I think what I'm saying is that you cannot view your whiteness as a get out of jail free card. It's not magic. It's a tool but it won't save you. You have to view it as a suit of armor. You have a suit of armor, your nonwhite friends do not have armor. It is moral, noble and just to protect them and shield them because you are less likely to die. But men in armor still die by the sword and you gotta remember that you're not invincible. And if, god forbid, your armor has a chink in it for some reason, say you're homeless, you're visibly disabled, you're poor and people can tell, you're visibly trans, you're a sex worker, you need to be aware of that and act accordingly. You can't trust your whiteness to carry you through an interaction with the police. They've got guns, you don't. They're suspicious of you, you gotta be suspicious of them always, not just when racial minorities they could hurt are around. Especially then, but not just then

#blm #acab #cw police #Personally I'm autistic and when I'm confronted with these gun toting pigs I mask like it's an olympic sport #you will not catch me masking ever outside of that interaction but when the fuzz shows up suddenly I can make eye contact idk #This post exists because white people are not taught to view cops as a threat and they die because of it #so then when our black friends tell us 'actually cops are scary as fuck' we hear that as 'I need to be protected from cops' #and that is what they're saying #but they're also saying 'cops are just scary always'

[david-watts]

got in trouble for telling the bloke on the architecture programme on the television to shut up and tbh it was worth it because I am sick to death of mainlanders going ‘ooughg the power,,,, of the landscape,,,,’ like fuck off

#you’re not even showing the best area of that particular area yet alone actually powerful landscapes #you won't do that because it's near a half-abandoned shack town without paved roads and sometimes there's whale carcasses #like there was when I went there #it's either the landscape or the wombats there's hardly ever any acknowledgement people live here #part of me does suspect they don't wanna acknowledge the massive issues here like the health crisis or the housing crisis #or that this place has a people history #which I think people don't want to acknowledge because of the black war and the resulting genocide #like yeah a good chunk of here is wilderness and it should be protected and celebrated but also there is so much. #I hesitate to say fetishism because that feels extreme. but it feels like that. #with all the mainlander or even international seachangers driving up the prices of everything because they're a lucrative market #and I understand that. since the manufacturing industry collapsed here and the poms stopped buying our apples #you gotta do what you gotta do. #but like. the air of exclusivity some people want is annoying at best #and shit like 'the power of the landscape' is fuelling that #I mean hell if we get acknowledged as being bigger sheepshaggers than the kiwis that's a start #idk. I'm just so annoyed because I'm terrified of needing to go to the hospital because there's a chance I mightn't get care #meanwhile the only references to here are how pretty the landscapes are. and when there's finally a discussion about failing hospital #systems we're never mentioned despite how bad the problem is here. y'know?

[catboyvulture]

Do you ever look at the news and think to yourself: "Huh, the way they use the crimes a single person has commited to demonize an entire group and as justification to deny them human rights sure does remind me of the way they used to talk about people of color and gay people"

And do you just then go: "Nah, surely this time they are correct." ???

Also please use at least something remotely trustworthy like the Washington Post to dehumanize people.

Also Love Nikki literally has a trans girl character so wtf

I'M LITERALLY TRANS MYSELF💀 Guess your mindset makes me violent and that I'm denying myself human rights then? Always great to see "allies" telling people what they should think as if we're a monolith, not giving cult vibes at all

Almost like you're the one "demonizing" an entire group of people instead of seeing that things like this will happen when women's and girls', especially black women, safety isn't being upheld, which will hurt both cis women AND trans women as it 1) leads to vulnerable women (many black) not being safe from violence and 2) others trying to paint an entire demographic in a bad light 3) idiot messages from ppl like you lol

Also if you'd followed me you'd know I HC several SN characters as trans💀💀

#Im just tired of black girls and women being pawns in this war #Use your own brains for once people #Just bc I'm trans I dont have to be ok with how black women are being put at risk for violence in the prison system<3 #Anyway not enough people in the community are denouncing the violence many women face in the name of inclusion #Since I'm a woman I'm also a feminist and the systems failure to protect this woman is NOT OK #Sometimes you just snap #Sisters and cisters #Cis women deserve their own safe spaces just like we deserve our own safe spaces #But not at the expense of their safety #Also: are you a trans woman? Or are you a black cis woman? No? Then perhaps sit this one out girlypop #But sure keep trying to ostracize people who speak up for vulnerable and oppressed groups of women other than tw #Didnt think id get backlash from posting about women's rights to safety from violence but glad to see where some of y'all stand ☕ #As always black women's lives dont matter IG

[kosmo-mckogane]

sorry but i can't stand when klance centric works make allura the villain/primary source of conflict in literally any way, shape or form

#vld critical #so much of it came from that ridiculous ''allura a black woman is racist to keith our white coded character'' arc #which so many people cling to as an excuse to act as if she's a huge bitch who they have to protect their baby keith and his bf from #when in reality it was a shitty and harmful writing choice #allura as a character is fiercely compassionate. she has the biggest heart...

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Not the BET awards honoring Kevin Samuels.

This community is doomed

Kevin Samuels incels ilk

@thisismisogynoir @harriyanna @lemoncholy-me

#bet awards #bet awards 2022 #kevin samuels #the foolishness #the coonacity #the clownery #black girls #protect black girls from the men in our community #protect black girls #and these people just emboldened kitten heels incels #black tumblr #incels

[featherburnt]

Why do my characters all love Saryn so much?

Because him baby.

#all right. youre ours now #thats our boy #hes literally the 'baby brother' of their group #and by group i mean everyone at the foxfire agency #so crovita. lightbringer. stargazer. the twins. vivi. black knight. etc #they adopted him into their makeshift little family because virtually all of them are orphans so they get it #he got his second chance at family with yana and she was horrifically murdered #so nogitsune was like. and yoinked him from endeavor's agency #and everyone just loved the sad cranky baby so much #because he was helpful. and determined. and kind. and just as mouthy as the rest of them #he fit right in #he wanted only to do good and help people. protect them from his same circumstances and they just... #so im hyped to be able to introduce everyone from the foxfire agency #especially crovita and black knight #and i love even more whats going to happen once saryn takes over the agency once nogitsune dies #it will heartwrenching and depressing as hell #but the healing process will be smooth and rebuilding the agency will be altogether pretty easy #considering the fact that by the time saryn went missing everyone there was pretty much loyal to *him* and not nogitsune #they all scattered after he disappeared #he was the glue that kept them all together in the first place #and he'll get to be again

[anarchistshitposting]

#happy 4th of july #america #patriotism #united states #uncle sam #anarchism #anti capitalist #anti imperialism #I originally made this after the Bufflo + Uvalde shootings but it's an evergreen sentiment #propaganda #antifascism #protect trans kids #protect black people #black lives matter #march for our lives

[sirfrogsworth]

I graduated high school in 99.

There was a student at our school named Wayne.

Wayne was gay. It was obvious. He was unable to stay in the closet even if he wanted to. To make matters worse, he was also Black. From a bullying standpoint, that was not a great combo. Both Black and white students made fun of him relentlessly. He was ostracized from the only community that may have given him protection. Only us theater kids stuck up for him, but not to significant effect.

Wayne was bullied so much that at one point he finally snapped and attacked his bullies with a lunch tray. I was actually seated in perfect line of sight and just sat there chewing my soggy fries in stunned silence. It didn't even seem real as I was witnessing it. The image of him wailing on his main bully as the food on his tray flew off is permanently logged into my long term memory.

The bully he attacked had blood all over his face and went straight to the nurse. Other than superficial cuts, he was not injured.

Before the attack, Wayne went to teachers for help. He went to guidance counselors for help. He went to the principals for help.

He did all of the things you were supposed to do. No one helped him. They wagged a finger at the bullies and warned them to stop.

Wayne's lunch tray melee was the only thing that worked. His bullies stayed far away from him. But a week later Wayne was expelled and the bullies were given no punishment.

So... no.

No one in my school talked about being trans.

Because the only way to survive being openly queer was to bash people with a lunch tray.

[raspberry-gloaming]

So like, if it's "if it's brown, lay down. if it's white, say goodnight," what do you do if you come across a Pizzly bear?

#genuinely curious #I posed this hypothetical to my dad and he thought I was bonkers #I was not able to get through to him that no this was just something that I was curious about #because a well known thing had now got a new variable - uptake in grizzly-polar bear hybrids #due to an environmental change - global warming #he's like "this is like when people get worried about black holes eating the earth even though it's a verrrryyy small chance of it happenin #there's no way a Pizzly bear is gonna come and go to our house in England why are you worried #I'm like for the last time I'm not #this is just an interesting thing #like how I've got a made up fake identity #name and backstory #if I ever had to go into idk witness protection or an alternate universe where there was already a version of me #not because I think it's ever gonna happen #or I'm worried about the possibility #but because I was bored one time and it was fun to do #and my brain's wacky and thinks about completely random things and hypotheticals on a whim #perhaps it's the ADHD #anyway it's fun #and I'm curious about the bear thing #also bout other hybrids #not so much impact on the choice with a Pizzly #the original options are lay down or die #but with brown bear black bear cross? fight or play dead #would you do one? the other? something else? try to somehow do both? #not what you ought to do #but what would you actually do #hmm #fun like I'm genuine #bears #amber rambles