#white ignorance

[alwaysbewoke]

To @porshaolayiwola thank you for this. Our names are sacred. Our names are songs. Our names are declarations and prayers. This is one of those micro-aggressions that ain’t so micro. It needs to stop. As @uzoaduba said when she told a story about wanting to shorten her name, her mother replied “if they can learn to say Tchaikovsky or Dostoyevsky,” they can learn to say your name.

#Black names #history #white ignorance #civil war #freed slaves #last names #citizenship #family reunion #slavery #03042024

[odinsblog]

Few videos have ever so clearly illustrated the two worlds that exist in America. The fact that in one of these Jeopardy recaps, none of the white contestants could even identify Ketanji Brown-Jackson—the first Black woman Supreme Court Justice, seated in 2022—was as galling as it was informative.

These are supposedly some of the brightest people in the country, but they don’t even know some of the most cursory details of Black history—conversely, Black Americans are all but required to be aware of and know even thee most obscure details of white “culture” and European history if we want gainful employment and don’t want to be ridiculed or ostracized.

Generally speaking, white people already know precious little about the contributions and the importance of Black History and other non-European cultures, which is why when I see Ron DeSantis and other Republicans mandating laws that whitewash and erase Black history, it makes me realize just how extraordinarily EASY it is to do, because white America is already starting from a severe and intentionally maintained knowledge deficit.

#politics #black history #jeopardy #whitewashing history #american history #two americas #white ignorance #ketanji brown jackson #ida b wells #ida b. wells #education

[ausetkmt]

Yahoo News: Civil Rights Groups Horrified at Elon Musk's Racist Outburst Against Black People

Earlier this week, multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk endorsed a tweet suggesting Black students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have lower IQs and shouldn't become pilots.

"It will take an airplane crashing and killing hundreds of people for them to change this crazy policy of  DIE," he tweeted, intentionally mixing up the letters of the acronym for "diversity, equity, and inclusion."

Civil rights groups were understandably horrified at the billionaire's racist comments.

"The only thing anyone needs to hear from Musk about diversity in the workplace is an apology," Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, told NBC News, calling his statements "abhorrent and pathetic."

In his tweets, Musk appeared to imply that HBCU students shouldn't be allowed to become pilots. However, neither his statement nor the tweet he was responding to stand up to virtually any degree of scrutiny, from made-up average IQ numbers to wrongfully correlating high SAT scores with high IQ.

Musk also claimed that a United Airlines program that allows students at three HBCUs to interview to become a pilot meant that the airline had "prioritized DEI hiring" over "safety," a demonstratively false statement that only further highlights his twisted worldview.

Even fellow billionaire Mark Cuban saw through the racist fearmongering.

"BTW, looks like multiple layers of merit-based evaluations before they can fly for United," Cuban tweeted, adding a link to the program.

In a schoolyard bully-esque response, a clearly incensed Musk called him "a liar" — without offering any evidence, of course.

In the CEO's mind, DEI initiatives seem to lead to mistakes like the door plug of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet falling out and forcing an emergency landing — a preposterous claim with no relationship to reality.

To be clear, Musk's latest hurtful remarks shouldn't come as much of a surprise, given previous comments and conspiracy theories he's already endorsed.

Musk's ventures also happen to have a well-documented problem with overt racism in the workplace, with swastikas and nooses found at Tesla, according to a lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last year.

"Musk’s company not only refused to investigate complaints or take any steps to end the abuse, it viciously retaliated against employees who complained or opposed the abuse," Morial told NBC.

It's a sad state of affairs, with Musk's racist tirades quickly becoming a common fixture on his social media platform X. Just over a month ago, Musk called an unhinged and antisemitic conspiracy theory "the actual truth," leading to an outpouring of criticism and condemnation.

His latest remarks are only adding to the pile.

"Reminder to Elon Musk: providing a home for the proliferation of hate speech and white supremacist conspiracy theories kills people," NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson wrote in response to one of Musk's tweets. "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion cultivates a more inclusive society."

"They are not the same," he added. "We are not the same."

Yet Musk is digging in his heels. In response to NBC's reporting, Musk lashed out once more.

"Those are openly racist organizations," he tweeted in a pitiful rebuke that will likely only stoke the flames.

More on Musk's overt racism: Elon Musk Cosigns Racist Claim That Black Students Have Low IQs

#Civil Rights Groups Horrified at Elon Musk's Racist Outburst Against Black People #elon musk #musty #dumb as a rock on mars #elon white savior musk #white supremacy #white hate #white ignorance #racists #Black Lives Matter #Black Learning Matters #Black Studies Matters #DEI #White Lies #White Liars

[blurogue86]

#pro black #black empowerment #black lives matter #racism white supremacy #whitewashing #white ignorance #white racism

[fuckmatpat]

matpat drinking game for his most recent god awful encanto theory. take a shot everytime he:

- mispronounces a non-white name

- goes off topic

- makes an ignorant comment about any culture

also the theory literally makes no sense 😭 the madrigals themselves are obviously not inbr**ding right now ?? and he said at the end that new blood is literally coming into the encanto village because of the mountain being cracked ??

alcohol poisoning 💀

it feels like he Watched the movie but then Ignored anything canon it said and then made up his Own canon

#mod cyrus #aliennopossumm #white ignorance #receipts

[reasoningdaily]

Police Called on 9 Year Old Black Girl: The Adultification of Black Youth

Exploring the Story of a 9 Year Old Black Girl Who had the Police Called on her in front of her home for spraying Lanternflies. While she was not physically Harmed, the trauma of not feeling safe in front of ones own home and the adultification involved is something still worth talking about. This young girl was trying to help her community and ended up learning a lesson in racism that often robs young children of color of their childhoods and lives.

#Police Called on 9 Year Old Black Girl: The Adultification of Black Youth #adultification #Black Children Matter #white supremacy #white ignorance #systemic racism #Black Girls are Girls #Black Boys are Boys #stupid policing

[thenixkat]

white people act like yer the worst b/c you refuse to fucking tolerate them being ignorant and won't hold their hand and gently educate them b/c clearly that's what a good negro is supposed to do

#nix meows #white people #white ignorance

[katherine-smith-xo]

i think it’s important to spread awareness of flawed scientific practices. date your lineage findings, people! this is how mistakes are made

#evolution of little white goobers #tbh #autism creature #rain world #hollow knight #ori and the blind forest #undertale #or deltarune if you ignore chronological order i guess

[cinderellahoneymoon]

im being so fucking for real and i need you guys to boost and reblog this you nonblack selfshippers have got to stop using "simp." you have to. its african american vernacular english (aave) which in colloquial terms means its not for you to use. in a space already hostile towards shippers of color, youre just making it more inhospitable to black selfshippers by appropriating our language. say youre crushing. say youre obsessed. say youre head over heels, say youre a sucker, say youre infatuated, just stop saying simp. for the love of god

{nonblack shippers [even other shippers of color] i do NOT want to hear your opinion on this post or hear about how you "didnt know" or are "changing it right now." just be an ally and LISTEN instead of needing to add your piece.}

#at this point i am just desperate . trying to get the word out there bc clearly ppl still dont know #im TIRED of all these nonblack shippers having simp in their username or their bio #one of the main reasons i dont interact w the community is bc its so ISOLATING and so many ppl are so ignorant #and everything is so white-centric that i cant stand it #squiddyneg #squiddyspeak #f/o community #self shipping #self ship #self ship community #f/o #romantic f/o #familial f/o #platonic f/o #f/o x s/i #f/o positivity #f/o comfort #imagine your f/o #f/o imagines #selfshipping #selfship #selfship community #selfship positivity #fictional other #comfort character #f/o prompts #imagine your fictional other #comfort character imagines #poc selfship #poc selfshipper

[alwaysbewoke]

THIS BABY IS NOT SAFE!!!

wtf?!?!?! i truly hate trans-racial adoption. the horror stories i've heard.... LAWD!!!

#wtf white people #white ignorance #transracial adoption #wtf

[madeleinefjall]

i just love them

#my art #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #gentlebeard #if you saw this twice ignore that #i had to do some edits #and i still can't decide if i like it with black or white borders send help #brainrot is back

[ausetkmt]

On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington a white supremacist walked into a store in a Black neighborhood and MURDERED 3 Black people.

He MURDERED Black people for being BLACK. He’s not a… gunman, assailant, or any other adjective used to diminish his savagery.

He’s a… white supremacist, murderer, a terrorist, a rapacious, barbaric, monster.

Governor @RonDeSantis called him a “Scumbag.”

His condemnation rings hollow. DeSantis is a RACIST who has done everything in his power to erase the history and contributions of Black people.

He has worked tirelessly to suppress their votes and silence their voices. He has made Florida a hostile and dangerous place for Black people to live or visit. Their blood is on his hands.

#white hate #white supremacists #race soldiers #white ignorance #florida #jacksonville #nazi #He’s a… white supremacist #murderer #a terrorist #a rapacious #barbaric #monster.

[krystaldeath]

Cotl Textposts

Alts:

#i have two more one is suggestive and the other is kind of a trod au one. idk if I just wanna wait till I make more or post them now #and if I do post them now do I post them together or separately??? hmmm #anyways. ignore how the sprites almost all have a white box w them. I asked for transparent ones but I was not given them #and I didn’t wanna spend time making them transparent myself #cult of the lamb #cotl textposts #cotl #cotl shitpost #narilamb #leshycat #leshy x yellow cat #yellow cat x leshy #lamb x narinder #narinder x lamb #white bg

[reasoningdaily]

She Called Her A “N” & Instantly REGRETS It! PT. 3

#youtube #She Called Her A “N” & Instantly REGRETS It! PT. 3 #white racism #white ignorance #racism #stupidity #karens #Black Lives Matter #stop this nonsense white women

[thenixkat]

"You gotta treat ignorant white people with empathy and understanding!"

Why the fuck should I? They ain't got empathy for my people and that's been proven time and time again. Their ignorance is not my problem, if they don't wanna get treated like racist fucks they shouldn't have been complacent and educated themselves about shit.

Their ignorance is just as harmful as malicious intent and that's how they're gonna be treated cause fuck em.

#nix meows #white people #white ignorance #lmao ignorance kills but I have to be nice? #no fuck that and fuck you for coddling yer damn cousins instead of calling them out

[rwrbgifs]

Red White and Royal Blue movie + book moments

#rwrb movie #red white and royal blue movie #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #zahra bankson #nicholas galitzine #taylor zakhar perez #firstprince #rwrb #red white and royal blue #gifs #mine #gifs: alex #gifs: henry #gif: zahra #pls ignore the typos #I will fix it at some point #I was overly excited about this gifs