Sheffield10
Arizona Fall Leaguer
Best thing in this entire thread.
We were headed there… and then, well, the radicals happened.
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Best thing in this entire thread.
We were headed there… and then, well, the radicals happened.
acesfull86
Well-known member
But we also established they’re a trigger warning (lynching)
What’s the answer? Maybe a lot of trees, but none over 4 ft tall with weak branches?
sturg33
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No, that's won't work.
Eliminating the strong tall trees gives white people too much privilege by not forcing them to face their torrid racial lynching history
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
Perfect example of what I was just saying from the other thread is your “sun is racism” post
No effort into seeing what the original statement was saying etc
Just try to marginalize the person by going some stupid extreme comment that is in no way what the person was saying
No effort into seeing what the original statement was saying etc
Just try to marginalize the person by going some stupid extreme comment that is in no way what the person was saying
acesfull86
Well-known member
That’s because we’re inundated with ridiculous racial claims by the day.
Here’s a recent gem via CNN:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/08/entertainment/blackfishing-explainer-trnd/index.html
(CNN) First there was blackface. Now there's "Blackfishing."
The term has been increasingly in the news to describe behavior by White entertainers who appear to be imitating the appearance of Black people. It's not a compliment.
The term came to prominence in a Twitter thread two years ago when journalist Wanna Thompson said she noticed White celebrities and influencers cosplaying as Black women on social media.
"Blackfishing is when White public figures, influencers and the like do everything in their power to appear Black," Thompson told CNN this week. "Whether that means to tan their skin excessively in an attempt to achieve ambiguity, and wear hairstyles and clothing trends that have been pioneered by Black women."
Critics have described it as a form of blackface, saying it creates a dangerous paradox by celebrating Black beauty and aesthetics -- but only when highlighted by White people.
"Instead of appreciating Black culture from the sidelines, there's this need to own it, to participate in it without wanting the full experience of Blackness and the systemic discrimination that comes with it," Thompson said.
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Leslie Bow, a professor of Asian American studies at the University of Wisconsin, describes Blackfishing as "a racial masquerade that operates as a form of racial fetishism."
Bow said there's a specific power dynamic in American society that implies aspects of racial culture must be validated by those with status for them to be considered positive or valuable.
"They might think that it operates as an homage because it appears to honor Black style. In this case, they graft off of what academics have called the esthétique du cool that attends Black culture," Bow said in an email.
"In reality, Blackfishing situates that style as a commodity. It has the effect of reducing a people with a specific history to a series of appropriable traits or objects," she added. "Blackfishing is one form of racist love, how we appropriate otherness."
Here’s a recent gem via CNN:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/08/entertainment/blackfishing-explainer-trnd/index.html
(CNN) First there was blackface. Now there's "Blackfishing."
The term has been increasingly in the news to describe behavior by White entertainers who appear to be imitating the appearance of Black people. It's not a compliment.
The term came to prominence in a Twitter thread two years ago when journalist Wanna Thompson said she noticed White celebrities and influencers cosplaying as Black women on social media.
"Blackfishing is when White public figures, influencers and the like do everything in their power to appear Black," Thompson told CNN this week. "Whether that means to tan their skin excessively in an attempt to achieve ambiguity, and wear hairstyles and clothing trends that have been pioneered by Black women."
Critics have described it as a form of blackface, saying it creates a dangerous paradox by celebrating Black beauty and aesthetics -- but only when highlighted by White people.
"Instead of appreciating Black culture from the sidelines, there's this need to own it, to participate in it without wanting the full experience of Blackness and the systemic discrimination that comes with it," Thompson said.
…
Leslie Bow, a professor of Asian American studies at the University of Wisconsin, describes Blackfishing as "a racial masquerade that operates as a form of racial fetishism."
Bow said there's a specific power dynamic in American society that implies aspects of racial culture must be validated by those with status for them to be considered positive or valuable.
"They might think that it operates as an homage because it appears to honor Black style. In this case, they graft off of what academics have called the esthétique du cool that attends Black culture," Bow said in an email.
"In reality, Blackfishing situates that style as a commodity. It has the effect of reducing a people with a specific history to a series of appropriable traits or objects," she added. "Blackfishing is one form of racist love, how we appropriate otherness."
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Or maybe no one mentioned it because it was said 15 years ago.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
And Trump isn't a racist?
I mean this was a man who was literally sued by the Nixon DOJ for not renting to black people.
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
Man, you sure got him
He should have voted for..
Checks notes to see if other guy wasn’t a racist who talked about wanting to **** his daughter
Nope, it wasn’t
acesfull86
Well-known member
The more people learn about CRT, the faster it will die
acesfull86
Well-known member
I checked my notes and it turns out there were more than two choices on the ballot
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I can't vouch for anyone else. But in NH there was only the Libertarian Candidate as I recall (no Green Party) and I don't agree with Jorgenson enough. Johnson I could vote for as he was a bit more progressive than Jorgenson. Sure i could have written in, but that never amounts to anything.
And I mean for most people there were 2 choices. Continue on with Trump or not. Sure it's the tired lesser of 2 evils argument. But until we get ranked choice ballots, I don't think that will change.
Runnin
Well-known member
With CRT happening all the time, I'd say people already know plenty.
The GOP with their vote restricting tactics are giving us new examples to learn from.
A white guy in Penn commits blatant voter fraud and barely gets a slap on the wrist. A black woman in Texas is given wrong info by a poll watcher and she gets 5 years in prison. Why could that be?
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Runnin
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CRT cannot die. It's the only thing that explains the decades of black oppression in America.
Ex. - citizenship rights, voting rights, human rights, right to sit at the front of a bus, right to education, right to use the same bathrooms as whites, right to hold upper level jobs, acceptance into traditionally white dominated fields like sports, entertainment, medical, business, etc. History is going to have an interesting time judging the back and forth nature of the black struggle in the US. If only there were one all-encompassing theory that could explain the whole system of oppression that blacks have had to fight for so long. I have no idea what that could be but I'm sure Historians will be able to see the picture more clearly from the distance of time.
