November 2011
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“Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural...”
– bell hooks, “Killing Rage”
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“Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to...”
– PostBourgie (via postponelife, meowsense) (via jadedfucker) (via freshmouthgoddess) (via soydulcedeleche) (via super-eklectic1) (via dumbthingswhitepplsay) (via wtfwhiteprivilege) (via manifestfreedom) (via brazenbitch)
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fuckyeahradicalquotes:
“If the young are not initiated into the village, they will burn it down just to feel it’s warmth.” ~African proverb~
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“We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field,...”
– Derrick Bell, Dead at 80 (via nevver)
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thegreatpumpkin asked: Girl, I've been wanting to send you a message, but kept forgetting! Love, love, love your blog.
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“My political obligations? I am a Black woman … in world that defines human as...”
– Audre Lorde
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RIP Derrick Bell →
Mr. Bell, soft-spoken and erudite, wrote that he was “not confrontational by nature.” But he attacked both conservative and liberal beliefs. In 1992, he told The New York Times that black Americans were worse off and more subjugated than at any time since slavery. And he wrote that in light of the consequences of the Supreme Court’s 1954 desegregation decision, Brown v. Board of Education,...
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“White supremacist ideology is based first and foremost on the degradation of...”
– Cornel West (via black-culture)
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Made some changes to my layout. New theme, link to ‘Ask’ page added, plus a donate button, for anyone so inclined to help me pay for my internet connection so I can keep this blog going. Humiliating, but worth a try.
xo,
alia
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