communazimonedula:

Just put my laundry in the machines for averyearly morning wash, and I think I managed to get bitten by a mosquito despite spending a total of fifteen seconds outside. Currently debating whether I should go down to the beach and have a bath because:

1. It’s fully light outside, not to mention…

AND back! It took frigging forever to submerge myself completely though, I’m such a wuss! But it was really damn nice to have the beach all for myself and just take in the view of the hazy dawn and beautiful sunrise.

And of course now I’m sad that the closest lake back home is a 15 minute car ride away and I’ve got no license, nor other alternatives.

Though come to think of it that’s probably for the best. The mosquitoes would be swarming.

cruelyouth:

If a white person talks about how much they try with their anti-racism, especially right after they’ve been called out for pulling some bullshit, I immediately row my eyes.

White people don’t think they should ever be criticized, and they think they should get a prize for…

racismschool:

This all came from ONE SINGLE POST from a “Non-Racist.” Let us begin:

1. “I am NOT, and I repeat am NOT racist, nor have I ever been, and I seriously doubt that I ever will be”
2. “Colored”
3. “There is always going to be people who hate certain races. It’s time to get over it.”
4. “I don’t…

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

european-booty-scratcher:

dank-potion:

notyrdear:

teiwazthetasigma:

Um, so far most of my friends, supporters, and confidants have been POC. Actually out-of-system, I think there’s like one white person I actually talk to, and not too…

racismschool:

The black population takes up around thirteen percent of America.

This is so interesting to me because you would think we were the biggest, baddest, most evil, overly breeding villians in the world.

The reason this number is so amazing to me is because people say things like “Barack Obama…

racismschool:

Things I wish I could tell every White American:

• “White Privilege” is not a slur or an insult
• It is not derogatory
• It is not something you can stop, start, eliminate or get more of
• Acknowledging that you have it does not change anything
• Denying that you have it does not change anything

jonathan-cunningham:

leftcollection:

“A new study by M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr of the University of Michigan Law School shows that Black Americans receive almost 60% long prison sentences than white Americans who committed the same crime.

The study covered 58,000 federal criminal cases and found that there was a significant difference between the sentences given to Black people to those given to white people.”

Wow.

notime4yourshit:

Call Me Kuchu

More: Here, Here & Here

In an unmarked office on the outskirts of Kampala, veteran activist David Kato labors to repeal Uganda’s homophobic laws and liberate his fellow lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender men and women, or “kuchus.” But David’s formidable task just became much more difficult.

A new “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” proposes death for HIV-positive gay men, and prison for anyone who fails to turn in a known homosexual. Inspired by American evangelicals who have christened Uganda ground zero in their war on the “homosexual agenda,” the bill awaits debate in Parliament. Meanwhile, the country’s newspapers are outing kuchus under headlines such as: “HOMO TERROR! We Name and Shame Top Gays in the City.”

David is one of the few who dare to publicly protest the country’s government and press. Working with an idiosyncratic clan of fellow activists, he fights for Kampala’s kuchus on Ugandan television, at the United Nations, and in the courts. Because, he insists, “if we keep on hiding, they will say we are not here.”

But just three weeks after a landmark legal victory, David is found bludgeoned to death in his home. His murder resounds around the world, and leaves Kampala’s kuchus traumatized and seeking answers for a way forward.

With unprecedented access, CALL ME KUCHU explores a community that is at once persecuted and consoled by the Christian faith, and examines the astounding courage and determination required not only to battle an oppressive government, but also to maintain religious conviction in the face of the contradicting rhetoric of a powerful national church.

transpride:

comic by Elias Ericson

part one