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Once again happy national day to all Camerounians all over the...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:26:03 -0400

Once again happy national day to all Camerounians all over the world!
Cameroun O mulema!!

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Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:09 -0400

Try this...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:33:59 -0400

Start your day with the best of Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Etta James and Tina Turner

overhumor: Trust me, you need this on your blog

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:35:34 -0400

overhumor:

Trust me, you need this on your blog

Claire Huxtable

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:16:41 -0400

Claire Huxtable

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Tue, 14 May 2013 00:45:21 -0400

Shades of happiness

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:28:21 -0400

Shades of happiness

lyndsayfaye: callingoutsexists: jeseca: nocttis: housewitch: ...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:55:22 -0400

lyndsayfaye:

callingoutsexists:

jeseca:

nocttis:

housewitch:

www.now.org
www.rawa.org
www.womenslaw.org
www.amnestyusa.org
www.globalissues.org
www.globalfundforwomen.org

To the men who have told me that I’m overreacting and “it’s the 21st century women are equal now”

Ditto.

Note that the “women make only 77.5 cents for every dollar that men earn” statistic applies only to white women. Women of color make significantly less.

Black women make about $0.68 to a man’s dollar.

Latina women make about $0.58 to a man’s dollar.

Source

Jesus Christ.

"I don’t receive instructions from society."

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:53:47 -0400

“I don’t receive instructions from society.”

- Me

thepeoplesrecord: The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious”...

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:49:32 -0400

thepeoplesrecord:

The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious” Black poor person
May 7, 2013

Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three Cleveland women presumed dead after going missing a decade ago, has become an instant Internet meme. It’s hardly surprising—the interviews he gave yesterday provide plenty of fodder for a viral video, including memorable soundbites (“I was eatin’ my McDonald’s”) and lots of enthusiastic gestures. But as Miles Klee and Connor Simpson have noted, Ramsey’s heroism is quickly being overshadowed by the public’s desire to laugh at and autotune his story, and that’s a shame. Ramsey has become the latest in a fairly recent trend of “hilarious” black neighbors, unwitting Internet celebrities whose appeal seems rooted in a “colorful” style that is always immediately recognizable as poor or working-class.

Before Ramsey, there was Antoine Dodson, who saved his younger sister from an intruder, only to wind up famous for his flamboyant recounting of the story to a reporter. Since Dodson’s rise to fame, there have been others: Sweet Brown, a woman who barely escaped her apartment complex during a fire last year, and Michelle Clarke, who couldn’t fathom the hailstorm that rained down in her hometown of Houston, and in turn became “the next Sweet Brown.”

Granted, the buzzworthy tactic of reporters interviewing the most loquacious witnesses to a crime or other event is nothing new, and YouTube has countless examples of people of all ethnicities saying ridiculous things. One woman, for instance, saw fit to casually mention her breasts while discussing a local accident, while another man described a car crash with theatrical flair. Earlier this year, a “hatchet-wielding hitchhiker” named Kai matched Dodson’s fame with his astonishing account of rescuing a woman from a racist attacker. But none of those people have been subjected to quite the same level of derisive memeification as Brown, Clark, and now, perhaps, Ramsey—the inescapable echoes of “Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife!” and “Kabooyaw,” the tens of millions of YouTube hits and cameos in other viral videos, even commercials.

It’s difficult to watch these videos and not sense that their popularity has something to do with a persistent, if unconscious, desire to see black people perform. Even before the genuinely heroic Ramsey came along, some viewers had expressed concern that the laughter directed at people like Sweet Brown plays into the most basic stereotyping of blacks as simple-minded ramblers living in the “ghetto,” socially out of step with the rest of educated America. Black or white, seeing Clark and Dodson merely as funny instances of random poor people talking nonsense is disrespectful at best. And shushing away the question of race seems like wishful thinking.

Ramsey is particularly striking in this regard, since, for a moment at least, he put the issue of race front and center himself. Describing the rescue of Amanda Berry and her fellow captives, he says, “I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms. Something is wrong here. Dead giveaway!”

The candid statement seems to catch the reporter off guard; he ends the interview shortly afterward. And it’s notable that among the many memorable things Ramsey said on camera, this one has gotten less meme-attention than most. Those who are simply having fun with the footage of Ramsey might pause for a second to actually listen to the man. He clearly knows a thing or two about the way racism prevents us from seeing each other as people.

Source

Now that you know this is a thing, please stop sharing these memes. Poor Black people speaking candidly about various serious incidents isn’t a hilarious joke.

Ice cream sandwiches! Bites of bliss!

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:44:09 -0400

Ice cream sandwiches!
Bites of bliss!

africanfashion: Happy Mothers Day!!! To ALL the moms that have...

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:55:56 -0400

africanfashion:

Happy Mothers Day!!!

To ALL the moms that have raised children and ALL the little girls who will become a mom one day (iA). May God continue to bless us all with strong and loving moms.

with love from Africa and the African Diaspora!

anextrapeace: “Can a woman forget her nursing child,that she should have no compassion on the son...

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:55:41 -0400

anextrapeace:

“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.”

Isaiah 49:15-16

gradientlair: Legendary Black women in film/television! Diahann...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:51:51 -0400

gradientlair:

Legendary Black women in film/television! Diahann Caroll (77), Cicely Tyson (79), Nichelle Nichols (80), Ruby Dee (90).

I went to a talk about the hip hop movement and its historical...

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:15:47 -0400

I went to a talk about the hip hop movement and its historical impact. It was so inspiring!!
What is music to you??
Don’t be misled…a lot of what you listen to affects your personality!

Constant amazement at everything

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:11:51 -0400

Constant amazement at everything

9gag: Remember your light up shoes?

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:05:03 -0400

9gag:

Remember your light up shoes?

9gag: Seriously adorable 😊

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:56:55 -0400

9gag:

Seriously adorable 😊

Don’t be blinded by what you don’t see…the most precious gifts are those we fail...

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:46:13 -0400

Don’t be blinded by what you don’t see…the most precious gifts are those we fail to see or acknowledge

In every thing and for everything, give thanks!

sugarhoneybeehair: lifeofnoir: This photo speaks the truth by...

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:25:01 -0400

sugarhoneybeehair:

lifeofnoir:

This photo speaks the truth by the volumes!

I don’t mean to be offensive in anyway, but this speaks the truth and knowledge is power, so if you’re not prejudice or racist feel free to reblog…too many of my people, along with other races are being treated like this…its 2013, our ppl fought hard, lets carry on the dream…thank you