This is a song about black pain and solidarity in the face of cruel everyday life facing racism. It got gentrified (meaning the whites liked it a lot), which was good for Bill Withers' pocket.
Been hanging on for six decades. Things don't change.
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This is a song about black pain and solidarity in the face of cruel everyday life facing racism. It got gentrified (meaning the whites liked it a lot), which was good for Bill Withers' pocket.
"One man's stupid is another man's murder"
I don't think they can allow themselves to accept that fact. It's default.
They (republicans) are hijacking the narrative in order to obfuscate the real issue. I hate that critical thinking has disappeared in America.
And don't even TALK about the speculum....
You mean RACISM????? good luck with THAT. ya'll have only had 400 + years to figure this shit out...
You mean RACISM????? good luck with THAT. ya'll have only had 400 + years to figure this shit out...
When in doubt, kill a bunch of brown and black people and pretend like you're keeping America "safe"
When in doubt, kill a bunch of brown and black people and pretend like you're keeping America "safe"
And STILL being protected. I really feel like this is all performative bullshit.
Ang huge ways if you're black or brown
AND a fart
And THEN what
As many times as I held my breath as a child driving thru Whiteland, IN with my family on our way to Alabama from Chicago every summer....I still do to this very DAY.
As many times as I held my breath as a child driving thru Whiteland, IN with my family on our way to Alabama from Chicago every summer....I still do to this very DAY.
GOTDAMNET CAN ALL OF YA'LL JUST FUCK THE FUCK OFF?????
As much as I admire stephen king, I LOATHE how he writes black people. It's so obvious he's never had a black friend in his LIFE.
Please stop trying to police black voices. You white women kill me with your fucking perceived privilege. gtfoh.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHITE PEOPLE BEING TREATED LIKE THIS. IT'S THE BLUEPRINT OF AMERICA. STOP PRETENDING TO BE SHOCKED!!! YOU ALL CREATED THIS.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHITE PEOPLE BEING TREATED LIKE THIS. IT'S THE BLUEPRINT OF AMERICA. STOP PRETENDING TO BE SHOCKED!!! YOU ALL CREATED THIS.
Cuz yeah it's the brown and black folks getting fucked, but, yeah...
Cuz yeah it's the brown and black folks getting fucked, but, yeah...
The thing that kills ME is....aaaallll those white folks standing around looking stupid and averting their eyes.
And ya'll wonder why we're STUCK????
And ya'll wonder why we're STUCK????
The thing that kills ME is....aaaallll those white folks standing around looking stupid and averting their eyes.
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Ya'll...where's trump??
On Thursday, I joined the National Action Network's March on Wall Street with Rev. Al Sharpton, MLK III and hundreds of union members, civil rights leaders, and people from NYC and around the country.
I just get so tired of seeing clips from the media trying to gas us up like they're "pushing back" and asking "hard hitting questions". It's one big fucking circle jerk.
I just get so tired of seeing clips from the media trying to gas us up like they're "pushing back" and asking "hard hitting questions". It's one big fucking circle jerk.
Duh.
Like how they have to continuously bullet proof Emmett Till's grave because retarded white ogres keep shooting it up...
Like how they have to continuously bullet proof Emmett Till's grave because retarded white ogres keep shooting it up...
Fuck you. I'm a black woman.
White people are ALL white supremacists; some just ignore the reflection in their mirrors
White people are ALL white supremacists; some just ignore the reflection in their mirrors
I'm supposed to have empathy for national guardsmen? Because they're being FORCED to harrass black people?? gtfoh you hypocritical ass white folks
I'm supposed to have empathy for national guardsmen? Because they're being FORCED to harrass black people?? gtfoh you hypocritical ass white folks
Russ, okay gotcha... But there's a WHOLE LOT OF MY PEOPLE in all of those states cleaning up our shit and they DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. Fuck my life.
Russ, okay gotcha... But there's a WHOLE LOT OF MY PEOPLE in all of those states cleaning up our shit and they DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. Fuck my life.
Jeez wonder why black and brown defendants don't receive that kinda grace...
Jeez wonder why black and brown defendants don't receive that kinda grace...
That mirror reflects right back on YOUR hypocritical ass, gavin.
And are YOU facilitating? Just a thought...
And are YOU facilitating? Just a thought...
You all are ignoring black voices at your detriment.
You all are ignoring black voices at your detriment.
Racism is something white people can eradicate. WHY DON'T THEY?????
Capitalism has trapped me and countless others in poverty. I couldn't leave unless I had sufficient funds.
The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman. — Malcolm X
Woodrow Wilson was one of the most VIRULENT racists this country has produced.
Woodrow Wilson was one of the most VIRULENT racists this country has produced.
Because white people believe, whether overtly or covertly, that they're superior to black people because Jesus or some stupid shit like that.
Because white people believe, whether overtly or covertly, that they're superior to black people because Jesus or some stupid shit like that.
God i can't STAND fucking white people
God i can't STAND fucking white people
Yes. But WHY do you deflect from MY point? The MAJORITY of people being terrorized right now are BLACK AND BROWN people. You can skip through this hellscape si ginger about love and light because it's NOT YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS being terrorized. If it were, you'd be singing a whole different tune.
Yes. But WHY do you deflect from MY point? The MAJORITY of people being terrorized right now are BLACK AND BROWN people. You can skip through this hellscape si ginger about love and light because it's NOT YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS being terrorized. If it were, you'd be singing a whole different tune.
Because it's not white people being terrorized.
One of us is, that's for sure...
Yep...Black and brown folks being terrorized and disappeared is a DISTRACTION from the all important white folk problems that won't get solved, but you can whine endlessly about it while doing JACK SHIT to care about your fellow humans. Same old America
Yep...Black and brown folks being terrorized and disappeared is a DISTRACTION from the all important white folk problems that won't get solved, but you can whine endlessly about it while doing JACK SHIT to care about your fellow humans. Same old America
Should be right up your alley then...yes?
Should be right up your alley then...yes?
It's just ingrained in white folks, whether they know it or not....the framing here assumes that the premise "scary black people" is somehow something you have to "disprove" by giving us all an example of you being treated normally by a black person and saying "see? Nothing to be scared of!!"
As a black woman, that just feels so demeaning. It's the problem you all don't want to face.
As a black woman, that just feels so demeaning. It's the problem you all don't want to face.
It's just ingrained in white folks, whether they know it or not....the framing here assumes that the premise "scary black people" is somehow something you have to "disprove" by giving us all an example of you being treated normally by a black person and saying "see? Nothing to be scared of!!"
Who thinks that if this was not happening to brown and black folks, it WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING?? and aallll the white folks clutching your pearls, it's NOT HELPING US.
Who thinks that if this was not happening to brown and black folks, it WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING?? and aallll the white folks clutching your pearls, it's NOT HELPING US.
I would NOT want to stay in a country that treats me like shit. My old black ass wishes I could leave every DAY.
just reposting this again... no special reason...
We got something ELSE in mind, and it aint got nothing to do with the weather
Bring ya'll's racist asses on down and watch what happens. Niggas in Chicago ain't going for this bullshit...
Bring ya'll's racist asses on down and watch what happens. Niggas in Chicago ain't going for this bullshit...
"Mainstream" (pronounced "WHY-itt) media is a place where a lady who does situps, an anonymous text & the tears of a racist clown hold as much intellectual weight as a Black historian, expert or scholar
Apparently the only thing that matters in this country is not hurting white people's feelings
Apparently the only thing that matters in this country is not hurting white people's feelings
If white people want to stop being at the receiving end of 'history bad', they need to stop being the biggest creators of 'history bad'
"We'll knowingly do all these horrible things to you but you're not allowed to discuss it at all because it makes us uncomfortable." - White America
White folks are gonna livestream and rage post us all the way back to slavery, innit?
Do you have eyes??? Jesus CHRIST it's so obvious what it means to be white in this country. You can just be continuously clueless, shocked and appalled while WE are continuously killed and subjugated.
Do you have eyes??? Jesus CHRIST it's so obvious what it means to be white in this country. You can just be continuously clueless, shocked and appalled while WE are continuously killed and subjugated.
When i was 7, our local park (right down the street) summer camp counselor came to our door to ask my mom about my twin sister and I competing in the local beauty pageant. We were so excited!! Then the counselor looked at my mom and said "oh, not THAT one" and pointed at me. I'm 64 it still hurts!
He EXPICITLY said WHITE hippies..making it crystal clear that they are targeting black and brown people.
He EXPICITLY said WHITE hippies..making it crystal clear that they are targeting black and brown people.
The fact that they're NOT tells you everything you need to know.
The most disrespected and unsupported person in America is the Black woman. Yet in times of crisis, they turn to us to stand firm, to nurture, to support, to clean up, and to serve. Leave Black women alone, let those mediocre white men fix their own mess.
And therein lies the eternal issue...humanity (we can get specific on THAT...)
And therein lies the eternal issue...humanity (we can get specific on THAT...)
History is written by the conquerors...
And the plan progresses apace...
Yet here we are!!!!
Our country BEGAN by the "founders" being MORALLY CORRUPT. everything else stems from the original sin, which white people will not EVER let yourselves grapple with. we just keep doing this STUPID dance, pretending like white supremacy is correct.
Our country BEGAN by the "founders" being MORALLY CORRUPT. everything else stems from the original sin, which white people will not EVER let yourselves grapple with. we just keep doing this STUPID dance, pretending like white supremacy is correct.
With a president trying to downplay racism at the SMITHSONIAN, it would be a really REALLY REALLY good time to follow, read, and spread the word of Black historians, professors, scholars, and artists, white people.