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reverseracism: crystals0ng: deepthoughtmod: crackerhell: witc...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:13:53 -0400

crystals0ng:

deepthoughtmod:

crackerhell:

witchsistah:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

blasianxbri:

queennubian:

jcoleknowsbest:

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

wretchedoftheearth:

siddharthasmama:

amidnightmarauder:

Sick and Tired by Shihan.

agreed.

Does that put it into perspective for you?

Seriously. I always have to try to put this into perspective for people. People act like slavery was so distant. My mom is older in relation to my age (she had me at 43), and her father was older when she was born (in his early 50’s) and was born in the late 1800’s. One of his PARENTS was born into slavery. For people like my mom, this isn’t the least bit distant. My mom grew up in the Jim Crow south. History is so depersonalized that people can act like slavery, Jim Crow, and blatantly racist institutions existed in 1800 BC

I have an aunt who died in 02 who was born in 1898.

I’d LOVE for someone to have told her that slavery was “long ago”.

My mother was born in 1956.. My grandmother in 1937.. My great grandparents in 1919… My great great granddad in the 1890’s and his parents who were born just shy of slavery…. All of these people were alive when my mother was younger… And my great great granddad died when I was 4! So please tell me how long ago slavery was again??

My grand mother was a sharecropper’s daughter….Who do you think her parents were the children of?

amen

My great grandmother was a sharecropper. She told me before she passed away (at 92.. long life!) that they used to pick cotton and farm.

And I love it when folks try to act like Jim Crow was in Ancient Rome an’ shit. There are plenty of people just a few years older than me who experienced that shit!

also had a family member who died in 01, born in 1898

her mama woulda been friends with ex-slaves

she coulda spoken to ex-slaves as a youngin

My family owned a few slaves actually. They were still in Ireland at the time and apparently they treated at least the one girl I know of quite well.

that aside

It really is a long time ago. You people are underestimating the rate of change in society. Yes it was less than 200 years ago, but do you realize how different things are today? There were no telephones then and yet now everyone carries one that has access to most of human knowledge within seconds. Relatively and temporally it was not long ago, but its direct effect upon individuals today is near non-existent.

I wonder why this is even a thing people are bringing up really.Yeah it happened, but what has dwelling in the past ever done for anyone?

My thing about slavery is, yes it was horrible for some but not every slave was beaten and abused. I have ancestors that were nothing but kind to their slaves. My great great great grandfather bought slaves and had them sign a contract, if they worked hard (and I mean honest hard work not go work in the sun till you pass out) for him for just ten years he would set them free and give them a patch of land and enough money to get settled and start their own lives and most of them actually went back to work for his family and got paid to do it.

Second, I do not like how most african americans act like they’re the only ones who were ever forced into slavery and that only white people did it. News flash, when the british were taking people from africa it WAS THE AFRICANS KIDNAPPING OTHER AFRICANS ON MOST OCCASIONS. They would then turn them over to the british for a profit. Slavery was happening long before the brits started rounding up people from africa.

Can you two not?

Like can you fucking not?

chimera-ecstacy-proverb-lucent: May/22/13

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:09:28 -0400

chimera-ecstacy-proverb-lucent:

May/22/13

Some things never change.

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Some things never change.

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“It’s machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:01:18 -0400

“It’s machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are very different.”

- Mos Def

liddohsav: revolutionaryriots: “The music is played with the...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:00:52 -0400

liddohsav:

revolutionaryriots:

“The music is played with the heart and is felt with the soul”

This is a picture of a brazilian kid who was part of the “cultural group of reggae”, playing his instrument in the funeral of his mentor who saved him from an environment of poverty and crime. He was rescued from the street.

can’t not reblog.

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legalize—murder: Hanya mask

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legalize—murder:

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lovequotesrus: EVERYTHING LOVE

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lovequotesrus:

EVERYTHING LOVE

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creating-caitlin: #quotes #instaquotes #ig #Igers #igdaily...

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creating-caitlin:

#quotes #instaquotes #ig #Igers #igdaily #igaddict #ignation #igfitfam #strength #motivation #inspiration #inspire #motivate #instagood #instamood #instahub #instafit #instalove #bestoftheday #picoftheday #positivity

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handsomevandals: Is it?

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:33:41 -0400

handsomevandals:

Is it?