1. aproposofthedumbsnow:

    honneeb:

    markargent:

    philsgoodman:

    Avatar Aang’s feelings on cultural appropriation. (It ain’t cool)

    maybe y’all will understand it better if you see it in the form of a cartoon you like instead of a person you don’t know

    YEP

    this is great, A:TLA is great

  2. imtheonlyoneonthetrain: “Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was: O my Best Beloved, when the tame animals were wild”  How to be a Classy Ass Bitch 13/∞ Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling These are a collection of short stories created by Rudyard Kipling (author of The Jungle Book) that explain the creation of the world. These are silly children’s stories, ones that are there just to make you laugh. They take phenomena and animals and explain how they came to be, often in silly and nonsensical ways. The stories are highly influenced by Kipling’s travels in India, with stories including animals like the tiger, giraffe, crocodile, and elephant. They’re illustrated by the author as well. If you’re short on time and want a laugh, then these are great stories to read on the go.  I enjoyed this is a child. I mean, I haven’t quite outgrown it. I know they’re silly and rather culturally problematic, but I like the Kipling writes, the way he weaves these simple stories together. I like ‘Best Beloved’ and ‘Stickly Prickly’ and “Slow Steady.’ Anyway.

    imtheonlyoneonthetrain:

    “Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was: O my Best Beloved, when the tame animals were wild” 

    How to be a Classy Ass Bitch 13/∞

    Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

    These are a collection of short stories created by Rudyard Kipling (author of The Jungle Book) that explain the creation of the world. These are silly children’s stories, ones that are there just to make you laugh. They take phenomena and animals and explain how they came to be, often in silly and nonsensical ways.

    The stories are highly influenced by Kipling’s travels in India, with stories including animals like the tiger, giraffe, crocodile, and elephant. They’re illustrated by the author as well. If you’re short on time and want a laugh, then these are great stories to read on the go. 

    I enjoyed this is a child. I mean, I haven’t quite outgrown it. I know they’re silly and rather culturally problematic, but I like the Kipling writes, the way he weaves these simple stories together. I like ‘Best Beloved’ and ‘Stickly Prickly’ and “Slow Steady.’

    Anyway.

  3. Except screw this guy. Or his wardrobe person. OK, I think this means I’m not the demographic for this artist. Or at least this video. Even if it’s ironic. Screw it. I should be sleeping already…

    Except screw this guy. Or his wardrobe person. OK, I think this means I’m not the demographic for this artist. Or at least this video. Even if it’s ironic. Screw it. I should be sleeping already…

  4. "The thing about cultural appropriation is that the appropriator does not have to face the same consequences that we do for practicing our culture or faith. For them, it is an accessory that can be taken on or off at will, while for us, it is a way of life. …in a society where immigrants and communities of color are marginalized at every level, we can’t pretend that power relations do not exist when we have this conversation about appropriation. Sharing and exchanging cultural and spiritual practices is great, but it gets more complicated when we’re not all on equal footing. It gets more complicated when meaningful things are taken, commodified, and exploited for a profit, with little respect shown to the community they were taken from."

    - Turbans on the Runway: What does it mean for Sikhs? by Sonny Singh Brooklynwala (July 10th, 2012)

    ^^^this^^

    (via thisisnotindia)

    THANK YOU!!!!

    (via irresistible-revolution)

    For some reason this made me think of the last scene in ‘Formula 51’ with Sam Jackson. Maybe because of the nervous laughter I heard in the audience when a newly rich black man had a white golf caddy, was wearing the tartan colors, & actually bought a clan castle in Ireland. Because his last name, ancestry, & money gave him the right to.

    (via bilt2tumble)

  5. Kūʻē Amelika.

  6. confrontingtheabject:

    (CNN) — Jay-Z and Kanye West’s recent hit “Ni**as in Paris” is about them. They rap about being so phenomenally rich, about how they “ball so hard,” buy Rolexes and cars, pop gold bottles with models in Paris nightclubs, that the rest of us slobs couldn’t fathom their lives.

    It may seem like an odd choice for a campaign song for a politician trying to appeal to oppressed racial and ethnic minorities.

    But it’s apparently working for — or at least not hurting —Francois Hollande. The French Socialist eked out a win last Sunday in the first round of presidential voting to decide who will run France for the next five years. He will face President Nicolas Sarkozy in a run-off May 6.

    This month, Hollande appeared in a slickly edited online video featuring West and Jay-Z’s stadium anthem. In the video, Hollande — who has been roundly criticized for his lack of charisma — strides like a rock star amongst his black, Arab and multiethnic supporters in the working-class suburb of Creil.

    Appropriation or appropriate? The French Socialist party is not…um, socialist. Am I getting that wrong? Centre-left means the party is moderately liberal, if I’m understanding correctly. Anyway, interesting.

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