as a black girl, one of the most radical things you can do is love yourself in the face of all the messages you receive that say you have no right to.
it will scare the shit out of people.
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“ Now if I were a teacher in this school, or any Negro school, and I was dealing with Negro children, who were in my care only a few hours of every day and would then return to their homes and to the streets, children who have an apprehension of their future which with every hour grows grimmer and darker, I would try to teach them - I would try to make them know – that those streets, those houses, those dangers, those agonies by which they are surrounded, are criminal. I would try to make each child know that these things are the result of a criminal conspiracy to destroy him.
—
James Baldwin, “A Talk to Teachers” (via theraceproblem)
this is why black kids need educated black teachers
(via youngbadmanbrown)
This is precisely what I want to do for my 8th grade class
(via a-tropical-elf)
“ How come the human race is not progressing as fast as technology has? Yeah, we’re gonna be living on the moon, but there’s still gonna be racists. So, in the end, are we really winning?
Y’all acting like Black women just became feminists.
Black women were feminists way back when we were running empires and kingdoms in Egypt.
Black women were feminists when their husbands were being sold leaving them to rasie their families and the slave owners families by their damn selves.
They aint teach us shit.
Feminism is in our blood.
^
i tried to write about your eyes
but i ran out of cliches
i tried to say you plainly
but there wasn’t enough truth
whoever invented this language
didn’t anticipate youDamn
Ty Ogunkoya covers Harper’s Bazaar Man Korea #3
finally…let’s see more of this!
Jeeeeesssusssssss.
Pro-tip: The vast majority of the women in the world are women of color, so if your feminism is not anti-racist, it’s oppressive towards MOST of the world’s women.
Ma’at: Truth, order, balance and justice.
“ Hard times require furious dancing.
— Alice Walker (via heythereladybear)
“ The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you figure out why.
— Mark Twain (via c-oquetry)
you’ve become so
damaged, that when
someone wants to
give you, what you
deserve
you have no idea,
how to respond.
Perfect.
