Open the third eye

the ridiculous thing is that i’m pretty smart but at the same time i manage to be the dumbest...

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:38:28 -0400

the ridiculous thing is that i’m pretty smart but at the same time i manage to be the dumbest person alive

: racism-education: jehovahs: it’s not ‘reverse racism’ when you’re...

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:37:57 -0400

: racism-education: jehovahs: it’s not ‘reverse racism’ when you’re...:

racism-education:

jehovahs:

it’s not ‘reverse racism’ when you’re being racist to whites

it’s racism

No, it isnt. There is an inherent logical fallacy in your argument that will never make it true. However, white people can be discrimated against. Discrimination is different from racism.

Let’s start from the beginning. Your first step is to accept that “a hatred or intolerance of another race” is not the definition of racism. The dictionary is wrong. Get over it.

Racism is when intolerance in government laws, attitudes and ideals of a society are ingrained in a culture to the point where patterns of discrimination towards a certain race are institutionalized asnormal. If you keep this in mind, you’ll understand that reverse racism doesn’t- and can’t- exist.

There is another saying “Racism (or sexism) = prejudice + power. POC (people of color) can be prejudiced against white people. But they can neverhave power, i.e. a whole system of structured support that backs them. White people often don’t understand how much power they have. Just ONE white person has more power to do actual harm to a black person than one hundred black people do to that white person. A white person can KILL a black person without any consequences, while if the situation was reversed you can bet the killer wouldn’t see the outside of a prison cell for a long, long time.

When white people complain about reverse racism, they are not complaining about losing their RIGHTS. What they are complaining about is losing their PRIVILEGE.

White people can never call someone else racist against them because that ‘someone else’ does not have the power to OPPRESS them. The person has the power to be mean.To hurt feelings.But not to OPPRESS.

THAT is the key difference. When a POC is mean to you, they are JUST being mean to you. Their entire society is not ACTIVELY discriminating against and oppressing you. Their society is not one where it is difficult for them to not be racist against you.

But yours is. And you need to accept that.

There are plenty of things wrong with this post and I’m not really sure where to start.

1. You’ve refused to accept jehovahs’ definition of racism (which is implied), with no justification given, apart from “get over it”. Convincing.

2. After dismissing OP’s definition, you’ve then supplied your own definition of racism, with no explanation as to why your definition is more correct than OP’s. Essentially, what you’ve said is “your definition is wrong and mine is right” without saying why. What makes your definition more valid than theirs? What’s to stop me, or anyone else, from doing the exact same thing to you?

3. Even if we do use your definition of racism, the rest of your post doesn’t logically follow from it. In fact, it’s incredibly US-centric, and ignores and erases plenty of PoC countries and cultures around the world. “Racism = prejudice + power” is not the same thing as “POC (people of color) do not have power”. Believe it or not, there are actually countries where PoC are the majority, and countries where PoC have power and white people do not. To pretend or imply that these places to not exist, or are not important, is actually kind of, well, racist. The world is not America: stop making massive sweeping generalisations that may be accurate for your country, but certainly do not hold true elsewhere.

To use a personal example, about 4 years ago in my city, there was a lot of heightened security due to a big event that was occurring, which meant that there were extra security checks and ‘random’ searches everywhere. My white father and uncle, my ethnically Han Chinese mother, and I (I’m mixed, but white-passing) would often get stopped on our way to tourist destinations or restaurants. Every single time we got stopped, they would search through the contents of my mother’s bag, or ask her to go through a metal detector, or get patted down. Not once did my father, uncle, or I get asked to do so. It was fairly obvious that she was constantly being ‘randomly’ stopped and searched because she was Asian, and we were not because we looked white. I’m sure we can all agree that this is racial profiling and extremely racist.

The city was Beijing, and it was during the 2008 Olympics. In other words, it occurred in China, a country in which Chinese people (or more specifically, the Han Chinese) hold institutional power. Using your “racism = prejudice + power” definition, this means that people who are Han Chinese (and not white people!) cannot experience racism in China. And yet, the above incident was a clear example of an Asian person experiencing racism in an Asian-majority country where Asians had institutional power. This was not an isolated incident either, but one example of many, where Chinese people may face discrimination and yes, racism, in China, for being Chinese. Needless to say, non-Chinese people in China also do face racism for being non-Chinese, but that’s another discussion.

Unless you are about to argue that racial profiling is not racist, what my mother experienced was racism. What she did not experience, and what you have defined above, is institutional racism. That is the problem with the prejudice + power definition: whilst in places such as the US, the idea of ‘reverse racism’ may be laughable to some, it can be a serious problem in other countries. Your neat little definition actually erases the experience of many people in other counties, including PoC. It’s damaging, it’s incorrect, and is almost always used synonymously with “white people can’t experience racism”, which is not the same thing at all.

Stop equating your US- and Euro-centric experiences with the rest of the world

whiteguysandblackgirlsftw: Damn. Skills. Take that, OK Go!!-H

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:36:34 -0400

whiteguysandblackgirlsftw:

Damn. Skills. Take that, OK Go!!
-H

cnnbreakingofficial: fuckeverythingbecomeapirate: “Any ideas...

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:35:25 -0400

cnnbreakingofficial:

fuckeverythingbecomeapirate:

“Any ideas for the new park sculpture?”

“How about a giant, metallic octopus attacking a rook?”

“Perfect.”

that’s cool as f—k though

Photo

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:33:53 -0400

feng-huang: barackfuckingobama: heavywoodenbox: beelzebosss: ...

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:32:24 -0400

feng-huang:

barackfuckingobama:

heavywoodenbox:

beelzebosss:

In the nineteenth century, a morbid and curious custom has spread to various parts of the world: the photos were ”Post Mortem”.
”Post Mortem” comes from Latin, meaning after death.

The photos ”Post Mortem” apparently originated in England, when Queen Victoria asked to photograph the corpse of an acquaintance or a relative, so she can keep as a souvenir.
soon after, this idea spread around the world, keeping a morbid reminder of loved ones that have passed on.

Even today, as strange as it may seem, some places still have this custom.

The girl who is standing in the photo is the one who is dead.

This is a classic example of photographic art.

Notice the hands

for people wondering how the corpse is standing up, there is a posing stand supporting the body it’s very hard to see but the stand is supporting the neck, arms and back.

the girl in this picture has her eyes open, but in some cases the photographer will paint pupils on the eye lids to make it seem like they are wide awake

Have some historical, non-fiction creepypasta.

I’ve studied about these pictures not too long ago.

One of the reasons they were so popular was that, while protography started to become popular at that time, it was still expensive, and sometimes the families couldn’t pay for take pictures of their children or other relatives often. So, they did it when said people died so, this way, they would have at least one memento of them.

Sometimes, the photos themselves were painted, to make the corpses look a little more “alive”. A lot of manipulation techniques were used.

Photo

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:31:03 -0400

laliberty: Terry Pratchett quotes.

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:05:16 -0400

laliberty:

Terry Pratchett quotes.

On a slightly better note I have been slowly progressing again on my Sonics stuff (writing and...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:59:00 -0400

On a slightly better note I have been slowly progressing again on my Sonics stuff (writing and drawing) and may return to dA soonish, hopefully by the time summer starts. I’ve been itching to color frequently again but I’ve either been horribly busy with work and therapy related homework or sick so I’ve been procrastinating a lot. I also wanna do fanart for other series as well as return to my roots, drawing humans, mainly OCs and of course some gifts. Sorry again, I am the slowest slow that ever slowed. DX

seasidetotodile: prospitly: sullivanlives: Listen. Adventure...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:52:02 -0400

seasidetotodile:

prospitly:

sullivanlives:

Listen. Adventure Time and Gravity Falls had a baby.

THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS TO LOVE THIS SHOW. THIS PILOT IS AMAZING. EVERYONE SHOULD GO SUPPORT IT.

We need more good shows on CN.

ohmygod this is genius

PLEASE WATCH THIS IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY!

melanie-is-healthy: riiaeatsright: Comparison will get you no where. We are all...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:51:39 -0400

melanie-is-healthy:

riiaeatsright:

Comparison will get you no where.

We are all different.

Comparison will only rob you of your own happiness.

Rather than focusing on the good in other people’s lives, stop dwelling on the negatives in your own.

While life will always have its ups and downs, those negatives will seem far less superior if you begin to maximize the positives.

Amen

I say stuff on posts that’s probably uncalled for at times but nights like tonight, I’m...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:51:02 -0400

I say stuff on posts that’s probably uncalled for at times but nights like tonight, I’m a lil buzzed and sometimes the things I see on this site make me blow up a wee bit and I’m sorry.

not-photogenic: title of my autobiography: sorry

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:45:20 -0400

not-photogenic:

title of my autobiography: sorry

snorlaxlovesme: so i cleared my throat today and and then someone poked me in the side so I...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:44:03 -0400

snorlaxlovesme:

so i cleared my throat today and

and then someone poked me in the side so I laughed

and THEN I FUCKING SNEEZED

and that’s what it’s like being on the second day of your period

i hope this has been educational

jeanvaljeanralphio: The next time you feel down, just remember that Bruce Banner tried to kill...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:39:09 -0400

jeanvaljeanralphio:

The next time you feel down, just remember that Bruce Banner tried to kill himself and Tony Stark has anxiety attacks, and they’ve both saved the world. You will be okay.

riseofthecommonwoodpile: remember how punk culture was supposed to be anti-elitist and then it...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:36:06 -0400

riseofthecommonwoodpile:

remember how punk culture was supposed to be anti-elitist and then it morphed into this cesspool of elitist shits trying to decide who/what is and isn’t punk

that’s some irony you can drizzle on a cake and eat that’s how rich it is

lokidindeed: i-deduce-youre-a-bitch: YOU NIQQAS WANNA LEARN...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:34:28 -0400

lokidindeed:

i-deduce-youre-a-bitch:

YOU NIQQAS WANNA LEARN ELVISH?! HERE YA GO!

this makes me think about the post about the two girls who didn’t want to get caught sendes notes in class so they learned elvish

felonyfey: decayedintelligence: There is this flooding...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:31:14 -0400

felonyfey:

decayedintelligence:

There is this flooding happening in Norway now and apparently it washed up this really old burial ground, so there is a bunch of century old humans bones floating around right now.

Norway - forever the most metal country ever.

heisenbergdownrodeo: Chop Suey!

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:29:27 -0400

heisenbergdownrodeo:

Chop Suey!

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Sat, 25 May 2013 01:28:45 -0400