Posts tagged black people.

The predominately black neighbourhood of Hatikva was ransacked by groups of nationalist protesters who had attended a demonstration on Wednesday night against illegal African migrants.

The protesters claim the Africans are responsible for a rise in crime, bearing signs saying “This is not Africa” and “Stop talking, start expelling”.

“Blacks out!” shouted demonstrators in the crowd, while others yelled “Send the Sudanese back to Sudan”, as other protesters derided the “bleeding-heart leftists” working to help them.

The mob set cans of rubbish on fire, smashed the windows of shops owned by Eritrean migrants and beat up Africans walking through the streets…

Back in January, he let loose on “black thugs”, saying ”ANOTHER YOUNG BLACK MALE THUG-NEEDS TO DIE-I PRAY THAT THE VICTIMS FRIENDS GET TO HIM 1ST. SO THE POLICE WON’T HAVE TO KILL HIM,” “We are faced with a young Black Army of Thugs who have declared War on the American Way of Life-Holding America Hostage as we speak,” and “Young Black Thugs who won’t follow the law need to be put down not incarcerated. Put down like the Dogs they are!”

It is hard to imagine that this racist malcontent is the man black Louisiana parents have allowed to be put in charge of their kids.

“Never allow your enemies to educate your children.” X

“The most damaging thing a people in a colonial situation can do is to allow their children to attend any educational facility organized by the dominant enemy culture.” George Jackson

John Derbyshire gives white people advice about black people

(10) Thus, while always attentive to the particular qualities of individuals, on the many occasions where you have nothing to guide you but knowledge of those mean differences, use statistical common sense: (10a) Avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally.

(10b) Stay out of heavily black neighborhoods.

(10c) If planning a trip to a beach or amusement park at some date, find out whether it is likely to be swamped with blacks on that date (neglect of that one got me the closest I have ever gotten to death by gunshot).

(10d) Do not attend events likely to draw a lot of blacks.

(10e) If you are at some public event at which the number of blacks suddenly swells, leave as quickly as possible.

(10f) Do not settle in a district or municipality run by black politicians.

(10g) Before voting for a black politician, scrutinize his/her character much more carefully than you would a white.

(10h) Do not act the Good Samaritan to blacks in apparent distress, e.g., on the highway.

(10i) If accosted by a strange black in the street, smile and say something polite but keep moving.

find a discussion and critique of the entire situation here.

lightspeedsound:

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

starfoxlaflare:

texasmothafuckathatswhereistay:

@NO_LIMIT_NIGGA

deff not some innocent kid with some skittles. i hate how the media has blown this up to form a race war. and all yal fuck niggas cant call me racist cuz im mixed 

HE FLIPPED THE BIRD TO A CAMERA

DEFINITELY NOT INNOCENT

man starfoxlaflare I hope you’ve never flipped anyone off because you should go get shot now

you non-innocent bird flipping anti-black white supremacist 

Guess Justin Bieber gon’ die now too: 

along with this white-ass THUG LYFE baby (hey look! a doo-rag! totes gangsta!)

And K-Stew, she can just line up to be shot right off:

And Lady gaga. She be white, but ooops! There’s the finger!

As Ellen Schrecker, a Yeshiva University historian, writes in her book “The Lost Soul of Higher Education,” political ends were the goals of the founders of black studies. Ms. Schrecker—who is, by the way, sympathetic to these political goals—explains that the discipline’s proponents “viewed these programs as contributions to the continuing struggle for racial justice, not as conventional academic courses of study.”

My longtime familiarity with the absurdities of higher education did not, I confess, prepare me for this most absurd of results. The content of my post, after all, is hardly shocking; the same thing could have been written 30 years ago. And perhaps that’s the most depressing part of all this. Despite the real social and economic advancement that has been made by blacks in this country, the American faculty is still stuck in the 1960s.

Ellen Schrecker is not black…that Riley turns to her for “explanation” reiterates one main problem: the voices of black academics is invalid, invaluable, or only significant when dissected through whiteness.  The opinion whites express about us is superior to our own expressions of ourselves  (see: Tim Wise).  

She also states that black studies programs are rooted in politics, but is clearly unaware that non-poc specific studies programs are inherently Eurocentric/White-centric, and therefore themselves political as they exist to maintain white supremacist ideology.   So as Riley critics black studies as being political, I cannot help but hear a familiar undertone: stay in your place.  When we fight back against normative whiteness we are always dismissed.

Furthermore, Riley believes that “the best work” on the black experience “rarely comes out of black studies departments.”  Could that be because black studies programs are not white enough for her? Could it also be that black studies departments cannot produce “the best work” because there aren’t enough overseers? 

Yet, how can we be surprised?  Is anyone really shocked at comments like this?

I could go on forever, but I will leave this statement: “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” Mama Audre 

Zeadim Dance School, “Swan Lake,” choreographed by Dada Masila

The cross and the lynching tree need each other: the lynching tree can liberate the cross from the false pieties of well-meaning Christians.

The crucifixion was a first-century lynching.

The cross can redeem the lynching tree, and thereby bestow upon lynched black bodies an eschatological meaning for their ultimate existence.

The cross can also redeem white lynchers, and their descendants, too, but not without profound cost, not without the revelation of the wrath and justice of God, which executes divine judgment, with the demand for repentance and reparation, as a presupposition of divine mercy and forgiveness. Most whites want mercy and forgiveness, but not justice and reparations; they want reconciliation without liberation, the resurrection without the cross.

the bolded section summarizes my frustrations with Christian “reconciliation.”  it is too often a way of using the Bible to maintain white privilege.

now following allboi.tumblr.com. do you guys know them? do yourself a favor and follow…

vampirefinch:

Gonna reblog this every time it crosses my dash.

who’s taking who’s tax dollars?

Mathias Oliver, 15 years old, discusses family and coming out…

This brought tears to my eyes…

My God, protect this beautiful family, give them courage and strength.

grave-wisdom:

“When you talk about a revolution most people think violence without realizing that the real content of any kind of revolutionary thrust lies in the principles and the goals that you are striving for not in the way the way you reach them. On the other hand because of the way this society is organized, because of the violence that exists on the surface everywhere you have to expect that they are going to be such explosions, you have to expect things like that as reactions. If you are a black person and live in the black community all your life and walk out on the street every day seeing white police men surrounding you, and when you live under a situation like that constantly and then you ask me whether I approve of violence? That doesn’t make any sense at all.

Whether I approve of guns? I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Some very good friends of mine were killed by bombs, bombs that were planted by racists. I remember from the time I was very small, I remember the sounds of bombs exploding across the street, our house shaking, I remember my father having to have guns at his disposal at all times because of the fact at any moment we might expect to be attacked. The man who was at that time in complete control of the city government, his name was Bill Conner would often get on the radio and make statements like, “niggers have moved into a white neighborhood we better expect some bloodshed tonight”, and sure enough there would be bloodshed.

That’s why when someone asks me about violence, I just find it incredible because what it means is that the person who is asking that question has absolutely no idea what black people have gone through, what black people have experienced in this country since time the first black person was kidnapped from the shores of Africa.”

Angela Davis 

Lord Jesus!!!!!!!!! WE NEED TO STAY PRAYED!!!!

yes, the killer is white and the victims black, but there hasn’t yet been any evidence released to indicate that this was racially motivated.  but DAMN!!! is it Negro Killin Season or something? 

WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE???????

This is Tommy & Thalia…They leave behind three children…

Do Black People really not Care about Black People?

My ramblings about recent discussions I’ve had…

I have heard a lot of commentary from black people regarding the intense outrage over the murder of Trayvon Martin, and the seeming lack of outrage over black on black crime.

We should all realize, that there are NUMEROUS organizations doing community justice/development/advocacy/ceasefire/peace work in black American communities.  We must also realize, that white run organizations that do foreign work in black communities, such as invisible Children will always be given more attention than those in our backyards.  Let us not fall into the trap of disbelieving in ourselves. WE are working for ourselves, WE are fighting for our communities.  But how is our work measured?  If a grandmother/father/mother/sibling/friend does grassroots activism in their neighborhood with no NGO intervention, that isn’t typically considered “development.”  Development is almost ALWAYS defined as someone “privileged” coming into an underprivileged environment.  It is therefore defined by the idea of salvation rather than servant hood. This needs to change.

I recognize that in a capitalist economy, money, food, health, access to education, etc are controlled by the” upper classes,” but this doesn’t mean that the “lower classes” are incompetent and unable to survive.  After all, I grew up in the hood, didn’t you?  My community was responsible for me.  My neighbors were responsible for me.  Were there people being murdered? Yes, no denying that.  But there were also people watching that I got home safely, asking if I was ok being home alone, offering me a place on their couch until my parents arrived, asking if I’d eaten, telling me who to avoid, checking over my homework.  There were people encouraging the males, attempting to turn their frustrations in to fuel.  

When we marched for Trayvon, Sean Bell, Troy Davis, etc, we marched against a system that killed one of our own.  That was violence from the “outside.”  When it comes to our own community, we cannot march against ourselves because we are not a part of that system, we are suffering from the still-lingering affects of it. Affects that we manifest by our own hands. When we rally for black men murdered by white law enforcement, we are rallying for those who hold power over us to use that power for righteous justice.

How would a rally against ourselves by purposeful?  When we talk about black on black crime, are we not attempting to thwart the manifestation of self-hatred? Instead of asking why “black people” do not show outrage over black on black crime, why don’t you join those of us who are outraged and actively working? 

The black middle class, i.e. black bourgeoisie loves to complain about what black folks ain’t doin’. I used to be one of them, until I got off of my black ass and did something.  I submitted myself as a servant, partnering with those already doing something.

I will list several organizations below that are working in our communities.  This list is minimal, only highlighting a few cities. Google yours. If you can’t find anything happening around your way, start something! You and your neighbors can do a lot:

• talk to your kids about anti-violence
• organize after-school tutoring
• start a reading group focus on black history/black literature (we are royalty)
• organize a food co-op/swap
• take single mothers to doctors visits
• organize game nights/fun activities for kids and adults
• create a public job board
• offer resume and cover letter writing help
• find language for and speak out against sexual violence
• find language for and speak out against violence against LGBTQ persons in the community (don’t forget Tayshana Murphy & Sakia Gunn)
• help HS seniors make plans for post-graduation
• visit the incarcerated
• collect interview appropriate clothing for those transitioning out of the prison system
• ask your faith communities to get involved
• etc, etc, etc

Little Lights Urban Ministries, Washington, D.C.

SOME (So Others Might Eat), Washington, D.C. 

N Street Village, Washington, D.C.

Martha’s Table, Washington, D.C.

My Sister’s Place, Washington, D.C.

My Sister’s Place of NY, White Plains, NY

Boys Club of NY, New York, NY

Girls Club of NY, New York, NY

GEMS: Girls Educational & Mentoring Services, New York, NY

Harlem Children’s Zone, New York, NY 

Save Our Streets, Brooklyn, NY

Hip-Hop Summit Youth Council, New York, NY

Ceasefire Chicago, Chicago, IL

COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NONPROFITS IN CHICAGO

Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, CA

These are groups I knew of previously…Know of more? Inbox me and I’ll add them.

It takes a village…

-AshesforJustice