Dexo posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZHwGnGrm_k

Mel Mudkiper posted:

justice comes swift in the town

negromancer posted:

Not even close to a violation.

Shonda Rhimes has a good book,

Who What Now posted:

Is depiction of black people in children's media an ok topic?

I mean, besides that being the gooniest goddamn question imaginable.

Lightning Knight posted:

Addendum: Black people don't have to convince white people reparations are a good idea. They have to convince a moderate amount of white people and Hispanic people, and shifting American demographics favor the possibility in the future.

We don't have to buy into Republican framing and we don't have to work out every solution in the context of "would the Republicans accept this if we did it this way?" The answer is no, because they're petulant children and who gives a poo poo what they think? The days of the regressive shitheel vice grip on American government are numbered.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

I wonder how much of it is the broadness of latinx as an ethnic designation. Like, realistically speaking latinx doesn't mean much as an ethnic qualifier. It encompasses mestizo/a, chicano/a, indio/a, etc.

thechosenone posted:

What do African American folks in this thread even think Reparations should even BE? Because I don't even know where they would start.

ImpAtom posted:

I have a good friend who is black and from Ireland and according to him his accent is the finest aphrodisiac on the planet. Evidence supports his theory.

FactsAreUseless posted:

Could you expand on being black in a latin@ (is that the preferred spelling over latinx or latino/a?) family? I don't know anything about African heritage in the latin@ world, or racial identity, or things like that. I'm very curious how it looks versus what I think of as American black heritage and culture (I do not know any of the terminology or how things are identified or divided in terms of race theory).

Race Realists posted:

hahaha YESSSS

https://twitter.com/UKMoments/status/795944529266376704

Koalas March posted:

Let me get my gossip on because I'm bored at work and waiting for some videos to render.



In case ya'll didn't know, Prince Harry has been dating Meghan Markle since at least August. She is a biracial actress who has been getting slammed by UK tabloids, most ridiculously for being "visibly black". The entire thing has been shitshow.

quote:

As I’ve mentioned in my coverage of Prince Harry’s relationship with Meghan Markle, even though it was a British paper that initially broke the news that they were dating, the American magazines have been taking the lead on exclusives, with US Weekly in particular the first to confirm that Harry was actually in Toronto when UK gossips thought he’d cancelled a trip there and following up with another exclusive about Meghan being invited by Harry to spend his birthday with him at Balmoral which is where she met his father, Prince Charles. And, as I told you, this is significant in two ways: he’s serious about her and he’s been seriously unimpressed with how the UK tabloids have reported on the situation, dragging rogue relatives out to call Meghan a golddigger and the Daily Mail repeatedly mentioning that her mother has dreadlocks, and one headline describing her background as “Straight Outta Compton”. It was a subtle warning to British press – I can easily take my information to the American media if you persist with this character assassination.

So today, Kensington Palace released an official statement:

https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/795931735443861504

I found crazy surprising that they straight up called it sexism and racism. I don't follow UK politics, but I'm guessing this will just throw more fuel on the fire the chances of the tabloids chilling the gently caress out will be zero.

Some things I also found kinda interesting:

- He introduced her to his family on his birthday.

- Prompt Official Royal Statement

and this:

quote:

Last week I reported that Harry informed his team about his relationship with Meghan back in August. So he was serious enough about her even then to have his advisors ready to protect her. Now that he’s confirmed her status, as his girlfriend proper, though, it also means that she is now officially their responsibility, with access to his considerable resources. It took a lot longer for Prince William to do this for Kate Middleton.

Seethe racist Brits. Seethe.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

I wish Prince Harry wasn't so far down the line of succession because the possibility of a black prince hanging like the sword of damacles over the Brexit crowd in England for a few years would be fantastic

LeftistMuslimObama posted:

I agree with all of this.

Dexo posted:

As an aside there is nothing more amusing than watching all the females in your family sit your cousin's white wife down and have a 4 hour long pow wow after Thanksgiving dinner on how the gently caress to deal with their child's hair. That Thanksgiving 2 years ago was funny as all hell. Like my aunts brought products and loving everything.

ThingOne posted:

Grats on the first Redtext of the thread.

djw175 posted:

Oh wow, someone was salty.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

how did that even happen

Race Realists posted:

the rabbit hole goes much deeper than you think http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/246522-Black-Royals-In-Europe

The Shortest Path posted:

I wonder if it's the same dude who gave out the avatars in the QCS thread or a different idiot.

Nevvy Z posted:

I doubt they really think this, it's just TIC style "extrapolate racism out of everything someone says involving race"

woke wedding drone posted:

Oh, some folks.

negromancer posted:

At least they were smart enough to not reveal themselves, because that ban would have come on swift wings.

negromancer posted:

Wrt interracial dating, specifically in the rear end of people like Mike Colter, there's the wildly unreasonable and unrealistic expectation among successful and well-educated black men that are successful that we should "wait" until a black woman finds us worthy so that our success can stay in the community.

I've heard many comments from single black women while I'm single about how I better not end up with a white woman because we need to keep our success in the community, but they themselves had no interest in me.

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Hey uh kill whitey and all but I'm really not comfortable with characterizing women of any stripe as gold-digging. And I don't particularly like that stereotype of black women either - that's some hostile poo poo black men say after they get rejected. Let's not gently caress up the intersectionality game here. Women are people.

LeftistMuslimObama posted:

I get what you're saying, but this phrasing makes me extremely uncomfortable. Like you're listing off conquests or trophies or something.

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

If we can't talk about the minefield of interracial dating without getting into sexist stereotyping maybe we should drop it.

Talmonis posted:

Sorry, I'm gone.

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

If you interpret every time KM makes a funny joke as "get out" you're gonna miss all of KM's funny jokes

BROCK LESBIAN posted:

What if my white feeling is apathy?

Doctor Butts posted:

Koala's avatar don't care about white people.

LeftistMuslimObama posted:

You're one of those fuckers who call the Goa'uld "goulds" aren't you?

Baronjutter posted:

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Hey since we're in the early days of this presumably historic megathread, can we get consensus from the black posters on posting stuff like this? I love to laugh at awful racists as much as the next person, but I could see this easily sliding into PYF Reminder That Black People Aren't Human, and I don't want to get to a point where I feel like I can't risk clicking on this thread when I'm having a bad day

In general I find my well-meaning white friends sometimes trot out racist stuff just to get my reaction to it, kind of a common-purpose "wow we both agree this is awful right? Remember I'm on your side" and I know no offense is intended but I don't think they get how exhausting it is when that's just the world you live in. Like, racism isn't really a novelty for us, so it's not always fun to look at even if it's just to laugh at the racists.

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

I'm not even saying "don't post it," just like, let's talk about what we feel about it. Let's rap.

blackguy32 posted:

People melting down like that is hilarious at times. But I also think it can be a very slippery slope of an issue to the point where if you let one person post stuff like that then you will eventually get into worse and worse poo poo and then its too late.

LeftistMuslimObama posted:

Let me tell you about log cabin republicans...

gay white men have been basically fine with most of white america for a long time and they straight up do not give a gently caress about the rest of the queer community except when the queer community can help them get something they want. they got marriage equality, so now it's straight back to voting republican so that they can get tax breaks on their "we're two white men" income.

Quorum posted:

Do polls bear this out or is this just your gut feeling about white gays being the literal worst

Control Volume posted:

Show me a gay person who voted for trump nearby me and I will tell them that they are complete idiots, just real dumb, in person tho

Majorian posted:

gently caress, what a terrible day. I am resolved to do what I can to help fight this bullshit over the next four years. I will do my very best to shut up and listen to people of color when they tell me what they need from me, instead of telling them what I think they should do. This has been a wakeup call for me. I hope it is for more white folks in this country, too.

Majorian posted:

My heart aches for what so many white people did last night. PoC tried to tell us white liberals how bad white supremacism was in this country, and we didn't listen.

Who What Now posted:

Honestly I don't know if it's something moderation can fix any more.