I was a five-year-old. My parents told-my father told us that we were going on a long vacation to a place called Arkansas. It was an adventure. I thought everyone took vacations by leaving home in a railroad car with sentries, armed soldiers at both ends of the car, sitting on wooden benches. And whenever we approached a town, we were forced to ( Read more... )

whats it with people calling japanese characters from japanese anime who live in japan and speak japanese and have japanese names white

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One of the most sinister things about normalized racism is you don’t have to have bad intentions to be racist, you just have to remain ignorant.

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traceexcalibur:

"who cares about representation in video games, video games are meant for escapism"

how exactly is it escapism to switch from a world where white cis men are in charge to…….. a world where white cis men are in charge

also what does that say about you when you want to “escape” to a world completely devoid of poc and women

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Note: Saying things like “Not everything has to be about race or gender!!! I’m so tired of it! Just look at the message/story and don’t pay attention to representation (or lack thereof)! I see everyone as exactly the same, why can’t you ( Read more... )

Being privileged doesn’t mean that you NEVER EVER have any problems whatsoever ( Read more... )

I’ve experienced firsthand how the “model minority” narrative- this strange tendency to assume that Asians are simply a quiet, high-achieving community tagging along with our white brethren into a melting pot of joy-effectively de-legitimizes our voices in conversations about promoting racial justice. Leaving our voices and experiences out of the ( Read more... )

Racists never want to believe that they are racist. They are constantly redefining what racism means so that they can escape meeting the definition while simultaneously engaging in the behavior. - Son of Baldwin (via gabieplease)