racism

Facial Recognition

fadethecat wrote in racism_101 May 23, 2012 10:49

So. I know the classic racist cliche is "all those people look alike." And the inability to distinguish people of another ethnicity from each other is a fairly standard marker of prejudice ( Read more... )

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chasingtides wrote in racism_101 May 09, 2012 09:05

I wear a keffiyeh. I try my best not to be appropriative about it; it's a solidarity thing and I have talked to several Palestinian friends/associates about it and am usually reassured it's a valid solidarity thing. (And then they usually take it off my head and retie it ( Read more... )

a timely reminder for Halloween

liminalia wrote in racism_101 Oct 26, 2011 08:52

Ohio State University's STARS group (Students Teaching Against Racism) created a series of posters reminding folks that Halloween costumes supposedly portraying a member of another culture (geisha, sheikh, gang member) are racist and hurtful. View the posters here ( Read more... )

Blackness vs. blackness

doe_witch wrote in racism_101 Sep 21, 2011 02:50

First post here- I've wanted to join for months but thought it might be best to read from the sidelines and only ask for membership when I had an actual question to ask. And now I do have a question, which also has been around for a bit but I didn't see anyone address it here yet. (Apologies if I missed it ( Read more... )

question time, definitions

Racism in Comics

teaberryblue wrote in racism_101 Aug 12, 2011 11:19

Darryl Ayo has a post up about racism in cartooning, the evolution of how racism has affected comics, and aesthetic issues that a history of racist caricatures has created for contemporary black cartoonists drawing black characters today. It assumes the reader knows a bit about comic history, but these are problems that aren't often discussed even ( Read more... )

Is it even possible to appropriate from a white subculture?

chaosphaere wrote in racism_101 Aug 05, 2011 17:49

This is in response to some claims I've seen - that the white mainstream is appropriating from geek culture, that metrosexuals are appropriating the markers of gay culture. I'll comment/edit with specific examples as I find them ( Read more... )

on cultural appropriation

liminalia wrote in racism_101 Jul 23, 2011 09:23

This seems so basic and yet I had never seen this explained in this way before. Makes so much sense!

For me, what really helped me understand this issue was learning a little bit about semiotics. Semiotics is the "study of signs." In language/culture there is always a signifier (in this case "mohawk" cuts/dreadlocks) and a signified (indigenous ( Read more... )

cultural appropriation

2 interesting resources

liminalia wrote in racism_101 Jun 02, 2011 14:02

"I’m not racist but…" is a tumblr curated by a couple of college students who simply search public Facebook posts for this phrase and grab screenshots that reveal just how "not racist" our culture is these days.

Microaggressions is a blog that "seeks to provide a visual representation of the everyday of 'microaggressions.' Each event, observation ( Read more... )

resources

Kung Fooled!

_watchtower_ wrote in racism_101 May 25, 2011 12:07

As a black woman who can neither sing, play bass, nor deliver sassy streetwise comebacks, I found this incredibly cathartic and lolful:

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Writing Without Marginalising

lovetheboys wrote in racism_101 May 23, 2011 22:53

I'm going to try not to show my ass too much, but any and all critiques are welcome ( Read more... )