DYSAETHESIA AETHIOPICA: if there is one thing radicals/progressives/liberals have failed to get right in the new age

themodernistwitch:

bankuei:

cupcakesnotbombs:

navigatethestream:

its the notion of boycotts

you wanna know why the bus boycotts of the civil rights movement were so successful?

because an alternative black run transportation system was created for those who couldn’t walk…

"The interviewees in my study who were most angry about affirmative action were those who had relatively fewer marketable skills — and were therefore most dependent on getting an inside edge for the best jobs. Whites who felt entitled to these positions believed that affirmative action was unfair because it blocked their own privileged access."

How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment - NYTimes.com

“…despite complaints about “reverse discrimination,” my research demonstrated that the real complaint is that affirmative action undermines long-established patterns of favoritism.

(via sociolab)

So in other words, white folks who are MEDIOCRE AS FUCK are the main ones ‘upset’ about Affirmative Action. White people believe that they deserve jobs over POC SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE WHITE VANILLA SUPERIOR.

(via sourcedumal)

(via chauvinistsushi)