Check out http://www.gmhc.org/
No. When someone defends a killing like Trayvon Martin’s or tries to find a way to justify it, they are admitting that they do not believe themselves to be in any danger. They believe themselves, and their loved ones, to be safe because they believe that only an African-American could be killed for such little reason. They not only believe that black men and black teenagers are in special danger of being shot and killed but count on that danger being racially biased, count on the danger hovering over another part of the population and not over their own. They are sure that the “Stand Your Ground” law will not permit someone to shoot them or theirs, are sure that quick-triggered police will never shoot them or their sons. Anyone who says that these capricious homicides aren’t about race is only saying that because they know it is about race, and because they’re okay with that.
“
| — | Doctor Cleveland (via imstillnotcomingbackmffw) |
The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.
“
| — |
James Baldwin (via funkyfest) this is why people of color,or any marginalized group of people,raising consciousness scares the shit out of the privileged. (via brazenbitch) |
The UK agreed to give India £166m to fund the programme, despite allegations that the money would be used to sterilise the poor in an attempt to curb the country’s burgeoning population of 1.2 billion people.
Sterilisation has been mired in controversy for years. With officials and doctors paid a bonus for every operation, poor and little-educated men and women in rural areas are routinely rounded up and sterilised without having a chance to object. Activists say some are told they are going to health camps for operations that will improve their general wellbeing and only discover the truth after going under the knife.
This is stuff that’s happening within your lifetime. This is not something from the past, something that happened a while ago. Population control is something that still exists.
And if you ever try saying that we need to save women in foreign countries, well maybe you should step back and consider how Western countries are aiding in (and have encouraged) creating these issues.
“I recently spoke at a university where a student told me it was such a shame that Nigerian men were physical abusers like the father character in my novel. I told him that I had recently read a novel called American Psycho,and that it was a shame that young Americans were serial murderers.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This is really simple: If you don’t like the anger and distrust directed at cis people? Get angry at the cis people who created that anger and eroded that trust in the first place. The default position of any human being is love and trust. Any trans person who hates cis people? Who cannot trust cis people no matter how hard they try? Has had that natural ability to love and trust violently beaten out of them. By cis people. Get angry at your cis kin, not at us. We didn’t create this situation. Guess who did.
“
| — | Regarding “cisphobia” and related concepts. From a recent post, this deserves a spotlight. Many people emphasize the academic angle of systemic power and privilege denial, but it’s important to also showcase the emotional, human side of how this dynamic plays out in day-to-day life. (via amydentata) |
