Black people, who invented hip-hop, jazz, and rock and roll, have long been tastemakers of American cool. In many ways, fashion, music, and slang are dictated by black people no matter how little credit they get for it..
In fact:
āOur research shows that black consumer choices have a ācool factorā that has created a halo effect, influencing not just consumers of color but the mainstream as well,ā said Cheryl Grace, senior vice president of U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and Consumer Engagement, Nielsen.
Thus, presumably, if you want to be cool and sell records, you ought to start acting black. In fact, itās great if youāre not black and act black because you get the benefits of being cool without the baggage and limitations of being subjected to racism.
Its what the Kardashians, Iggy, Justin Bieber, Ariana, and alot of other celebrities do in order to rise in popularity as well as be accepted into the black community.
Ā Grandeās music is largely influenced by hip-hop and R&B, meaning that in order to build a fanbase, she needs to court listeners (ahem, black folk) with those musical preferences. Grande, who is quick to shut down any perceptions about her ethnicity being anything but Italian. Most people presume Grande is Latinx, not necessarily black, when mistaking her race, but I am here to tell you,Ā most Latinos are part black, sis.Ā
The point is: Most of us donāt get to pick and choose which parts of blackness we get to have ā only white folks seem to have that luxury. And we need to give her the SAME ENERGY we give the kardashians.
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Iāll represent you in court :)
You can be anything. Representation Matters
do u ever wanna violently shake ur fist at god
Iām gay of fucking course I do
I want you all to know that an Arab Muslim from Tunis proposed the Theory of Evolution near 600 years before Charles Darwin even took his first breath. Donāt let them erase you.
Yeah, thereās a reason for that.
Itās called: antisemiticĀ caricature.
Today, one of you sent me this, and asked me to share it and I think it's very important to do so. Please check the site out and help if you can.
reblog to save a life, i didnāt know this
The difference between my summer skin tone and my winter skin tone makes me hesitant to believe any skin bleaching rumors about celebrities tbh
(New petitions in bold)
George Floyd - change.org
George Floyd - amnesty.org
George Floyd - colorofchange.org
Get The Officers Charged
Charge All Four Officers
Breonna Taylor - moveon.org
Breonna Taylor - colorofchange.org
Breonna Taylor - justiceforbreonna.org
Breonna Taylor - change.org
Breonna Taylor - thepetitionsite.com
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 2
Ahmaud Arbery - change.org 3
Justice for Oluwatoyin Salau
Pass The Georgia Hate Crime Bill
Defund MPD
Life Sentence For Police Brutality
Regis Korchinski - change.org
Tete Gulley - change.org
Tony McDade - change.org
Tony McDade - actionnetwork.org
Tony McDade - thepetitionsite.com
Joao Pedro - change.org
Julius Jones - change.org
Belly Mujinga - change.org
Willie Simmons - change.org
Hands Up Act - change.org
National Action Against Police Brutality
Kyjuanzi Harris - change.org
Alejandro Vargas Martinez - change.org
Censorship Of Police Brutality In France
Sean Reed - change.org
Sean Reed - change.org 2
Kendrick Johnson - change.org
Tamir Rice - change.org
Tamir Rice - change.org 2
Fire Racist Criminal From The NYPD
Jamee Johnson - organizefor.org
Darius Stewart - change.org
Darius Stewart - moveon.org
Abolish Prison Labor
Free Siyanda - change.org
Chrystul Kizer - change.org
Chrystul Kizer - change.org 2
Andile Mchunu (Bobo) - change.org
Eric Riddick - change.org
Amiya Braxton - change.org
Emerald Black - change.org
Elijah Nichols - change.org
Zinedine Karabo Gioia - change.org
Angel Bumpass - change.org
Sheku Bayoh - change.org
Angel DeCarlo - change.org
Sandra Bland - change.org
Sherrie Walker - change.org
Darrien Hunt - change.org
Cornelius Fredericks - change.org
Elijah McClain - change.org
James Scurlock - change.org
Darren Rainey- change.org
Kendrick Johnson- change.org
Darrius Stewart- change.org
LaVena Johnson- change.org
Kenneka Jenkins- change.org
Sam Dubose- change.org
Philando Castile- change.org
Philando Castile - signmoveon.org
Natasha McKenna- change.org
Freddie Gray- change.org
The Freddie Gray Law - Assess, Treat, and Safely TransportĀ -signmoveon.org
Samuel DuBose- change.org
Kimani Gray- care2petitionsĀ
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr- signmoveon.org
Sean Bell- change.org
Jennifer Jeffley- change.org
Oliver Campbell- change.org
Bruce Greenway- change.org
Dominique Fells - change.org
Rayshard Brooks - change.org
Alfred Wright - change.org
Mubarak Soulemane- change.org
Byron Williams- change.org
Mitrice Richardson- change.org
AJ Mitchell (a boy with autism) - change.org
Merci Mack- change.org
Lakeith Smith +Ā AāDonte Washington- change.org
Malik Thomas- change.org
Matthew Tucker- change.org
Malik Williams (paraplegic man shot at 84 times)- change.org
http://www.pb-resources.com/
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
*You donāt need to donate to change.org, donate directly to the families. Also if thereās a problem with a petition (or you have a petition I should add), please dm me instead of reblogging so I can fix it faster.*
Free Black History Library
Reblog and youāre guaranteed to be successful at whatever you do next!
reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to āviolating one or more of Tumblrās Community Guidelinesā, but since my wish came true the first time, Iām putting it back. :)
EMERGENCY IN NARMM/ MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) RIGHT NOW! LOCAL GOVT AND POLICE ARE UNFAIRLY TARGETING COMMUNITIES LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN LIGHT WITH A RECENT SPIKE IN COVID CASES. I HAVE COMPLIED LINKS WITH MORE INFORMATION AND WAYS TO HELP BELOW!Ā
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CHANGE PATITION TO REMOVE POLICE PATROLSĀ
RESEDENTS DEMANDSĀ
VIDEO OF POLICE TELLING RESIDENTS TOĀ āGO AND SLEEP IN YOUR BUILDINGā
EMAIL TEMPLATE FOR MELBOURNE RESIDENTS TO SEND TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTĀ
MULTIPLE LUANGUAGE RESOURCEĀ
IG LIVE VIDEO WITH PEOPLE ON THE GROUNDĀ
THE GUARDIAN ARTICLEĀ
Iāve seen a lot of posts on my dash tonight about users who are threatening suicide, with other Tumblr members posting in effort to try to get ahold of them. I think you all should see this:
IF THERE IS EVER A TUMBLR USER WHO HAS POSTED A GOOD-BYE MESSAGE, SUICIDE NOTE, VIDEO, OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS POST.
1. Scroll to the top of your dashboard.
2. See the circular question mark icon at the top? Itās the third one over from your home symbol. Click on that, and a screen similar to the one in the picture will come up.
3. Where you can type in questions, the box with the magnifying glass at the top, type in the word āsuicide.ā
4. Click on the first link that shows up. It should say, āPass the URL of the blog on to us.ā
5. Type in the userās URL and tell Tumblr admin that the user is contemplating suicide and has posted a message indicating that they are going through with it or will be attempting. Hit send! Tumblr administration will perform a number of actions to contact the user and take the necessary steps to prevent the suicide.
TUMBLR: THIS COULD SAVE A USERāS LIFE. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE SUICIDE THREATS.
Reblog this to keep other users aware. Suicide isnāt a joke, and neither is someoneās life. If you didnāt know this, someone else may not, either. Pass it on.
OK Highway Patrol Captain George Brown says the best ātipā for women to not get raped by a cop is to āfollow the law in the first place so you donāt get pulled over.ā http://youtu.be/BO8g8akPWcYĀ (Last third of the video).
Three serial rapists in 3 weeks arrested in Oklahoma, all cops.
Follow for Anarchy | Follow for Feminism
We are all humans and should be treated as suchššš
In case I havenāt been clear enough
Happy Pride and donāt forget that black trans women like Marsha P. Johnson fought for, and are the reason we have the rights that we as lgbtq+ people have today!!!
You donāt have to be black, it just means you support us, you stand by us and your for us.
Do Your Fucking Research *Nicki Minaj Voice*
We really are a police state.
Awwwww
any white at a protest who tries to go against police and deliberately provoke a response from them is not to be trusted and does not have the safety of black and brown people in mind.
Blur
Suede
Pulp
Oasis
Manic Street Preachers
The Smiths
Idk who needs to hear this but bisexuality includes trans people. Not "it can" include trans people or it "sometimes" includes trans people. It does. It always has. Any bisexual who says there's doesn't is just a transphobe and doesn't fucking represent what we're about.
every person can feel freddieās presence in their souls when they sing MAMAAAAAA UUHHHH, I DONT WANNA DIE, I SOMETIMES I WISH IāVE NEVER BEEN BORN AT ALL with all the air in their lungs iām not joking