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Before I left Dolezal, I remembered that my editors had told me to make sure the photographer got a few pictures of us together. We were both sitting at the kitchen table, which provided an ideal photo opportunity. The natural light from the sliding door by the kitchen was great for photography, but with our current seating arrangement, that light was falling on me and leaving her in the shadow. It is standard practice to have the interviewee sit in the best light, so I asked her to switch seats. The photographer thanked me for the suggestion, and I stood to allow Dolezal to take the chair I had been in. Dolezal looked at me with a smirk and said accusingly: “Then you’ll look darker and I’ll look lighter, because the light’s on me. I get it.” I realized that like all other black people who had challenged Dolezal, I had been written off as a bitter, petty black woman. She was concerned that the wrong lighting would make her look white. She could not see that there was no amount of lighting that would make her look whiter than that interaction had. Perhaps that itself was the secret to the power of the Dolezal phenomenon—the overwhelming whiteness of it all.

The Heart of Whiteness: Ijeoma Oluo Interviews Rachel Dolezal, the White Woman Who Identifies as Black (via astrobleme22)

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In the space of a couple of months, I feel like I’ve changed so much. The things that used to capture my attention no longer interest me. I’ve rarely seen my friends because they’re all so busy, so I literally only have myself to focus on. I’m training 4 times a week, I’m eating clean and my body feels great. I have a schedule now so my days are structured and I’m sacrificing a lot of things I used to love to do, so I can save. I don’t have a car anymore and it’s made me more active. I’m always on and off the train and it’s saved me so much money. And I’m meditating every morning. If I wanna do something - I take myself out. I used to pity people who ate in restaurants by themselves, but i love doing that shit. I’m happy being single, at the moment I’m living a loners dream. People are hollering but I’m legally blind right now man. I needed this time to myself. I’m loving falling back in love with myself.

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nasfera2

Alim Smith’s amazing “Black Meme History Month” paintings.

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bazaardotco

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octobers16th

Burning Sage.

Reblog in 5 seconds to cleanse that negativity holding onto you.

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rawranimals

GUATEMALA. The Grand ceremony on the Mayan New Year’s day at the Nueve Sillas gorge and mountain alter near San Francisco El Alto. 1997. By Thomas Hoepker.

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everythingyoulovetohate-deactiv

styleandfashionart

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blueklectic

He gone. He’s done.

alwaysbewoke

FYI, I’M REBLOGGING THIS SHIT 3 MAYBE 4 TIMES A DAY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

#RIGHTEOUSFIRE

alwaysbewoke

when he said “who told you you could be a part of this? who gave you some “how to be black” starter kit?!“ i almost choked on my food. that’s when i knew this was going to be total destruction.

armaniblanco

Put his bodybag in a bodybag!

therincrowd

HE LET THE LORD USE HIM. THE REAL GOD FLOWED THROUGH HIM. ANOINTED. TATTOO THIS WHOLE THING ON MY BACK.

^^^^ woooooow He was so embarrassed he lost all bowel control. Talk about a roast 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 we need to play this for all those who think they can just drop in the game. Honestly i wish Nicki could have brought it to Iggy like this. Riff raff, and all the rest of them fake ass wanna be white rappers that appropriate.

Reblog everyday!

REBLOGGING FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

h00dlife

colachampagnedad

he really went the fuck in i don’t even know how somebody return from that

kidbuudha

DEAD. GAME.

melanatedmoney

Fuck battle rap, I did this for the slaves that got 3-0’d by the slave master and couldn’t battle back!! The accuracy!

theteddybearsamurai

Gooooodddddddaaammmnnnn😲😲😲😲😲😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😆😆😆😆😆😆😂😂😂😂✊✊✊✊✊👏✊👏✊👏👏✊👏✊👏✊👏✊👏👌👌👌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 My dude just cooked his ass…….smfh.

BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHH

holy fuck

0ns0lidgr0und

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This is why I Hate G-Easy, This is why I Hate IGGY, This is why I Hate Macklemore. Y'all can’t just come and pander to us black people using “what you think is gonna get you points” like jail for this nigga. No.

Umm, so… This is my life’s fuel for today…