Ruby Bridges was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960.

This movie made me cry, I was so heart broken by how Ruby Bridges was treated! She was only 6, but was so strong. She is a very brave girl and she did not care what the white folks called her.

People are simply disgusting to minimize people by skin color!

Ruby you might not think you’re a hero… But to other people you are! You are A HERO and you are A PERSON WHO MADE AMERICA CHANGE!

this is white culture, this is their history, this is their legacy…being enraged at a damn baby just because she’s black.

she’s still alive by the way

Ruby Bridges in 2010 

“As Bridges describes it, “Driving up I could see the crowd, but living in New Orleans, I actually thought it was Mardi Gras. There was a large crowd of people outside of the school. They were throwing things and shouting, and that sort of goes on in New Orleans at Mardi Gras.“ Former United States Deputy Marshal Charles Burks later recalled, “She showed a lot of courage. She never cried. She didn’t whimper. She just marched along like a little soldier, and we’re all very very proud of her.“ 

U.S. Marshals escorted Bridges to and from school

As soon as Bridges entered the school, white parents pulled their own children out; all the teachers refused to teach while a black child was enrolled. Only one person agreed to teach Ruby and that was Barbara Henry, from Boston, Massachusetts, and for over a year Henry taught her alone, “as if she were teaching a whole class.”

Every morning, as Bridges walked to school, one woman would threaten to poison her; because of this, the U.S. Marshals dispatched by President Eisenhower, who were overseeing her safety, allowed Ruby to eat only the food that she brought from home.

Another woman at the school put a black baby doll in a wooden coffin and protested with it outside the school, a sight that Bridges Hall has said “scared me more than the nasty things people screamed at us.” At her mother’s suggestion, Bridges began to pray on the way to school, which she found provided protection from the comments yelled at her on the daily walks.”

More info on Ruby Bridges on Wikipedia

THIS SHIT WAS ONLY 58 YEARS AGO. PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS RACIST TERRORISM AND ACTS LIKE IT ARE STILL ALIVE, AND THEIR KIDS ARE IN THEIR 40′S AND 50′S. 

DON’T LET RACISM APOLOGISTS GET AWAY WITH “WHY ARE YOU LIVING IN THE PAST,” BULLSHIT ARGUMENTS. WE ARE LITERALLY STILL DEALING WITH THE FAMILIES THAT FORMED HATE MOBS OVER BLACK CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL WITH WHITE KIDS.

This was her then:

This is literally how she looks in 2017. 

She’s literally not even  old. 

This is alway profound to me and gives me chills

This is important.

It’s not a “loophole” it’s explicit within the text of the amendment

“Loophole” lmfao like it’s a fucking accident, like it wasn’t purposefully structured to reclaim and expand a source of free labor

We never outlawed slavery in America. We simply transferred ownership of slaves from individual landowners to the government and large corporations.

Other fun facts about prison labor corporations:

-Federal and state-run prisons usually pay their slaves minimum wage; some states, however, like Colorado, pay $2/hour.

-Private prisons pay $.17-.50/hour. The highest paying private prison is in Tennessee, which pays $.50/hour for “highly-skilled labor.”

-You think that hasn’t affected wages in the US? You think that hasn’t removed manufacturing jobs from the economy?

-Companies that contract with private prisons for their slave labor include: IBM, Boeing, Motorola, Microsoft, AT&T, Wireless, Texas Instrument, Dell, Compaq, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, Nortel, Lucent Technologies, 3Com, Intel, Northern Telecom, TWA, Nordstrom’s, Revlon, Macy’s, Pierre Cardin, Target Stores. Many, many products that say “Made in USA” were made in prison.

-Private prisons often have quotas with the states, wherein the states contractually guarantee that they will provide a certain number of prisoners to fill the beds of a private prison, and if they don’t then they owe the private prison millions of dollars. I’m not making this up. It happened in Colorado after they legalized weed.

-States have a financial incentive to lock up their citizens.

-All of the above corporations have a financial incentive to see citizens get locked up.

-This is why Jeff Sessions is going after weed. The prison industrial complex needs slaves.

-To the shock of absolutely no one, private prisons have even more disparate racial demographics than federal/state prisons.

-Where do you think they send undocumented immigrants who have been rounded up? That’s right, private prisons. That’s why so many of them are in the South. So they take immigrants who are earning some kind of comparable wage and paying income tax to the government, and put them in prison where the wages are absurdly depressed and the prison pays virtually nothing in taxes.

-Oh yeah: private prisons pay virtually nothing in taxes. Because they technically manage real estate (prison as housing), they get all sorts of tax breaks and subsidies.

Tl;dr the prison industrial complex removes jobs from the economy, depresses wages, cheats the tax system, and ENSLAVES PEOPLE, usually people of color.

Sources:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/09/private-prisons-occupancy-quota-cca-crime

http://mfgtalkradio.com/s7-e15-manufacturing-jobs-lost-prison-slave-labor/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/private-prison-quotas_n_3953483.html?1379606057

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/13/289000532/why-for-profit-prisons-house-more-inmates-of-color

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/02/27/immi-f27.html

https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-introduces-bill-to-stop-private-prisons-from-exploiting-tax-incentives-for-profit

For reference, they’re referring to the clause that goes, “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

Every time some racist ass says immigrants are "taking American jobs" send them this

the office intro but it’s stray kids

These last couple of months have been a real ride for me. 2019 as a whole was a huge growing experience. The me from January and the me now feel like two entirely different people. I graduated. I moved out. I got my first job(s). I struggled to pay rent and survive on my own and managed it anyway. I pulled myself out of an emotional rut even tho I was near suicidal and struggling to get by every month. I found a new job that pays me well and gives me a steady enough income that I’m not only getting by every month but I am SAVING UP and am well on my way to soon purchasing my first vehicle. I found out that I have enough scholarship money next semester to pay for rent for two months and won’t have to worry about a place to live for a while. I found a new group of friends that are slowly teaching me what it’s like to be loved and held dearly and I am in turn giving that love back. I stayed in contact with old friends that showed me kindness when I was in dark times and have even gotten closer to them than I was before. I’m making progress with a long time love interest and have the privilege of watching this very special person also grow into an adult. I am making a conscious and successful effort to fix many of my flaws that stemmed from long term childhood abuse and have realized that recovery is very possible and that practicing a lifestyle of kindness isn’t near as hard as my abusive parents tried to make it seem.

I am just. A better me. And it’s thanks to not only the people in my life that hold me and add their wonderful selves to my existence, but also my own efforts. I say this because I have spent too many years doused in self hatred, and I think it’s important that I acknowledge that this is being done with work that I am putting in. I am changing only because I am allowing myself to change. My grudges are fading, my anger is still there but I have learned now that it will fade over time, and whatever was done to me is all in the past. Everything bad that I’ve gone through, every person that has hurt me, they are in the past. I am happy without them. I am stronger without them. I have morphed into the best version of myself without them, and I find myself looking back on them not with disdain but with a hope that they too can change themselves for the better, as I see the rage in me that wishes to hurt others in them too, and I would never wish for that rage to consume anyone like it did me.

This isn’t an excuse for the bad shit I’ve done, or for the bad shit people have done to me, but rather an acknowledgment that dwelling on the bad things has only ever harmed me, and I have learned to focus on the things that bring me joy instead.

Here’s to next year and all of the great things I will accomplish because of the choices I made to turn myself into a better person.

Congratulations you beautiful human! I'm proud of your progress and not only have we helped you but you have helped us too. I'm glad I was introduced to you. I can relate to you so much since we have dealt with almost all the same issues. I have someone that helps me grow as well! You're an amazing friend and you're so valuable! 2020 will be an amazing year for you!

I am not a straight people.

Reblog if you are also not a straight people.

Dungeons and Dragons: A new generation.

@lemonsharks I found you a thing

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If y’all ever pull this shit I might cry but like because I’m proud of you

Not a dream

I applied for the student council at my uni and didn't realize I could have been collecting signatures for my campaign since last week. One of the other candidates told me about it, while joking that I should just give up and not collect signatures because I can't win either way, coupled with some "ha ha sexism go make us a sandwich" jokes from some other people.

So yesterday, I printed out my form on a pink, expensive printing paper, sprayed it with perfume, got dolled up and wore a sexy dress and hot tights and started collecting my signatures at my predominantly male students uni. Got more in an hour than the two guys who joked about me got in the whole of last week.

Continuing my campaign today.

The whole reason I applied is because I want to represent my fellow students well, I am vocal enough to do so and I already have improvement ideas, but the reason I will be campaigning so hard this week (last week you could be collecting signatures) is pure spite.

So I am gonna go through my arsenal of pretty dresses, use my womanly charms I forgot I had and get those signatures 😈 😈

Elle Woods would be proud of you!

I only have P.E. today but you bet I am taking my list to badminton and making everyone sign it 😈🔪

Just doubled my signature number 😇

I fucking love this!

sometimes people pretend you’re a bad person so they don’t feel guilty for the things they did to you

not a dream, csa tw, sexual assault, rape, sexual violence, abuse tw

there is a really repulsive continuous gang rape of a minor case going on in Croatia right now and some time this week I might write a lengthy post about it and I will count on all of you to spread the information and share it because things are being covered up and the perps, sons of influential people, seem to be getting away with abusing a 15 year old child for over a year, there were tapes and evidence and all of it has disappeared now and their families are trying to frame it like the boys are the victims but the public isn’t having any of it

the court is though, the court is literally failing this young child

the victim’s ex boyfriend lured her into a house where a large number of his friends waited for them, she was then raped by a 19 year old and told that the whole thing was filmed and if she tried to tell anyone, the tape would be released and spread and everyone would know “what a sl*t she was”, then she was beaten, and over the course of a year she was beaten multiple times, raped repeatedly by at least 5, reportedly the number could be over 7 boys, some of them younger adults, some minors, she was threatened, filmed without her consent, psychologically abused, blackmailed, and finally a few weeks ago she opened up to a school counselor after she was sent there for what was cited as ‘deviant behavior’

some people are blaming her, saying she provoked them, or that she should have spoken up sooner, some people are saying the whole year only counts as one rape because she didn’t report it, some are saying she set the boys up in a trap, some are saying she is of loose morals, etc, but most people are horrified and most people want the boys and men to be held responsible for what they’ve done to her

not the judge in the case, he literally let them all go and said that he knows what he was doing

and then

and then, listen to this

when the whole thing got out because the police were fucking fed up and were trying to get the bastards but some more influential people were stopping the investigation from going further and evidence was starting to go missing and one of the police officers leaked it to a brave reporter (and now the two face bigger charges apparently than these rapists, and everyone who shared photos of the rapists could be jailed too), the judge got protection after he was threatened for setting the criminals free

not the girl, she didn’t get any kind of protection awarded to her despite living in a really small town with all of her abusers, just the judge

so

fuck them

fuck all of them

i want this story to blow up not just in croatia

i want foreign media to write about it

i want people to hear about it

i want the rapists’ faces plastered on every newspaper, every social media, i want them to be punished, i want their families who paid for the evidence to disappear to be punished, i want this judge punished, i want everyone who insulted and threatened and abused this girl to be punished

and i will do literally anything i can, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, to see this story spread everywhere

because so far, no one got any justice for the young  victim and she deserves to feel safe and protected and accepted and loved again

English Pronunciation

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.

After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud.

I fucking hate this thing

some of them i hadn’t even seen before

winner

Someone make an audio of this

This is a fucking nightmare

Playing in the Rain.

Juniper loves the rain, there was nothing he found more soothing than playing in the rain. Before he moved into the tavern he lived in a run-down cottage in the forest. It was built there when some settlers had planned to put their town, before deciding on a bigger clearing in the woods. It had to have been at least 30 years old. There were holes in the roof and plants growing inside, but he loved nature and so he never fixed it. When it would rain it came through the roof. He would sit on the dry part and watch the rain for hours. Somedays when he was restless he went out to run around in it. This hadn’t changed when he moved to the tavern. On days when he wasn’t working and it was raining he would go out and play in the rain. The first few times he did so alone, sooner rather then later the children who lived in the town began to join him.

Hush had been walking through town towards the tavern when the rain had first begun. He immediately booked it using his long legs to move quickly, trying to avoid being in the rain for long periods. He paused five feet from the door as it swung open and his elf friend sped past him. Juniper laughed as he twirled around in the rain, causing Hush to look at him in confusion.

“Were you not in a hurry? You left the building rather fast my friend?” Hushs words boomed through the rain. Juniper looked at him for a minute having just realized he was there.

“Huh, oh no! No hurry I just like to play in the rain it relaxes me.” the elf spoke as he walked to a puddle and jump into it. Hush tilted his head in confusion, the clothes he was wearing sticking to him. He watched his friend for another minute before children’s laughter filled the air. He watched as a group of ten kids ran to join Juni, in front of the tavern.

“Hello, Mr.Triggs! Are we playing tag today?” the smallest child asked as she stepped in front of the others. Hush could tell that despite being the smallest and probably the youngest she was the leader of the group.

“Of course! You all have permission to be here right?” Juniper asked, all the children nodded.

“Okay, so who wants to be it first?” Juniper questioned watching with a small smile as all the children began to discuss it amongst themselves.

“Sir,” Hush looked down to see a child no more than 6 years old tugging at his soaked pants leg.

“Yes?” he asked crouching down to see the child better. The little kid looked nervous and it was clear that he usually didn’t talk to anyone except his friends.

“Will you be it?” the response came as a whisper. Hush paused for a moment looking at the other kids. They, as well as Juniper, were waiting for his response. He looked back to the little boy standing before him and nodded.

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Artic was sitting at a table by the window, she hated the rain but it was always fun to watch her elf friend play with the small children in the rain. Today it was better as she got to see the 8ft tall dragon born chase around little kids without accidentally hurting them. He had long legs but they were little and fast. Artic watched as the little kid zipped under Hushes legs and bolt in the other direction before jumping into a puddle. On the other side of the small field was Juniper. He and some of the other kids had begun playing what looked to be a modified version of hopscotch. Shaking her head she laughed as two small children got corner by Hush, one bolting under his legs and the other around his side. He spun so fast he landed in a giant puddle causing the water to splash all over the kids. Sipping her drink she sat back to enjoy the show.

Beautiful

@mikey-girl12 @violetrose120 @butrflize @wheresthesoup

Y’all are like

Super cool

Thank you so much for being in my Dnd campaign. All of your characters are amazing and I can’t wait to have our first session! Not to mention you guys are super supportive and excited and sodkwkske you’re all so unique and you show that you care and you show interest in my creations and I love hearing you guys talk about your interests such as Kpop and bnha

Just like? Tysm??? For just being my friend? Especially right now, at a time when I’m very much on my own and often isolated in my dorm. You guys make me feel like I have someone to go to. You guys are like a home. I can’t thank you enough ❤️❤️❤️

I LOVE YOU BEAN YOURE ABSOLUTELY EONDERFUL 💖💖💖

TY KYLA SO ARE YOU AAAA WKSKWKKSKW

Sunny is here to love you on this account too! <3

@mikey-girl12 @violetrose120 @butrflize @wheresthesoup

Y’all are like

Super cool

Thank you so much for being in my Dnd campaign. All of your characters are amazing and I can’t wait to have our first session! Not to mention you guys are super supportive and excited and sodkwkske you’re all so unique and you show that you care and you show interest in my creations and I love hearing you guys talk about your interests such as Kpop and bnha

Just like? Tysm??? For just being my friend? Especially right now, at a time when I’m very much on my own and often isolated in my dorm. You guys make me feel like I have someone to go to. You guys are like a home. I can’t thank you enough ❤️❤️❤️

I LOVE YOU BEAN YOURE ABSOLUTELY EONDERFUL 💖💖💖

TY KYLA SO ARE YOU AAAA WKSKWKKSKW

Flight 18

Summary:  Korean Air Flight 18 leaves daily from Los Angeles traveling to Seoul.  You’ve taken this flight before, but this time you’ve got an irritating passenger in the neighboring seat.  Little did you know that he would end up giving you the ride of your life.

Wordcount: 9500 ish.  This was only supposed to be a small drabble, but I got carried away.

Warnings:  Sex sex sex!  Oral sex for everybody.  Finger banging.  Penis in vagina. Sex with strangers! Sex in a bathroom so if you are germ phobic, good luck with that.  Also, dirty talking vulgarity galore.

Notable:  It’s Hoseok y’all!  So you can stop nagging me about how I don’t have any Hobi fics!

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“See something you like?” The man sitting across from you at the boarding gate stretched out his hands and spread his knees further apart, as if inviting you to take a closer look.

“I… I’m sorry.  I was just zoning out.  I didn’t even realize I was looking in your direction,” you lied.  

“Uh-huh.  Sure.  Tell yourself whatever you need to, “ he replied with a smirk.

You ignored him, raising the book you had been reading higher, covering your face in an attempt to hide your embarrassment.  The truth was you had been staring, but not because you were attracted.  Instead you were appalled that anyone would show up to an airport dressed like that.

This guy, whoever he was, had shown up to the airport wearing shorts that appeared to be nothing more than a pair of gray sweats that had been cut off at the knees and a denim jacket that he had only bothered to use two buttons to close.  He had on no shirt underneath and with his jacket being barely closed, a large portion of his upper chest and his abdomen were visible.  His sweat-shorts were hung low on his hips to make sure the waistband of his Balenciaga underwear was visible for all to see.  A hat kept his hair completely covered – the only modest thing about him.

To think that guy would presume that you might be looking at him because you found him attractive was laughable.  He looks like the kind of guy who got kicked out of his apartment for not paying rent.  Probably couldn’t afford rent because he wasted all his money on stupid designer underwear.  His landlord probably kept the rest of his wardrobe as collateral.   

You stifled a laugh, amused by your own thoughts on why this stranger showed up to the airport looking like that.  Attracted to him? As if.

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Jungkook and his wife 😂