oh where are those tweets abt black protesting in america bc they align so well w this bell hooks essay
mother hooks understood!
“Militant resistance to white supremacy frightened white Americans, even those liberals and radicals who were com- mitted to the struggle to end racial discrimination. There was a great difference between a civil rights struggle that worked primarily to end discrimination and radical commitment to black self-determination. Ironically, many whites who had struggled side by side with black folks responded positively to images of black victimization. Manv whites testified that they looked upon the suffering of black people in the segre- gated South and were moved to work for change. The image of blacks as victims had an accepted place in the conscious- ness of every white person; it was the image of black folks as equals, as self-determining that had no place—that could evoke no sympathetic response. In complicity with the nation-state, all white Americans responded to black mili- tancy by passively accepting the disruption of militant black organizations and the slaughter of black leaders.”
Refusing to be a Victim, Bell Hooks
too tired to be eloquent but also yall can maybe educate yourself on the french protests for one fucking minute? whenever nonwhites protest in france they also get blamed for fucking everything, a lot of union protests just allow white supremacists to join their ranks, theres a reason why the yellow jackets turned antisemitic so fucking fast (and arabic protesters were blamed even though it was white protesters yelling nazi slogans) etc etc. Like just say you buy french PR without a single second thought and have not been paying attention to anti racist struggles in france
I like haunted houses in theory BUT I have no idea how to react when the actors speak to you. They ask me a question and I just… answer it…
The scariest part of a haunted house is the unscripted social interaction.
Scary nurse in a creepy voice: “Do you have an appointment to see the doctor?”
Me: “Uh. Do you accept walk-ins?”
Scary farmer: “I like to kill people!”
My friend, brightly: “I like to die!”
Zombie : “AARRRGH”
Me : “Do you get dental insurance?”
Zombie : “TEETH!!”
This happened to me.
Scary prison dude: HELLO
Me: Nice to meet you!
Him: (pause) No it’s noooooot
My worst horror house experience was when I couldn’t find the (rather obvious) exit and the guy chasing me with a chainsaw stopped, sighed and pointed me to the exit, saying “please scream as loud as you can when you run out there” and just left. I disappointed the horror house chainsaw dude and I will never get over that
Guy: They are all my friends.. (motioning to hanging corpses; then grabs a noose) Will you be my friend? Me: Sure totally, you made me a friendship necklace? Oh my god your so sweet? Guy: … Yes.. Please, let me.. I cant I cant just go (laughing).
– Got to walk a second time through–
Same guy: My friends -wailing- Me: I came back I just really wanted to be friends so bad Guy: (laughing more) Please, Im not allowed to laugh.
I went to a Haunted House and literally befriended every actor there.
Specifically, I remember;
There were zombies walking around in the waiting room. I said “Hi!” and he gave me a high five. Every time he passed from then on, I got a high five.
Near the end, there were these twin little girls. “Come play with us.” They said. “Okay!” I said. “Forever.” They said. “Oh, sorry, can’t do that. I’m busy.”
I could hear them giggling.
Guy playing Freddie Kruger: Remember, you are all my children!
Me: thanks dad
A small chorus of teenagers: thanks dad
I went to a haunted corn maze once. Someone ran at me with a chainsaw. I just stared at him. He hung his head and walked away. I left.
The Real Horror Is The People We Dissapointed Along The Way
Dark skinned women are why we’re getting dark skinned women casted and on-screen. I want to thank Issa Rae personally because I KNOW she’s the reason for the spike in representation and it’s about damn time.
