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b8nc-str8: theuppitynegras: kiascales: Anti-Black This is a...

bravadostudios — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:47:38 +0100

theuppitynegras:

kiascales:

Anti-Black

This is a video i created on anti-blackness.

Multiple times I have been forced to endure the constant voice of whiteness and racism that many black college students have to. I’ve been accused of having a black-only scholarship, called the “n-word” or ghetto. Then I was scolded if I reacted violently and told I was backing stereotypes.

So i decided what would it be like if white had to endure the hatred of blacks without any chance to defend themselves and looking at the things they caused.

lil love rhyme

bravadostudios — Sun, 05 May 2013 00:58:28 +0100

Glass of water to drink whilst I’m in the pool,
eating seafood whilst I’m by the sea.
Smoking green to get my high on the plane.
Countless endeavours
give pain and pleasure
Love is likewise
irony.
All the same.

"I think the problem is that many people in America think that racism is an attitude. And this is..."

bravadostudios — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:01:11 +0100

“

I think the problem is that many people in America think that racism is an attitude. And this is encouraged by the capitalist system. So they think that what people think is what makes them a racist. Racism is not an attitude.

If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.

Racism gets its power from capitalism. Thus, if you’re anti-racist, whether you know it or not, you must be anti-capitalist. The power for racism, the power for sexism, comes from capitalism, not an attitude.

You cannot be a racist without power. You cannot be a sexist without power. Even men who beat their wives get this power from the society which allows it, condones it, encourages it. One cannot be against racism, one cannot be against sexism, unless one is against capitalism.

”

- Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) answering a question about racism, sexism, and capitalism.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tug8RJyLoz0

(via disciplesofmalcolm)

uugh yes perfect

(via mwenzangu)

sweeter than: autumnyte: When I was younger, I wish someone had told me straight-up...

bravadostudios — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:41:05 +0100

sweeter than: autumnyte: When I was younger, I wish someone had told me straight-up...:

autumnyte:

When I was younger, I wish someone had told me straight-up that not all adults experience “a calling”. That many of them never find particular purpose in a career. That sometimes, their job is just what pays the bills and they have to seek satisfaction and fulfillment elsewhere.

Because as an adult, this pervasive notion that there exists a perfect path for everyone, that people should love what they do, and that work is meant to function as a vehicle for fulfilling a person’s grand life destiny is not only inaccurate for many of us, it can be toxic.

The ideal is so ingrained that I have to remind myself constantly I’m not a failure because I don’t adore my job, and because I’m not rocking the world with my work. That is okay.

Sometimes, work is just work. There isn’t always a perfect career path, magically waiting to be discovered. There might not be this THING you were born to do. Sometimes, you discover that what you really want to be when you grow up is “paid”.

Photo

bravadostudios — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:30:37 +0100

englissonly: Transcript of the poem via Jaded. Please note that...

bravadostudios — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:39:59 +0100

englissonly:

Transcript of the poem via Jaded. Please note that stylistically and visually this poem is very different. Poem starts at 1:00.

Discourse on the logic of language

English is my mother tongue

A mother tongue is not a foreign

lang lang lang language

languish anguish

a foreign anguish

English is my father tongue

a father tongue is a foreign language

therefore English is a foreign language

not a mother tongue

what is my mother tongue

my mammy tongue

my mummy tongue

my momsy tongue

my modder tongue

my ma tongue

I have no mother tongue

no mother to tongue

no tongue to mother tongue me

I must therefore be tongue-dumb

dumb tongued

dub tongued

damn dumb tongue

but I have a dumb tongue

tongue dumb

father tongue

and English is my mother tongue

is my father tongue

is a foreign lan lang lang language

languish anguish

a foreign anguish is English

Another tongue

My mother mammy mummy modder mater meser modder tongue

mother tongue tongue mother

mother tongue me

mother me touch me with the tongue of your

lan lang language

languish anguish

English is a foreign anguish

When it was born the mother held her new born child close. She began then to lick it all over. The child whimpered a little. But as the mother’s tongue moved faster and stronger over its body, it grew silent. The mother turning it this way and that under her tongue until she’d tongued it clean of the creamy white substance covering its body.

Edict I.

Every owner of slaves shall wherever possible shall ensure that the slaves belong to as many ethno-linguistic groups as possible. If they cannot speak to each other, they cannot then ferment rebellion and revolution.

The mother then put her fingers in her child’s mouth, gently forcing it open. She touches her tongue to the child’s tongue and holding the tiny mouth open she blows into it hard. She was blowing words. Her words her mother’s words those of her mother’s mother and all their mothers before her daughter’s mouth.

Edict II.

Every slave caught sleeping his native language shall be severely punished. Where necessary removal of the tongue is recommended. The offending organ when removed should be hung on a high central place so that all may see and tremble.

Those parts of the brain chiefly responsible for speech are named after two learned 19th century doctors. The eponymous doctors Broker and Dr. Vernicer respectively. Dr. Broker believed the size of the brain determined intelligence. He devoted much of his time proving that White males of the Caucasian race had larger brains than and were therefore superior to women, Blacks and other peoples of colour.

Understanding and recognition of the spoken word takes place in Vernicer’s area of the left temporal lobe situated next to the auditory cortex. From there relevant information to Broker’s area situated in the left frontal cortex which then forms the response and passes it on to the mortal cortex. The mortal cortex controls the muscles of speech.

A tapering, blunt-tipped, muscular, soft and fleshy organ describes

a) The penis.

b) The tongue.

c) Neither of the above.

d) Both of the above.

In man the tongue is

a) The principle organ of taste.

b) An organ of articulate speech.

c) The principle organ of oppression and exploitation.

d) All of the above.

The tongue is

a) An inter-woven of strided muscle running in three planes.

b) Fixed to the jaw bone.

c) Has an outer covering of a mucus membrane covered with [_]

d) Contains ten thousand buds none of which is sensitive to the taste of foreign words.

Air is forced out of the lungs, through the larynx where it causes the vocal cords to vibrate and create sound. The metamorphosis from sound to intelligent word requires

a) The lip, tongue and jaw all working together.

b) A mother tongue.

c) The overseer’s whip.

d) All of the above or none.

English is my mother tongue

A mother tongue is not a foreign

lang lang lang language

languish anguish

a foreign anguish

English is my father tongue

a father tongue is a foreign language

therefore English is a foreign language

not a mother tongue

what is my mother tongue

my mammy tongue

my mummy tongue

my momsy tongue

my modder tongue

my ma tongue

I have no mother tongue

no mother to tongue

no tongue to mother tongue me

I must therefore be tongue-dumb

dumb tongued

dub tongued

damn dumb tongue

but I have a dumb tongue

tongue dumb

father tongue

and English is my mother tongue

is my father tongue

is a foreign lan lang lang language

languish anguish

a foreign anguish is English

Another tongue

My mother mammy mummy modder mater meser modder tongue

mother tongue tongue mother

mother tongue me

mother me touch me with the tongue of your

lan lang language

languish anguish

English is a foreign anguish.

ladyfresh: wonderfully done! fazstreetart: At the STWTS...

bravadostudios — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:14:19 +0100

ladyfresh:

wonderfully done!
fazstreetart:

At the STWTS opening, I asked people to write their own captions to street harassers.

From Stop Telling Women to Smile Opening at Fresthetic on April 12, 2013. Brooklyn, NY.

Photos by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

alaynyala: blackfashion: knowledgeequalsblackpower: stelmarias...

bravadostudios — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:01:06 +0100

alaynyala:

blackfashion:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

stelmarias:

(x)

Standing ovation

OMG YES

"Remember, one who enjoys more is bound to suffer more because he becomes very sensitive. But..."

bravadostudios — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:10:09 +0000

“Remember, one who enjoys more is bound to suffer more because he becomes very sensitive. But suffering is not bad. If you understand it rightly, suffering is a cleansing. If you understand it rightly, sadness has a depth to it which no happiness can ever have. A person who is simply happy is always superficial. A person who has not known sorrow and has not known sadness, has not known the depths. He has not touched the bottom of his being; he has remained just on the periphery. One has to move within these two banks. Within these two banks flows the river.”

- Osho (via perfectkaleidoscopicbeauty)

Sweet like sow sap: thempress: Like I as a black woman have had to identify with white...

bravadostudios — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:34:21 +0000

Sweet like sow sap: thempress: Like I as a black woman have had to identify with white...:

thempress:

Like I as a black woman have had to identify with white women, and their relationships my entire life.

And it’s gonna hurt you for ten seconds to watch a television show or movie where a black man/black woman are working out their relationship.

Or just have a black woman in…

corporatemonkey: Baby turtle avalanche!

bravadostudios — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:37:58 +0000

corporatemonkey:

Baby turtle avalanche!

"Femininity is depicted as weakness, the sapping of strength, yet masculinity is so fragile that..."

bravadostudios — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:33:11 +0000

“Femininity is depicted as weakness, the sapping of strength, yet masculinity is so fragile that apparently even the slightest brush with the feminine destroys it.”

- Gwen Sharp (via froideurs)

"You can only see in others what your nature allows you to see. The range of your vision depends on..."

bravadostudios — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:33:11 +0000

“You can only see in others what your nature allows you to see. The range of your vision depends on the extent of your personal development”

- ANAIS NIN (via love-less)

breakingzeemold: i wanna play house with you forever

bravadostudios — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:54:45 +0000

breakingzeemold:

i wanna play house with you forever

xshiromorix: Just a reminder: When Prophet Muhammad (sallahu...

bravadostudios — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:20:34 +0000

xshiromorix:

Just a reminder:

When Prophet Muhammad (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) was travelling on the road with his cousin, Al-Fadl ibn Abbas, a woman stopped him to ask him a question. The woman was very beautiful, and Al-Fadl couldn’t help but stare at her.

Seeing this, Prophet Muhammad reached out his hand and turned his cousin’s face away.

He didn’t tell the woman to cover her face.

He didn’t tell her to change her clothing.

He didn’t tell her that her appearance was too tempting or indecent.

He averted his cousin’s impolite stare.

Video

bravadostudios — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:17:44 +0000

YOUNG FATHERS

bravadostudios — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:39:25 +0000

YOUNG FATHERS

"If the world were clear, art would not exist"

bravadostudios — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:03:56 +0000

“If the world were clear, art would not exist”

- Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)

oromi: x

bravadostudios — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:50:28 +0000

oromi:

x

Video

bravadostudios — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:18:00 +0000