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yeah and the whole caste

artappraiser — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 18:46:43 +0000

In reply to Bollywood faces its own fair

yeah and the whole caste system is sickeningly intertwined with skin color as a major signifier.

Bollywood faces its own fair

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 12:26:09 +0000

In reply to Black Activists Wonder: Is Protesting Just Trendy for White People?

Bollywood faces its own fair skin obsession

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/28/glamour-glitz-and-artificia...

and inspired bythe

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 21:40:58 +0000

In reply to Here's one way the problem

and inspired bythe illustration for the NYT article, I got a question for Kamala Harris: which side are you on, babe, which side are you really on?

Here's one way the problem

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 21:37:16 +0000

In reply to Ever think part of the

Here's one way the problem could be solved. Everyone who has a slave ancestor gets papers proving that and they get special protest privileges. That would mean Latinos without slave ancestors that get targeted by police would have to start their own movement. As far as people of "indigenous" ancestry railing on police representing and reinforcing what the conquistadores did half a millenia ago, I got nothing, no ideas, sorry.

Ever think part of the

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 21:32:48 +0000

In reply to Black Activists Wonder: Is Protesting Just Trendy for White People?

Ever think part of the problem here could be focusing on and reinforcing focus on division by color of skin, hmmmm? Is there really a "white vs. black" clear divide anymore? Isn't some of the purity testing just reinforcing what stupid cops do in their profiling? Who the fuck are "white people" anyways?

Many people have multiple ethnicities. My son is Native Alaskan, I worry for him. Just because someone is white does not mean their children, mothers and fathers are white too!
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