Category: white privilege

  • Facebook Doesn’t Speak Black

    Facebook Doesn’t Speak Black

    I found a dream that I could speak to | A dream that I can call my own. Etta James Earlier on Facebook, I responded to an article about vulva-themed cupcakes sold by a bakery. I remarked that, “I hate Americans.” Well, minutes later, Facebook sends me a threatening message about violating community standards. According…

  • Painted Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

    If you want to paint a certain group as being needier and less fortunate than another, you simply use pictures. You get that group front and center at every opportunity. Whether it be on billboards, television, the Internet, magazines, newspapers, etc. Always, always, pretend that their story is one that should be shared with the…

  • Can’t See the Trees for the Forest

    I always thought the saying “I can’t see the forest for the trees” wasn’t always a good way to observe life, and today I’m convinced. Lemme explain that. Around the nation, people have somehow been convinced that Libya deserves to be invaded by European interests due to civil strife; civil meaning a rife between neighbors.…