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A white man is called "Cracker" by a black man.
dingraha:
The word hits him like a saltine underhand-tossed into a lake of whole milk. He feels nothing inside. He does not suddenly call to mind the centuries of injustice and cruelty people like him have suffered, because people like him have not suffered centuries of injustice and cruelty. He does not feel threatened, or like violence will be perpetrated upon him (anymore than he usually does...
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Today in "I didn't know they were Black!!": Ludwig...
theafrosistuh:
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The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer. Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern Africans who conquered parts of Europe—making Spain their capital—for some 800 years.
In order to make such a substantial statement, presentation of verifiable...
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“I want a trouble-maker for a lover, Blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of...”
– Rumi (via blaqmagic)
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