Posts tagged racism

Link: Bitches Gotta Eat [the blog]

I saw Samantha Irby at a storytelling & poetry event put on by Chicago Slam Works this week and subscribed to her blog bitches gotta eat. Here’s a link to her open letter entitled, “Dear White people, I love you.”

One of my favorite lines “i’m black, ho. FUCK EARTH

bitches gotta eat (samantha irby) / CC BY-ND 3.0

This is a great opinion video on White middle class socially concerned activists wearing shirts saying “I am not Trayvon Martin” intended to show solidarity with victims of racially charged killings.  She says that White middle class socially concerned activists should instead wear shirts saying, “I am George Zimmerman.”

(HT Dr. Coya Paz)

I AM NOT TRAYVON MARTIN (by 13emcha)

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Shantell Jamison and I square off on whether race has a big effect on whether people succeed.

Shantell says, “yes absolutely without a doubt.”

I was saying, “maybe not.”