Lead on, oh Kinky Turtle

spoken-en-ciel:

so-treu:

larepublicadedet:

newsweek:

Amen, Charlize. 

If folk watch the video - Viola Davis’ point was not about being hot or not, was not about comparing her looks to Halle Berry. It was about  (as she said if Theron hadn’t have interrupted her and someone making this into a .gif) that she understands the identity standards that Hollywood commodifies for particular roles and reproduce then disseminate to the masses. Regardless of Theron or me or anybody thinking that Viola Davis is the biznez, the structure  couldn’t give two warm damns about what we think. Like Clooney said in the video, Hollywood uses very simple ways to decide what the audience does/doesn’t want … of course all of this is a microcosm for how the larger society actually work - and in that there’s a system, a hierarchy, racism, colorism, classism, intellectual elitism, etc. an exclusion based on who is in charge & who runs the business. Those ppl look more like Theron than Berry or Davis, and they look especially like the majority of folk sitting in the room in that clip - white males.

yeah, way to miss the point, newsweek. as usual.

White women do this shit ALL THE TIME though.

Whenever I as a black woman start talking about difficulties black women have it in terms of beauty and desirability, they come in like “but you’re so attractive/your dark skin is so gorgeous; I’m jealous/other bs along those lines.” It’s as simple as thinking about it is too hard for them, so they think giving us a compliment will make us shut up and feel good cuz this white woman finds us attractive.

The point isn’t what YOU personally think of us cuz it ain’t like you hiring us, you dating us, or you fucking us. YOU do not override what the majority of people think and behave. If the majority of white people don’t want to work with us, don’t find us attractive, etc etc because of our dark skin, YOU saying that you don’t mind isn’t fucking helping the conversation. Not only is it so insignificant that I could slap the white off of you, but it is a SILENCING TACTIC to stop us from discussing our pain. As if your personal opinion of us means everything we said CAN’T be true because you’re proof is not.

Shut the fuck and have every stadium in the world’s worth of seats.

Commentary.

(via daniellemertina)