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ENSLAVED AFRICANS WERE blacksmiths, metallurgists, toolmakers, sculptors, and engravers, silversmiths and goldsmiths, tanners, shoemakers, and saddle-makers. They were designers and builders of warehouses and docks, barracks and homes, public buildings, churches, canals and dams.They were coopers, draymen and coach drivers; breeders, groomers and trainers of horses; and cowboys skilled in cattle rearing and herding. They were hunters and fishermen, as well as pearl divers. They were ship builders, navigators, sounders, caulkers, sailmakers, ship carpenters, sailors, and rowers. They were basket weavers, potters and salth makers. They were cooks, bakers, pastry chefs, candy-makers, street vendors, innkeepers, personal servants, housekeepers, laundresses, domestics, doctors,or surgeons and nurses. They cultivated corn, rice, garden crops, tobacco, poultry, pigs, sheep and goats.
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Gold, God, Race and Slaves from Slavery and African Ethnicites in The Americas; Restoring the Links by Gwendolyn Mildo Hall.
Tell me again, how American blacks are deficient in work ethic..tell me again how we only picked cotton..tell me again about the inferior DNA of African Americans.
I will wait…
See, slaves were chosen because of their specific skill set..Europeans paid attention to shit like ethnicity and the skills africans could bring with them to the United States and throughout the Americas.
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EXCUSE ME YES I NEED THESE TO LIVE
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Oh my gosh. You can buy a matching necklace too. AND you get a knife sharpener thrown in. Waaaant.
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Outlaw this post, Arizona.
Outlaw this post, Arizona.
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heroin-e replied to your chat: White person: (reviewing my CV) Oh, under…
hoooooly crap, SRSLY? *eyeroll at that CV reviewer*
Like, on the one hand, I appreciate that being told that now is probably better than going to an interview and having to deal with some white dude asking me very slowly if I speak English, but on the other hand, a.) I have an American accent? That’s kind of a big clue that I can speak English fluently and b.) I really don’t want to work with a company that would look at my name and my face and assume that I probably can’t speak English well.
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I approve of this GIF use.
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I will give you an example of how race affects my life. I live in a place called Alpine, New Jersey. Live in Alpine, New Jersey, right? My house costs millions of dollars. In my neighborhood, there are four black people. Hundreds of houses, four black people. Who are these black people? Well, there’s me, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z and Eddie Murphy. Only black people in the whole neighborhood. So let’s break it down, let’s break it down: me, I’m a decent comedian. I’m a’ight. Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man who lives next door to me does for a living? He’s a fucking dentist! He ain’t the best dentist in the world…he ain’t going to the dental hall of fame…he don’t get plaques for getting rid of plaque. He’s just a yank-your-tooth-out dentist. See, the black man gotta fly to get to somethin’ the white man can walk to.
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Chris Rock
see, this is something that aforementioned idiot should listen to. if you think racial equality exists because we have the same purported opportunity to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, ask if we even started at the same point, when people of color didn’t even have the same opportunities to set up a foundation for the life of this generation. you think your white grandparents got the same jobs as a person of color’s grandparents, so that they could retire and you would know they’d have access to healthcare? you think your white family was offered the same rates (or even chances) for home loans as a family of color’s so that you didn’t have to work a job through high school to meet rent? you think that your mother worrying if you’re going to get into a good college is hard enough? what if on top of that, your mother also had to worry that you might get gunned down in the street because of the color of your skin?
i’m sorry buddy, but you are wrong, and chris rock is so, so right.
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Woman Who Made Fun Of American Apparel Contest Wins, American Apparel Act Like A Bunch Of Babies
Nancy Upton, the gorgeous prankster who satirized American Apparel’s condescending search for a plus-sized model with smutty and silly overindulgence photos, actually won the online contest! Then American Apparel acted all American Apparel and wouldn’t recognize her victory, even though she had far and away the most votes. Here are some more of the photos that lampooned the contest and won the hearts of online voters.
American Apparel’s Pissy Response To Nancy Upton, In Part
“It’s a shame that your project attempts to discredit the positive intentions of our challenge based on your personal distaste for our use of light-hearted language, and that “bootylicous” was too much for you to handle. While we may be a bit TOO inspired by Beyoncé, and do have a tendency to occasionally go pun-crazy, we try not to take ourselves too seriously around here. I wonder if you had taken just a moment to imagine that this campaign could actually be well intentioned, and that my team and I are not out to offend and insult women, would you have still behaved in the same way, mocking the confident and excited participants who put themselves out there?”
… “Oh—and regarding winning the contest, while you were clearly the popular choice, we have decided to award the prizes to other contestants that we feel truly exemplify the idea of beauty inside and out, and whom we will be proud to have representing our company.”
God DAMN, this woman is cool, & American Apparel sucks.
Fuck American Apparel!
Brilliant!
Nancy Upton, You’re my hero.
Suck it, American Apparel. Nancy Utpon, you’re awesome and look absolutely delicious (pun intended).
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Hey! I just discovered this blog and LOVE it! Great, great job you do here! ^___^ All I wanted to say is, that there’s one thing I had to think of, when I saw a lot of these pictures, especially the ones where the spine seems to crack. And I’m really suprised nobody else seemed to see the similarity. Remember these guys?
Yay! The worm guys from Men in Black. A lot of heroines here (the ones with a 90° angle-crack in their spine) seem to have bodies like them. Maybe they’re related? ;-)
http://eschergirls.tumblr.com/post/11401431148/you-should-give-her-another-pair-of-legs-and-just
Oh my god they ARE so similar.
Ahahahahahahahahaha
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