thefandomdropout:

jehovahhthickness:

What drives me insane is when people who come at you sideways and they try to tell you to watch your tone.

Don’t provoke me and then try to police my reaction.

They always love to tell you to “calm down” too when you calmly mention they crossed a line. It’s ridiculous.

bibberly:

kevtor:

reclaimingasia:

A white: but saying Asians are naturally smart is POSITIVE discrimination:)))

Me: The model minority myth was invented by whites as a tool of antiblackness to create divisions between communities of color and prove that ‘anyone can succeed in America if they just TRY hard enough!!1!’ thereby implying that antiblackness is black ppl’s own fault for not TRYING enough. Additionally, it relies on false interpretations of data and hurts the opportunities of all Asians, particularly less privileged ones, and dehumanizes Asians by furthering stereotypes of us as some kind of innately robot-like monolithic-minded hive, devalues our individual accomplishments and uses us as a tool to further antiblackness

i love this post

As a teacher, I can say with certainty that “smart” stereotypes are absolutely not positive for my Asian students. A few things I’ve heard repeatedly:

– Asian student gets the highest grade on a test; other students say, “Well, of course he/she got an A.” Any work the student did is minimized because it’s assumed perfect scores come naturally.

– Asian student is in a class for lower-performing students; other students question aloud whether he/she is really Asian and/or in the right class.

– Asian student gives a wrong answer in an advanced class; other Asian kids say, “You can’t be on our team anymore.” White kids say, “You’re one of us today.” Jokes ensue.

– Teachers complain that Asian students did poorly on district or state tests. Actual quote: “With a name like that, he should have brought up our class average.”

Those are just some of the most common comments, but there are many others. There is no way this stereotype is positive for these kids.

littlejotuncrybaby:

afro-elf:

afro-elf:

marvel where’s my ten minute video of thor teaching earth etiquette to the asgardians???

“this is a dog”

[a bunch of hands fly up]

“you cannot ride it, it is too small”

[all hands go down]

I will never stop reblogging this every single time it reappears on my dash

ridleydaisyy:

first they attack Jake Lloyd, a child that did everything he was instructed to do in a moment in his life that should have been exhilarating for a kid, leading him to hit a downward spiral

then they attack Hayden Christensen for his role of Anakin Skywalker so much so that he quits acting completely

next is George Lucas for “ruining their childhoods” enough so that he sells his entire goddamn franchise and goes into the shadows

after is John Boyega, harassing him relentlessly and calling him slurs solely for him being a black lead character in a Star Wars film

then it’s Daisy Ridley for being a lead woman in a Star Wars film, calling her a Mary Sue and attacking her for posting pictures with John Boyega, her best friend, enough to make her leave social media

finally it’s Kelly Marie Tran, a lead Asian woman lead in a Star Wars film; slurs and other harrasments left as comments on her social media so much so that she deletes it all

so yeah, congrats Star Wars fans. you are officially the worst fanbase ever and I hope you’re fucking proud

chronicallyinvisible:

you know what’s totally fucked about having a chronic illness is if you haven’t tried literally every possible treatment under the sun then you’re seen as having given up and not trying hard enough to get better. doesn’t matter if you’ve already tried 300 known treatments, spent tens of thousands of dollars on trying to get better; if you haven’t tried the latest herbal supplement milked from a rare tree in the depths of the Amazon jungle then you’re not trying hard enough.