I use to get on this site depressed, angry, lonely, insecure, and self-loathing. Tonight, I am full of self-love, building and refining positive/healthy ways to deal with my triggers and bad days.
I got engaged two weeks ago and I am so happy.
It can get better, as frustrating, disheartening, and hopeless it feels sometimes (especially in the beginning), just keep trying.
Be patient and loving with yourself, forgive yourself, love yourself, understand yourself. Just keep trying.
Loftin shot the photo series after seeing the stark contrast between the Google results for “black boy in hoodie” and “white boy in hoodie.”
In contrast to the images of black men depicted in the Google image search, Loftin’s poses are sweet, affectionate, and sometimes silly.
“Black people, and black men specifically, exist outside of the stereotypes that have been created for us by the media and those that control it,” he told.
They always portray us as dangerous thugs in black hoodies, nothing new. And the fact that whites still believe that black people are dangerous to them proves just how ingrained white supremacism is in this country!
This man just wanted to say that racism is still a reality we have to deal with. Inferential racism certainly won’t go away by no one talking about it. We have to accept that there is a serious problem in America, that many white Americans are raised with these subtle cues all around them telling them to “fear blacks”.
Stop making up false stories about us, we are just people, just a little darker.
Along with teaching a lesson on her and Angela Davis, I dressed up as Frida Kahlo as a form of protest for #DayWithoutAWoman #internationalwomensday #queerbrowneducator #fuckthepatriarchy
