I don’t look at it as corporate synergy, I look at it as creative synergy.
We’re creating a world of dummies. Angry dummies who feel they have the right, the authority and the need not only to comment on everything, but to make sure their voice is heard above the rest, and to drag down any opposing views through personal attacks, loud repetition and confrontation.
(via taterpie)
Oh, this. Very much this.
“I can’t believe this is happening in America”
“I can’t believe this is happening in America”
I keep seeing white liberals on social media posting that they can’t believe what is happening in Ferguson, or that they can’t believe this is happening in America. Now I normally wouldn’t care enough about any of that to make any commentary, but they are sending me messages, outraged at what America has become. This America is strange to them. “Are you seeing this?” Yes, I see it. “How is this happening?” Have you all not noticed that I’m Black? Do you genuinely believe that you are sharing confidential information here? Is white supremacy and the abuse of power by the police supposed to be breaking news for me? It’s like they’re saying “us good white people wanted to let you know that there are bad white people out there doing bad things. It’s shocking! Just want to let you know in case you weren’t aware.” They can’t believe it they say.
There are only 3 reasons why they can’t believe that Black people are under siege in the United States and those reasons are as follows;
- They know nothing about the country they live in. Absolutely nothing.
- They haven’t actually listened or payed attention to anything Black people have said before.
- They are deep denial about their country.
Atane’s essay. From start to finish. Read it. It’s important.
To use any character so transparently is shoddy – I’ve been complaining for months about Mack’s under-use, which means the writers were showing me their bad hand this whole time – but specifically for such a milequetoast show to introduce another in its short list of incidental background black characters just expressly for the pathos of killing them off is the very spirit of tokenism. Of course the black guy dies first. (I mean, once there are no more lesbians.)
Oh, Agents of SHIELD, what the hell. (From here.)
