the philippines is the FIRST and earliest ASIAN country to establish hip-hop and rap scene (direct influence from being a US colony) yet pinoy hip-hop is overhated and labeled as "corny" mostly by filipino elitists with so-called aircon humor and anime pfps #noticing
feminism getting simplified to “i hate men all men bad” which quickly turned to bioessentialism and berating women for any type of association with them honestly set the movement back cause a lot of y’all out there are just misogynists now in the name of feminism
that being said puhlease don't turn your backs on black ppl just bcuz you're butthurt abt the generalization and stop the "whataboutcovid" bullsheeet. black lives matter and more than ever, look up black ppl being lynched. that's not suicide
retaining some unconscious bias is not the same as not having unlearned bigotry. that's way better?? it's very difficult for some but not impossible. ppl can entirely dismantle their conscious framework of bigotry. there is evidence of that. CIA is trying to call me CIA how odd
HOT TAKE: refusing to acknowledge someone’s growth is unfair. if someone has taken accountability & has shown their change over time, continuing to define them exclusively by their past is not even “holding them accountable” anymore, you just want to personally harm them.
A lot of Filipinos are uglier than they should be bc of malnutrition, lack of access to dental care, pollution, etc. So if you needed another reason to be mad at the government you can just look in the mirror fr