"I am Hollywood's acceptable version of a Black girl and that has to change. We're vastly too beautiful and too interesting for me to be the only representation of that." - #Zendaya in conversation with @BadAssBoz at #BeautyconNYC
#NQSOC221 “Studies over several decades have documented the tendency of people in the majority not to be aware of their own race or ethnicity and so do not mention it an an answer” Pg. 369
@MadisonSoc221 Dr Seuss isn’t alone in this. Walt Disney has been accused of having racist art out there as well, do enough digging and you’ll find many large names have a past with racism.
@LexisWilliams1 Its also sad that we can justify the oppression and even murder of these innocents because of our hatred of a small group that are somehow connected to them. #NQSOC221
@LexisWilliams1 I think about this a lot myself. But unfortunately there’s still states that teach students that slavery wasn’t ever really a thing. We have a lot of improvement to do before we ever get to race and ethnic studies being mandatory.
“Yellow peril fears produced much discriminatory federal and local legislation. It also contributed to the most dramatic and traumatic policy expression of the belief that Asians were a dangerous racial threat to the country” pg. 222 #NQSOC221
Watch how many of the same people celebrating their Parkland peers demonize or completely ignore the legitimacy of these Black students merited concerns. https://t.co/FMiMvKRCl8
#NQSOC221 pg. 363 “... psychological studies reveal that whether people decide to emphasize age, gender, race, or ethnicity in their own story of who they are, these characteristics will necessarily influence their identity and experiences in the world”
Even the positive stereotype of Asian Americans students as academic stars or white kids can be burden some to the people so labeled. Asian Americans who do only moderately well in school may face criticism. (Pg. 266) #NQSOC221