how have you been?

halorvic:

halorvic:

halorvic:

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mexicaheart:

Finished with two details from the painting of Cuauhtemoc the last emperor. Here, a man and a woman in the modern regalia of my calpulli worship before the mysteries of Cuauhtemoc. Their legs are painted red with flame glyphs to remember the burned feet of Cuauhtemoc, when Cortez tortures him for the Aztec treasure, and their eyes are painted with crosses in red and black, to symbolize wisdom and that they see divine mysteries on the four quarters of the cosmos. #cuauhtémoc #indigenous #mexicapride

mexicaheart:

Hoy terminé de pintar Cipactli, la Tierra, un detalle de la pintura de Cuauhtemoc. aquí, ella se traga a Cuauhtémoc, el último emperador de México, que desciende con la muerte al inframundo.

I finished painting today Cipactli, the Earth, a detail from the painting of Cuauhtemoc. here, she swallows Cuauhtemoc, the last emperor of Mexico, who descends on death into the underworld.

eronthebender:

reenuka:

reenuka:

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ladyshinga:

I used to think the idea of aliens having human zoos was horrifying but honestly if a bunch of aliens want to watch me sit and watch Netflix all day in a cozy little environment where I don’t have to pay for rent or food and they have human-specialist doctors on hand as needed, IDK, like. I’d be all right with it.

white ppl: lol human zoos?? what a crazy made up concept! sounds fun! sign me up! lmao

black ppl:

Africans:

Asians:

Native Americans:

Native Australians / Aboriginals:

Human zoos delighted white westerners in Europe and America as recently as 1958.

Correction: as recent as 2018.

I don’t know who said it goes but pretty much someone said that the reason a lot of shit in “Sci-Fi” is terrifying to white people is because it’s taking all the evil shit they’ve done to People of Color and show it happening to White people as well they just jazz it up to make it futuristic/alien.

Forced sterilization/Governmental control over Births, Eugenics, human zoos, extermination of humanity, chattel slavery, human breeders, poisoned evironments/foods, indoctrination, etc.

We all can think of at least on form of Sci-Fi media where that happens and if you google any of those with mention Sci-Fi you’ll get straight up examples of these happening to PoC in real life.

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Brown

darklovelyandsouthasian:

She said I probably don’t use soap

which is why my skin is so dirty,

Brown.

Why can’t I just wash my genes clean,

wear my face, arms, back, legs

in the shade like forsha girls.

I learned to hate the sun at a young age,

and my skin long before then.

No amount of scrubbing and bleach

could fade this dirt, this hurt,

when I             

would scrub my hands until hot water

scalded and fingers turned red

like sunburn–

if i could sunburn,

and not turn brown instead.

I discerned confusion.

But you live in America, you should be white!

Sorry to disappoint.

That my straight A’s don’t stand for “Anglophile”

and I don’t fit your fair-complexioned profile.

California sunkissed skin

translates to it’ll be harder for you to find a man.

There was an uncle whom I had never met,

What was he like? I asked.

Kalo. Dark.

Not dark like he was broody, or found morbid humor amusing.

Not even tall, dark, and handsome

because that word doesn’t belong with the others–dark.

They say dark chocolate’s an acquired taste.

How long will it be before my bitter flesh

turns sweet?
 

Then one day,

You look lighter than before!

and so I’m loved a little more.

The dark shadow crossing my dark eyes,

pales next to a paled cheek.

I can’t remember the color of my skin.

It grows dim, brown paper bag,

paper thin,

for you to wash me with color

or wash me clean.

Bleaches and creams,

I tried them all,

not eight years old,

but old enough to hate

this shamla chamra, ki nongra.

In my land of brown bodies,

I must be fair of skin to be lovely.

© Farhana J.

Farhana was born in Bangladesh and immigrated to the US as an infant. She grew up in California, living life on the hyphen. “Brown” was inspired by personal experiences of being a not-so-fair-and-lovely Bangladeshi girl. You can find more of her poetry at http://faeriehana.blogspot.com/

Submitted by Farhana 

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