nothingfancyjustatitle

we don’t rlly talk enough abt how damaging friendships with white people can be for poc or the warning signs that it’s going to be shitty so!!! for any kids of color who don’t know where to draw the line with your white friends and their racism, these are some pretty damning warning signs.

they only come to you to talk abt racism when they wanna be assured they aren’t racist

they don’t ask you if you’re cool w explaining racism first cuz they feel entitled to your emotional labor

they don’t acknowledge tht they as a white person are inherently racist

they refer to themself as a “good” white person

they make white people jokes

they think the extent of racism is using slurs

they get uncomfortable when you talk abt race

you’re their only/one of their only nonwhite friends

they don’t ever share/reblog/rt/etc. posts abt racism

they don’t make any efforts to actually learn abt/understand racism beyond “poc are oppressed for not being white”

their reaction to you telling them something they did was racist is anything other than apologizing and working to never do it again

they’ve never had a crush on any poc

they’ve only ever had crushes on poc

they try to join in when you’re discussing nonwhite experiences bc they can somehow relate

they’re afraid of ethnic foods

they come to you when they’re distressed expecting support but don’t return the favor

they think a poc confronting someone or standing up for themselves is “aggressive” or any of that other coded bullshit

they victimize themself when you tell them something they did was racist, ESPECIALLY if they cry

they call a woc a bitch idgaf what she did, white people calling woc dogs is bad news

you don’t feel like you would be safe to call them out on their racism, even if it was super undeniably blatant racism

they antagonize the majority of their nonwhite ex friends

they think you’re “tough” or however else they wanna word tht bs

they think speaking spanish is hot and theyre not latinx

they call their white faves shit like “sunshine” and “my baby” but call their faves of color shit like “daddy” and “queen”

they dont like the color brown

alternatively: they only like light shades of brown

-twerking/dabbing/ any other abuse of black culture

-calling themselves otakus

- them blatantly ignoring racial issues

-they never call out thier family/friends for racism

-they dont support that something they like is racist and hurts you

- theyre the “white gay™”

-theyre very defensive when called out on racism

I have witnessed way too much racism in this country to find the “nice Canadian” stereotype cute. The number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in my city alone is horrifying. The abuse and flat-out hatred is grotesque. 

Here in Canada, people are really good at not giving a shit about the well-being of another human being if that person happens to be Aboriginal. Here in Canada, people are so well-armed with their assumptions and stereotypes that they can’t even bother to see Aboriginal people as HUMAN. 

Lesser known facts when writing women:

High heeled shoes don’t become flats if you break the heels off.

The posts of earrings aren’t sharp.

Nail polish takes a long time to dry and smudges when wet.

You can’t hold in a period like pee.

Inserting a tampon is not arousing or sexual in any way, ever.

- Make up can take anywhere from 5 to 25 minutes depending on how skilled you are.

- Taking hair out of a ponytail after wearing it for hours does not make it perfectly straight when it comes down.

- Hair when wet sticks to the skin it no longer flows, idiot.

-When women with long hair kiss, turn around, do anything, their hair falls in the way.

The three quotes say,

“Intersex is just a part of who I am, like my hair. It doesn’t define me. I am intersex and I’m proud!”

“'Doctors think they have to normalize the baby,’ says Odiele, who is dedicated to stopping what she calls ‘crazy surgeries that are irreversible and nonconsensual, done when you are much too young.’”