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This is leaving out the most crucial piece of why that was a normal reality: UNIONS. Union participation percentage is a measly 10% across all industries for the latest statistics in 2025. Unions are the ones who could fight against the requirement for everyone and their mother to need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. they could fight for working hours to be properly compensated so that the work week was actually 40 hours or less and everything over was actually paid for. The reality of the work place and why we work so much more for so much less is because we are not unionized. the reason europeans seem to have it so much better is because of their strong union culture. there are solutions to these problems and we need to stop obscuring the why.
Ā Ā Ā āActually, I painted a picture of Rue,ā Peeta says. āHow she looked after Katniss had covered her in flowers.ā
Ā Ā Ā Thereās a long pause at the table while everyone absorbs this. āAnd what exactly were you trying to accomplish?ā Haymitch asks in a very measured voice.
Ā Ā Ā āIām not sure. I just wanted to hold them accountable, if only for a moment,ā says Peeta. āFor killing that little girl.ā
Ok, moment of talking about thisā¦
First off, you realize (at least in the books) Peeta never saw how Rue looked covered in flowers?! The Capitol never showed that footage, it was too inflamatory. So even when the Victor (or in their case the Victors) re-saw their games in the closing ceremonies, he didnāt see Katniss cover Rue in flowers (they showed her singing though), so he literally painted that by his memory of what Rue looked like and how Katniss described it, alone. And the Gamemakers knew what it was. They knew what he was doing and it scared them. While Katniss was always the shocking Girl on Fire, Peeta was the soft-spoken boy in love with her. That was what the Capitolās image was of him⦠but right then, he shows to be just as angry, just as passionate and just as rebellious as Katniss. While Katniss has shocked everyone with her dresses, her actions against the Capitol in both games, and later the war, and has the government scared of her and trying to kill her because of it, Peetaās thing runs even deeper in that moment. Peetaās painting reminds them that Rue wasnāt just some little prop, some random tribute that Katniss covered in flowers and sang to at one point⦠she was a little girl. A little girl that they helped kill. And he didnāt even need to put it into words.Ā
Seriously, Peeta is pretty badass and brave and anyone who says shit about him will feel my wrath.Ā
Mockingjay: *president kills innocent people*
Mockingjay: *bombs hospital full of un-armed people*
Mockingjay: *starves out the victories*
Mockingjay: *brainwashes peeta*
Mockingjay: *shows katniss slowly losing herself*
Media: so gale or peeta??????
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Okay I got a question for you, resident Batfam Expert! Iāve been reading a lot of fanfic recently (because I love pain) and I was wondering how many of the pet names the family calls each other are canon? Because they have A LOT and theyāre all pretty consistent throughout the writings. Some of the ones Iāve noted regularly are Baby Bird, Little Wing, Jay, Jaylad, Jace, Timmers, Timbo, Dickie, Dickiebird, and then Bruce calling his kids āsweetheartā. (Adorable) Anyway, thanks! Donāt feel a need to rush in answering :) Iām in no hurry
Sorry it took me so long to get to all of these, Iāve spent the last few weeks scrounging up every single resource I could get my hands on so that I could make a comprehensive list of which nicknames are canon and which are fanon and it took a SUPER long time. The bottom line is I ended up accidentally making a whole-ass Google Slides for every single batkid nickname, and while the whole project isnāt anywhere near finished yet, I managed to complete the slides needed to answer all of these questions. So...yeah! Hereās what I found:
Dickie/Dickie-Bird:
Jason seems to be the main nickname-user of the family, so aside from the aforementioned comics, there isnāt very much content of Dick being called āDickieā or āDickie-Birdā. (I also want to bring upĀ āBig Bird,ā which I see Jason calling Dick sometimes in fanfics. That oneās not canon anywhere, unfortunately.) Dick used to be called āDickieā sometimes as a term of endearment during his circus days, but after that itās not likely youāll see any of his family members calling him something other than Dick.Ā
Little Wing:
Sadly,Ā āLittle Wingā hasnāt been used in any canon content after this comic, which is a major bummer since the fandom has turned it into one of Jasonās most popular nicknames (from Dick at least).
Jay/Jace/Jaylad/Jaybird:
(I didnāt list the comic sources for the more widely used nicknames since theyāre so common in comics that you could find them pretty much anywhere.)Ā
Iād say that Bruce called JasonĀ āJayā far more during his Robin days than he does now, though that could be attributed to their more distant relationship nowadays. (Or maybe I just didnāt happen to read the specific modern comics in which he called JasonĀ āJayā orĀ āJace/Jaseā.)
Yeahhh, sorry about this one.Ā āJayladā is kind of theĀ Schrƶdinger's cat of nicknames. The fandom ended up misconstruing the term over time. and losing the comma betweenĀ āJayā andĀ āladā so it becameĀ āJayladā and everyone just stuck with it.
The main person who seems to use this one is Roy Harper, as I havenāt yet found a comic in which one of Jasonās family members calls him āJaybirdā. You can open pretty much any comic with both Jason and Roy in it and expect Roy to say it at least once.
Timmy/Timbers/Timbo:
I havenāt seen anyone calling TimĀ āTimmersā in canon, but otherwise, most of the other common nicknames derived from Timothy are canon.
Pretender/Replacement:
I always found it wild how Jason never once called TimĀ āReplacementā in a comic, and yet we all managed to latch onto it anyway and make it his go-to nickname for Tim? That takes some dedication, man. Otherwise, Jason called TimĀ āPretenderā a few times during Batman: Hush,Ā and that was about it.Ā
Baby Bird/Baby Bat:
I know a lot of people hate the nicknameĀ āBabybirdā (for whatever reason), but honestly, Iām really hoping that DC makes it a thing because dammit, we deserve this breadcrumb at least. As of right now, the only batkid who has ever been calledĀ āBabybirdā was Damian, and it was by his mom. (In fanon, itās typically Tim who is called āBabybirdā while Dick is āDickie-Birdā and Jason is āLittle Wingā. Who decided this, I have no idea but Iām not complaining.) I also includedĀ āBaby Batā since I see that one pretty often too, and that one is sadly not canon either. The DC writers really donāt want us getting our hands on any family fluff whatsoever, huh.
As for Bruce, I donāt think heās ever called his kids a term of endearment more emotional thanĀ āsonā orĀ āpalā because he has the emotional capacity of a dried-up raisin. All of those nicknames likeĀ āsweetheart,āĀ āhoney,āĀ āpumpkin,ā and any other names a parent might call their child are banned from Batmanās dictionary as far as the writers are concerned. Will that make me stop having Bruce call his kidsĀ āsweetheartā in my fics every chance I get? Absolutely not.

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ā¢Jason always finishes whatās on his plate. Even if heās full and throws it up later when he thinks Bruce isnāt looking, he always finishes it.
ā¢Whenever Bruce has to leave for a business trip, Tim catches his sleeve and asks when heās coming back. He holds on until Bruce gives him a time and day and promises to text and call.
ā¢Dick double and triple and quadrupole checks the lines and grapples. He tests them out before anyone else can use them, even after Bruce tests them himself and promises Dick theyāre safe.
ā¢Steph always looks around corners first. Her eyes dart around the room, looking for something that Bruce thinks he knows the answer too, and she lets out a soft breath every time she dosenāt see it.
ā¢Damian hides it very well, but he flinches back whenever Bruce or Dick or Jason raise their voices. He always looks down and twists his hands together, and Bruce is quick to lower his voice and tell Damian āitās not your faultā before an āIām sorryā can leave Damianās mouth.
ā¢sometimes Cassās hands shake when she signs. She stops mid sentence, and Bruce will gently catch her hands and urge her to keep going.
ā¢Sometimes Barbara will look panicked when someone knocks on the door. Her eyes widen and her breath hitches, and Bruce will go to answer it for her. He knocks softly now, when he goes do visit.
ā¢Duke will hang back in the shadows at family gatherings. He does it less and less now, but Bruce will always put an arm around his shoulder and bring him out, and everyone else is always happy to bring him into conversation.
Dick knows heās not the favorite child. Furthermore, he knows who the favorite is. Heās the only one who remembers Bruce as it was before Jason and after Jason. He remembers how Bruce was with Jason, how happy he was. He remembers Bruce without all that weight pressing on his shoulders, and he remembers Bruce right after the funeral. He knows, when he hears about Bruce letting Jason go, letting him get away with another crime, another murder, who the favorite child is.Ā
Jason knows heās not the favorite child, and itās not too fuckinā hard to guess who is. Now, Jason wasĀ āgoneā for a little while, and missed some of it, but he knows. Oh yeah, he knows all about the perfect princess Cass, who can do no wrong, whoās killed and been forgiven for it, who will never, ever kill again. Sheās too good at fighting, so Bruce doesnāt have to worry about her getting dead, and she listens to Bruce, so Bruce doesnāt have to worry about another mistake. Yes, he knows who the favorite child is.Ā
Tim knows heās not the favorite child because itās so obviousĀ who is. Timās not the jealous type, itās just an objective fact! Anyone with eyes can see the affection and care and love Bruce has for the murder-childāsorry, for Damian. Anyone can see how Bruce dotes on the youngest son, his constant reminder of Talia. Anyone can see how Damianās skill impresses him, and itās not that he thinks Bruce dislikes his adopted kids, but Tim knows that the fact that Damianās got that Wayne bloodāMarthaās noseādoesnāt hurt, either. Itās just..itās just a fact, who the favorite child is.Ā
Cass knows sheās not the favorite child. She doesnāt think sheās the least favorite, or anything, but itās pretty clear that the newest addition to their family is absolutely Bruceās favorite. After all, would he break his no-meta ruleāthe most important ruleāfor anyone? Of course not. Cass remembers how Bruce was when Damian was a meta for a little while there, and Bruce is totally different with Duke! He even encourages his powers and offers to help train them! Duke is so smart and cool and funny, and Cass totally knows who the favorite child is.Ā
Steph knows sheās not the favorite child. Hell, sheās not even Bruceās kid. She doesnāt really know who the favorite child is, but it sure as shit aināt her.Ā
Damian knows heās not the favorite child. How could he be, when his father specifically picked all the others and was just forced to keep him? No, his fatherās favorite child is the one most like himāDrake. Drake is the smart one, and the Robin father chose, and the one who Damianās own grandfather labelsĀ ādetectiveā. And of course as Drake is the good one, the smart one, the one who doesnāt die or rebel or cause any problems, of course heās the favorite. Damian understands his father too well, so of course he knows who the favorite child is.Ā
Duke knows heās not the favorite child. Heās too new, and besides, if he were burdened with the title ofĀ āfavoriteā, he didnāt think he could stand it. No, itās obvious that the oldest is the favorite. Dickāthe one who started it all, the most talented, the one whoās been Batman. Dick, who always takes care of his siblings and always has a smile and a hug. Dick, whoās reliable and steady and pretty much perfect. Duke gets it, he really does. He likes Dick a lot too, so he can hardly blame Bruce. But yeah, Duke knows who the favorite child is.Ā
Memories that make Bruce smile even when his children are at their most annoying:
When young Dick presented him with a macrame bracelet he had made at school. āItās for you...ā Dick had said tentatively, āCan youā¦will you wear it?ā It was only later that Bruce realised that there was three beads in the middle that spelt out ādadā.
Alfred forcing all the boys to drink slowly from a fine bone China teacup because slurping was not acceptable and the boys were not āvaccum cleaners with hair, and therefore should not be inhaling their teaā. Bruce couldnāt stop laughing, because he was exactly the same as a kid.
Damian sneezing six times in succession, exactly like a little kitten, screwed up nose and everything.
Sharing a chocolate eclair aged eleven with Alfred. It was the first time he had laughed properly in what felt like forever. Cream smeared everywhere, Alfred had tutted but both of them had erupted into laughter shortly afterwards.
Watching the sunrise with all his children of the rooftops of Gotham city. It had been a long night, and everyone had taken a battering, but as the sun came up they knew they had together made a difference.
When Bruce burnt the burgers one summer barbecue. It wasnāt funny at all for him, but the kids thought it was hilarious and the photos they took of the annihilated black things that barely resembled burgers is a topic that seems to unite them all and bring out the laughter.
Sparring one day, tiny five foot six Tim bopped six foot one Jason on the head with his bo staff. Timeless.
Steph and Cass dancing to Mamma Mia, before Steph fell over a chair.
Jason colour ordering his books in his bookshelf. They are still like that in his room now. āI know where they all are, then,ā he had said indignantly at Bruceās chuckle.
The time Damian gave Dick a bunch of sunflowers. He deposited them at his older brothers feet before speeding off without saying a word (and the boy doesnāt speed anywhere). Dick ran after him - albeit rather confused - and Bruce heard the tell tale hiss of his youngest son being embraced in a hug.
(The fact that he knew Clark was Superman before Clark knew Bruce was Batman)
Cass, smiling, for when Cass smiles you know that the world is good.
Comforting twelve year old Jason after a nightmare. He exuded energy during the day but perched on his bed, Bruce had thought Jason had never looked smaller. But the look on his face when the boy saw him will forever remain in Bruceās mind: relieved and almost shocked, as if he truly realised that he wasnāt alone anymore.
The time that Dick pranked him into thinking he had got a tattoo, and Bruce pranked him back by showing him his tattoo (one of those fake peel of ones) and Dick almost fainted.
Sitting around having breakfast in the morning everyday. It may be WWIII, but itās a time for Bruce to see everyone and he loves it.
Steph when she swung past them all and proved Bruce wrong that she could, in fact, do a back flip out on patrol.
These made me so happy, I nearly cried.
feeling bored iām gonna dox a fish
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asians: pls care about racism against us
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like literally the fact that this has 9 notes (and most other posts abt asian american rep iāve seen, rbed, or written have similar amounts), is proving my point. every time i reblog or post anything about racism agains asians, i can literally see everyone scrolling past it. not even given a performative like. are yāall consciously ignoring it or are you truly just that desensitized to racism against asians?
so i have a lot to say about this.
people make derogatory jokes ALL THE TIME about asians. our eyes, our food, the way we dress, accents, etc. jokes made in good fun are lovely and appreciated. racism and disrespect disguised as a joke is never okay.
i feel like people also donāt see how large asia really is. there are so many different types of asians. iām chinese, (east asian), and although thatās seen as like theĀ āmost prevalent type of asianā, there are south asians (india, pakistan, sri lanka, bangledesh, etc), southeast asians (thai, vietnamese, fillipino, cambodian, indonesian, etc.), middle eastern (saudi arabian, iranian, afghan, iraqi, etc.), and central asian (kazakh, uzbek, turkmenistan, etc.). asia is very diverse, and each place has their own unique culture. stop groupingĀ āasiansā together as a whole. itās just not logical when each region is so different from one another.
also, thereās this ongoing theme about how asians are stuckĀ āin betweenā the social divide in america. weāre not really seen as POC, and often excluded when terms such as BIPOC (black and indigenous people of color) are used. but at the same time, weāre not a part of white america either. weāre stuck in between, and weāre not included in the movement for justice that the BIPOC community is striving for, nor are we afforded traditionally white privileges.Ā
āgoodā stereotypes are also very harmful. it detracts from our individual accomplishments. just because someone has good grades in school and theyāre asian doesnāt mean thatĀ ātheyāre good at school because theyāre asianā. no. theyāre good at school because they worked to get where they are. stop making our accomplishments seem less impactful and deserved just becauseĀ āweāre supposed to be good at itā. itās notĀ āsupposed toā. we donāt say lebron james is good at basketball because heās black. we recognize his efforts to get where he is today. being black doesnāt automatically give you superior athletic abilities, just the same as being asian doesnāt automatically give you superior math abilities. thatās a load of bs.
making fun of accents is also not funny at all. people would get mad if others made fun of aave, and the same rules should also apply to asian and spanish accents. people who speak with these accents usually did not learn english as their first language. the fact that they can speak two languages is automatically deserving of respect, no matter what their accent sounds like. i bet that if the people who make fun of these accents learned chinese or vietnamese, or any other language in their adulthood, their accents would sound just as obvious to native speakers of the language. in china, people are generally very respectful and admire foreigners who took the time to learn chinese, because itās a hard language to learn and speak as it is very different from latin-based languages. it should be the same the other way around. take notes from them and treat others respectfully, no matter how broken their english is.
the stereotypes ofĀ āthe obedient, domestic asian housewifeā and theĀ āeffeminate, nerdy asian guyā are also very harmful. fetishization of asian women because of our culture is harmful. emasculation of asian men because of their culture is harmful too. most asian cultural values place familial obedience and sacrifice for the communal good at the very top of the moral hierarchy. just because western culture is more individualized and achievement-driven doesnāt mean people can diss eastern culture however they like.Ā
basically, just be mindful about what you say to people. this applies to everyone. donāt repeat insensitive jokes, donāt agree with racism, donāt generalize people because of where they came from, and donāt make baseless assumptions about people that makes their hard work irrelevant. itās literally not that hard to be respectful about other cultures.
so iām bringing this back bc apparently there have been a couple of misunderstandings abt my addition:
police brutality is not limited to blm.
the justice system doesnāt work for anyone except privileged whites.
i realize that itās hard to combat racism when the history and examples are muddled, so this is my best attempt at clearing things up.
asians have never been privileged, and those who enforce theĀ āmodel minorityā stereotype are erasing history and trying to retain power by belittling others.
in case you didnāt knowābecause school doesnāt teach this stuffāamerica was very racist towards anyone who wasnāt white! spoiler alert, this wasnāt limited to blacks!!
so here are some historical examples of context. this will be followed up by another reblog containing more modern examples of discrimination because itās simply too much information to add in one reblog.
DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION
the naturalization act of 1790 ā (full text)
barred all immigrants other than those of white descent from ever becoming a legal citizen of the united states.
the naturalization act of 1870 ā (full text)
included āafrican alliesā in the population eligible for naturalization, but still excluded everyone else.
following the gold rush of the 1850s in california, a number of discriminatory legislative acts were passed:Ā
the anti-coolie act of 1862Ā ā(full text)
at the time, chinese populations in the US were referred to (derogatorily) asĀ ācooliesāāhence the name of this act. this act enforced a foreign minerās tax of $3 monthly ($94.55 in todayās dollars) on chinese laborers; a hefty sum for a single miner. (a more detailed history of the treatment of chinese immigrants during the gold rush)
the page act of 1875 ā (full text)
effectively barred entry to all east asian women because they supposedlyĀ ācarried distinct germs to which they were immune, but from which whites would die if exposedā (cue colonial flashbacks). many of these women worked in the sex industry, because the california state legislature had fundamentally misunderstood the nature of asian immigration. the asian men who immigrated to california to work on railroads and mine gold had to pay back brokers who paid for their trip: plus interest. this lead to them not being able to send money home to their families, which led to an influx of immigration from female workers as well, who were then unable to find profitable work in california when they got here; hence, the start of the proliferation of asian women in the california prostitution industry. eventually, this led to the fear thatĀ some white people believed that germs and disease could most easily be transmitted to white men through labor of chinese prostitutes. fun, yeah?Ā
also, āthe appearance of the body and clothing supposedly offered a range of possible clues about inner character, on which some officials drew when trying to differentiate prostitutes from real wives.ā bodily clues used to examine chinese women included bound feet, "prettiness, youth, demeanor,ā and how they walked. however, the task of differentiating ārealā wives from prostitutes was virtually impossible. men, on the other hand, faced more lenient restriction practices and were not required to ācarry photographs, nor to match photographs that had been sent in advance to san francisco port authorities.ā
so letās add a heavy dose of sexism to that, but thatās not what weāre here for.
this act separated families almost permanently: wives could not immigrate to america to reunite with their husbands, and women seeking job opportunities in america would almost certainly be denied.
the chinese exclusion act of 1882 ā (full text)
oh boy. this oneās a banger.
as gold became harder to find and competition increased, animosity toward the chinese and other foreigners increased. they were basically kicked out the mining industry entirely (see the foreign minerās tax) and took up other low-wage jobs, forming enclaves now known asĀ āchinatownsā in places like san francisco. public opinion and law in california began to demonize chinese workers and immigrants in any role, and eventually laws were placed not only restricting labor, but also dictating behavior and living conditions (where they could settle: redlining, but not subtle at all).Ā
āAlthough widespread dislike for the Chinese persisted well after the law itself was passed, of note is that some capitalists and entrepreneurs resisted their exclusion because they accepted lower wages.ā ā” cue white men blaming chinese men for depressing wages, when theyāre really blaming the wrong people.
capitalism :ā) but weāre not here to talk about that either.
āThe laws were driven largely by racial concerns; immigration of persons of other races was unlimited during this period.ā
everyone knew it was blatantly racist. did they care? nope.
it also started the cycle of heavy policing along the us-mexico border, as bans on chinese immigration to the us led to an influx of immigration to mexico.
the gentlemenās agreement of 1907
an informal agreement between the united states and japan for the united states to not enact any formal immigration policies and for japan to stop sending emigrants to the us.
immigration act of 1917 (also known as the literacy act) ā (full text)
aimed to restrict immigration by imposing literacy tests on immigrants, creating new categories of inadmissible persons, and barring immigration from the asia-pacific zone. one section of the law designated an "asiatic barred zoneā from which people could not immigrate, including much of asia and the pacific islands. the zone, defined through longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates,Ā excluded immigrants from china, british india, afghanistan, arabia, burma (myanmar), siam (thailand), the malay states, the dutch east indies, the soviet union east of the ural mountains, and most polynesian islands. neither the philippines nor japan was included in the banned zone. the idea of the āyellow perilā was introduced at this time, which framed east asians as an existential threat to western civilization. thereās more to this act, including the effects on illiterate europeans and people who wereĀ āmentally defectiveā orĀ āpersons with constitutional psychopathic inferiorityā (read: people who admitted they were gay).
immigration act of 1924 (also known as the asian exclusion act) ā (full text pt. 1; full text pt. 2)
prevented immigration from asia, set quotas on the number of immigrants from the eastern hemisphere, and provided funding and an enforcement mechanism to carry out the longstanding ban on other immigrants. apparently establishedĀ āto preserve the ideal of U.S. homogeneityā (read: white protestants are considered superior), the bill was passed with minimal congressional resistance. literally everyone in congress was racist :ā) fun times.
immigration act of 1952 (do you see a pattern here?) ā (full text)
abolished racial restrictions found in United States immigration and naturalization statutes,Ā but retained a quota system for nationalities and regions. established a preference system that determined which ethnic groups were ādesirableā (racism, but subtler :ā) and placed great importance on labor qualifications. defined three types of immigrants: immigrants with special skills or who had relatives who were US citizens, who were exempt from quotas and who were to be admitted without restrictions; average immigrants whose numbers were not supposed to exceed 270,000 per year; and refugees.
KEY PROVISION:
āWhenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.ā
(aka this law was the one invoked by trump when he banned people from majority-muslim countries from immigrating to the united states. sound familiar yet?)
ANOTHER KEY PROVISION (added in the amendment in 1965):
āNo person shall receive any preference or priority or be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of the personās race, sex, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence.ā
sounds nice, until you realize that religion, sexual identity, sexual preferences, and political leanings arenāt included. neither is a personās physical constitution, which was actively used in discriminating against disabled persons, among others.
āBefore the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, the U.S. Bureau of Immigration vetted newcomers to the United States and often denied entry to new immigrants on subjective conclusion of āperverseā acts such as homosexuality, prostitution, sexual deviance, crime of moral turpitude, economic dependency, or āperverseā bodies like hermaphrodites [intersex] or individuals with abnormal or small body parts during the period from 1900 to 1924.Ā During this time, immigration authorities denied immigrants entry on this subjective basis by issuing ālikely to be a public charge.ā However, by the 1950s, the immigration authorities solidified this screening measure into law when they enacted a provision against prostitution or any so-called āimmoral sexual actā. In addition, aliens deemed feeble-minded, mentally disabled, physically defective, or professional beggars were also ineligible for admission.ā
yeah. discrimination goes way back, and we never learn about this stuff in schools.
today, most of these acts have been repealed, but their scars still linger. chapter 7 of title 8 of the united states code is still titledĀ āExclusion of Chineseā, though the statutes within are labeled asĀ ārepealedā orĀ āomitted.ā
anyways, blatantly racist legislature allowed for even more blatantly racist actions, which led to a number of massacres. yes, you read that right. massacres. we donāt learn about this stuff in history class, yeah? well, thatās why iām writing this now. sensitive topics below the cut.
TW: HEAVY TOPICS, DESCRIPTIONS (SOMETIMES RATHER GRAPHIC) OF DEATH AND L*NCHING, MOB JUSTICE, VIOLENCE, AND MORE. please read at your own discretion. descriptions of massacres and disease are included.
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Iām paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog. Tumblr Blaze is totally worth it. XD
Thank-you to all of my new Internet stranger friends for being so gracious about having my post shoved onto your dashboards. I loved reading all of your kind tags and comments! Both Martin and Bosco have been gone for several years now but for 24 hours, they felt very present in my life. I greatly appreciate this gift. ā¤ļø
Reblog to have your dashboard be visited by the spirit of joy that death can end but not erase.
Love that this is well beyond 7000 people now and still going
@leavescrown Exactly! Itās a beautiful gift. Martin and Bosco out there travelling around the Tumblr community, continually making new friends.
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#hello again martin and bosco!! sending you boys round for another go :)
Reading your tag made me laugh out loud. Itās like two old friends unexpectedly stopped by your porch for a quick visit. XD
Iāll always reblog Martin and Bosco when they splash across my dash, because of Reasons.
Whatās loved, lives.
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