#miniorities

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I have two of my friends arguing with me that films/media don’t need to have representation for other people.

WHY YEA OF COURSE YOU THINK THAT WAY.

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK YOU HAVE REPRESENTATION.

When’s the last time there’s been a fucking ACE PERSON in something? More than one Asian or other minority character? When’s the last time these characters have been meaningful and important and not treated like tokens, or terribly mishandled/ murdered

 We live in a world where whites would rather follow a pattern of institutionalized ignorance known as being “colorblind” than see and accept the fact that there is a problem with race relations. Race must be acknowledged always because it makes us who we are. Race defines your culture. And, being in a minority culture in a country whose majority discredits and demeans the minority culture as unimportant or less than is a struggle.

Living in a world where white people completely ignore the fact that they have privilege over minorities is inexplicably difficult. Minorities today are told to, “get over it” and “move on”. There is no getting over it or moving on when you have no home, no legitimized history, no rights. Minorities in America, and in other countries where the majority is white, are not given the respect and rights that they deserve to this day.

Young black men and women are still shot in the streets like animals for not confining to the white man’s ideals. Cultures are still appropriated. Minorities get no respect, and when they ask for it they are shunned. Economic disparity is still a huge problem in the United States amongst whites and people of color. However, the majority does not want to see it because society does not want to see color as a problem because it is afraid of it.