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This blog was created to document the racism against Black people. It was made because there were no other blogs that documented this in specific.

This blog welcomes queer people, alterhumans and systems of all kind, and more! This is meant to be a safe space.

Introduction to Mod: You can call me Ishmael, I am Afro-Arab and use any pronouns (excluding she/her)! I do have a bit of a problem controlling my tone, so I might sound rude when I don’t mean to be.

Here are some other this-is blogs you can check out:

@thisis--ableism (for ableist bullshit)

@this-is-antiarab (for racism and xenophobia against Arab people)

@this-is-anti-islam (for antireligious, racism and xenophobia ahain st Muslims)

@thisisexorsexism (for queerphobia against those that fall under the non-binary umbrella)

@this-is-xenophobia (for racism against those who come from specific countries)

@this-is-anti-masculinity (for anti-masculine sexism)

And so much more, yet we would be here all day!

P.S I also follow Black bloggers, so if you are a Black person, please tell me. You can check out and support many Black bloggers under the Following tab.

FAQ

Why the elephant?

Because elephants are powerful and relentless—just as our resilience is strong and our determination persistent—I feel like it represents us very well.

Can I submit asks as a non-Black person?

Yes! We love the support!

I want to learn how to create Black characters, where can I do so?

I'm on a Reddit where a lot of various trans people will post pictures and ask how well they pass, and if there's any advice we can give to help them pass better, often for safety reasons, and I've noticed something I was wondering if it could be related to antiBlackness. Where a lot of the Black trans women and transfems mention being "clocked" either regularly or recently, misgendered, treated like men, etc, and generally how people seem to disproportionately see them as more masculine. (Many of these ladies also pass super well, the comments will widely agree that they look like cis women and that there's nothing anyone can see that gives them away.) Sometimes, even Black pericis women will come on and ask what about their appearance gives people the idea that they're transfem or just straight-up men, and what they can change to look more feminine. And every time, no one can put a finger on what people are seeing. Black women, whether intersex, trans, cis, or pericis, on the page appear to disproportionately be seen a men, masculine, or transfem, even when there's no visible reason and they look like what society expects a woman to look like.

I don't know if the entire page is just missing something, but the trend seems to be that all kinds of Black women and fems are often seen as men or masculine for no visible reason. Could it possibly be antiBlackness or misogynoir?

@this-is-misogynoir

-mod of this-is-anti-islam

https://www.tumblr.com/hated-confessions/822750432047824896/it-makes-me-laugh-when-poc-say-they-prefer-being?source=share