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Watch: Poet G Yamazawa nails what it’s like to grow up in the U.S. as the child of immigrants.

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Danish city makes pork mandatory in public institutions

Politicians insist directive necessary to preserve food traditions; is not an attack on Muslims

guilt-a-fish

This is the kind of shit in Europe (like the kosher/halal bans) that is intended to hurt Muslim people and ends up hurting Jewish people as collateral damage. Not that the Danes really give a shit about hurting Jewish people OR Muslims; so long as they can hold onto their white supremacy by making life for non-Christians as difficult as possible.

janothar

I don’t even keep kosher and this makes me extremely uncomfortable, and VERY happy that I didn’t get the job I applied for at a public university in Copenhagn, or the one in Aarhus. I know this wasn’t Copenhagen, it was Randers (which is near Aarhus, by the way) but I can’t be sure this isn’t a sign of things to come on a larger scale.

So, in short, Randers, Denmark, Fuck you very much.

animatedamerican

There is no possible shred of value in “preserving food traditions” by legal injunction. Food traditions get preserved because people want to keep them. If it has to be mandatory, it’s no longer a tradition.

This would be a terrible law even if it weren’t transparently christian-white-supremacist assholery.

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Tonight is the Third Night of Hannukah

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Tonight, December 8th, is the third night. Please remember to light three candles, and the “shamash” worker candle. Traditionally, the candles are set from right to left, but lit the other way. However, please feel free to light in whichever way you please!

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Menorah Vandalized in NYC Park After Hanukkah Celebration

Police say they are investigating the vandalism of a menorah that was found in pieces, half of it missing, in an Upper East Side park hours after it was lit during an annual holiday ceremony hundreds attended to...

littlegoythings

How sad is it that I am relieved that they just broke an electric menorah and didn’t try to hurt people at the lighting itself.

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thatwheezingsoundthetardismakes

Let’s take a moment to be thankful that the majority of Tumblr hasn’t found out about Sinterklaas and especially Zwarte Piet, or the next few days would be a hell for Belgians and Dutch people on Tumblr.

naidje

It already is hell for Dutch and Belgian POC every year. I honestly think white folks from the Low Countries could do with a little shaming.

thatwheezingsoundthetardismakes

If you really experience something so innocent that is never ever meant to be racist as racism, maybe the problem lies with you.

borg-collective

Maybe you need to keep your ignorant mouth shut. If you’ve not experienced the racism then that’s because you’re white, and you have no business telling people who are negatively affected by Zwarte Piet that the racism they experience isn’t real.

Learn about our colonial history, our involvement in slavery, learn about blackface too.
This ‘dirty little secret’, this ‘colonial hangover’ is not so innocent.

christophoronomicon

It’s time to lay the fable of the tolerant Dutch people to rest once and for all: the Netherlands have a huge discrimination problem (with the main victims being Muslims, black people, Eastern European people and queer people), and pretending it’s not there is not going to help. Zwarte Piet is just one of the symptoms of this giant problem, but trying to sweep it under the rug is not going to help the kids of colour who get called “Zwarte Piet” at school for a month per year.

This problem may not express itself in as destructive ways as in the US for instance, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t affect people’s lives negatively.

Remember: the first step to solving a problem is admitting there is one. The Netherlands have lived in denial for long enough. This is not the beacon of tolerance people thought it was in the 90′s, and it’s time for people to admit it.

As for me, I am French, white, gay, and living in the Netherlands with my Dutch husband. Being white shields me from most of the racism that other people experience in the Netherlands, but that didn’t prevent us from having to clean the eggs thrown at our front window for years.

So never, ever claim that people experiencing discrimination are the ones with a problem. You have no idea what you’re talking about, and how it feels to be victim of discrimination.

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cishits

The fact that US politicians can even suggest “screening for Christian refugees” is just so incredibly telling of what is deeply wrong with US politics.

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Also, the fact that Donald Trump can repeatedly confidently suggest that Muslims should have to register in some sort of national database/carry around an identification denoting their faith, & he’s STILL in the running for presidency with a significant number of fans is actually terrifying beyond words.

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When somebody comes out to you about their orientation, “I don’t care who you date/fuck/whatever” is the woooorst thing to say.

When I tell you I’m queer, I’m not purely telling you “oh, I am attracted to people regardless of gender”. I am also saying “hey, I grew up surrounded by homophobia that affected me” and “oh, I worry a lot about my rights being taken away” and even “oh, I’ve been subjected to harrassment and violence”.

I am telling you something about my whole life, not just my love life.

Hell, that even extends to if I follow it up with “I’m also asexual”. It doesn’t just mean “I don’t have sex”, it also means “I grew up without the expectation of a long term romantic relationship being likely for me”, and “My expectations for and the reality of my romantic life are very different and complicated”, and more. It’s the reason I have never dated anyone, and that is a part of my life beyond “doesn’t enjoy sex”!

Our orientations help position us in society whether we like it or not, they impact how we relate to ourselves and others, they impact our likely life experiences. I don’t care that you don’t care that I’d date girls boys and everyone else too, or that I don’t look for sex in a relationship. That’s not what I’m mentioning when I say I’m a queer ace.

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Watch: Poet G Yamazawa nails what it’s like to grow up in the U.S. as the child of immigrants.

Danish city makes pork mandatory in public institutions

Tonight is the Third Night of Hannukah

Menorah Vandalized in NYC Park After Hanukkah Celebration