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Cops murdered a black girl in Toronto this week too but Canadians are too up their own asses about how we’re “Not the racist ones! That’s only America! We’re the nice ones :)” to acknowledge it or do anything about it

I don't usually get to use my tagalog or even show people that I CAN speak it but I've heard many things about racism in the United States and I am TERIFFIED because of how much I hear about it. I have plans to work in the medical field and my mama said that I should study and work in America because you get paid more. Not very excited...

I think the racism happens because the country allows it to, learning new languages allows you to appreciate how different the world is and get used to the diverse sounds of languages. Since there is a great limit and not much support going into having people be fluent in foreign languages this doesn't happen.

Not only that, without the experience of trying to be fluent in one language there is a lack of appreciation for people who HAVE to become fluent in English inorder to better the lives of themselves, family and their descendants.

My parents come from the philippines and immigrated to the UK, my mom speaks to people because my dad tends to struggle with things like "he or she" because there is just "sya" for both genders and can't remember singular words for ideas which are seen as basic to English speakers but is still considered fluent because you could hardly tell unless you've known him a long time.

Here's the real kicker, they're trilingual. Both my parents speak their local language (I can only understand a word or two per sentence 😅) , Tagalog AND English plus a good deal of Spanish (not enough to be fluent but could hold a conversation).

If the US just gave people more motivation to study languages then I feel like the racism would die down. Seriously, cutting down the foreign language studies is letting racism continue.

I'm not sure if it's died down at all or if it's increased since I'm not there to see it but considering the president's history... Uh...

I'm not so sure... (If I'm wrong I'm sorry, I've been immersing in work, books and duolingo)

Edit: I've gotta add this but, one time my family were walking to wagamama and we were conversing in tagalog when some dudes rode by saying "A ching Chong ching", excuse me? First off, just because we look Asian and speak a different language doesn't mean we're Chinese, I've had that before, I hate it. Second, I have and have had Chinese friends, if they heard you!!! I don't understand why you felt it necessary to do that, you're not going to achieve anything...

Everyone needs to know this exists

wtf 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Who wrote the first ever fanfic/created the concept of fanfic?

Because U ARE AMAZING AND MOST OF THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD SHOULD THANK YOU FOR CREATING SUCH A BEAUTIFULLY WEIRD THING!

Baba means down

Baba means chin

Just learned that lalaki doesn't only mean "man", but also translates to "will grow bigger/taller". The only difference is the pronunciation:

Lalaki - man

Lalaki - will grow bigger/taller

I'M IN LOVE!!! I'M IN LOOOOOOOVVVEEEE

*BIROMANTICITY INTENSIFIES*

current  doodles ~

Maaaan, where were all these White folks during the past 8 years that Black Lives Matter has been protesting? Because, honestly, this shit is irritating and infuriating. 

Why do you care now?? What took you so fucking long to give a shit about us?? What have y’all been doing while we’ve been suffering at the hands of cops and your people? What have y’all been doing while we’ve been getting gunned down in broad daylight? What have y’all been doing while we’ve been fighting, crying, mourning, and dying for our people? WHERE 👏🏾 THE 👏🏾 FUCK 👏🏾 HAVE 👏🏾 Y'ALL 👏🏾 BEEN?!?! 👏🏾

Some of y'all only give a shit about looking “woke” and “progressive” to Black folks and your White counterparts, and it shows. Y'all need to cut that shit the fuck out. You only hurt our cause when you show your ass like this. Allyship is not allyship when it’s performative, and even if you’re an “ally,” you’re still an oppressor. And y'all need to realize that. 

We don’t want another George Floyd. We don’t want another Tony McDade. We don’t want another Ahmaud Arbery. We don’t want another Breonna Taylor. We don’t want another Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Rekia Boyd, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Natasha McKenna, Samuel DuBose, Alton Sterling, Aiyana Jones, Laquan McDonald, Jocques Clemmons, Deborah Danner, Terence Crutcher…. We want justice. We want change. We want a future for ourselves and our children. We want to be able to exist without fear, without pain, and without our lives constantly being threatened. And we want y’all to do your part and work to dismantle the system that was created to harm us.

We are so tired of Whites sitting around doing nothing while our people are dying. Sharing posts in support of us and the movement is not enough. Signing a petition or two is not enough. We need y’all to call out your White counterparts for their racism and work on your own racial biases as well. We need y’all to listen to us when we talk about the injustices we face and learn from it. We need y’all to listen to and uplift our voices. And we really need y’all to be actively engaged in destroying everything that works to destroy us. 

Do better, dammit, or don’t bother getting involved in our movement at all.

translation: “My sheep! [bah! bah!] You are my life. [bah! bah!] Walk behind me…[bah! bah!] Sing (after me).”