A Bunch Of Smol Reaps.

Okay non-European tumblr, I’m gonna explain to you why ‘white’ isn’t as simple here as it is in the rest of the world

- Shades of white in Europe range from ‘freshly fallen snow’ to ‘I am frequently mistaken as being from the Middle East’

- White European is a thing. When you fill out a form, under ethnicity, there are several options for white; white British, white European, white other. Because people make that distinction

- There are Europeans who don’t class their ethnicity as their skin colour, but as their nationality. I have family who don’t think of themselves as white, they just think of themselves as Italian and don’t really give much thought to their skin colour

- People here in Britain always question if darker skinned white Europeans are ‘actually white’. I get it a lot myself. My response is always ‘well I’m not anything else, so obviously I must be’

- Despite being white, a lot of Europeans from Italy, Greece, Spain etc, don’t feel white in the traditional sense. We’re not white like white British people. We’re not white like white Americans. We’re our own white. White British is one thing. White Italian is another thing. White Greek is another, etc

- Which is why we have this notion here in Europe of ‘nationality over race’. Being white isn’t as important as where you’re from

- So this really only becomes an issue if you’re an immigrant

- So being white in Europe doesn’t save you from racial discrimination, because sure, you’re technically white, but you’re not white white. Not the right white

- Here in England, Europeans with really blatantly foreign names, such as myself, find it more difficult to get job interviews, because they take one look at our name and don’t bother reading the rest of the CV. A guy I know was actually told by his boss to reduce the pile of CVs he had by ‘chucking away any with a name you can’t fucking pronounce’

- And then even when you do get an interview, half the time you walk into the joint several shades darker than everyone else and feel like you’ve walked into the ‘Swedish supermodel’ clubhouse and you just know you’re not getting hired

This is all basic stuff and it’s very much taken for granted here. Race and ethnicity are not as clear cut, so it can be very confusing for non-Europeans to wrap their heads around. Which is fine. But I implore you to stay in your lane, because when you say things like ‘no white person anywhere in the world ever knows what it’s like to face racial discrimination’, it’s really fucking offensive to all of the European immigrants who are denied jobs, harassed by the police and beaten by racists, because foreign is foreign to these people, and they don’t give a shit if you’re technically white. So when you mean white American, say white American. 

look, if you’re gonna make a statement about Christian hypocrisy and cherry picking concerning same-sex marriage, you should do it right.

are you going to compare that passage in the Bible to other passages where it talks about owning slaves and various inhumane punishments that are no longer applicable in today’s moral society? fine. absolutely. go right ahead.

are you going to mention that Jesus died for all of our sins and therefore we do not need to follow the laws set in the Old Testament, including the one about same-sex couples? completely valid.

are you going to talk about laws like wearing different fabrics  together, following certain dietary restrictions, and having certain hairstyles as though they’re ridiculous and nobody follows them anymore? hold up.

people still follow these.

Jews still follow these.

our way of life might seem strange and silly to you, but don’t ridicule it just because you don’t follow it. that not only makes you an asshole, that makes you antisemitic.

Herb Grower’s Cheat Sheet - which ones can be grown inside, when to plant, when to harvest, and how to care for them.

The brain is an organ. Mental illnesses are illnesses of that organ. Brain scans show that there is a physical difference between a healthy brain and a sick brain. Telling someone “You’re not really sick. It’s all in your head.” is like telling someone with asthma “It’s not real, it’s all in your lungs.” The brain is an organ that can malfunction as much as any other organ.

A final response to the “Tell me why Trump is a fascist” by marisam7 on Reddit.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughTrumpSpam/comments/4teoxl/a_final_response_to_the_tell_me_why_trump_is_a/

I’m pretty sure no sane human needs more information to vote for someone else and prevent the next dictatorship.

I don't want any pronouns

Don’t refer to me

I can’t stop thinking about this video it’s haunting me ,,,

what am I even doing anymore

what does this all mean

the bar for 2017 is set so low it’s incredible

the gods have abandoned me read in tags