The evolution of me!

baddominicana:

sooolondon:

baddominicana:

i feel like latin america and the caribbeans anti-black racism has been softer in a sense, and so it makes it easier for us to claim our new world countries of origin vs black folks from the rotten fucking u.s. of a.

agree

With where i come from in the Caribbean, the people in power are Black, there was never anybody there to tell me i’m not West Indian, “go back to Africa” and i don’t belong in the Caribbean so i never had any reason not to want to be proud of being from the Caribbean. I never felt alienated from my West Indian identity that would make me want to distance my self from it but Black Americans are constantly told they don’t belong there and the people in power don’t look like them. The people in power speak patios and even though “speaking properly” is an obsession among many west Indians, the way i spoke wasn’t degraded and people in power spoke patios even if it was a more “tamed” version.

I never had any reasons to feel alienated from my country so claiming it wouldn’t be an issue. The anti-Black racism is softer in a way in the Caribbean and Latin american countries

this. though our black poverty is that much deeper than it is in the u.s. the fact we get to live in places where we see faces like ours 24/7….thats a privilege. its something i fucking miss, fucked up roads, faulty electricity and lack of water be damned. :/

in lots of latin america black folks are severely marginalized, but still hasnt been on the level of amerikkkan style persecution.

its like black americans might have more money (sometimes) or representation (sometimes) but at the same time they have it worse in some respects.

why oppression olympics among blacks dont work. we’re all fucked. albeit in diff ways.

The bold is the truth

We’re poorer but we haven’t been persecuted amerikkkan style. We might have X but not Y and vice versa for Black Americans.

The bolded…. Us being a minority numerically and politically(power) has a lot to do with it too… In a country where we are the majority, Its still REAL REAL FUCKED TO HELL, but there is a kind of safety/security in numbers…

I can’t began to tell you how at home I felt in Brasil… Even though the plight of blacks in Brasil is horrible.. Just knowing that I could always see someone that looked just like me felt kind of comforting.. Especially in cities like Rio(yes rio is really black/brown despite the shit you see on TV) and just about all the big cities in the northeast especially Salvador..

(Fonte: bad-dominicana, via sugahwaatah)