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Kelly Thomas, a 37-year-old homeless man (whom his Dr’s say was mentally slow, and had the mind of an 11 year old), was beaten to death in Fullerton, California by police officers who felt they were above the law. They are now on trial. Kelly was tasered, beaten with batons, punched and kneed repeatedly, and was even hit in the face with the end of a Taser. After the beating, you can hear Kelly in the video slowly dying as his desperate screams for his father trail off into groans of ‘Daddy’ and then stop altogether as he loses consciousness. It’s important to note that the paramedics treated the officers before tending to Kelly, as he laid in a pool of his own blood. Video: http://youtu.be/wYQ5nqPQ_gE Full Video: http://youtu.be/e6yaeD-E_MY In the video you see Ramos approach Kelly, “It seems like every day, we have to talk to you about something. Do you enjoy it?” Within minutes, Ramos snaps on latex gloves, holding his fists in front of Kelly’s face, taunting him, “See my fists? They are getting ready to fuck you up!” Kelly stands up and pulls away while Ramos then tackles him, punching and kneeing him in the ribs as he pins him down for the other officers like a blood-thirsty hyena. Manuel Ramos, who pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, Jay Cicinelli, who pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and use of excessive force (Both are free on bail), and Joseph Wolfe, who will be tried separately on charges of involuntary manslaughter and excessive force are the three officers being tried. Three other officers, Officer Kenton Hampton, Sergeant Kevin Craig and Corporal James Blatney, were not charged. Justice For Kelly: https://www.facebook.com/Justice4KellyThomas Read More: http://reason.com/blog/2013/12/08/replay-fullerton-cops-go-on-trial-for-ki

There’s a petition that will have the officers that were involved in Kelly Thomas’ death be filed federal charges. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-federal-charges-against-officers-who-beat-homeless-and-mentally-challenged-kelly-thomas-death/DcVvTKcg

I'm forever Yoongi omo!

Jimin, at 9am: Do you ever think your obsession with coffee has gotten a little bit out of control?

Yoongi, sipping his 15th cup that morning: I have no idea what you’re talking about

Calling a canon bisexual woman a lesbian becuase she has a female love interest or is in a wlw relationship is bisexual erasure and biphobic!!!!

List of bisexuals whose identities are erased by the media.

P!nk

Anne Frank

Megan Fox

Billie Joe Armstrong

Snooki

Drew Barrymore

Angelina Jolie

Azealia Banks

Kesha

Fergie

Lady Gaga

Madonna

Clive Davis

Anna Paquin

Bai Ling

Carrie Brownstein

Evan Rachel Wood

Amber Heard

Frenchie Davis

Vanessa Carlton

Jillian Michaels

Freddie Mercury (debatable, but considering he had had a long-term relationship with Mary Austin and he tended to keep quiet on matters of his private life, we’ll never know for sure)

All or which have either been given the name “gay” or “straight“ by the media despite coming out. There are more than two sexualities and this is a fact that most people (even on Tumblr nowadays) forget. People tend to assume that since someone is with a person of the same gender, they’re gay. (Or vice versa in Angelina or P!nk’s case) This is incorrect to assume because you’re erasing their identities in the process. The people on this list aren’t gay or straight, they’re bisexual. No matter how much the media tries to erase that.

This played a huge part in me quitting nursing. The way they treated patients turned my stomach and if you didn't act that way often times you would be considered slow or put in areas by yourself that would require a minimum of 3 people if not more the stress and mental problems it brought me became too much and that was only for a brief training period. I have so much respect for people who are here for the better of others, but mistreatment is mistreatment there is absolutely 0 excuses for it.

I will have what she is having

This is why I don’t tell 99% people im bisexual

A good thread on whether “queer” is a slur and if it should be used or not.

Pairing: Jungkook x Reader

Rating: 18+

Word Count: 2k

Genre: Smut, Dragon!AU

Summary: Jungkook has a dragon in his pants and he needs your help taming him. Do you risk getting burned, in more ways than one?

A/N: Hey, do people actually read this part of the fic? Or do they just skip right down to the good stuff? Do you feel tricked yet? Great, because now you can buckle yourself in and read about anti-Asian racism and how white privilege manages to prevail in K-Pop fandoms! People abuse the tagging system on Tumblr anyway, so I might as well use that to my advantage since no one cares about the “stop Asian hate” tag anymore.

By the way, if you’re mad, you’re just proving my point that people only care about their oppas, but not about Asians who are being affected by hate crimes in their communities. Let’s get started!

How white privilege still trickles into places like K-Pop fandoms: observations from an AAPI in the BTS ARMY

I’m a second-generation Asian American millennial who grew up without much Asian representation in Western media. Seeing K-Pop’s incredible breakthroughs gives me both delight that Asians are finally being recognized as respectable artists and immense anger that fans seem to adore their oppas in Korea, yet they don’t give a shit about Asian Americans being targeted and killed. I wanted to share my experiences in the BTS fandom as an AAPI and how I’ve witnessed white privilege creeping into K-Pop fandoms, which celebrate people of color.

This lack of compassion is a byproduct of fetishization - taking only the good, surface-level parts of a culture while completely ignoring the bad. People consider themselves an ally simply because they enjoy Korean music or dramas or films. So they think that they don’t have a responsibility to VERY EASILY reblog a post here and there about awareness. That because they find Asian men attractive, they’re suddenly exempt from accidentally perpetuating racism. The bar is on the fucking GROUND and people still manage to dig below the dirt.

Asians have always been portrayed as exotic or foreign in American TV and film, and this view has been completely accepted by our society. In recent years, K-Pop artists have had to field the dumbest interview questions by Western media outlets and no one bats an eyelid. One could argue that oh, the interviewers are just trying to be respectful because they know things are really different in America. I’m sorry, but asking “Have you tried In-n-Out yet?” is not breaking any fucking cultural barriers.

It’s become so normalized to not take AAPI discrimination seriously because “it’s really not that bad” or because “Asians just can’t take a joke” or because “Asians are so privileged, they’re basically white (~newsflash~: we aren’t white).” When people dismiss “smaller” issues with microaggressions and fetishization, they can then turn around and deny race was a factor in bigger problems, such as not labeling a mass shooting or a cold-blooded murder anti-Asian hate crimes.

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Monsta X Take 1: Are You There? album giveaway

prize: -one winner gets a random version of ‘Take 1: Are You There?’ album (of their choice) ; preorder benefits included + one monsta x tony moly lip tint, also of their choice

rules: -don’t need to be following -reblog = an entry; can only reblog twice -must be a monbebe

other info: -it’s open worldwide (i’ll cover shipping) -i’ll be using a generator to pick the winner -if winner doesn’t respond within 24 hours i’ll have to choose a new one -giveaway ends 19th or 20th oct -the album will come sealed, i’ll be ordering it + the lip tint straight to you from kpoptown -if, for some reason, the lip tints are out of stock by the time this giveaway ends, then I’ll throw in merch that’s equivalent to the price of the lip tints

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