Ankh Crown & Scepter

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“People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”

― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

This quote changed the way I look at life I love this book

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“One should either be a work of Art, or wear a work of Art.”

— Oscar Wilde.

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The love of my life.

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Snow covers the Middle East - January 2013: Istanbul, Turkey; Jerusalem, Palestine; Sulaimaniyah, Iraq; Amman, Jordan

Photographs: Murad Sezer / Menahem Kahana / Shwan Mohammed / Ali Jarekji

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Gordon Parks, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark conducting the Doll Test, Harlem, New York, 1947

In the “doll test,” psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark used four plastic, diaper-clad dolls, identical except for color. They showed the dolls to black children between the ages of three and seven and asked them questions to determine racial perception and preference. Almost all of the children readily identified the race of the dolls. However, when asked which they preferred, the majority selected the white doll and attributed positive characteristics to it. The Clarks also gave the children outline drawings of a boy and girl and asked them to color the figures the same color as themselves. Many of the children with dark complexions colored the figures with a white or yellow crayon. The Clarks concluded that “prejudice, discrimination, and segregation” caused black children to develop a sense of inferiority and self-hatred. This photograph was taken by Gordon Parks for a 1947 issue of Ebony magazine. (via)

You want to know what is exceptionally fucked up?

The same study was replicated in 2008. Dark-skinned children still by far selected the white doll. Repeatedly.

Dr. Kenneth B. Clark - Panamanian

I doubt my followers will watch this video but I’ve seen this and come across multiple other similar research/studies that were done, all of which produce the same results. I recommend this to you all.