June 2013
71 posts
“Even if I now saw you
only once,
I would long for you
through worlds,
worlds.” —Izumi Shikibu, Even If I Now Saw You… (via arpeggia)
only once,
I would long for you
through worlds,
worlds.” —Izumi Shikibu, Even If I Now Saw You… (via arpeggia)
“Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I’ve heard educated white people say, ‘slavery was 400 years ago.’ No it very wasn’t. It was 140 years ago…that’s two 70-year-old ladies living and dying back to back. That’s how recently you could buy a guy.”
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Louis C.K. (via 30thcenturyboy)
Sylvester Magee, the (probable) last American born into slavery died in 1971.
The last living child of former American slaves, Mississippi Winn, died in 2010.
Slavery in the territory that is now the United States lasted more than 330 years. We will be 330 years removed from slavery in the year 2195.
(via fishingboatproceeds)
do not read old chat logs of someone you used to be close to do not read old chat logs of someone you used to be close to do not read old chat logs of someone you used to be close to
Hale pack: shows up ten minutes late to the final Alpha pack face-off with Starbucks
