I think this actually highlights the issues with using that term here - within the context of black american history and culture it's a label derived from people who betray their own interests by appearing in minstrel shows, like calling someone an Uncle Tom or Kapo, but in white american history and culture it's just a slur for all black people derived from blackface and minstrels shows, like the n word. While your username is pretty great, I can tell you for certain that usernames aren't necessarily true, so most posters won't know whether you're using it as a black or white person, and will only be familiar with the white context. Like, we all know why South Park thought it was so very funny to have Cartman be a raccoon themed superhero, but here in europe you don't really encounter much black american culture, so you just see the exported racist meaning.
ProfessorOwl_PhD
i am intelligent, hyperlexical
I know you convinced yourself you're Sherlock Holmes working out my life story from an offhand comment, but in trying to prove you're just as loquacious as me you instead described yourself as a child under 5 years old that reads a lot. The entire comment stinks of self aggrandising and "I have a girlfriend she just lives in canada" (seriously, you spent an entire hour sending this line by line, along with weirdly vague threats beforehand, nothing about which suggests you have a social life, partner, or even job (also I totally fucking called it you are grandstanding again)), but here you actually managed to immediately prove both claims untrue.
Anyway, your "deductions" led you down the wrong path - I'm not, and have never been, a special education teacher. I've TA'd in a primary school with additional SEN provisions (i.e I was not the provider of those provisions) and now run a social enterprise centre which houses, among its many charities and orgs, a daycare for adults with learning disabilities. There are a lot of different ways to work with neurodivergent people. I'm sorry you had a bad experience with special education, but I'm not part of it.
It's great you gave Chunka Luta a heads up on twitter, but my literal job is providing workspaces and support for charities targetting poverty and vulnerable people in one of the poorest areas of europe. I spent today fixing donated appliances which will go to women who are fleeing domestic violence. Last week I was setting up workspaces for a charity that helps children in poor areas access higher education. We help refugees, support various people with physical and learning disabilities and help protect vulnerable children from exploitation. I got to personally inform a group of activists meeting there that the police had started keeping tabs on their movements. I just cannot emphasise enough how much I do not feel talked down to by someone whose claims literally posting on the internet as their credentials.
Similarly, it's great you were in honours class, but I secured a scholarship (and hefty bursary that actually let me attend) to a private school where the equivalent of honours was the minimum expectation. Sure, that gave me years of terrible self image because I perceived my abilities as average but was comparing myself to the top 5%, but I feel secure enough in my intelligence now that I don't feel talked down to someone who has to describe themselves as "better functioning and [sic] everyone here".
Like I said last time, do some self examination and get a grip.
I feel they get points for making tens of millions off a budget of ~$10k, too.
No, that's what the block button is for. Disengage means "disengage from this subject", not "don't comment on my posts". My comment was on the post, not about or directed at you. I didn't check to see who posted it first, I only found out it was you when you came to make sure you got the last word in. If you don't want to see my comments on your posts, just block me, and you'll need never worry about me again.
And can I remind you of our conversation about hypocrisy, and how you asked me to disengage but are re-engaging despite me replying to someone else.
You say that, but I was on an international camp once and had to text the only other brit there to bring me a real cup of tea when I was sick because the europeans would add hot water and immediately remove the teabag instead of letting it brew.
For more context, he asked me to disengage from the direct messages he sent me, using the same method of dropping "disengaged" in the middle of messages in order to get the last word in.
I don't understand why he doesn't just block me if he doesn't want to see me.
Hey, at least they've finally stopped pretending they have an ancestral connection to the land.
actually this is a samurai sword officer, not a ninja sword
The ancient Norse equivalent of going crazy with the label maker
Is there some document about what colors, fonts and logos to use for hexbear stuff?
Cool ones. Don't make us look like a bunch of irony poisoned overly online nerds.
JPEGmafia ("peggy") is a rapper. I think they've made communist statements or something in the past, I've never been into his stuff. The context is having appeared with a neonazi who was wearing a Burzum shirt (also neonazis) in an Instagram post talking about some sort of collaboration.
Also the neonazi is Kanye.
I fully agree about white people using the term and investigation by both the reporter and mods, I more meant to highlight black non-americans (I'm specifically thinking of african immigrants and refugees and their descendants here in the UK) who have only encountered it used as a slur against them. I know a couple of my black friends have definitely had it used perojatively against them by white racists, and I feel fairly safe saying more have experienced it but never had a reason to tell me, but they don't have a personal connection to african-american culture and minstrel shows that makes it "their word" - basically I'm worried that in rightfully aiming to shut down white people you're in danger of also invalidating the feelings of black people with different histories of oppression.
Full disclosure, I am white white, so if this is just white peepoo nonsense say so, I just know my nonwhite friends have been hurt by its use.