#BlackOutDay & My Tumblr
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amarie24Hey, everyone!
So a few of you wanted to know if I have a Tumblr and, indeed, your Amarie does! Umm...there's not really much of anything on there besides my love affair with Assassin's Creed, most especially the character Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Indeed, this pink blog on Dreamdwidth is where I do most of my talking/activist work.
Also! Did you guys know that #BlackOutDay is coming up?! It's going to happen this Friday (March 6th, 2015) and is a day where social media shall be flooded with beautiful melanin in the form of black people! So go hogwild posting selfies, gifs, Vines, videos, whatever you like! Of yourself, of your favorite black celebrities, of your friends and family! Social media shall be flooded with black presence! Here is a master post on it to help you all get started! Ohh, can't wait for #BlackOutDay!!!! :D :D
So a few of you wanted to know if I have a Tumblr and, indeed, your Amarie does! Umm...there's not really much of anything on there besides my love affair with Assassin's Creed, most especially the character Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Indeed, this pink blog on Dreamdwidth is where I do most of my talking/activist work.
Also! Did you guys know that #BlackOutDay is coming up?! It's going to happen this Friday (March 6th, 2015) and is a day where social media shall be flooded with beautiful melanin in the form of black people! So go hogwild posting selfies, gifs, Vines, videos, whatever you like! Of yourself, of your favorite black celebrities, of your friends and family! Social media shall be flooded with black presence! Here is a master post on it to help you all get started! Ohh, can't wait for #BlackOutDay!!!! :D :D
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Date: 2015-03-04 06:16 pm (UTC)As a mixed Puerto Rican who's been considering for the past year whether it'd be accurate, correct, and appropriate to self-identify as black due to my ancestry--it feels problematic for a score of reasons, and I almost certainly wouldn't be able to do so without debate--I'm not sure I could do anything more substantial than just reblogging what comes across my dash, even if I'd like to. Still, if that's what I can do, that's what I'll try and do. Thank you for the heads up, Amarie.
Also, it turns out that I had totally found your Tumblr, but wasn't at all sure it was yours given the preponderance of Assassin's Creed material. Shows how much I know. :P
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Date: 2015-03-05 12:31 pm (UTC)I've seen white people say shit like, "Instead of #BlackOutDay, why not #AllHumanDay! Gosh, there's no need to be so exclusionary!!"
And as far as how you identify? I can't tell you what is or isn't right. It's your life, your heritage, and your ancestry-you decide that for yourself. You and only you. Now, of course, there are problems if you say some shit like, "Well, I'm 1/4th black, so I know what it's like to be profiled by the cops!" and you basically just want to appropriate blackness and call yourself Politically Black (hint: Don't look at what white people are doing over in the U.K right now to save your sanity. Just...don't.) But I'm pretty sure you'd never do that and, at the end of the day, again, it's all up to you! :)
Oh yeah! I luuuuuuuuuuurve me some Assassin's Creed, especially Altaïr! I think a lot of my friends don't know that, though, so you're alright! Just stay tuned for fanfiction. *wink* ;)