Did Ya'll Notice Something?

[amarie24]

Note: I been wanting to say this for a while, now. And yes, I am hopelessly laughing.

Under my Blackout Day picture this time...I done stopped saying, "Hey, if you have any selfies, please share them in the comments!"

And y'know why? 'Cause almost ain't nobody ever share their selfies for Blackout Day in my comments.

And y'know why that is? Because so, so many of ya'll are white.

Whitey McWhite. Midwest White. Drink-Milk-Everyday-White. Cheese-Sandwich-White.

Ya'll can either get a tan in the sun or you outright burn in the sun. Hell, ya'll'd probably get sunburn from just the phone's camera flash if you tried to participate in Blackout Day.

So, so, so, so many of my blogging friends are white. Be it Dreamwdith, Ana Mardoll's Ramblings, or Shakesville...ya'll are all so white. I love and appreciate every last one of ya'll, but Jesus Christ. I've had this blog since 2011 and been hanging out at Ana Mardoll's since about 2008, but...how did it ever get to this point? My goodness.

I have a party over on Tumblr on Blackout Days, but I ain't got next to nobody over here to do Blackout Day with. My god.

Ain't nobody to do Blackout Day selfies with me over here. Ya'll are all so white.

-lolsob-

-still, truly laughing helplessly-

Comments

[pebblerocker]

Guilty as charged! I've just finished recovering from a severe, radioactive-red, glowing, throbbing sunburn caused by skipping the SPF 50+ on a day which turned out sunnier than expected after a rainy morning. I couldn't sleep properly for two nights because I had to lie with both arms on top of the covers and I can't feel comfy if my arm isn't under the pillow. I used a lot of aloe vera gel. Then I peeled horribly a week later. White people think I'm unusually white and I'm the least pasty in the family; the rest burn even worse than I do.

I am glad there's a good community for you over on Tumblr. Blogging places are just... yeah, pretty white.

[amarie24]

Testimony from NUMBER NINE!!! I wonder if anyone's going to step up and be number ten?!!

But OMFG, please, please, please, please be careful, friend!! My goodness, I've never had a sunburn myself, but those ain't nothing to play with!!! Thank goodness that you had some aloe vera gel on hand, though!

And, well...actually, there are more and more blogging spaces becoming much more diverse by the minute. I guess I just...drew the lucky straw and go surrounded by so many white folks for friends. -lolsob-

[pebblerocker]

I'm going to be so careful. Last year I managed not to get burnt all summer and I was so proud of myself. Then I go and do this *sigh*

My manager (who is Māori) told my young co-worker (also Māori) that he should be using sunscreen even though he's brown. Official messages from the health department, the Cancer Society, etc, always say the same. In reality, I don't think people use sunscreen if they don't usually burn. It must be easier to forget to put it on if there isn't terrible pain as a consequence. Little envious here that some people can go out in the sun!

[amarie24]

Oh, thank goodness you're more careful! And, yeah...I admit that I almost never use sunscreen (I did when I was younger) and I've never in my life had a sunburn. Yeah, it's...yeah, when you don't have the threat of terrible ass pain as a consequence, you just...go on out and let your melanin do its work, LOL!

But you're alright, my friend! :D