Loftin shot the photo series after seeing the stark contrast between the Google results for “black boy in hoodie” and “white boy in hoodie.”
In contrast to the images of black men depicted in the Google image search, Loftin’s poses are sweet, affectionate, and sometimes silly.
“Black people, and black men specifically, exist outside of the stereotypes that have been created for us by the media and those that control it,” he told.
They always portray us as dangerous thugs in black hoodies, nothing new. And the fact that whites still believe that black people are dangerous to them proves just how ingrained white supremacism is in this country!
This man just wanted to say that racism is still a reality we have to deal with. Inferential racism certainly won’t go away by no one talking about it. We have to accept that there is a serious problem in America, that many white Americans are raised with these subtle cues all around them telling them to “fear blacks”.
Stop making up false stories about us, we are just people, just a little darker.
This is probably one of the most depressingly heart-wrenching photos I’ve ever seen. Native American children taken from their families and put into school to assimilate them into white society. the slogan for this governmental campaign ’“kill the Indian to save the man”. no official apology has ever been issued. never forgotten.
This is why we keep talking. Every child in this photo deserves to be talked about. The children grew up to be adults… adults who suffer from mental illnesses and a lack of connection to a culture/people that never wanted them to leave. These scars are passed down from generation to generation… and in reality the above picture is closer to present times than many would like to admit.
The amount of inter generational trauma from these schools ALONE has caused so much fuckery amongst native peoples.
And barely anybody understands it’s impact because the school systems don’t teach you this forced assimilation.
tbh America is passing bullshits laws just to be passing bullshit laws at this point
Wow
?????? Why is a bill decriminalizing HIV in here what’s wrong with you
it says that it would no longer be considered a felony to have unprotected sex without disclosing your HIV+ status aka transmitting the disease knowingly
artists either wear ugly ass comfort clothes or The Most Extra Shit i’ve never met an artist who just wears jeans and a nice shirt i’m convinced they don’t exist
we’re literally floating on a tiny planet in fucking space why are we surrounded by hatred and misery. why can’t everyone just calm the fuck down and lay on some grass. the sun is a GIANT BURNING ORB why does money exist. fuck everything
One of my favorite things about peacocks: people know what they are, and they know how they do, but whenever someone sees one in real life, the response is always like they’re seeing one for the first time.
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