thebaddominicana:

notyourkinddear:

Okay………… so white woman goes to non-white country and says that she was “objectified” for her white skin by the men there.

It happens. I’m not saying cat-calls and objectification are okay, because I don’t think they are ever okay.

But.

I am so over white women complaining about how hard they have it for being white.

And doing so while completely de-contextualizing the situation. When you go to a country where your white culture has for over a century told them that their Brown/Indio women are unattractive workhorses and baby makers (and when they come up here to your country you call them worse things) and that your lily white skin is what they are supposed to aspire to, you need to acknowledge that history.

And eww to the whole tone of “those brown guys made me feel unsafe as a white woman” bullshit too, as if you don’t ever experience the exact same behavior from white guys in your own country. Oh, but that’s different, isn’t it? It’s flattering when it’s white guys and you’re in your own comfort zone. It only becomes threatening and objectifying when it’s dark guys you aren’t into.

halleluyer.

(Source: poemsofthedead, via baddominicana)