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"Racism in America’s police force is linked to their role as keepers of the status quo in an unequal society. They enforce laws written by politicians on behalf of the wealthy — laws that end up trapping poor and working-class people in desperate lives. Racial and sexual minorities, legal and illegal immigrants are seen as threats to the social order. When we protest the law and “occupy” a space we are beaten and arrested. When we commit a crime to “get some” we are beaten and arrested. And when we do neither but simply live we’re busted to make a cop’s stop-and-frisk quota."
— ‘They Think We Are Animals’: How America’s Police State Controls Black People | Nick Powers - Alternet (via newwavefeminism)

(Source: racialicious.com, via newwavefeminism)

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vicfangirlguide: A 19th century map of Hyde Park in London. On a Sunday during the Season fashionable families would take walks through the park in order to be seen in their finest outfits. On these occasions the area of the park they were allowed to walk in was strictly determined by social standing. In compliance with an unspoken code of conduct many were confined to the South East lawns of the park or just beyond the Achilles statue.

vicfangirlguide:

A 19th century map of Hyde Park in London. On a Sunday during the Season fashionable families would take walks through the park in order to be seen in their finest outfits. On these occasions the area of the park they were allowed to walk in was strictly determined by social standing. In compliance with an unspoken code of conduct many were confined to the South East lawns of the park or just beyond the Achilles statue.

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Victorian Era Fangirl Guide: Bizarre Victorian fact of the day...

vicfangirlguide:

Because of the cramped conditions they were forced to live in, most lower class Victorian people had no equipment or even basic knowledge of how to cook for themselves. Therefore they would buy almost all of their food from street vendors. In London there were thousands of these vendors with…

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vicfangirlguide: A 19th century taxidermy display. The Victorians were avid collectors. The aspiring social climbers of the middle classes were particularly keen on displaying an enormous range of unusual objects in their homes. Curiosity cabinets full of strange bones, shells, poison bottles, archaeological relics, hunting trophies or weapons from exotic places were an essential piece of furniture for any Victorian living room and every available surface would be covered with vases and ornaments to make the owners appear wealthy and cultured.

vicfangirlguide:

A 19th century taxidermy display. The Victorians were avid collectors. The aspiring social climbers of the middle classes were particularly keen on displaying an enormous range of unusual objects in their homes. Curiosity cabinets full of strange bones, shells, poison bottles, archaeological relics, hunting trophies or weapons from exotic places were an essential piece of furniture for any Victorian living room and every available surface would be covered with vases and ornaments to make the owners appear wealthy and cultured.

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