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anthrocentric:

zygion:

fenrir-logistics-corporation:

We are not equal snowflakes

This post is trash. TRASH. Why is this picture getting spread around like it’s something to be proud of. I’m getting super fed up with forensic anthropology and anthropology in general being used to bolster ignorant political beliefs that have absolutely no basis in reality. So everyone sit down and listen the f*ck up because I’m going to make this sh*t crystal clear.

First of all, OP, congratualations on labeling someone trying to send a positive, uplifting message as “stupid” in a pathetic and cringe-worthy attempt to make yourself look like some kind of martyred intellectual edgelord. First of all, where in the hell did you “major in” forensic anthropology? I’ve literally never encountered a university in the States (or overseas for that matter) that offers a major in forensic anth for undergrads. So, let’s be serious, you probably took a class or two in the subject and maybe got a minor or concentration in it, and somehow feel qualified to make a bold and supremely idiotic statement about some sh*t you clearly don’t have a solid grasp of.

Secondly, according to you, it’s a “fact” that “men and women” and the “various races” (holy sh*t, you really said that) have “different bones”. Sis, I am literally in physical pain reading this dumb sh*t. You know that no two humans have “different bones”, right? We all have the same 206 elements. Do genetics and environment and health influence the MORPHOLOGY of those bones? Absolutely. But those morphological differences are often so subtle that it requires years of training to surmise the difference. And NO ONE in the field uses the phrase “man or woman” to describe sex estimation… Sis, come on. If you want to play fake forensic anth expert then at least get your sh*t straight and google some terminology. The best a forensic anthropologist can do is make an estimate of BIOLOGICAL SEX. Sex does not equal gender. We would NEVER make an estimate about gender from the bones. And, to top it off, there is not a SINGLE sex estimation method in the field that has 100% accuracy. Because, guess what, even biological sex isn’t always binary. But if you were an actual scientist, you’d know that, wouldn’t you sweaty (: If you wanna fight me on this my research is in pubic bone morphology and sex estimation so I will happily eviscerate you if given the chance.

And if you had ever written an actual forensic anthropology report, you would be aware that the process in no way involves a prediction of “race”. We merely use a select number of morphological and metrical anaylses to make a tentative estimate of “ancestry”. Essentially, which ancestral population that person likely descended from based on the presence of skeletal traits that are prevalent amongst a certain gene pool. Race is a word that has social implications but is not used in forensic anth at all. So congratulations, you played yourself.

I’m so sick of these pseudointellectuals trying to twist scientific research to support some stupid political or ideological agenda. Nazism, racism, and eugenics all have their origins deeply intertwined with physical anthropology for this exact reason. White anatomists stole skeletons and conducted craniometric analyses on indigenous populations and used ethno and theocentric ideologies to support their wars, colonization, oppression, and destruction of any non-white populations. So anyone who claims to be an anthropologist and chooses to make dumb statements like OP here should really take a hard look at themselves and maybe read up on the history of the field, because you sound like the scientists that Hitler had on payroll.

If you’re looking for some proof of racial, sexual, or intellectual superiority in bones, it doesn’t exist. Plain and simple. I’m not gonna sit here and equivocate with people who wanna do dumb sh*t like say “ohhhh, but men and women DO have different pelvises! Africans DO have different skulls! blah blah blah”. Nah, cause it’s not true. We all have the same bones, the same muscle attachments, the same skeletal architecture… you don’t get to exploit the fact that their are MINUTE morphological differences based on what chromosomes or genes you have to attempt and make an argument for some dumb “everything is binary” perspective while claiming to be a scientist. If you have a problem with someone trying to make the point that we should look past phenotypes and strive for equality then you are a sh*tty person, plain and simple.

Also, OP’s scathing tone about sociocultural anth really paints a nice picture of her narrow worldview, like somehow forensics is a “harder” science than other anth subfields. You can’t do one without the other, and if you actually knew forensic anth, you would’ve chosen a different set of words.

Oh, and her whole class calling her a “Nazi” DEFINITELY happened. 1000% real story. Tag yourself, I’m the professor.

If anyone wants to argue with me on this, then please come at me, because it is 2017 and we have a fascist in the white house and I am 1000% not here for anyone using this field as justification for racist, sexist, or transphobic ideologies. OP was clearly butthurt that someone called her out on her alternative facts and of course the hordes of vaping, alt-right, energy drink chugging, neck-bearded, reddit crawling dungeon trolls use this nonsense to justify their bigotry. So, if you wanna be a racist or a transphobe or a misogynist, the peer-reviewed SCIENCE AND DATA WILL NOT BE THERE FOR YOU. SO FIGHT ME.

And whatever idiotic blog posted the comment above me, stop calling everyone a “snowflake” for disagreeing with you when you can’t even handle the fact that your skeleton looks identical to people with different skin colors. You don’t even see the irony in your statement, do you, you absolute freaking garbage person. “Liberals want multiple genders to feel SPECIAL AND UNIQUE, what a bunch of SNOWFLAKES. Meanwhile I somehow think my pasty white pock-marked flesh, susceptibility to melanoma, deficient grasp of even a single language, reddit account, and complete lack of contributions to the world makes me genetically superior to a different demographic of people.” Y’all make me sick. I’m out.

^^^^^

Full offence but if you took anthropology and came out with an understanding like OP then lol you did not understand anthropology. Talk to an anthropologist who knows their stuff.

And secondly, if you think that your scientific interpretations are ever 100% watertight, or that you will ever have enough evidence to ‘prove’ whatever theory you have, or that taxonomies are natural and not the product of human creation – Then you do not understand science. Go back to the basics. Understanding what science is is crucial to doing, consuming, and producing science.

– Cathryn

Thoughts on white people with dreads?

hooligan-nova:

chasingdarkskies:

pinkcookiedimples:

bando–grand-scamyon:

henny-de-gallo:

daggers-drawn:

We don’t get dreads, we get mats.

Dreadlocks are a kind of lock pattern for hair that is very curly. A lock pattern is where the hair twists around and “locks” together.

Black people pretty much exclusively have the tightness of curl needed for a dreadlock pattern, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other lock pattern hairstyles (such as a peyot, the sidelocks worn by various Jewish groups).

So like “Goldilocks” was named after how her hair took a “lock pattern”, but those locks would be comparatively loose.

This is hair with a looser curl in a lock pattern

Hair with a tighter curl in a lock pattern (Dreadlocks)

Straight hair that has been matted

What’s the difference between the last two?

► Dreadlocks are twisted together neatly, mats are tangled in knots. 

► Dreadlocks are healthy hair that can be washed, mats are damaged and often non washable without risking mold.

► Dreads take effort and skill to apply, mats are the product of active destruction and neglect of hair.

► Dreads can be removed. Mats require cutting and shaving.

Now from a cultural standpoint, it’s also shit. Dreadlocks are a symbol on many different levels of Black culture, unity, and resistance to white assimilation. To take them is an act of furthering white assimilation and an act of casual racism.

Especially given that tropes about white hippies with “dreadlocks” have affected how people react to black people with dreadlocks.

So from a practical standpoint we can’t and from an ethical standpoint we shouldn’t.

for all the whites that ignored everything in this post

“…from a practical standpoint you can’t and from an ethical standpoint you shouldn’t.”

FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT YOU CAN’T AND FROM AND ETHICAL STANDPOINT YOU SHOULDN’T!!!

Wow 🙌🏾

Great explanation.

Okay but it should be the persons choice to do what they want with their hair, regardless of race. And before u hit me with that cultural appropriation bs, i bet y’all have dyed ur hair before. That comes from a tradition in ancient egypt so is technically, cultural appropriation.

Just let white ppl have dreads if they want.

I never said “don’t”. I said “you shouldn’t” and also most white people are incapable because of the shape their hair takes.

Also cultural appropriation applies to living groups usually in relationship to a culture that has more institutional power than themselves making the appropriation of cultural artifacts a weapon for the assimilation of that group.

Dreads are symbolic, this is why they are cultural. They have been assigned meaning, namely as a symbol of black identity and liberation. White people have taken the form and removed its meaning. This is the real crime, not the use of forms from other cultures but their removal from meaning.

90sgrl:

in the mood to be sitting in the window seat of an airplane looking down at city lights while a deep/serious song plays in my earbuds as I think seriously about the fresh beginning I’m about to have 

glumshoe:

flufferdufferslytherin:

glumshoe:

I totally understand the appeal of pettiness, snark, and the pleasure of revenge. But seriously, where’s the satisfaction if someone hasn’t actually wronged you? Meanness is only fun if they’ve got it coming.

That was very slytherin of you to say

Dickery should be a function of justice only.

reasonandempathy:

fatedefied:

romancingthebookworm:

trapqueenkoopa:

weavemama:

POPE TWITTER IS FUCKING POPPIN 

things heat up in the jesus fandom

SWEET POTATOES YES. I adore Fr. Martin. 

Looked into it, and it’s real. Not only that, but if you look at his twitter account, he made some more awesome tweets that day that make me really happy to be a Catholic. I’ll include screenshots and text versions of them below.

It saddens me that a #trans student cannot choose what bathrooms to use. A basic need. It’s an affront to their dignity as human beings.

And who is harmed by a #trans student using a bathroom? I’ve seen women using men’s rooms when the ladies’ rooms were full. Who is harmed?

As usual, the one who is made to suffer indignities is the one on the margins, the one seen as “other,” the one seen as “them.”

But for Jesus, there is no “other.” There is no “them.”  There is only “us.” So we must be about openness, acceptance and inclusion. #trans 

Who should stand with the marginalized, the mocked, the bullied, the confused, the outcast, the minority? The Christian should. #trans

Because Jesus did. 

His Facebook post that day says something similar: 

Who should stand with the marginalized, the mocked, the bullied, the outcast, the confused, the hurt? Who should stand with the one seen as “different,” the one seen as “other,” the one seen as “them”? Who should stand with people who often stand alone? The Christian should. Because Jesus did.

Jesuits Represent!