Saturday, March 15, 2014

quartz palace reflector syndrome

What is quartz palace reflector syndrome?

Quartz palace reflector syndrome (QPRS) is a simplified concept I invented to clearly, succinctly communicate in plain, uncomplicated terms the ubiquitous tendency for close-minded persons to form assumptions about and refuse to respect, hire, tolerate, or bestow equal rights upon a group of homo sapiens on the singular basis of their skin pigmentation and/or ancestry.

Quartz is a type of mineral that can be found in the continental crust of the planet earth. It is composed of silicon-oxygen tetrahedra with a Strunz classification of 04.DA.05. There are a multitude of varieties of quartz, of which citrine, rose, smoky, milky, and agate are common examples. (Reference: my many years of experience working in the mineral industry)

When minerals, of which quartz is a type, are reflected within a palace, this creates a syndrome. The syndrome is then functional as a lens through which hatred is applied to individuals (primarily individuals of high pigmentation) without a rational basis. This fallacious lens, when applied at the individual or structural level (whether in the form of overt QPRS or covert QPRS) thus puts people with particular ancestries at a disadvantage and creates disparities among human persons along epidermal lines.

9 comments:

  1. Couldn't be clearer, Judy. Nobody but a cuntwinter icicle-penis-wielding doucheyacht could gainsay anything you've said here. And let this serve as a reminder/ad hoc commenting policy addendum to all Shakestownies: Let's all, always, unquestioningly check our QPRS privilege.

    with love from
    yahoo_yak

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  2. That reminds me of the reason why a bull elephant is like skim milk: They both come in quartz.

    Oh, and QPRS as a theory is CRYSTAL clear, and you are a genius for coining the term and the concept, and now I will end this comment with a sense of satisfaction, secure in my trust that you will notice and appreciate my compliment instead of asking me "Really? I posted my heart out and THAT'S your response? Seriously?" because of the throwaway line about elephants.

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    1. Friday jones, I must inform you that I have been hideously, horribly, irrevocably triggered by your failure to include a Trigger Warning or Content Note for your use of the term "skim milk." Obviously, you are too privileged to understand that skim milk is a tool of the patriarchy, and that only fat-shaming cishet male white doctors recommend the drinking of skim milk. Please check your privilege and turn in your feminist card forthwith.

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    2. Although I soil myself with submissive urination in my abject sorriness for triggering a fellow Shakestowner, I expect no mercy, for mercy is for the weak. Finish me!

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  3. THIS. I have fumbled, tumbled, stumbled for years trying to wrap my head around what it is exactly that bothers me so much about those who assign themselves epidermal agency (and thus disappearing everyone else. LOLSHART) and here you go and state it with the cleanness I have come to expect (but not "expect") from you.
    Thank you!

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  4. Decades of scientific academic study has failed to adequately define a definition this amazing and they definitely haven't done it with a full 98% less words than you stunningly capture here.

    I'm so glad your years as a defacto mineralologist are able to bring us such incredible insights into these things no one knew about before you said them.

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    1. Anonymous, I am fully aware that decades of scientific study have failed to produce a term to describe the phenomena of which I have so carefully crafted an explanation. I just love (don't love) being treated like I don't have the most basic knowledge about what exists and does not exist with regard to the very subjects of which I am speaking.

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  5. Content note[ lack of content]







    -ANA

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  6. Thank you for explaining this new concept to me, who knew that people who were not me felt differently about my experiences (CN: Difference, new, thank you) luv Kara B

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