When one is in a perpetual place of slumber, regarding systematic and idiosyncratic injustice and oppression in regards to race, i.e. the antithesis of being woke. Especially when a person of color can't or refuses to see it.
Tod: Morgan Freeman told Don Lemon that black folks should pull themselves up from their bootstraps, even when they ain't got no boots.
Marcus: You know Morgan has been in the sunken place.
Marcus: You know Morgan has been in the sunken place.
by Raheem Sonje July 17, 2017
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First popularized by Jordan Peele's "Get Out," the main character, Chris, a black man, falls into a cognitive void after his white girlfriend's mother, Missy sends him there with covert hypnosis. When Missy instructs him to "sink into the floor" Chris becomes paralyzed, and plunges into a dark void, watching the world get smaller in the distance. The audience is made aware that Chris is not literally falling, but in a tranced state of mind. Throughout the film, Chris is sent to the sunken place as a way for his girlfriend's white family to take advantage of him without his protest, as they had done with many black people before him.
In the words of Peele it is: “the system that silences the voice of women, minorities, and of other people … the sunken place is the President who calls athletes sons of bitches for expressing their beliefs on the field... Every day there is proof that we are in the sunken place." In a statement made on twitter, Peele explained, "the Sunken Place means we're marginalized. No matter how hard we scream, the system silences us."
First popularized by Jordan Peele's "Get Out," the main character, Chris, a black man, falls into a cognitive void after his white girlfriend's mother, Missy sends him there with covert hypnosis. When Missy instructs him to "sink into the floor" Chris becomes paralyzed, and plunges into a dark void, watching the world get smaller in the distance. The audience is made aware that Chris is not literally falling, but in a tranced state of mind. Throughout the film, Chris is sent to the sunken place as a way for his girlfriend's white family to take advantage of him without his protest, as they had done with many black people before him.
In the words of Peele it is: “the system that silences the voice of women, minorities, and of other people … the sunken place is the President who calls athletes sons of bitches for expressing their beliefs on the field... Every day there is proof that we are in the sunken place." In a statement made on twitter, Peele explained, "the Sunken Place means we're marginalized. No matter how hard we scream, the system silences us."
Janice: Why did Trump get votes from women if he had such a long history of being sexist?
Darryl: They're all in the sunken place. Thats why.
Darryl: They're all in the sunken place. Thats why.
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by Mark Sanger February 1, 2005
Get the sickening mug.The term 'Sinking-a-digit' is commonly used when referring to a technique of female masturbation.
In most cases, the finger is 'sunk' into the females vagina with the view of creating an orgasm. This technique can be used on oneself, or administered to a 'special friend'.
In some circles, 'Sinking-a-digit' can be used on or by men, however this depends on several different variables. Mostly, the male must enjoy arse-play!
In most cases, the finger is 'sunk' into the females vagina with the view of creating an orgasm. This technique can be used on oneself, or administered to a 'special friend'.
In some circles, 'Sinking-a-digit' can be used on or by men, however this depends on several different variables. Mostly, the male must enjoy arse-play!
Boy meets girl at the fair, boy falls for girl, they board the rollercoaster and boy begins 'sinking-a-digit' into his new special friend.
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