I'm going to say that has to be it...
I'm going to say that has to be it...
If you listed his picture for what I think you did (the Spelman thing), girllllllllllll
Speaking anecdotally, I feel like a lot of men are raised to believe that women are supposed to care for them and support them. Even today, I have known so many guys who really believe this.
They'll be demanding APA formatted academic sources, video proof, signed affidavits, lie detector tests and at least 3 white witnesses who can testify that this is indeed what he said.
there is so much awesome hilarity/well-written shade on this thread, i don't even know where to start. you made my day, ladies. carry on. :-)
Sounds like Taye was sharing his perfect teeth all along, so this doesn't change that much.
come on now. We're not being critical and examining the ways in which white supremacy and sexim intersected, how that has been internalized by members of our community and the familiar patterns of it in life and popular culture.
How many white women do you think will show up demanding proof that he ever said anything nasty about black women and insisting that we are just against interracial love? You know they'd still be team Terrance Howard if his baby wipes comment had included the adjective "black" in it...
Also, I'm glad you went there b/c you know how invested white women in his misogynoir and how much they love to defend it. I knew they were going to be SOOOO upset when I saw this on Yahoo but if it comes out that he was cheating he'll just turn into a regular evil black man to them. That will be amusing. Probably…
Bwahahahaha...I know, whenever anything goes wrong in Taye Diggs life he always shows up in an interview to blame black women.
Okay, like I didn't even know we were having meetings until a few weeks ago. Apparently, black women have been running the entertainment industry for years. That's why you never see us in movies or on television. Too busy behind the scenes, obviously.
Yeah, I'm pretty blown away at this rant. I've been responsible for setting up electronics and building all Ikea style furniture since I was about 12. Although I have a feeling this angry comment is less about "turn-about being fair play" and more about "I have issues with women."
Well, I *would* take my own medicine, but I'm saving those Vicodin for New Year's Eve.
This will amaze you, but there are actually women who can fix their own car and their own computer. Also, my mother mows the lawn half the time. My father mows it the other half. When I get a lawn of my own (alas, apartment), it'll be on me. I can also hook up the new tv and work the remote. Who can't do that?!?
SPOILER ALERT
I actually do 90% of our home repairs (painting, drywall, wiring, etc.) because my mother owned rentals in a college town when I was a kid and my brother and I were free labor. I also mow the lawn when it needs to be mowed, take out the trash before it overflows, I know how to use all of the remotes in our house…
I'm of the opinion that the stay-at-home spouse should be responsible for the bulk of the cleaning (if they have young kids, all bets are off and cleaning needs to be divided). But if one is a housewife or househusband, they ought to be responsible for the majority of home maintenance.
My personal opinion.