Thank you for coming to The Roots comments and being example 2,831 on why black people are not trusting of white people who believe themselves to be allies. Because you got all in your feelings and wrote all of this to me instead of using the same internet to go to our good friend Google and finding out why White…
But to treat someone who puts their life on the line
Nah bro. When they go low, I’ll go lower.
All I am saying is I don’t like this and I would really hate it if the other side did something like this.
They speak from a place of malice and hatred for us. We, however, are just calling them out on their shit. It’s not as if The Root doesn’t discuss our community’s intersecting problems either, unlike them. We would have to become the oppressors to ever stoop to their level. Do not make the mistake of dabbling in the…
So after complaining about not knowing what respectability politics are you get a defintion and decided that it doesn’t make sense.
No I got that from the “that made no sense” reply.
Ok. Well they exist. And are in congress enacting and working on some of the most destructive policies to affect black communities since the 40s 50s and 60s. To pretend they don’t exist is folly. And if in addition to organizing and voting, and doing what we have to do to protect ourselves, some people want to laugh…
Man, you’re more stuck on stupid than a fly caught in mayo.
Is that the purpose of this post? Or blogging? Or journalism? To “solve” whatever idea you’re thinking of. People can use these articles for whatever they want and interpret it anyway they want. But let’s stop with this soft attitude that got us in this mess in the first place. The public clearly doesn’t care about…
Because staying “above the fray” has been working so well for us?
Yeah, I remember. All that high-low talk Michelle Obama was preaching before we lost the White House, the Senate, the House, the Supreme Court, our voting rights, healthcare, public education, etc, etc. But at least we kept the high ground, right?
actually i often let a lot of racist remarks go by. but sometimes, in the name of catharsis, i will rage even at an obvious troll. doing so actually keeps my BP down because i get a release afterward. sometimes, as was presented in american gods, one needs to get angry.
Yes it sucks. Get out and vote. Get out and protest. Send your children to college even if it means you sacrifice everything you have. Buy homes in nice neighborhoods even if no one in the neighborhood talks to you. Own your own businesses. Take pride in your neighborhoods. The white man has kept the black man…
Your article details why James Baldwin said to be Black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.
The short answer to your question is Hell fuck no.
Yep. When someone claims someone like Tim Burton should have more POC in his movies I just roll my eyes. White writers cannot and should not write nonwhite characters. White directors should not direct nonwhite actors. Period. Let white folk make their white movies. Black people need to tell their stories.
THE BIG PICTURE really is “yuuuge.” The vain belief called white [male] supremacy is a narcissistic, [self] destructive, self-loathing need to promote vanity in this consumer driven society. Perhaps, in ToDaze Whirl, the only advice left to give is: Don’t die.