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Haha Okay. The snark was impossible to ignore on that one. I appreciate you laying it on extra thick so I couldn’t miss it.

I have an embarrassing confession to make. I was reading an AV Club article and someone mentioned Kyle Moody and somehow in my head I transposed that into this article and accidentally called Maya Angelique, the person who’s harassment we’re discussing, “Moody” multiple times and you’re the second person to repeat my…

I’m not sure how much snark I should be reading into that, but I’m going to take it at face value and assume that you’re not being rhetorical. I agree, of course, that making a few people feel uncomfortable can be totally acceptable to achieve a greater good. I do think comparing racism to colorism as you did earlier…

Hi. Not white-knighting. Kweli was wrong to harass her and to leverage his followers against her. I’m glad Twitter banned him. They should have done it sooner. I can believe and affirm all of those things while also questioning whether Angelique’s [I accidentally called her the wrong name earlier because I transposed…

So light-skinned and mixed people are never discriminated against by other black people? They’re never told that they’re not black enough? Words like “oreo” don’t exist to other black people who “act white”? What do you call that if not colorism? If there’s another word for it and colorism isn’t the right word to use,…

I came in a little hotter than I should have by calling it disingenuous. I read the initial tweet as questioning or downplaying those women’s blackness, even if unintentionally. It seems that some people agree with me and others do not. That’s what happens when we’re talking about subtext and contest and not a direct…

Still not sure why you think this is your conversation to have.

1) she didn’t at him from my understanding. He felt seen and jumped on her but if she @ him then forgive me

I will agree with you that it’s not my fight to fight. But, while accusing me of mischaracterizing Moody’s statements, you’re mischaracterizing mine. I’ve never denied that she’s pointing out colorism and that her overall goal in doing so is noble. I’m just questioning whether or not she did so in a way that could be…

Of course it’s not colorism to point out colorism. But unlike racism, where “reverse racism” isn’t really a thing, colorism can go both ways. I know that you, as presumably a black person based on your previous statements, would know way more about this than I would, so please don’t take this as whitesplaining, but…

Very well said. It may just be in a comment section, but that was a great essay.

I do think it’s a particularly uncharitable interpretation.

Let me also point out that you are shifting from a tone of “I am external to this community and trying to understand” to “Ok, yeah you explained it to me but here’s my opinion.”.

Where are you seeing that she said many of them weren’t lighter? She used the word “almost,” but that’s kind of a copout, in my opinion. Like Trump’s “And some, I assume, are good people.” The author of this article says that “Acknowledging a Black person’s light complexion doesn’t inherently negate their blackness”…

If I’m reading this article correctly, the context of the conversation was that black rappers don’t marry black women. When someone provided a list of rappers who married black women, Moody responded with “Yeah, but they’re all light-skinned.” To me, that implies that they count less. That they have an asterisk.…

Absolutely. I understand all that and I agree with you. But I still think it’s damaging to “other” specific black women as “light-skinned” and lump a diverse group of women who don’t particularly look alike together under a divisive label. You can discuss colorism and how rappers and other black entertainers encourage…

Black love in all its forms, not just this omnipresent darkskinned/lightskinned dichotomy.

Kweli’s harassment is completely wrong and no one should argue otherwise. Also, colorism is a genuine problem that people should be able to discuss. But it’s completely disingenuous to pretend that Moody’s initial tweet didn’t imply that those women are less black than dark-skinned women and that the rappers who…