Look carefully at this man. Trump is not an outlier. He is representative of the people who run the capitalist world: Men with a low predator’s cunning and no morals who have rarely had to work a day in their lives and have been told “no” even more rarely. Most of our society looks up to them and wants to emulate them.

I live my life in a way so that when a white person says “I have a black friend...” it’s never me. I’m like Rent-a-center; you gotta come with like 4 references, whypipo.  

So Trump has had dementia his entire life? I’m not buying that. I’ll stick with the possibility that he is just a fucking idiot.

Anybody who has had an elderly relative with dementia pass away has likely found notes like these in their residence after they were gone. My grandmother had grievance notes like this all over her house, and I’ve spoken with many other people who have reported the same kinds of notes with their loved ones also.

I’d *love* the freedom of not having to think about what I say before actually saying it, proceed to do so (consequence-free), get PAID for it, and have a line of fall guys on deck.

Police are big Robbins fans. They don’t shoot black people to hurt or kill them. They are shooting them to toughen them up against bullets. The kindly white people want black people to be bulletproof, immune to racial slurs, unfazed by incarceration. It all makes sense now.

“you don’t deserve to be seen as less black because you’re not ratchet. That’s reductive and exactly where the people who want you to be marginalized want you to stay. Wearing it as some badge of honor instead of realizing what’s been withheld from you or what you’re denying yourself access to is counterproductive.”

Your race makes you Black. A genetic and ethnic descendant from African peoples. When you get that “talk white” shit, tell them you speak American English and keep it moving.  Code switch into the speech of your parents if you want to fuck with ‘em.

I don’t want to diminish anyone’s experience, but I feel like I see this narrative a lot.  Like, a lot a lot.  I’ve even had people push it onto me (I’m mixed) but the truth is lots of people don’t struggle with their blackness.  I’ve never, not once in my life felt like I wasn’t black.  Nobody ever made me feel like…

Nope. Iam also of Carribean heritage. So I know exactly what you mean. Ive seen it also.  

Oh yea, I know about it quite well. I share a Caribbean heritage and i know damn well those who affect a certain speaking style to distance themselves from Black Americans; its a fake sense of superiority. In some cases they avoid socializing with other black folk in general.. for some black males they don’t date or…

To be fair while there are Black immigrants who have this bigoted attitude towards Black indigenes, the reverse is also true. However, the writer’s issue is one I’ve seen/heard from Black folks of all stripes and definitely African-Americans/Black Americans among them. From grade school on up. We definitely have…

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The problem is old and frankly tired. It may be new to Caribbean and African immigrants who may not like being lumped in with Black Americans.

I think this is an age old problem if you are Black in America. Hughes touches on this in a lot of his writing and poetry for example. I don’t fit the description either. I can spout of a lot of things that aren’t supposedly what Blacks “like”. Thing is, I am still treated as Black. I still experience discrimination,…

It’s like Kamala Harris.  Some people say she’s not black enough etc.  She’s just a yellow nigga right?  Fuck that, I’m tired of that shit.  She is BLACK.  She was born BLACK, she lives BLACK and she’ll die probably because she’s BLACK.

What makes you black?

People are idiots.

As long as their comments don’t come between you and money - ignore them and beat your own drum. Successful people ignore other people’s success, fear, haters, money, odds, jealousy and conventional wisdom. Doing you, is facing adversity in a healthy way.

As a community, we Black folks eat our own. The recriminations and judgements never cease! It hurts more when your own community refuses to see and accept you, but I’m over 40 and no longer give a fuck.