Amazing collection of essays on this topic: All the Women are White, All the Men are Black, but Some of Us are Brave.

Laughs at the comments that basically says black men can’t be called out for doing fuck shit. I guess we should all support R Kelley’s pedophilia based on that

Damon is right on the money. Generally speaking, Black men need to be more respectful and appreciative of Black women.

You sound like a fucking idiot.

you’re a textbook dumb fucking black guy, just saying. you’re the only one on here feeding into the white supremacy narrative, by acting just like the dumb black guy they say you are.

Peace, king! In what ways do you, proud Black man, work to ensure equity between Black women and Black men, and the safety of Black women?

sounds like markymarkmarucs3 is the exact kind of dumb motherfucker this article was speaking about

Wait, wait, wait: If you don’t like feminism, surely you have no problem with womanism...

But how can we be a family when a simple call for black men to be better to black women is seen as a conspiracy by others? And how could one expect black women to want to come together with the black men who are ignoring black women’s pain?

Hotepery abounds.

I DON’T NEED WHITE WOMEN TO TELL ME THAT I SHOULD BE TREATED AS YOUR EQUAL, IDIOT. YOU are the one obsessed with white people. I don’t have to bring them up to discuss the issues within our community. You know that wanting equality at home and at work, safety, and respect are not white things? You clearly don’t…

Probably because, beneath all the virtue-signalling and ass-licking, they simply don’t give a fuck.

I appreciate it coming from a black man Damon! Everytime a sista says it we get insulted, dragged, and told we are bringing our men down and I’m just like 🙄

This is a great observation. We saw it with the Black Panthers and how the men shoved the women aside, even though the early work and activism was by women - the script that BLM followed, as well, with the same outcome so far - black men taking the forefront. Same with Civil rights, with many of the men rightly…

Don’t know your race or ethnicity, but that is a very “white” response. If you’re a black man, you’re proving the point of the article and the irony is lost in you.

I wrote this comment on the great column Maiysha Kai wrote discussing “Intimate partner Violence”.

Downer, the real shock in this one was when I sat in a mixed race congregation Baptist church the Sunday after the slaying, and a worship leader loudly bemoaned the fact that Christians were dying in churches.

Ive been convinced for the longest that the media is often ok with pandering to white people by panting Whites in a good light even when they did wrong. Its a “yes they did this, but look! He wasnt always like this!”. From interviews with neighbors and coworkers to delving into their backgrounds, being a White…

come on. Think about all the bullshit that women put up with because conditioning and sexism.

How is this a question an adult asks? If someone tells you that there’s no future for the relationship, take them at their word.