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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.. With all the dismissiveness upthread, can the poster who said "I doubt Beyoncé knows what it's like to be a Black woman" explain that statement. What exactly do you think it's like to be a Black woman?  I too took it to mean the poster meant it as a Black woman is equivalent to all the negative pejorative stereotypes imaginable. Perhaps, I and the other posters are wrong in our interpretation of that sentence. [/quote]

[b]I took it to mean that the average Black woman has it pretty rough, [/b]unlike a rich af black woman who would have an easier go of it by virtue of her class privilege, while still subject to problems of being black in a culture that doesn't respect, appreciate, or even sometimes tolerate blackness. The sentences preceding the quoted passage above both reference Beyonce's class/status specifically, so it's pretty straightforward to apply that context.

If, you know, taking it in context was someone's goal. If you want to separate it from the context and make it something inflammatory, you can do that (and several posts have).[/quote]
So my average black woman self has it rough?
LAWD HAVE MERCY!
Beyonce is celebrated the RICH, VARIED, CENTURIES OLD experiences of all kinds of black women. There is no one experience fits all. The only thing we have in common is being black and living in America and how those factors manifest in each or our lives is NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
#iquit[/quote]

Wait a minute.

A major thread of discussion across all media these days is the experience of black Americans.  How awful racism continues to be in this country.  How black lives are not given the same importance as white lives.  How whites need to understand the privilege they enjoy for no other reason than being born white.  How black Americans deal with all sorts of injustices, large and small, on a day-to-day basis. Do you not imagine that this is the "pretty rough" that the PP was referring to?  I take these experience to heart, and it sounds "pretty rough" to me.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. [/quote]
More like damned if you are dumb -- especially deliberately dumb.
Yes, racism is a given in this society. It's what this nation was founded on and how this country still operates. It is a factor in the lives of most POC in this nation.
Does that mean the Klan is knocking on my door every day? NO!
Does it mean all white people are evil racists? NO
It means we have an inequitable system that benefits some to the detriment of others AND HOW THAT MANIFESTS IN THE LIVES OF BLACK FOLK IS NOT THE SAME EVERY DAMN DAY AND IT DOES NOT MEAN MY LIFE SUCKS EVERY DAY. 
IT JUST MEANS THERE IS SOME EXTRA SHIT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THAT OTHERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND FOR SOME OF THOSE IT MEANS THEY END UP LOSING THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THAT IS HOW RACISM MANIFESTED IN THEIR LIVES.
Hint: My dealing with racism does not mean I think my life is altogether horrible, but my life not being horrible does not mean you now get to twist that ish to try to say that racism does not exist.
#iquitforrealthistime[/quote]

You need to calm your life down. [/quote]

Don't be racist and tell this poster to calm their life down! How racist of you! Everything you say that I do not like is racist! Wah wah wah wah. How OBTUSE.[/quote]
You are a sad, sad individual.[/quote]

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