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[quote=Anonymous]I read some reviews for Tyler’s book on Good Reads and the majority of reviewers referenced Jen as the reason they read the book. I don’t mind her cheerleading but the fact that it’s not reciprocated makes it pretty uncomfortable to witness. Not asking Tyler to be so rah rah but even a brief shoutout like “Thank you to Jen Hatmaker and her community for being so supportive!” would be the decent thing to do.

Tyler said it himself, don’t tell a Black person how to be Black. But I agree, his Black ACTIVISM is not my favourite. Yes, one strategy of change is to “play their game and plant seeds”. By obviously catering to a certain mid-life White Suburban mom audience, their approval of him creates an opportunity to challenge stereotypes of Black men, increase favourability of Black men, and increase knowledge of the brutal realities of most Black men in America. Moving the needle just a little bit is still moving the needle.

However, because he labels himself as a Black activist, I would like to see him be more self-critical of his public actions. I wrote pages back about some problems I had with his recent post revealing something like 10 new behind the scenes insights of his book. For example, I took issue with him referring to his Black mother’s professional accomplishments only to tear her down about it. You could argue it’s only a joke and he has the right to tease his own parents. But Black women in America tend to be the most educated group relative to their employment status. And they continue to be disproportionately discriminated against and harassed at work regardless of their hierarchical status. Tyler’s remark was an unnecessary comment that may contribute to further bias about Black professional women. In this case it may be that they don’t have transferable skills.

Be careful about taking one step forward only to take multiple steps back.

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