and ya don’t stop….
Courtney said that [black men] don’t care about racial issues. Umm…since when did a black man not have to think about race in America. I’m sorry but as a black woman in America, I don’t have that privilege but when I do…. I’ll let you know! So I was recently in a conversation about apathetic black men and I was not shocked to hear one young man explain that he does not have time to dedicate to racial issues on our campus. Baffled to say the least but also a bit perturbed. So without furthering the conversation with the young man, who might I add, is my friend. I thought long and hard about what he said.Now everyone that knows me also knows that when it comes to race in America, I have a lot to say and so many plans of things to do…..I came to the conclusion that while the African American women on my campus are marginalized by white men and women, and African American men, we have no other choice but to fight.Every time someone murmurs that we are only here because of affirmative action…Or having separate water fountains on campus would be funny…Or the hanging man drawn in the bathrooms….Or the yearbook picture of a fraternity dressed as the KKKWe, the black women, are the first to take action…However, the last to be appreciated….. African American young men find their way into the “big house” through the side door. [Generalization coming] These white women come to college ready to explore and do all the things that their parents prohibited them from doing while at home . What is the common rebellion I see? White women wide-eyed over the “mandingo” men. Ha! While the black men seem to think that they are exploiting these women and just having a good time. It gets deeper. Now if its as easy as they say. Are black men going after white women because they don’t have to be “on point.” Being black is good enough… But they know when they talk to a sista, they can’t come at her any type of way, they already what is going to happen. I am not against interracial dating… The interracial relation that I have seen seem to only be based on dominance, exploration and lust. The men on my campus are not dating these white women, they are exploiting them. They do not take these women home. They don’t even introduce them to the family on homecoming weekend. So is it just a having a good time for the moment? I wonder…Well, if this is such the case, this leaves black women stranded in academia with dreams and ambitions that one day [far from now] the black man will see the beauty in her.That her virtue shines brighter than the lip gloss Becky got on. my rant for the moment….
Your thoughts are deep Taii…you and your English/writing major shit. Love ya.
“Courtney said that [black men] don’t care about racial issues. Umm…since when did a black man not have to think about race in America. I’m sorry but as a black woman in America, I don’t have that privilege but when I do…. I’ll let you know!”
Caring about something (racism), thinking about racism,and DOING something about racism are not the same thing.
The black men I talk to (job, grocery store, etc.) show so much blatant ignorance of black history it is enough to make me curse. (On the other hand, can’t say that many black women know their history either.)
That millions of black women care AND do something, is a testament that black women have always had to fight against oppression. Black women have never had the option of NOT doing anything about racism.
During the Jena 6 protest, it never ceased to amaze me the many black women who poured into the streets along with black men to protest that case.
But, I ask, where are the black men in cases like Dunbar Village? The Newark 7?
Oops, my bad.
Those are just worthless ol’ black women, who cares about them?
Maybe if they were black men, more people would care about them?
Unless a black woman is beaten, raped, robbed AND murdered by a WHITE MAN, you will hear nary a peep from many black men about the crimes committed against black women by black men. Black women are ignored by many black men, until they need the help of those old faithful mules known in the BC as black women.
“the black women, are the first to take action…However, the last to be appreciated….. ”
So. . . .
. . . .if black women did not take action, would you be willing to put your life and help into the hands of a black man?
Compared to black women, what would you consider to be the track record of black men in “taking action” against racism and injustice, in how black women stand up against racial wrongs in this country? What would you consider the track record of black men in combatting sexism, especially sexism in the BC? Great, okay….or piss-poor?
Would you expect black men to speak up for black women the way black women are so quick to speak up for black men? Do you think that black women have taken enough bullets for black men and the BC only to be disrespected and degraded by those same men and the BC?
Since black women are invisible in the eyes of WM, WW, and BM, how do you think black women should feel?
Should black women cease caring for black men, and the BC, since black women’s humanity is often not reciprocated by many black men?
“Well, if this is such the case, this leaves black women stranded in academia with dreams and ambitions that one day [far from now] the black man will see the beauty in her.That her virtue shines brighter than the lip gloss Becky got on.”
And when will that epiphany amongst black men happen?
100,000 years from now?