When I went to basic training, I met black people for the first time. Overall, I felt neutral about them, and a few I was actually pretty fond of. However, one thing I noticed, was that race and their blackness seemed to be forever on their minds. Whether the comments were negative (white people are ugly) or positive (we all bleed red), it seemed like race always had to be brought up.
I see that is still the same today. On Twitter, there are a number of black conservatives (whom liberals would consider Uncle Tom's) seem to make a daily post like "I love my white brothers" which never fails to get 10,000 likes from white followers. If you think about the well known conservative black icons (Candace Owens, Larry Elder), blackness is always always the common topic. Every topic is black black black black black black black black black.
And those are the conservatives! Now think about the content of black comedians, politicians, actors, athletes, etc. black, black, black, black black black.
Am I wrong here or has anyone else ever noticed this? If so, has it always been this way? Your thoughts?
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[–] Jiggggg 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The same way that the LGBTQP++123 crowd is all about being gay or trans or two-spirited or whatever else they've come up with. It's all they have. It's what every conversation revolves around. Every decision they make in life involves thinking of their place in their "community". You can't understand what it's like to be them because no one has had it as hard as them. Etc etc etc
When you meet the rare gay who doesn't broadcast it loudly with their clothes and actions, it's the kind of gay that others gays don't consider "gay enough"