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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[–] Shaking_My_Head ago (edited ago)
It is also okay to have a movie like "White Men Can't Jump" or "White Girls", but if the roles were reversed, there would be national outrage.
A relative of mine in a small Southern city sent me a link to an article this morning. It is a piece where a young white assistant editor is talking about how black on white crime is not what some whites try to push. He even cites an FBI statistic in his article. He discusses Cannon Hinnant, the little boy who was murdered by a black man. Finally, he capitalizes the b in black, but uses lower case for white. You can only leave a comment if you have Facebook, and I don't have Facebook or I would leave a comment. Does anyone here have a FB account that can leave some facts for the people reading the article? I would post this request as a separate post, but I just created an account.