1/10
She can't say what every black women are thinking - racism creates doubts about her competence. We're supposed to pretend the racism doesn't bother us and never give it air or light, lest "colorblind" white people accuse you of "playing the race card." If she did, she and Joe are OUT. 🧵
02:46 PM - Sep 10, 2023
2/10
I read an article saying that the moment Barack Obama said that if he had a son, he'd look like Trayvon Martin, that's when he lost this one white lady. She saw it as him bringing race into it.
Before he said that, she could live comfortably. He made her uncomfortable by pointing out he is Black.
Before he said that, she could live comfortably. He made her uncomfortable by pointing out he is Black.
02:51 PM - Sep 10, 2023
3/10
It's cool to be Black if white people get to take credit for being enlightened enough to have recognized your talent or allowed your achievements. It's cool if you never bring up that being Black affects your experience differently. Cool, when your Blackness affirms their sense of being good.
02:55 PM - Sep 10, 2023
4/10
We're supposed to be authentic Black people as a testimony to how "not racist" they want to perceive themselves to be, and as entertainment for them, 'cause we're so "interesting"... but not so authentic that we make them feel uncomfortable. Wear the extensions AND let them touch them.
02:58 PM - Sep 10, 2023
5/10
But if they can't touch our hair cause that makes us uncomfortable... Or we identify more with the hunted child than with the overzealous, murderous neighbor... Or we know people don't want a black woman president, AND WE SAY SO OUT LOUD, well, we've ruined the game, cause now they're uncomfortable.
03:03 PM - Sep 10, 2023
6/10
That's not being cool, it's not even fair, that's not what having a black friend is supposed to be like. If you do that, now they want their comfort back, and if that means getting rid of you, so be it. They'll push you out of work, cause you don't fit the culture. Or vote you out of office.
03:05 PM - Sep 10, 2023
7/10
Now I know this, cause I'm a black woman, and the culture I was raised in prepared me for these rules. Kamala knows the game. Michelle Obama is JUST NOW living her best braided life, cause she knows these rules, too. But if you ask ANY white person about this Black Friend game, they won't get it.
03:07 PM - Sep 10, 2023
8/10
White people (the oblivious ones, anyway) will read this article without noticing the glaring omission where Kamala talks about her firsts as a woman, but not as a Black and Asian child of immigrants. But I want to point out that, for the sake of democracy, she is muzzled by the Black Friend game.
03:10 PM - Sep 10, 2023
9/10
And she's not the only one. And that game gets old for us, but we play it, because we have families to support. And careers to build. And some of us, like Kamala, Michelle, Karine Jean-Pierre, have democracy to safeguard. I'll glad if one day, my kids don't have to play it. But I'd be surprised.
03:13 PM - Sep 10, 2023
10/10
Y'all don't deserve that we sacrifice for your comfort so that we can have peace. We don't deserve the high blood pressure & stress that come with navigating your fragility & the trifling games y'all won't admit you play. Our resolve is the only thing keeping y'all from burning this whole shit down.
03:19 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
Thank you for sharing what I’m guessing many white people would at best call an inconvenient truth (to them). Please continue speaking out. At least here, I believe that your words will have a positive impact. They did for me. 🙏
03:46 PM - Feb 16, 2024
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
A young white woman said to me racism could be eradicated if we were all ONE color.
I asked her, what color would that be?
I watched as she stammered, hemmed and hawed never answering the question. We were on a lunch break needless to say she excused herself to the bathroom. I finished my lunch.
I asked her, what color would that be?
I watched as she stammered, hemmed and hawed never answering the question. We were on a lunch break needless to say she excused herself to the bathroom. I finished my lunch.
02:06 PM - Feb 16, 2024
In response to Penelope Lowder.
Typical. They run and hide when outed as ignorant and privileged, and STILL don’t see it or acknowedge it. SMH
02:46 PM - Feb 16, 2024
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
I never understood why any white people were upset by Obama statement about ‘Martin could be his son’. I mean he was simply pointing out reality. Reality made that lady uncomfortable? WTF?
07:01 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to JIlda Nettleton.
Black Friends are comfortable cause they don't force white people to see their own whiteness. "If we could all just stop seeing color..." Barack broke her preferred illusion because he acknowledged the color is there & meaningful & didn't try to Tim Scott his way through a "color means nothing" lie.
08:57 PM - Sep 13, 2023
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
She did an excellent interview on Face The Nation this morning.
06:13 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
Epic wisdom. Let's keep working to change this for your daughters.
I believe in Kamala Harris. She's the reason I voted for Joe.
I believe in Kamala Harris. She's the reason I voted for Joe.
04:51 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
She would serve with dignity, intelligence, wit, humility, kindness, compassion, and decency. And, she would surround herself with an amazing team.
04:48 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
Thank you. I imagine it is difficult to share this. 🖖🏻🥰
04:34 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to Claudia Citro.
Thank you for empathy. 🙂 It's actually easy to vent, but it's exasperating to sit, again, with the reality that what is common knowledge even to black children has to be explained and pointed out to white adults because they've never had to notice or care.
04:50 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
Her legal and political knowledge are superb regardless of her physical characteristics.
04:22 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
I’m a proud brown/mixed woman. Thank you for your spout, the game is horrible and hurtful, but yes, we sometimes have to play it to keep the peace. Some day maybe someday my descendants won’t play it.
💙🇺🇸💙
💙🇺🇸💙
04:13 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
Sis you just preached an entire word on this Sunday!
03:50 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to My Flying Car 2020.
Kamala Harris is MORE than qualified to be President. However, let’s get Biden elected in 2024 FIRST before we start worrying about 2028! If we don’t win in ‘24 we won’t HAVE a Democratic Republic. Trump basically wants to make himself PRESIDENT for LIFE. We know what that means. DICTATORSHIP! 😝
03:11 PM - Sep 10, 2023
In response to Yvette.
There wasn't a "however" in this WORLD required by this thread. Nor by your own first sentence.
04:21 PM - Sep 10, 2023
