Dr. Tommy Curry said something in an interview that really stuck out to me and answers the first quote. He said, and I'm paraphrasing, "many black people lose a bit of their identity when educated by white schools and adopt the talking points of white liberals. It's these people who are given the opportunity to speak for poor black folk, and many times, they are conflating the overall black experience with the negative tropes that have been used to define & misrepresent our community." I agree with this...even as a person who also graduated from a PWI.
There's a strong difference between supporting women and being a the stereotypical feminist. I don't think we define that line often enough. As an example, lets compare supporting Monique vs Terry Ellis Ross. Monique brought attention to the pay gap between whites & blacks a long time ago...after Precious, to be exact. She then brought up the conversation about the women's pay gap and made sure to (1) state that she fully supported the black comedians that were paid well & that they deserve it and (2) still mentioned the racial pay gap. Monique also has a black family and always has promoted the black community in her own way. Comparatively, and unfortunately, TER focused on her costar who only gets paid $20k more than her per episode and AA also does more work than her. Most importantly, she never even mentions the racial pay gap. I personally think her recent social post was damage control.
I speak up when I can or have the energy to (online). But to be honest, in my personal life, most of my friends are in happy marriages. So I never have to argue with them about supporting black men or black masculinity b/c they are already on code.