Black Woman Tells Karens Exactly What She Thinks Of Their White Tears

[Aquarius Snake]

Bout to peep the whole interview.

 

[Aquarius Snake]

1 minute in and these “uh mah gah” accents are grating.

 

[ColdSlither]

acknowledging a problem means you have to do something about it, take accountability, the very thing they are masters at avoiding

Even if you break it down to something simple and more relatable, like being in a relationship that has problems, they'll still avoid it and gaslight.

 

[number21]

Preformative nonsense to have you simple nikkas eat up and continue in your delusions.

And the chick focus was about how she wants to be in the position of a white woman. And you cats are cheering and barking like trained seals.

 

[Aquarius Snake]

After listening to the full podcast, she made some really good points about colorism in the black community and the specific divides between the creole and black communities in New Orleans which confused me as a kid because my family was a mix of both. It was interesting to hear about from a second generation immigrant’s perspective. I recommend it to anyone with an hour to spare.

‎We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle: The Power of Rethinking Everything with Dr. Yaba Blay on Apple Podcasts

 

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FATALITY! We live to see it!

 

[ThrobbingHood]

There was this great blog years ago that broke down white womens tears perfectly. I wish I could find it.

Can’t believe I found it.

white women’s tears

White women’s tears is one of the main ways White American women have of derailing any talk of racism, particularly their own racism. It is part of a more general pattern of white people making their feelings matter more than the truth – something you see too in the tone argument, for example.

White women’s tears can come about in different ways, but here is the classic scene:

1. A white woman says something racist.
2. A black woman points it out. (It could be any person of colour but it works best against black women for reasons given below.)
3. The white woman says she is not racist and starts crying.
4. For added effect the white woman can run out of the room.
5. Other whites, particularly white men, come to the aid and comfort not of the wronged black woman but of the racist white woman!
6. The black woman, the wronged party, is made to seem like the mean one in the eyes of whites.
7. The white woman continues to believe she is not racist.

Tables turned! It works so well that it is hard not to see the tears as a cheap trick.

This is more than just a woman using tears to get her way. It is built on a set of White American ideas about race, listed here in no particular order:

• It works best when these two stereotypes can be applied:
  • The Sapphire stereotype – black women as mean, angry and disagreeable
  • The Pure White Woman stereotype – white women as these special, delicate creatures who need to be protected at all costs. It is what drives the Missing White Woman Syndrome – and, in the old days, lynchings.
• The r-word: to be called a “racist”, however gently and indirectly, is a terrible, upsetting thing for white people – far worse than, you know, being a racist.
• White people and their feelings are the centre of the known universe.
• Hearts of stone: meanwhile whites seem to have a very, very hard time putting themselves in the shoes of people of colour.
• Moral blindness: white people think they are Basically Good, therefore if someone points out something bad about them it must be out of hatred.
• White solidarity: whites are afraid to stand up against racism, particularly when they are with other whites. Also, they do not like it when you call other whites racists – they seem to take it personally for some reason.

All these things work together to help create the scene laid out above. It is why it works best for young, good-looking white women and why black women’s tears have nowhere the same effect in a white setting.

In my own experience White American women are by far the hardest to talk to about racism. Even if you get past all their defences and they believe what you are saying, they act like they are going to cry. So you either stop or you push on and are made to look mean and heartless.

 

[Haliax]

At some point this thread turned into "black women upholding white supremacy"

Predictible, simple, thoughtless clowns.

 

[Coco Loco]

At some point this thread turned into "black women upholding white supremacy"

Predictible, simple, thoughtless clowns.

The Coli.com

 

[FeverPitch2]

What she said was right and exact, but I always have to consider the messenger these days.
Ran through her Twitter timeline and I see she runs with Tarana Burke.
She tweeted something about victims being failed by the justice system the day Cosby was released.
She propped up Surviving R. Kelly.
There was no mention of Black men unless they were dead or she was doing an event with one.
She didn't say anything negative about Black men, either.
I cant make a definitive assessment on her feelings about Black men based on any of what I read, but the indicators make me cautious.