Amazing how a black man and black woman, with a singular goal (black relationships), can share opposing viewpoints respectfully. Part of the reason for this has to do with the fact you won and won early, @HarlemHottie, but an authentic desire to be with a black man is what's really missing from the vast majority of black women who claim to want us. @Balla
Pertaining to y'alls topic, I think the biggest thing missing from women's understanding of the majority of derogatory comments online about black women in the mid-'00s (time period is important) is that the way black men were talking to and about you all is primarily how men "joke around" with one another. Rude... mean... unkind... crude comments... this is how guys speak to each other. It's amplified in black communities as well, since we champion this mentality as "clowning culture," whereas men of other groups tend to keep the cracks between each other. Equality at its most ironic. In seriousness, though, I've never liked "clowning culture", even from a young age, because I could see others internalizing it, while also trying to play it off like it didn't affect them. I wondered many a time as a teenager, "Why do we do this? It's surely going to have a negative effect in the future." Now look.
All that said, the major difference between predominant (black) male criticism of (black) women and predominant (black) female criticism of (black) men is these women want us dead - and it's socially acceptable for them to express that. If you know how to push people's buttons the right way, you can get admission of out folks quite easily. Even among the most scorned of black men, however, you'd be hard pressed to find one who wishes lynching upon black females.
Pertaining to y'alls topic, I think the biggest thing missing from women's understanding of the majority of derogatory comments online about black women in the mid-'00s (time period is important) is that the way black men were talking to and about you all is primarily how men "joke around" with one another. Rude... mean... unkind... crude comments... this is how guys speak to each other. It's amplified in black communities as well, since we champion this mentality as "clowning culture," whereas men of other groups tend to keep the cracks between each other. Equality at its most ironic. In seriousness, though, I've never liked "clowning culture", even from a young age, because I could see others internalizing it, while also trying to play it off like it didn't affect them. I wondered many a time as a teenager, "Why do we do this? It's surely going to have a negative effect in the future." Now look.
All that said, the major difference between predominant (black) male criticism of (black) women and predominant (black) female criticism of (black) men is these women want us dead - and it's socially acceptable for them to express that. If you know how to push people's buttons the right way, you can get admission of out folks quite easily. Even among the most scorned of black men, however, you'd be hard pressed to find one who wishes lynching upon black females.
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