Lena Horne to Nikki Giovanni Lena Horne “ I didn’t have the strength to be with a black man”.

[Bawon Samedi]

Learn the mistakes of past so we repeat them in the future...

What mistake? Let them wench.

 

[@OffHalsted]

Is Joyce in that picture Joyce Bryant?

yes

 

[MajesticLion]

Everybody thinks that their own burden is the heaviest.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

This some bedwench appreciation thread?

 

[Wild self]

If Harry Balafonte came out and said this they would call him all types of c00ns, bedbucks, and being too weak for a black woman. These dudes are cucks. Aint no mjcry emojies or I feel his pain type of shyt. Because to judge a black man's character he has to be with a bw and anyone else then he is considered less of a man. A bw is not considered less of a woman if she is with a wm. She is never judged like a black man is.

Bedwenches will do they best to erase this history.

 

[Cat piss martini]

This some bedwench appreciation thread?

fukk naw.
it's just crazy to see/hear that kinda
honesty about ones own flaws and shortcomings.
you will never hear that today from a top tier entertainer
in the social media era.

 

[newworldafro]

Tupac fukked Nikki Giovanni

I'm not sure if you lying or what

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

I’m not surprised by this.

I’m been telling you brothers. shyt that’s happening within our community ain’t new.

shyt ain’t being strong enough to love a black man. shyt is about being able to have white womanhood. Black men can’t give them that. Only white men.

Exactly. Her fukking with zaddy had nothing to do with black men. She is just looking to enter white society and is saying this crap for sympathy.

Quite pathetic honestly

 

[98Ntu]

As a young black man, I think a lot of younger black women resent black men for similar reasons. Being with a black man can be difficult and is a constant reminder of the hardships that exist within black life. A lot of younger “sisters” want to avoid this now

Black women like all women want life to be peaceful. Generally speaking, women don’t want to struggle. They don’t want to suffer (to be fair, no one does) and they will find men who can give them what they need. Black unity is a mythology and has been for a while imho.

I’m not surprised or mad, just disappointed honestly lol. Live your life brehs and stop betting on the so-called loyalty of your people to save you.

 

[xoxodede]

Are we really going to allow disrespect for Lena Horne?

Did anyone take the time to read a book, watch a documentary -- or something about Mrs. Horne. shyt, at least learn about the climate and what was going on back then. Then learn what she did for ADOS and Black America in general.

And oh... both here parents were Black/ADOS.

 

[EBK String]

Are we really going to allow disrespect for Lena Horne?

Did anyone take the time to read a book, watch a documentary -- or something about Mrs. Horne. shyt, at least learn about the climate and what was going on back then. Then learn what she did for ADOS and Black America in general.

And oh... both here parents were Black/ADOS.

Juelz

• EBK String
• Nov 26, 2017
• juelz

Juelz

 

[saturn7]

yes

The thirst for white recognition.



Sadly we still got a lot of our people on this stuff.

 

[MajesticLion]

As a young black man, I think a lot of younger black women resent black men for similar reasons. Being with a black man can be difficult and is a constant reminder of the hardships that exist within black life. A lot of younger “sisters” want to avoid this now

Black women like all women want life to be peaceful. Generally speaking, women don’t want to struggle. They don’t want to suffer (to be fair, no one does) and they will find men who can give them what they need.

This and what @HARLEM AL alluded to is all very true.

Except that there's no escaping anything. White men ain't about to magically turn any black person white via proxy, nor is a change in lifestyle a substitute for justice. You are who you are, and chasing after anything else is simply hustling backwards. Escapism will never fill that gap.


As regards black women's capacity for struggle, I think you're way off and would be very surprised. These new heffalumpians aren't built for it, that's fair...because all rebellion is literally being bred out of them, and that's by design. But overall? They're tougher than men and always have been. What's missing is purpose. They got baited with a different purpose that can never possibly fulfill them, and wound up off in the weeds.

Black unity is a mythology and has been for a while imho.

I’m not surprised or mad, just disappointed honestly lol. Live your life brehs and stop betting on the so-called loyalty of your people to save you.

This is purely defeatist thinking.

 

[TallMan_J]

Are we really going to allow disrespect for Lena Horne?

Did anyone take the time to read a book, watch a documentary -- or something about Mrs. Horne. shyt, at least learn about the climate and what was going on back then. Then learn what she did for ADOS and Black America in general.

And oh... both here parents were Black/ADOS.

No excuses for wenching. I didn’t even watch the video. Based on other posters’ comments, I can only give her a morsel of credit for not directly bashing Black Men like most Wenches do.

You’re not from my state (Michigan) talking like that. Probably from the Upper Peninsula or some shyt. Can’t be from SE or SW MI.

 

[#1 pick]

Making it sound like black love must have pain to be endured, and think that white people are easier

The sad truth is, it's a lot easier to be with a white man or white woman than a Black man or Black woman. Just the facts in a system of white supremacy. Now, the consequences of it and lack of comfort is what gets most Black folks. That and the parent/child relationship as well.

Me personally, I couldn't do it and I happily married a proud Black woman but of those friends who did it, I can't say that lost by doing it. In most cases, their life got better but this is thecoli. Everyone is a self-hater and a wench or buck to do otherwise. Even I used to have that mindset but at this age, people gonna do them. As long as they thought out their decision is really all that matters.