The smoke from the John Mayer controversy seems to have cleared and we’re back to business as usual. In case you hadn’t heard singer/guitarist John Mayer made some pretty disturbing comments concerning African-Americans, especially women, in an interview he did earlier this month with Playboy magazine. In a nutshell he used the “N-Word”, and likened his penis to white supremacist David Duke when asked about sleeping with Black women. Sidebar: wouldn’t it have been easier to just say, “Sorry. I’ve never dated a black woman.” And to add insult to injury, he then went on to name the bevy of black beauties he would bed. Breathe. Crazy, right!? Before things could get crazier he gave a half-assed apology and was on his way. Half-assed in that he ONLY apologized for using the “N- Word”, NOT for what he said about the Sistas.
Allow me to get real and expose some ugly truths. What I’m asking is not a far fetched concept. Think about it: racists “dating” interracially can be traced back to the transatlantic slave trade. It was nothing for a slave master to carry on relationships with (not rape) a slave, father children, allow the offspring to be “house slaves/house n*ggers”, yet never feeling obligated to free any of them; nor treat them humanely. They were still regarded as property. And this was the cause of the great divide amongst people of color regarding color issues. The “house slave/negro/n*gger” may have been treated just a tad bit better. They slept in the “Big House”, dressed a little better, ate a little better, but … they were still slaves; property.
But what do Y’ALL think? Holla @ Ya Gyrl!
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3 comments:
Staycehustle, you hit hard and are right on time! Black women are treated like the Earth by some, you need it, you want it, you use it but have issues cherishing it and respecting it!
It makes me think of Sojourner Truths speech called "Aint I a Woman":
-"That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman? " - Her life wasnt by choice but necessity created by the same man who disrespects her for it! (Bed her no wed her)
We work just as hard as anyone but have to prove twice as much as the others which makes us strong. We are good enough to lay with but not good enough to be an equal. Black women are seen as the novelty that you dont really make a reality for some not all! Although I have nothing against interracial relationships, I sometimes wonder if its more about soaking your wild oats than about risking it all to be with what was once and still considered TABOO to most!
Just processing, and again I am not anti interracial relationships, when I date I do just that date not discriminate. But I am selective with whom I date based on their AGENDA! Thanks for giving me a place to express my thoughts!
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Thank U 4 Coming By & Sharing Your Thoughts. Greatly Appreciated. I Just Write From The Heart & Try 2 Approach Topics That Are Taboo. Stick Around, I Have More Coming. Thanx Again, Peace & Blessings.
This is as real as it gets. I feel you and argee with the way we talk about and use those krazy things we say just to get what we want . Good hair , money , and that white showpiece . It's too much of that going on and the scary shit is that it's still tooooooo many people in this time that still think and believe this . I believe were all doomed.
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