By Said Shaiye Nearly every culture in the world today is centered around the premise that white is more valuable than black; that white skin carries with it an inherent infallibility and black skin is merely a foregone conclusion of criminality. Whiteness is universally understood to signify innocence, while blackness is intrinsically associated with guilt.…
via How money & the White Gaze make you forget your Blackness, and how to resist. — RaceBaitR
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Hmmmmm? So why did the brotha agree to be Scooby-Doo in the 1st place though? Isn’t that part of the problem? If you let people demean you right?
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Riiiiight! If you have to drop such an important part of yourself [in his case, dignity!], that is not friendship! Not even a kick it buddy!
I thought this photo was fitting hehe
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Hahahahahaha. On an unrelated topic my greedy ass might order some more cookies
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Whaaaaat! As long as you promise that you’re practicing moderation + balance!
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Ok truth time. I haven’t. Lmao. But (quick think of a lie) my friend errrrr Bob (yeah we will go with that) wants some.
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Oh so you’re sharing.. or Bob gets them all?
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Uhhhh Bob gets them all. Also Ms. Suede can you walk me through on how you put the shopping and sales part up on your website? We have our thecouchsports.com merchandise but I need help with the walk through
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Sure! I’ll email you.
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Girl…
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Wtf!! Is that a real picture? If it is I need his information so I can lean on his dumb ass!
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lol yes I Google searched “token black guy” and it popped up in the results.
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I can’t even say over the internet what I would do to him for disgracing him self and the representation of black people… Strong and proud black people. Omg!
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Crazy right!
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Affirmative!
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lol @ you googling “token black guy” hilarious!
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It had to happen!
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Just came across this black artist on IG. Of course I thought of you lol. IG handle is tmix_art
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Oh he’s good! Great find. Thank you for sharing!
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I’m glad I’m not the only one affected by this image. I almost couldn’t click on the article to read because I kept looking like, really? Did he really agree to do this?
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LOL they didn’t have a feature image, so I had to do it. I thought it was fitting for the subject; sometimes we stoop so low just to “fit in” and this is how we look to those who see through the nonsense.
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Wow, not right at all
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The article?
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The picture
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oh.. LOL I just found it to be the best representation of how pathetic we look when we fall into the white gaze.
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Great piece. Thanks for sharing Kelley. That image is a great summation of black folks being homogenized and pasteurized .. running around licking the boots of white folks. We look foolish; and I am glad the author says whiteness is “intoxicating”.
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You already know.
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I just can’t!
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What’s the problem, ma’am?
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Girl, I just can’t with that kid playing Scooby Doo!
I mean, they couldn’t pay me to degrade myself like that-even when I was his age.
Shameful.
SMH
I’ll bet his parents would be pissed.
Thank you for keeping us aware🙏🏾
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Ha! And to think that he along with many MANY others are not even compensated to behave this way!
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I know right? 🙂
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That black guy in that picture is a shell of a man. He has no dignity or self respect. He see himself as an inferior being so he has no problem playing a dog to his masters. This is true menticide at it’s finest! He is truly pathetic!
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Truly! This is how every black shell looks when they love + praise white people and non-blacks instead of their own.
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Girl this pic!!!! Smdh but yes, I completely agree. No tokens here though
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Ha! Right on
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That pic is REALLY sad. That Black dude don’t have an ounce of respect and it shows. Just look at his face. smdh.
Girl, I didn’t know that you have your own shop. I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been checking around much, however I will support you. Your art is very beautiful, love it!
I’ve just recently opened up my shop selling t-shirts, I think you seen the post here: https://originalblackwoman.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/introducing-the-alpha-woman-clothing-and-accessories-and-the-term-melanificent/
Well yep I see you already read and like the post.
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Of course, sis. Thank YOU! I’m always down to barter if you’re open to that.
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Awwww man that picture is literally, THE worst. I can’t even eat chicken in public without feeling uncomfortable a la Dave Chappelle, I could NEVER do something like that smh.
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Right! Damn white gaze.. smh
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