* I am still stoked over the speech that Jesse Williams gave at the BET awards show. Truly powerful stuff. Of course, as is always the case, there were the haters who are totally clueless when it comes to black people, and yet still choose to give their two cents on all things black.
Take for instance Becky with the blonde hair over at Blaze television.
"Most of us probably wouldn’t know who TV host Tomi Lahren was if her rant about Beyoncé‘s ‘Formation’ video hadn’t gone viral. But it looks like the young television host has set her sights on a new target: Jesse Williams. {Read}
Girlfriend is mad because Williams is a an actor who makes more money than she does, and thus, in her world, doesn't have the right to speak out against injustice. As if some nobody from that no one has ever heard of speaking out against injustice is going to get the attention that Williams did.
Sadly, some black folks cringed at his speech as well. Apparently that colorism thingy raised its ugly head again.
We need to get over that, ASAP.
Light skinned brothers let me holla at you for a minute: You all are my brothers no matter what. I understand that Mr. Charlie might treat you a little differently because you are less threatening, but that's on Mr. Charlie, not on you.
If you are conscious enough to speak out on issues that affects us as a people, I say speak on. Don't let our differences in skin tone divide us.
"Of the millions of conversations that happened online, in solidarity and in complaint, one that caught my own light-skinned eye was a heartfelt exchange about what’s called “colorism” and the easier time that people of lighter hues have in the world. Did Williams, a light-skinned man, have the credentials to speak this way?"
Of course he did. And when we start asking ourselves these types of questions, sadly we find ourselves sounding a lot like Becky with the blonde hair.
*Pic from rawstory.com
0 Comments