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In a toot from yesterday I asked what Black men owe Black women if we are to be in community with one another?
[and thank you to everyone who read that thread who was not Black and sensibly chose not to answer that question -- because it was not meant for y'all. thank you.]
The amazing and prophetic thinker and activist @ImaniBarbarin talked about the consequences for our Black community, which blew my mind.
I'll describe what's happening in her Tok:
She's reading a comment on one of her earlier posts. The comment says 'Y'all don't get it. We don't give a shit what you say. Stop crying and defend yourselves. You're strong and independent.'
She agrees that Black women will 100% defend ourselves.
Then she says: But lemme ask you something, though. Do you fit the description of a threat?
She's effing brilliant.
#BlackFeminist #Misogynoir #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi
https://www.tiktok.com/@crutches_and_spice/video/7275856712232439082?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en
This is a complex conversation, as @ImaniBarbarin points out in her other posts on TT.
Because the upshot is division. A rending of community by white supremacy. It will be easy for unthinking neo-lib types to watch this conversation and waaaay down deep feel their fear of Black men is justified.
It will be easier for our brothers to fall down a rabbit hole of right wing patriarchal propaganda
since 'uppity Black women who don't know their place' are now a shared enemy.
And if Black women, who have been historically -- and continue to be -- the bulwark and connections for multiple liberatory movements not only have to fight The Man but also *our* men - how sustainable is that? That's exhausting.
But here we are. Good job, Patriarchy+White Supremacy. You won this round.
This was too good not to share.
*ARE* we reading 'too much into things' when we say the Brick Conversation has some serious implications for our community's liberation?
Because Steve Bannon certainly had a thought about how to split Black solidarity.
[via @ImaniBarbarin on TT]
#BlackFeminist #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #Misogynoir #SomeOfYallAreGettingPlayedMuchLessUsingTheMastersTools