Agree or Disagree: 5 Things White Women Do That Black Women Can’t Get Away With
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Black Women Are Not Permitted to Use Violence in Self-Defense
Defenders of ”Stand Your Ground” laws often cite a woman’s right to shoot her attacker or ? as a rationale for broader gun regulations. This is especially the case since the fatal shootings of Black teenagers Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis in Florida cast the “Stand Your Ground” laws under public scrutiny.
However, Marissa Alexander of Florida is facing a possible 60-year sentence for reportedly “standing her ground,” even though no one was hurt in the incident. Alexander says she fired a warning shot at her abusive husband, but according to a new analysis of FBI homicide data, her race may be a reason why she has not been granted equal protection under the law.
The analysis, prepared by the Urban Institute of Washington, D.C., was based on national data of homicide cases that were found “justifiable” on the grounds that deadly force was appropriate.
Among cases nationwide where a woman killed an adult man, white women who killed Black men were most likely to be declared justified in 13.5 percent of the cases, the data found. By contrast, just 2.6 percent of white women who killed white men, and 5.7 percent of Black women who killed Black men were found to be justified.
Leaking a Sex Tape Doesn’t Work Well For Black Women
Back in the 1980s, legendary actress, beauty queen, and NFL Today’s first Black female presenter Jayne Kennedy, found herself embroiled in one of the first celebrity sex tape scandals. The reportedly stolen VHS of Kennedy and her then-husband Leon Isaac Kennedy nosedived the sports broadcaster’s career and she disappeared into obscurity.
Rapper Eve recruited the FBI after she found herself in the middle of a career-threatening scandal involving a sex tape with her then-boyfriend Steve J. Eve says the leaker attempted to blackmail her for a large sum of cash. She called the incident “hurtful,” said the controversy left her scarred, and noted “sex tapes weren’t ‘hot’ like that” a decade ago.
In 2010, actor Laurence Fishburne’s daughter, Montana, declared she was entering the porn business to help make a name for herself. She found out the hard way that the same rewards of clothing and perfume lines, TV shows, and millions of dollars bestowed upon celebrities Kim Kardashian, Pam Anderson, Paris Hilton, and other white women was not available for her. Fishburne only earned $60,000 for her efforts, received no profit from the sales of her popular tape, and today cautions young women against going into the business.
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star Mimi Faust also released a “? ” sex tape with her boyfriend Nikko Smith. It remains to be seen if she will become an exception.
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White Women’s Sexuality is Celebrated While Black Women’s Sexuality is Presented as Limited — not Respectable or Wholesome
Dr. Carolyn West, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, argues in her 2008 article, “Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, and their homegirls:
Developing an ‘oppositional gaze’ toward the images of Black women,“ that the portrayal of Black women as promiscuous Jezebels throughout slavery and the Jim Crow era served as justification for the long-time sexual exploitation of them by white men.
West says the Jezebel caricatures depicting the stereotype of Black female hypersexuality can be seen on everyday items from that time period, including ashtrays, postcards, sheet music, fishing lures and drinking glasses, all depicting naked or scantily dressed Black women, lacking modesty and sexual restraint. For example, a metal nutcracker (circa 1930s) depicts a topless Black woman. The nut is placed under her skirt, in her crotch, and crushed. “Items like this one reflected and shaped white attitudes toward Black female sexuality,” said West.
Today, the Jezebel archetype, now referred to as a ? , freak, chickenhead, or ? , can be seen gyrating in rap videos and appearing as prostitutes or mistresses on television and film. These frequent and persistent mass-media portrayals of Black female sexual indiscretion reinforce negative stereotypes of all Black women, while the white female population is free from the sexual behavior of a few being projected onto the whole.
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White Women Are at Liberty to Explore the Full Range Of Womanhood, While Black Women Are Criticized When Motherhood and Marriage Are Prioritized
Stereotypes about Black women being promiscuous, procreating irresponsibly, and unfit for motherhood are perpetuated by a media that routinely presents disparaging images and narratives about Black mothers while rarely, if ever, presenting positive views.
That’s why the feminist response to first lady Michele Obama’s decision to be “mom-in-chief” is not surprising. In a Politico article by Michelle Cottle, entitled ”Leaning Out: How Michelle Obama became a feminist nightmare,” she quoted several feminists who were disgruntled over Obama’s choice to focus on raising her daughters and issues such as child obesity and education, instead of more politically hot-button concerns, such as abortion.
One columnist Leslie Morgan Steiner, author of Mommy Wars, asked “Are fashion and body-toning tips all we can expect from one of the most highly educated first ladies in history?”
Steiner continued: “I for one have seen enough of her upper appendages and her designer clothes, and read enough bland dogma on home-grown vegetables and aerobic exercise, to last me several lifetimes.”
Super pop star Beyonce recently came under fire and essentially had her feminist card revoked, for using “Mrs. Carter” - her husband Jay-Z’s surname – in the title of her world tour.
“There is almost something subversive about waiting until the strongest moment of your career, which is where Beyonce finds herself now, to do away with the infamous glossy mononym in favor of a second name your own husband doesn’t even use,” wrote Rosie Swash of the Guardian.
Black Women Are Not Expected to be Emotionally Vulnerable
Black women’s resilience dates back to the dawn of humanity and it was called upon during the painful history of enslavement and racial oppression, where they were subjected to abuse, violation and exploitation. Black women learned to survive dehumanizing conditions by becoming skilled in the balancing act of appeasing her slave master by complying with his demands, while still making sacrifices to meet the needs of those who were dependent upon her.
Researchers have suggested that the cultural expectation of fortitude in African-American women fuels the myth of the “strong Black woman,” which compels her to push for unrealistic levels of self-sacrifice, self-denial and ensuing emotional distress. White women have not had to bear this cultural burden.
Dana Stringer argues in her EURweb article, “Hidden Dangers of Being A ‘Strong Black Woman,” that because Black women are not permitted to be transparent about their personal suffering, the internalizing of pain, disappointment and unmet needs have greatly contributed to the “anxiety, stress, fatigue, anger, uptightness, irritability, insomnia, overeating, addiction, shame, guilt and depression” that so many of them suffer. This poses on of the greatest threats to their health and overall quality of life.”
http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/05/07/5-things-white-women-black-women-cant-get-away/
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isn't the chick in the first one a known domestic abuser? i feel like i read that somewhere...
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Yes I agree with this article except for the feminist thing, them hoes get mad at everyone regardless of race smh
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White Women’s Sexuality is Celebrated While Black Women’s Sexuality is Presented as Limited
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Powerful and deep posts Crooked still as relevant as ever.
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Agreed. Empirical evidence supports this.
This trickles down to the way black and white woman can present themselves as well:
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All of em except the baby can get it, especially the black girl in the green hair.
A lot of of this perceived Racism is all in our head tho. It comes from Oppression. We're confident enough to wear dreads around our people but look down upon it when around white people *and whole time the down-looker could be actually down to earth in some way*
Racism is alive and well but some ? is just emotional and mental trauma carried out over the times.
Id be willing to bet that most of those white guys with Black Hoochie memorabilia truly had a thing for black women. They just weren't encouraged to be vocal about it in the complete truth. And who could blame them, black females are literally the most beautiful creature on earth -
Who cares what white women do
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alot of them are messed up standards they place on each other though
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The women of color who aren't able to do the same things without being lambasted by society, due to not possessing white privilege.Who cares what white women do
In fact anyone who's aware of the double-standard should care, unless you support the white supremacist agenda of upholding the status quo. -
The Iconoclast wrote: »
The women of color who aren't able to do the same things without being lambasted by society, due to not possessing white privilege.Who cares what white women do
In fact anyone who's aware of the double-standard should care, unless you support the white supremacist agenda of upholding the status quo.
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Disgusting ? up world we live in. ? white people.
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I care about all women until I get mine then my ? given are at 0.
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The Iconoclast wrote: »
The women of color who aren't able to do the same things without being lambasted by society, due to not possessing white privilege.Who cares what white women do
In fact anyone who's aware of the double-standard should care, unless you support the white supremacist agenda of upholding the status quo.
They should never have to.....
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Damn this was better put together than I expected it to be. I'm also sure they could find more than five as well.
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1st is true for all black people
2nd is common knowledge for any black person with half a brainWho cares what white women do
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"I was a racist as a kid"-Jordan
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People of a certain class look down on anyone who is trying to be different. If you have pink hair and nose rings upperclass America looks at you as trash regardless of your color. Fact.
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The Iconoclast wrote: »Agreed. Empirical evidence supports this.
This trickles down to the way black and white woman can present themselves as well:
Lol the ? is this ? . Scene girls and hipsters are hated by everyone that isnt a raving ? . Nobody calls that skittle hair unique or creative -
Accompany_Nigg wrote: »The Iconoclast wrote: »Agreed. Empirical evidence supports this.
This trickles down to the way black and white woman can present themselves as well:
Lol the ? is this ? . Scene girls and hipsters are hated by everyone that isnt a raving ? . Nobody calls that skittle hair unique or creative
Speak for yourself ? Ass ? . I like my women decorated -
I think mimi is the exception to the sex tape thing
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@jillymayr time will tell
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I don't care.
