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"Macklemore Is All of My Woke Ex-Boyfriends"
By Allison P. Davis Follow @allisonpdavis
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Concert - Los Angeles, CA
Macklemore, are you my boyfriend from freshman year?
Macklemore is a musician who recently released a song about his struggle being a white man of privilege who is becoming aware of social and racial injustice and his place in it all. It's called "White Privilege II." It's eight minutes long.
His struggle reminds me a bit of Matt McGorry, an actor who is incredibly vocal around issues like feminism, Amber Rose's Slutwalk, and Black Lives Matter. He often tweets things like this:
Excellent "This is what white privilege is:" https://t.co/o8N4v4imqV
— Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) January 26, 2016
Both work hard to demonstrate that they are woke by 2016 standards, and yet their apparently earnest, genuine, and high-profile efforts have proved a bit polarizing. There are those who applaud their contributions to the conversation: BuzzFeed wrote a whole listicle celebrating McGorry's wokeness, while prominent Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson called "White Privilege II" "important" in a tweet.
As I've said from the beginning, I think Macklemore's song is important. And all art, including his song, is open to critique.
— deray mckesson (@deray) January 23, 2016
But, for some, these men elicit eye-rolls.
But I feel that I know you, MackleGorry, and I empathize with you because I know you. In fact, MackleGorry, I might have dated you. Actually, were you any of the following people?
Maybe my super-woke white ex-boyfriend from freshman year of college, who said, "When did you first realize racism existed? For me it was ..."
Or my other super-woke white ex-boyfriend from sophomore year of college, who said, “Allison, I signed up for African studies. You should take it with me.”
Or my super-woke white ex-boyfriend from first year of graduate school, who said, "I have read James Baldwin."
Maybe my super-woke white ex-boyfriend from 2012 who joked-but-not-joked, "I think I actually have more black friends than you do."
Oh wait! Are you my super-woke white summer-camp ex-boyfriend whose last name was also Davis, who told me, "You know, I know my family owned slaves, and I want to apologize."
Oh I know, you're my super-woke white ex-bang-buddy from summer of 2009, who let me know he was down with the swirl by saying "I ? love 2Pac" a lot.
But you also sort of remind me of the super-woke white guy whose Tinder banter included, "I mean, I marched for Black Lives Matter last night ..."
... who was eerily similar to my super-woke white ex-boyfriend from senior year of high school, who explained why I couldn't come to his graduation barbecue by saying,"I had a two-hour dialogue with my grandmother. I'm sorry she's racist but I promise, I'm not ..."
... but also reminded me of my super-woke white blind date from 2015 who informed me, "It is actually pronounced Ta. Neh.Hee.See. Coates. I was recently at a dinner with him and my black-studies professor."
Though I got déjà-vu and thought of this super-woke white guy I met on OKCupid and dated for one month in 2013, who brought back an old classic and was like, "Allison, did I mention I majored in African studies in college?"
But seriously, I must have a type, because you're all dead ringers for the super-woke white dude I chose not to sleep with, who is still wondering why I didn't sleep with him, even though he said, "Police officers see me walking around Harlem in a hoodie and they give me looks. I get it ..."
Whichever one you are, I appreciate your efforts. I know it's hard.
Well, guess that weakens any arguments that white boys get all the fine sisters.
"Macklemore Is All of My Woke Ex-Boyfriends"
By Allison P. Davis Follow @allisonpdavis
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Concert - Los Angeles, CA
Macklemore, are you my boyfriend from freshman year?
Macklemore is a musician who recently released a song about his struggle being a white man of privilege who is becoming aware of social and racial injustice and his place in it all. It's called "White Privilege II." It's eight minutes long.
His struggle reminds me a bit of Matt McGorry, an actor who is incredibly vocal around issues like feminism, Amber Rose's Slutwalk, and Black Lives Matter. He often tweets things like this:
Excellent "This is what white privilege is:" https://t.co/o8N4v4imqV
— Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) January 26, 2016
Both work hard to demonstrate that they are woke by 2016 standards, and yet their apparently earnest, genuine, and high-profile efforts have proved a bit polarizing. There are those who applaud their contributions to the conversation: BuzzFeed wrote a whole listicle celebrating McGorry's wokeness, while prominent Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson called "White Privilege II" "important" in a tweet.
As I've said from the beginning, I think Macklemore's song is important. And all art, including his song, is open to critique.
— deray mckesson (@deray) January 23, 2016
But, for some, these men elicit eye-rolls.
But I feel that I know you, MackleGorry, and I empathize with you because I know you. In fact, MackleGorry, I might have dated you. Actually, were you any of the following people?
Maybe my super-woke white ex-boyfriend from freshman year of college, who said, "When did you first realize racism existed? For me it was ..."
Or my other super-woke white ex-boyfriend from sophomore year of college, who said, “Allison, I signed up for African studies. You should take it with me.”
Or my super-woke white ex-boyfriend from first year of graduate school, who said, "I have read James Baldwin."
Maybe my super-woke white ex-boyfriend from 2012 who joked-but-not-joked, "I think I actually have more black friends than you do."
Oh wait! Are you my super-woke white summer-camp ex-boyfriend whose last name was also Davis, who told me, "You know, I know my family owned slaves, and I want to apologize."
Oh I know, you're my super-woke white ex-bang-buddy from summer of 2009, who let me know he was down with the swirl by saying "I ? love 2Pac" a lot.
But you also sort of remind me of the super-woke white guy whose Tinder banter included, "I mean, I marched for Black Lives Matter last night ..."
... who was eerily similar to my super-woke white ex-boyfriend from senior year of high school, who explained why I couldn't come to his graduation barbecue by saying,"I had a two-hour dialogue with my grandmother. I'm sorry she's racist but I promise, I'm not ..."
... but also reminded me of my super-woke white blind date from 2015 who informed me, "It is actually pronounced Ta. Neh.Hee.See. Coates. I was recently at a dinner with him and my black-studies professor."
Though I got déjà-vu and thought of this super-woke white guy I met on OKCupid and dated for one month in 2013, who brought back an old classic and was like, "Allison, did I mention I majored in African studies in college?"
But seriously, I must have a type, because you're all dead ringers for the super-woke white dude I chose not to sleep with, who is still wondering why I didn't sleep with him, even though he said, "Police officers see me walking around Harlem in a hoodie and they give me looks. I get it ..."
Whichever one you are, I appreciate your efforts. I know it's hard.
Well, guess that weakens any arguments that white boys get all the fine sisters.
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She Look Like Magic Johnsons Son In Drag
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nawledge_? wrote: »She Look Like Magic Johnsons Son In Drag
Isnt Magic johnsons son already in drag though? -
Didn't read
Thread title sounds like Confessions of a ? -
Another L for the wenches.
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Stupid blak hoe who ? crackers hope she gets aids...? get no shelter in the revolution....please when the time come let me slay the race traitors slowly!!!anyway she ugly
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? is a ?
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Confused pseudo-intellectual writes article just so she could boast in it over and over that she beds white dudes
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Nah B. This type of ? , this ? right here...nah B
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Aryeh_Tsaddiq wrote: »
Bring that ass here
But for real, she probably doesn't know any better so I can't blaze her like I want to, I want to give her some books -
Oh and somebody please enlighten me on the struggles of being privileged and ? and stealing yet another culture?
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Lock this garbage
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What the ? does super woke mean
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Will Munny wrote: »What the ? does super woke mean
Apparently it means being self aware of the advantages your skin color affords you compared to other races or something.
Like a fat ? that constantly tells men she's "repping for the big girls" or some ? ? like that I guess. -
I actually read it and don't get the point of the article. Is she patting herself on the back for daring "awoke white guys" are congratulating him in being an "awoke white guy." Either way because of the overabundance of writers like her journalism stands at death door.
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Sellout ass ? .
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Aryeh_Tsaddiq wrote: »
Why you tagging me in this ? thread? A bedwench is gonna act properly. She's no different from you negros who believe the white man is the racist, while ? white women putting them on pedestals, while believing since they are not "white men" they are not racist. All y'all negros need to be exterminated.
I don't ? around with white people; male or female they all the same to me. -
Read it. Pointless. Might as well have just listed the crackas she ?
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Aryeh_Tsaddiq wrote: »
Why you tagging me in this ? thread? A bedwench is gonna act properly. She's no different from you negros who believe the white man is the racist, while ? white women putting them on pedestals, while believing since they are not "white men" they are not racist. All y'all negros need to be exterminated.
I don't ? around with white people; male or female they all the same to me.
I thought you'd have a lot to say in regards to this article.
And I should not be lumped with "negros who believe the white man is the racist, while ? white women putting them on pedestals, while believing since they are not "white men" they are not racist". I'm married to a black woman. -
Aryeh_Tsaddiq wrote: »Aryeh_Tsaddiq wrote: »
Why you tagging me in this ? thread? A bedwench is gonna act properly. She's no different from you negros who believe the white man is the racist, while ? white women putting them on pedestals, while believing since they are not "white men" they are not racist. All y'all negros need to be exterminated.
I don't ? around with white people; male or female they all the same to me.
I thought you'd have a lot to say in regards to this article.
And I should not be lumped with "negros who believe the white man is the racist, while ? white women putting them on pedestals, while believing since they are not "white men" they are not racist". I'm married to a black woman.
Light skin?
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Skimmed it and to me it looked like she was listing off all the white boys she dun ? throughout her life, but it's cool cause they're all "super woke"
Article should have been titled diary of a ? chick -
Stopped reading at "his struggle being a white man of privilege".
LMAO @ that hillarious oxymoron. -
Word to him talking to a grown professional black man like hes a ?
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Aryeh_Tsaddiq wrote: »Aryeh_Tsaddiq wrote: »
Why you tagging me in this ? thread? A bedwench is gonna act properly. She's no different from you negros who believe the white man is the racist, while ? white women putting them on pedestals, while believing since they are not "white men" they are not racist. All y'all negros need to be exterminated.
I don't ? around with white people; male or female they all the same to me.
I thought you'd have a lot to say in regards to this article.
And I should not be lumped with "negros who believe the white man is the racist, while ? white women putting them on pedestals, while believing since they are not "white men" they are not racist". I'm married to a black woman.
Light skin?
This ? funny lol