Mind you, I have only ever had white women believe this and espouse it with great passion. Meanwhile, non-white women seem to be abducted a lot but I don’t hear black women passing along urban legends about it. The occasional “be safe” meme, sure.
I told one coworker that if “Mexican gangs” were grabbing blonde white women wholesale from the Hop-in, it would probably be on the news. She wasn’t amused.
That’s when you know your life is certified boring.
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One thing about being Black online is that every interest group eventually becomes a dating website. The gig is figuring out where the group is on the cycle.
It’s something like: interest group forms — glow up —- mod wars — the reclamation — the image gallery — the “who pays” debates — mod wars II — reverse migration — brunch meetups — dating website. I need to write this down.
I think it’s because the Black church and chocolate cities are struggling. And also because of photo filters.
I’ve mentioned my friend explaining the world to me this way and how much it shifted my perspective on people. Social media obviously heightens the effect but all analog media did it to a certain degree. To many people, you are just a minor character in their life’s movie.
I have been on the receiving end of people who fixated on me as a character in their movie. Not the mundane microcelebrity stuff which I obviously developed and accept. I mean the personal stuff. It is NOT fun or flattering.
And all of it sucks but far and away the most aggressive and persistent has been from white women. Not commenting on the story at this point but the phenomenon of being the target of someone’s narcissistic script.
Okay somehow I have become a person with cool friends. Some of my cool friends own a womxn of color retreat in Virginia, nickname…baehouse. instagram.com/baehouseva?utm…