I grow tired of people using black people like a political football, throwing us from one cause to another to manufacture outrage for policy change & to appear virtuous. You people are our villains pretending to be our saviors. *thread*
Since the verdict of Kyle Rittenhouse, there has been an abundance of people, especially white leftists, who feel the need to invoke black people because they don't like the way things turned out. If you are this person, fuck you.
I normally don't speak this harshly but you people always grab microphones to speak for black people as if you are our saviors. You believe you're these virtuous heavenly soldiers here to save us weak black people, when you're the exact devil we don't need.
You are our villains. Let me say this again, you are our fucking villains. You are the type of people who record themselves giving homeless people $20 so you can try to trick people into believing you're a good person. God knows what you really are. He can't be swindled.
Every time you people stand up for "black people", you're not helping. You constantly interfere by manufacturing narratives that are unproductive for many black people and you constantly group us together like we are monolithic beings.
The fact that you think you NEED to carry signs and wear T-Shirts letting us know that you think our lives matter is the problem. You're not convincing anyone else but yourselves.
You people are selfish, manipulative elitists and every time you attempt to use black people as a manipulative tool to get something you want politically, I will be sure to call you out.
We do not need saving, you do. We do not need your help but you sure as hell need some help. Quit transferring your insecurities onto a group of people. And quit using black people for your political motives & your Twitter clap backs because it only displays your low character.
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I once had a friend, a white liberal female, who used to joke with me about woke people, post riots, suddenly sounds just like them. As we were arguing she said "Well, I listen to black voices" and I said "I'm black, does my voice matter?"
We used to have conversations about what it means to be black from a philosophical standpoint. Then suddenly, there is only one black thought. My voice was no longer acceptable. Matter of fact, I was now tainted as a friend.
This is a person that I would spend holidays with her family, hang out routinely and have long conversations with. Suddenly, my voice no longer matters as a black man because it's been overshadowed by ideologues who only see one proper way of being black.
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