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1/11
A white woman said today “you think black women’s pain counts more than ours” this was in the midst of a discussion about the racists' attacks that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced during the hearings.
1/11
A white woman said today “you think black women’s pain counts more than ours” this was in the midst of a discussion about the racists' attacks that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced during the hearings.
2/11
This was because black women were telling white women that no, they could not understand and feel the same as us watching this circus. While they insisted that as women, they had suffered the same.
This was because black women were telling white women that no, they could not understand and feel the same as us watching this circus. While they insisted that as women, they had suffered the same.
3/11
With this phrase, the woman revealed the depth of their misunderstanding and also revealed how white women view the struggle of black women… as a form of competition. She did not know she revealed this, she doesn’t even know she feels this, and therein lies the problem
With this phrase, the woman revealed the depth of their misunderstanding and also revealed how white women view the struggle of black women… as a form of competition. She did not know she revealed this, she doesn’t even know she feels this, and therein lies the problem
4/11
As we are trying to explain to white women, that they have not and can not walk in the skin of a black woman to understand how we feel in these situations, they are thinking “you think your pain is better than mine”, it is mindboggling, pain is not a competition people.
As we are trying to explain to white women, that they have not and can not walk in the skin of a black woman to understand how we feel in these situations, they are thinking “you think your pain is better than mine”, it is mindboggling, pain is not a competition people.
5/11
You need to understand once and for all, when it comes to racism, you are white, you will NEVER understand what it feels like. NEVER feel our pain. NEVER understand our frustrations. NEVER, because you will never be black! NEVER, because you will never face racism.
You need to understand once and for all, when it comes to racism, you are white, you will NEVER understand what it feels like. NEVER feel our pain. NEVER understand our frustrations. NEVER, because you will never be black! NEVER, because you will never face racism.
6/11
It is not a competition; it is a fact. I can never understand what a veteran goes through. I can never understand what a parent losing a child goes through. But I can understand what a rape victim feels, because I have been raped, but if you haven’t you can’t.
It is not a competition; it is a fact. I can never understand what a veteran goes through. I can never understand what a parent losing a child goes through. But I can understand what a rape victim feels, because I have been raped, but if you haven’t you can’t.
7/11
The problem is you feel entitled to enter this circle by virtue of being a woman, that is not enough. You may be an ally, you may be a woman, you may have faced discrimination, but if you are not a black woman in today’s society, you will NEVER feel what we are feeling.
The problem is you feel entitled to enter this circle by virtue of being a woman, that is not enough. You may be an ally, you may be a woman, you may have faced discrimination, but if you are not a black woman in today’s society, you will NEVER feel what we are feeling.
8/11
Stop saying “I know EXACTLY what you feel” “I have been there” … No, you don’t! No, you haven’t! You lack the necessary experience to utter those words and you will never have said experiences. Stop trying to “be” one of us. The simple truth is you are not one of us.
Stop saying “I know EXACTLY what you feel” “I have been there” … No, you don’t! No, you haven’t! You lack the necessary experience to utter those words and you will never have said experiences. Stop trying to “be” one of us. The simple truth is you are not one of us.
9/11
You are a white woman in a white man’s world. It is not assumed that you are “the help” or “the maid” even if they tell you to get the coffee. While you are dismissed and talked down to, you are not hated.
You are a white woman in a white man’s world. It is not assumed that you are “the help” or “the maid” even if they tell you to get the coffee. While you are dismissed and talked down to, you are not hated.
10/11
You are a white woman in a white man’s world. You are a white woman in a fundamentally racist society. You can be supportive, you can be an ally, you can feel sympathy, but you can not “know” or truly “understand” how we feel.
You are a white woman in a white man’s world. You are a white woman in a fundamentally racist society. You can be supportive, you can be an ally, you can feel sympathy, but you can not “know” or truly “understand” how we feel.
11/11
Again you are white in a white world. That my friends is a fact. It is not that our pain is better than yours, it is just that our experiences are worlds apart.
Muriel Vieux
March 25th, 2022
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Again you are white in a white world. That my friends is a fact. It is not that our pain is better than yours, it is just that our experiences are worlds apart.
Muriel Vieux
March 25th, 2022
©All Rights Reserved
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