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Post by Olan on Mar 11, 2021 14:10:27 GMT
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Post by Olan on Mar 12, 2021 14:00:33 GMT
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Post by peabay on Mar 12, 2021 14:35:18 GMT
Very interesting. Glad you shared this - I've learned a lot already.
(and do white women really call black women "sis" - that made me cringe.)
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Post by Linda on Mar 12, 2021 14:40:26 GMT
Thank you for sharing. I've read some and have bookmarked to read more
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Post by Olan on Mar 12, 2021 14:54:38 GMT
Very interesting. Glad you shared this - I've learned a lot already. (and do white women really call black women "sis" - that made me cringe.) Me too! I love the phrases to google for digging deeper. I’ve been called sis a time or two though it didnt bother me. Made my ears perk up but 🤷🏾♀️. The woman who does this introduces herself to all Black women using the same “script”. Complete with pulling an Octavia Butler book out of a bag. I could see that she was trying to find her footing socially and found it relatable I guess 😂 |
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Post by peabay on Mar 12, 2021 15:11:48 GMT
Very interesting. Glad you shared this - I've learned a lot already. (and do white women really call black women "sis" - that made me cringe.) Me too! I love the phrases to google for digging deeper. I’ve been called sis a time or two though it didnt bother me. Made my ears perk up but 🤷🏾♀️. The woman who does this introduces herself to all Black women using the same “script”. Complete with pulling an Octavia Butler book out of a bag. I could see that she was trying to find her footing socially and found it relatable I guess 😂 I had a friend in graduate school (white) who used to greet the administrative assistant in our department (Black) with "hey, girlfriend....." until the assistant finally said "only my girlfriends call me that..." OMG, you could hear a pin drop! So, the "sis" thing made me think of that - I have never, ever presumed to call anyone by a term of endearment unless I was offered it first. But I am horrified at myself - I did ask one of my daughter's friends about her Black hair - I literally broke every rule listed in that post. Every single one. Like I said - I learned a lot. |
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Post by MaryMary on Mar 12, 2021 15:12:48 GMT
I love Glo, been following her since the BLM protests started last year.
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Post by Olan on Mar 15, 2021 13:30:10 GMT
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Post by Olan on Mar 15, 2021 13:37:22 GMT
Keeping your emotions in check so Black people can express righteous anger is good allyship work. I feel like this is the biggest lesson the peas and white women in general need to take away from any anti-racist conversations. The centering, the misplaced anger, the tears etc. it doesn’t have a place in all this. I feel like almost everything has a touch of racial tension (hs sports, the bachelor, Royal family, politics, music etc) because we’ve ignored race relations for so long and didn’t prepare for the reckoning that had to follow. It’s here 🤷🏾♀️
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Mar 15, 2021 14:08:06 GMT
Her page has great info! Thanks for sharing, following her now.
The post about "ghetto" names is especially poignant. A grad school friend had me in tears not long ago when she said she gave her kids non-African names so they wouldn't be judged for that too. The level of protections black women have to wrap themselves and their children in is heartbreaking.
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Post by Olan on Mar 15, 2021 14:27:22 GMT
Her page has great info! Thanks for sharing, following her now. The post about "ghetto" names is especially poignant. A grad school friend had me in tears not long ago when she said she gave her kids non-African names so they wouldn't be judged for that too. The level of protections black women have to wrap themselves and their children in is heartbreaking. I have a very white passing name and it was intentional. All of my siblings too. My father was pretty big on respectability politics. My nieces and nephews all have names more reflective of their culture though so progress. |
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Post by bc2ca on Mar 15, 2021 15:20:47 GMT
Thanks for the recommendation.  |
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Post by Olan on Mar 16, 2021 13:39:33 GMT
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Post by Olan on Mar 16, 2021 15:12:15 GMT
Both mulling over The Talk incident I guess! Glo will always say it better. I think that’s the other good self check of activism! Am I talking just to hear the sound of my own voice? Is someone else more equipped to have this conversation? http://instagram.com/p/CMe9IjCFlAb |
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Post by ghislaine on Mar 17, 2021 1:53:49 GMT
Thank you for sharing her posts! I'm now following her.
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Post by bc2ca on Mar 17, 2021 1:58:06 GMT
I've shared her Sharon Osbourne post. |
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Post by ModChick on Mar 17, 2021 2:50:13 GMT
Olan, thank you for sharing. I’m hoping everyone clicks that link and really listens, absorbs, learns. I really appreciated all of her posts but especially appreciated the sentiment behind her tone/tone policing post.
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Post by Olan on Mar 17, 2021 4:31:14 GMT
Olan, thank you for sharing. I’m hoping everyone clicks that link and really listens, absorbs, learns. I really appreciated all of her posts but especially appreciated the sentiment behind her tone/tone policing post. No problem! |
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Post by peabay on Mar 17, 2021 10:40:41 GMT
I've shared her Sharon Osbourne post. I don't watch The Talk or even really know much about it, but Sharon Osbourne yelling "EDUCATE ME!" was horrifying. I cannot even believe how calm Sheryl Underwood remained. |
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Post by Olan on Mar 22, 2021 17:00:28 GMT
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Post by Olan on Apr 13, 2021 20:16:24 GMT
Didn’t want to start a separate thread but look at Brene Brown’s comments on Instagram.
What does that sound like to you?
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Post by Olan on Apr 13, 2021 20:16:54 GMT
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