This!!! I’m so so sick of people who aren’t black, assuming that’s there is a singular “Black” experience. Apparently we’re all on benefits, in prison, working class, under-educated etc. When they talk about black people it’s always in the negative. It’s the infantilisation of people who happen to have dark skin that really irks me. I grew up in a middle class family, have a middle class life now, which includes having mainly middle class friends, many who happen to also be black. I am not denying that structural inequalities exist due to race, within all social classes, however it would be useful if people acknowledged that some black people don’t recognise the victim caricature. We are trying to make a positive change ourselves. Hopefully this new board would give like minded black people the opportunity to discuss issues with others who understand them
To be honest, I suspect there are many of the white posters on here who are also tired of this monolithic group representation, who would prefer to deal with individuals as they are, without really caring about skin colour. Because what are presented as "black" issues are often issues of poverty, or broken homes, or under-education that are applicable to people of all races who live in such conditions in large numbers. And that's before we even get on to the really controversial statements like "George Floyd / Trayvon Martin / Michael Brown etc... were killed because they were black", when the reality of each individual case, and the stats around police killings, are far from clear on the issue.
It might be a little churlish, but I remember the OP stubbornly refusing to stop using "white people" as a sweeping generalisation earlier in the thread when asked because someone found it offensive, so perhaps sweeping generalisations based on race are here to stay.