To be a Black girl/woman

[alilstressed]

Is anyone else feeling exhausted?
Two weeks ago grappling with the horrific treatment of Child Q and now Jada Pinkett Smith at the centre of the awful toxic behaviour at the Oscars. Toxic masculinity at its finest. People talk about protecting Black women. Is that what Will Smith was doing? And why did Chris Rock think that making fun of a Black woman who has a condition is appropriate? A condition which affects hair and with the knowledge of the cultural significance of Black women and hair. So disappointed.

I just came off reading feminist section. Surprised many are more concerned about Will and Chris more than Jada. Not many noticed how humiliated she looked

For a long time, black women are the bread and butter of comedy. I wonder how they would've reacted had it been a white woman. I sense they will not rest until WS is cancelled.

I want to say more, but limited by English and exhaustion. It is hard being a black woman - to read about how and what is right for you as if you do not exist, even by those fighting toxic masculinity

DH and I were talking about this the other day. He has experience of the Indian stand up scene (his brother tried being a stand up comedian a few years ago) and said over there the jokes about Indian women come thick and fast and can get quite nasty (eg jokes about raping Indian women, fat women, really personal attacks against Indian female celebrities). We just don’t see it in the west because, currently, the western media isn’t interested in grassroots Indian stand up and probably quite rightly so.

So attacking women of their own race is def not just a feature of black comedy / a black male comedian problem.

Thanks for that insight @Ozanj
I think I'm cumulatively exhausted at the treatment of Black women. Thankfully I didn't hear too many people assert that what happened to Child Q was not racist. But disappointed that once again Black women's bodied are subject to such derision.

@alilstressed

Thanks for that insight *@Ozanj* I think I'm cumulatively exhausted at the treatment of Black women. Thankfully I didn't hear too many people assert that what happened to Child Q was not racist. But disappointed that once again Black women's bodied are subject to such derision.

Yes me too. What happened to Child Q was horrific and I guarantee that 100% would never have happened to a white girl even if she was toking up in front of the headteacher / police. I want the headteacher and school who allowed this named and shamed.

@Ozanj
Then sacked for allowing it to happen. Whilst never ever being given the chance to work with children ever again