Has racism and representation REALLY gotten worse?
Walk with me and I’ll tell you EXACTLY what the problem is.
I was born in 1979. I got to experience the entirety of the 80’s and 90’s.
Evening television consisted of In Living Color, Family Matters, The Cosby Show, Fresh Prince, Martin, Living Single, Roc, etc.
Our superheroes were Bo Jackson, Shaq, Charles Barkley, Deon Sanders, Mike Tyson, Tiger Woods, and the greatest athlete of all time, Michael Jordan.
Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor absolutely OWNED comedy. Full stop.
Mr. T was the baddest man on the planet.
We lined up to watch Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Glover, and Lawrence Fishburn, perform magic on the silver screen.
I witnessed a new genre of black music skyrocket from a borough in New York and absolutely enchant the planet. There’s not a peer my age that can’t recite at least one NWA song.
Even the most redneck backwoods toothless motherfucker in Alabama can name one song off ‘The Chronic’ album.
Our favorite teachers were black.
Our coaches were black.
Our pediatricians were black.
Our neighbors were black.
Our principals were black.
And here’s a REAL shocker for the white privilege mob, my parole officer was black.
Now. Consider all of the above and add in the fact (get ready for this one)
NONE OF US GAVE A FUCK THAT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE WERE BLACK.
NO. BODY. FUCK. ING. CARED.
And therein lies your problem.
THAT’S the issue. The world stopped caring.
It was no longer enough to simply be thriving and happy.
It has to be…LOOK AT ME IM BLACK!!!! I’M AN ANCESTOR OF SLAVERYYY!! YOU ARE THE REASON FOR ALL OF MY PROBLEMS!!! LOOK WHAT YOU DID!! YOU SLAVERIED MEEEE!!! I ROBBED A WENDY’S BECAUSE OF YOU!!!!!
(Same with LGBTQ)
LOOK AT ME IM GAY!! CAN’T YOU SEE HOW OPPRESSED I AM!!?? LOOK AT ME TWERK ON A DILDO IN A PARADE!! YOU ARE OPPRESSING ME!!!! I CUT MY DICK OFF NOW YOU HAVE TO REFER TO ME AS ‘VAGINALINA’ OR ILL REPORT YOU TO H.R. AND HAVE YOU FIRED!!!!
And THAT’S your problem.
Everybody stopped giving a fuck and many people just couldn’t take it.
Look at the hashtags. lol
Blacklove
Blackexcellence
Blackowned
Blacksuccess
(Lgbtqlove)
(LGBTQexcellence)
(Lgbtqowned)
(Lgbtqsuccess)
It’s not enough to be in love, feel excellent, own a business, or reach success alone anymore.
YoU gOtTa bE bLaCk!!!!!! ReeEEeeeEEE! BeYoNcÉ iS qUeEn! I bUiLt eGyPt!!!!
I’M tRaNs PaNsExUaL aNd tHiS iS mY iDeNtiTy!!! ThEsE aRe mY PrOnOuNs!!!!
It’s a fucking cult. Both of them.
Fucking prove me wrong.
I think racism has become worse on the political edges of American society, which makes it more virulent and impactful to POC and women.
People can come on
@X and other platforms, remain anonymous, and find common ground with other racists, homophobes, anti-semites etc that just makes them more fervent
As their accounts grow and they get the random engagement by
@elonmusk they are rewarded by the algorithm with further reach which in turn creates the opportunity for more racism On here.
That gives them more confidence to connect IRL and create and grow organizations dedicated to hate. Which in turn gives more power to the racists to use whatever influence they have at their companies, jobs, wherever they can. These organizations reward them for hate, so it continues to grow.
That's my opinion on racism