he’s a prime example of why i’ll never fully “forgive” or accept an apology from white folks w an openly racist + conservative past. never has he boohoo’d over police brutality, violence on immigrants, after a school shooting, or when women die from anti abortion laws. im tired
Dean, let me be clear. I understand your instinct for sympathy and your aversion to celebrating any death. As a Black man, however, my reality is shaped by witnessing figures like Charlie Kirk consistently spew hateful rhetoric to a white audience, rhetoric that is then weaponized against my community.
You, as a white man, may feel a abstract sympathy for him. I feel the very real, tangible danger his words incite. People who listen to him are moved to anger and violence against people who look like me.
To use a historical parallel: would you expect enslaved people to mourn the slaveowners who whipped them and hanged their families? While the mechanisms are different, the dehumanizing rhetoric that leads to harm is the same.
You say you can't support us if we wish death upon white supremacists. That is a privilege of your distance from the violence they inspire. For you, it's a philosophical debate. For us, it's about survival.
If your support for my community is contingent on us showing grace to those who wish us harm, then that was never true support to begin with.
@CAPTMIKE05 @NecatiOzmucur @evilvillain1231 The background check is only for rideshare. To do food delivery the background check is not required… You could start in a day.
@nixchea Whenever I’m on TikTok, you often crossed my mind. Checking your account and seeing you haven’t posted in over a year is heartbreaking. I hope that you are doing well and you’re healthy.
@thisiskashmir@SoTrue86 Most of these responses are from people who are too young to understand your viewpoint. I’m part of that era that you need to go to college to get a good job and have a successful life. Not so much anymore, but that narrative is still pushed in some communities.
@FoxNews Every time we turn around, another food plant "burned down" , another food is supposedly contaminated, another product is in short supply, blah blah blah🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️💩💩💩
@OohLaLicenciada@ihateyouJOLI I started my locs over 20 yrs ago. I began to work in that salon. For that very spiritual reason is why I only do my own hair now. I don’t trust people over my head. I put in box braids and faux locs over my own locs. I will learn before I let y’all touch my head