Sonya Massey: “Please don’t hurt me”
*Cop that would later go on to murder Sonya Massey*
“Why would we hurt you? You called us.”
There is no reforming this.
Respectfully, colleague - The disappointing thing about this take is you actually can’t have an informed opinion on this if you are choosing to be gender neutral and racially indifferent. Because that is impossible. Her existence as a black woman shapes both how she is seen by others and how she sees the world. And in this case how she is seen by you.
Your response here is actually full of opinions that indirectly (and directly) involve both race and gender. It’s just coded to unsuccessfully soften the blow. You have to ask why Angel became the villain. You have to ask why her role as ‘villain’ has not allowed her to also be human. You have to wonder why her being asked a question and simply answering has led to this level of discourse. You have to ask what you mean when you say Angel wants to talk grown or pose grown?? What is ‘grown’ a substitute for? You have to ask why trash talking - a practice many athletes engage in - is seen so much harsher when it comes from someone that looks like her. You have to ask how some of the ideas you expressed fuel the fire of the aforementioned marginalization. You have to ask why you heard her discuss unacceptable treatment and your reaction was to discuss how she can’t address it. And I have to ask if you spoke to any black women athletes about their experiences in order to give a more enlightened take before you came and said this.
Angel has absolutely made herself a public figure and she should be open to the criticism pertaining her game and persona. She should also be allowed to express when those criticisms are out of bounds. Why did you cling to her reaction as opposed to the vitriol that caused it? She certainly does not deserve sympathy for losing a game. She deserves sympathy for being attacked and targeted for things outside of said game.
As much as you believe this to be a take without bias, your reasoning proves the point you are fighting against. Opinions are opinions, and everyone is entitled, but our opinions are shaped by the paradigms we know. I hope no one says they are taking out gender and race, because in a black woman’s world, we do not have that choice. I hope you realize your luxury and privilege by being able to say what you said. I hope you look around and notice the people that have delighted and applauded seeing a black man get on television and give THIS opinion on a young black woman. Because it’s not for the reasons you think.
That’s my take.
@joer0952@jemelehill So you thought Baltimore was going to change overnight? His 4 year term isn’t nearly long enough to eradicate what has been Baltimore for years. You can’t be this dense
Watching Killers of the Flower Moon & the United States & our history really ain’t SHIT! White people need to know just how vile & disgusting their ancestors were. No wonder the govt is trying to rewrite history by banning things out of history books
@junotjoyner@jemelehill Isn’t this what liberals fight for—to kill babies…why was this even a statement in this poor woman’s situation? Quite insensitive to say about the situation.
@junotjoyner @SOMETHINGGirl6 @jemelehill Deem unpleasant? No-deemed uneducated. Bc passing in a toilet—told to by doctors is quite normal is my point. I said you might want to educate yourself on the subject before deeming this woman a criminal. I never said you couldn’t have an opinion. Educated ones work better tho 😏
@junotjoyner @SOMETHINGGirl6 @jemelehill Some liberal? You sound crazy. I am a woman telling you 1. I have a male OBgyn who is knowledgeable on the subject & 2. It happened to me, as instructed. You are choosing to ignore the actual facts here 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@junotjoyner @SOMETHINGGirl6 @jemelehill My OB is male 🤣—I said men who don’t know anything about it—which clearly —here you are 😏…& she sought medical help-/as did I & I WAS TOLD TO GO HOME & it will PASS IN THE TOILET! You are clearly not educated enough on this topic to speak is what I was referring to
@rhu_red @sharonb27253925@jemelehill I miscarried kinda close to that & NOTHING Looked like that in the toilet. It was a bunch of red/brown mass resembling of a very heavy period. It was traumatic af, but that was what I was told to do