I’m facepalming so hard at this dude right now. I really hope I’m not derailing, and if I am, please let me know. I’m going to tackle every issue of his on another day, but for now, can I just talk about the White Woman Whine going on in the comments and their attempts to rectify the fact that a white man prefers a black woman over a white one by trying to “be inclusive” of “everyone”(aka…white women)?
“I’m sure his girl doesn’t act ghetto and crazy like some of these (black girls) and I’m sure that he wouldn’t like his girl if she did act like she straight out of the hood. So basically it’s the personality that really matters.”
“Black women, just like women of all races are beautiful, enough said.”
“If he enjoys black women then that’s great. However, I think he should also do a video about why white women are good choices because everything shouldn’t be one sided. There are also great white women that face challenges as well as black women. All women are strong and beautiful.”
Now, there’s nothing wrong with saying that “all women are beautiful.” Because it’s true; ALL women ARE beautiful. But let’s be real here: they don’t mean ALL women. They mean white women. White women are so used to having their beauty affirmed and praised. They’re so used to compliments being lavished on them at every turn that when a man focuses his attention on someone else (WoC), white women lose their shit. It’s like a spotlight that they’ve always had but were never aware of, suddenly flickered out for a second, and is suddenly shining on someone else and leaving them in the dark. And this is what happens: “Make one for white women, too!” Note that she says ALL women are beautiful, but she doesn’t ask for an all inclusive video; she doesn’t ask for a video about Asian women, or Native American women, or East Asian women—she asks for a video about white women. But I mean, since all women are beautiful and we don’t want tit to be one sided, then the answer would be to request a video talking about women from ALL cultures, would it not?
Let’s be real here. If he was singing the virtues of brunettes; if he’d made a video called “Why blonde women are great choices,” if he’d made a video about a group of women who are OBVIOUSLY white, there would be no one waving the “ALL women are beautiful” banner. GO LOOK! Look at videos about the beauty of white women. How many white women do you see going, “I think you should dedicate one to Black women, too!” “I agree with you, but all women are beautiful. Don’t forget about the Asian women of the world!” “Native American women deserve to be valued too!” “ALL WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL!” NOT ONE.
White women cannot stand when praise directed at females isn’t being directed at them. And god forbid…. let a white man—one of their own—admire the beauty a woman who ISN’T white and laud her for her beauty? GAME OVER. (Unless of course, said WoC is Beyonce or Rihanna, or Jessica Alba—they’re acceptable) How dare the spotlight be turned away from white women once for 4 minutes out of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year? How dare those WoC steal their spotlight?
And then they wanna act like they’re not fazed, like “Oh no I totes agree, black women are gorgeous. They’re gorgeous and wonderful! ……………..But what about us white women? Let’s not forget us! But BLACK WOMEN ARE JUST FABULOUS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I AGREE.”
S….m….h.
(via thinkspeakstress)
