Yup, guys like that look at LeBron getting slurs painted on his house, that Harvard grad, the black professor who got the cops called on him for going to his own house, etc. And still think "I just have to put in a nice belt and smile and I'll be fine." You could cure cancer and have Olympic gold and you're still one phone call and jittery move away from getting gunned down by some racist cop.
He softballs the fuck out of that shit. He calls no one out on their tendencies, doesn't fully articulate why this is important, doesn't even make people consider that they might actually be a racist even if they're not overtly racist.
Looks like I actually unfollowed him at some point without me noticing, which is why I haven't seen anything in awhile.
It's a fair criticism, but I feel like a lot of us just gotta work out our own shit on an individual level. Thinking back on the shit I let slide just to fit in all through school.
Gotta admit, begin black myself growing up surrounded by mid to upper class white folks most of my life, I did a lot things I wasn't proud of either.
yep.
Because it actually is easy. Marques just ain't shit is all.
Yep.
Oh that's exactly why he did it. The same goes for the original Twitter post he made. It's dripping with, "Well, I guess I'll address this since so many people are asking me." His mentions were clearly being blown up.
It does seem that he subscribes to the Morgan Freeman school of racism—if we don't talk about it, It would go away.
I didn't know that. Yeah folks need to learn that silence isn't enough. You gotta actively call it out.
You haven't had a white person throw that Morgan Freeman quote in your face? God from like 2014 to just like 2 years ago that was like THE THING they would say when an issue came up.
Too benefit the people in those white spaces. He doesn't want to be one of those black people who "always bring up race", which is something white people say when their bullshit is corrected. He's been brainwashed. I just want another black creator, with a decent following, to call him out about supporting PDP.
I mean, I get your frustration, but wouldn't that be more productive as a private conversation from anyone who recognizes he could improve than just YouTube drama.
Idk, I just feel like it'd be better to have in public because that was messed up, and sent the wrong message to his black fans. And I may try even though I doubt he reads it lol.
If that's the case then at least explain yourself, because your reply doesn't really do much.
We've stated what's wrong many, many times in this thread. Also, use this as a teachable moment—NEVER ask the oppressed to educate you about the problems they face. Do the work.
