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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
Exactly. Any conversations among my colleagues and friends were only passing ones.
Right. And offensive varies in definition. I can be entertained by "pop, lock and drop it" without needing to hear what's on the unedited version. There's still a degree of mysogyny in the edited version but there's always been mysogyny in every form of popular media.
Yes because this is where their masculinity and position in the patriarchal structure give them power. They feel powerless in race affairs but not in gender affairs.
That's similar to how racial civil rights movements are headed by men and the concerns of black women are often ignored eventhough we are the backbone of many of these organizations. These groups' efforts will address racism but not address negative images of women and black women, in particular, because the black men are part of the reason for these persisting images and treatment.
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Unfortunately for black women, some of the people who "represent" them have been poor examples. See: Cynthia McKinney. I don't know that anyone would consider her a civil rights activist, but I imagine she does in some sense.
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