As black women, we have lived the struggle of the black man. But you guys don't realize and have not lived ours...nuff said
much respect to your opinion, but i gotta disagree with that. out of all the stereotypes from other races and the expectations placed upon the black man by not only other races, but our own black women, we have yet to scratch the surface of surpassing those, and thats a hell of a challenge.
as black men, we ARE the most imitated of all genders/races. everyone wants to be like us but no one wants to be us... and then they go and imitate us in the WORST possible way - further perpetuating the image that we are good for nothing but trouble, a cheap laugh, and manual labor. there are some of us that are trying to excel in life, but there are others that make it even harder for us to shake that stigma, so we have to work EVEN harder, often busting our **** to be told it wasnt good enough. im an educated, clean cut brotha myself, but i still see myself getting followed in stores and at times confronted by security for just minding my own business.
not to say that black women dont have struggles, but unless youve been thru some traumatic stuff, i doubt very much you can liken the black woman's experience to that of the black male... all issues concerning female anatomy (pregnancy,periods, cramps,etc. )aside.
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i can't imagine that guys pain tho.....i wonder if him being a guy would make it possible 2 get rid of the bleeding and the other symptoms..hmm
^Wes, I get what you are saying buddy but Black men might experience a lil more racism than Black women but we have to experience with you as well. Emmitt Till was the one beaten and murdered and his mother has to deal and suffer with it, Martin Luther King was assasinated and his wife had to suffer, many of our Black men were beaten and came up missing and the Black women had to suffer while also experiencing the racism they had to deal with themselves and the prejudice of just being a woman and also hold the house down like many Black women are continuing to do when their men were murdered. My point is while also dealing with racism our own selves we suffer with the racism our men experience as well.
Truth is, the Black woman in this country never really got a chance to be a woman, or to some, theoretically, what a woman is supposed to be. We've worked and took care of our homes and communities every since our ancestors arrived in this country. Situations not under our black men's control and in some situations, currently, that Black men could control.
Black women are taking care of homes by theirselves, dealing with their men in prison, while also dealing with womanly issues and also being mother's, but it's more of a struggle being intimidated?
Respect to your comment but like she said we have lived the struggle and while also dealing with our own. Being a woman and being Black. I just completely disagree with people when they say Black women don't struggle as much as a Black man.
Nothing to be proud of though. :???:
In my opinion, black women have it just as bad as their counterparts. Esp. in countries like Africa where young girls are forced into prostitution and/or marriage, ****, circumcized(which is not a good thing) and mutilated. Mind you, these are common practices and also reality for alot of African women.
Have we learned anything yet?
Does it really matter who's faced more or less prejudice? It's a crime that we even have to discuss it today, more or less argue about who has it worse. Most of the people I've encountered on this site have intelligence enough to know that racism, discrimination and plain old ignorance can (and will) be subject to you at any given time for no reason.
My question is, where are all of our Malcom X's and our Rosa Parks who would speak out against injustice and stand up to what is wrong? We can sh*t around the block until black turns blue, but have you ever called someone out for being racist, or stopped your own parents from doing something you knew inside was wrong? Injustice anywhere, people, is injustice everywhere, and what I'm witnessing now is an injustice to all of the brave Black men and women who died for our freedom so that we would talk about our slavery. "We aren't getting equal pay", "I wont be offered an entry level position". You either do something about it or let someone ELSE do something about it.
Affect some change in the world, someone or something. Raise your voices, move your bodies, get it done. Through unity can we achieve all things, in God and our own people.
"One of the greatest crimes man made was to think that he was God. Yet, one of the greatest mistakes man also made was thinking that he couldn't be anything at all." - Unknown
It doesn't matter BUT we must understand each others stuggle in order to heal and move on. Also, It seems as if black females are left to tend to 'our' struggles without any recognition or help from black males.
It doesn't matter BUT we must understand each others stuggle in order to heal and move on. Also, It seems as if black females are left to tend to 'our' struggles without any recognition or help from black males.
Understood, so youre saying give credit where credit is due. Indeed we should, but no one should be looking for praise or reprisals. I dont think Harriet Tubman thought "Well, mine as well be known for all that I do" when she freed dem slaves. Everyones struggle is unique, but you have to be an adult about the situation and get the hell on past it without further talk about how upset it makes you or how trifling someone else is for not recognizing or helping. What Im saying is, getting the job done is better than being recognized for it.
Whatever happened to "doing what's necessary" and not whats popular? I see people cry all the time, saying how cheated they were out of credit for something they did...God knows, and thats what matters. I know men who raise children on their own and make fine fathers that we should all model ourselves after and I don't hear one shout of injustice; just excuses and remarks like, "Well for every one of them theres 5 of us". Lets play, "Whos got it worse?" shall we?
Whos got it worse than White men? Everyone.
Whos got it worse than White women? Black men
Whos got it worse than Black men? Black women?
Whos got it worse than Black women? Latinos.
Whos got it worse than Latinos? Everyone else
And the crazy thing is, I bet some of the people commenting on this topic doesnt know what desperate tastes like, or how it feels to scrape the bottom of the barrel to drink splintered water that curdles your stomach but satiates your need. Make it work, or die.
It doesn't matter BUT we must understand each others stuggle in order to heal and move on. Also, It seems as if black females are left to tend to 'our' struggles without any recognition or help from black males.
i can't imagine that guys pain tho.....i wonder if him being a guy would make it possible 2 get rid of the bleeding and the other symptoms..hmm
