Jan 11
That post talking about tone and how ppl can say the most evil things while still being heard just because they said it “politely,” is not wrong but when it comes to black ppl specifically, it hardly ever matters how we say things at all. We can be kind, angry, or even nasty, and it wouldn’t matter because other ppl would still be about the same amount of hostile towards us simply because we’re black. Tone is never taken into account when it comes to us.
#that’s why respectability politics will always be a joke and black and brown ppl who fall for it only realize that they’ve been had when#the wp they’ve been sucking up to others them and treats them like how they think those who they see as lower than them are supposed to be#treated#rambling#it literally never matters how we say anything we’re always made out to be the aggressor in every interaction
