http://time.com/2969951/dear-white-g...emale-culture/
I'm personally not familiar with this, nor have I witnessed it. I've seen videos of white guys twerking (Sexuality unknown) and I know a lot of guys that love Beyonce (but they love all pop divas) but not gay men referring to themselves as black women.
[QUOTE] Black people can’t have anything. Any of these things include, but aren’t limited to: a general sense of physical safety, comfort with law enforcement, adequate funding and appreciation for black spaces like schools and neighborhoods, appropriate venues for our voices to be heard about criticism of issues without our race going on trial because of it, and solid voting rights (cc: Chris McDaniel).
And then, when you thought this pillaging couldn’t get any worse, extracurricular black activities get snatched up, too: our music, our dances, our slang, our clothing, our hairstyles. All of these things are rounded up, whitewashed and repackaged for your consumption. But here’s the shade — the non-black people who get to enjoy all of the fun things about blackness will never have to experience the ugliness of the black experience, systemic racism and the dangers of simply living while black. Though I suppose there’s some thrill in this “rolling with the homies” philosophy some adopt, white people are not racially oppressed in the United States of America.
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While I get where she is coming from I disagree with the second paragraph. I believe that once something becomes part of the lexicon of pop culture you really have no control to how it will evolve or who will adopt/use it as it becomes part of the American culture "melting pot". One thing she hits on that makes me vomit a bit is the "rationalization" that gays aren't really discriminated against because they can pretend to be straight.
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