In this second installment of the TSOK [The Shame of Kink] series, I’ll touch on the plight of the Black female as it relates to all of this. In Part 1 I discussed slavery and its aftermath in more general terms, while here I’ll focus more specifically on the way Black women have been viewed and portrayed by people during slavery and to this very day, and how this has been used to justify the crimes and abuse the Black woman has been subjected to throughout the years. This is highly relevant to our primary topic here, because:
A. It mirrors the “willing victim” scenario used to justify various types of abuse.
B. When it comes to the world of writing, women of color are handled by and brought into the materials of those who would claim to be advocates or concerned for the plight of such groups yet show the highest levels of disrespect, and in various ways simply repeat the same racist and misogynist behavior that’s already been going on for far too long.
Intro/Summary for the TSOK series of episodes: They peddle abuse and self-harm under the guise of “love.” They fulfill White-supremacist fantasies and brag about multiculturalism and diversity. They stab us in the back and want us to pay for the knife. All hail our saviors from the Cult of the Crotch. …
Welcome to our series on the topics of the “kink shaming” argument and exposing the reality of what is being written and promoted by those draping themselves in a veneer of nobility—and the lying, cowardice, narcissism, racism, cruelty, and callousness displayed and engaged in by those writing it.
This kind of conduct preys on a lack of information and flourishes in the absence of confrontation. So it’s time to shine a light on the people who try to sell the worst of darkness while calling it sunshine, and who seek to silence those who actually do bring the light.
Content Notice: This episode will not be nearly as graphic as Part 1, “A Partial List,” so I’d rate it in the PG to PG-13/TV-14 territory rather than MA or R. That said, the topic of sexual assault is mentioned, and some of the materials I link to in the Resource Roundup will be more graphic than the actual episode. When I provide a content notice, please only consider it applicable to the episode itself unless otherwise specified.
Resource Roundup:
- Recy Taylor and the Little-Known Campaign of Terrorization Against Black Women | The Undefeated (The full Resource Roundup, including the articles on Sarah/Sara Baartman, will be on the episode’s webpage.)
- Who Is Sarah Baartman? | Pulse Nigeria
- Sara Saartjie Baartman | SA History
- The Significance of Sarah Baartman | BBC News
- Miley Cyrus and the Women She Misuses | Slate
- Miley Cyrus, Male Hip-Hop Artists, and Black Women | Huffington Post
[I’m a little iffy on some of the language used in the last two posts, and their source sites and general vibes (“intersectional feminism” is NOT something I have too many positive associations with, ha), but I feel there’s enough importance and redeeming value there to be worthwhile. It’s especially important to hear the perspectives of the kind of women who would be prime subjects of these very issues.
As a side note, the article from Slate brings to mind a similar excellent point also made about men from other ethnicities (that is, aside from Caucasian)—they may want to use a Black woman for sexual experimentation, but you sure as Hades shouldn’t confuse that with his being interested in bringing your pretty little self home to Mum and Dad as a wife-to-be! That definitely doesn’t mean that none are, but rather that it’s a dynamic you need to be mindful of if you want to reduce your risk of trouble.
Flipping the sexes around, I also think of the White chick admitting that for her, one of the appeals for Asian men was that they’d tick off her dad—second only to Black men on that unhappiness scale.
And it’s worth saying this for everyone of every race, because some folks really don’t seem to get it. Just like sex or lust does not equate to love (and sometimes is actually oppositional to it), being willing to sleep with someone of a different race absolutely does NOT equate to not being racist. Indeed, sometimes the very desire itself is actually born out of racism! Ahh, and as an extra bonus note…don’t expect that screwing someone of another race will magically cure your motherfreaking racism, despite what some dumbazz, insulting fiction might try to tell you.]
Resources & Episode Web Page: https://ahsokajackson.com/2020/11/02/3-the-shame-of-kink-part-2-lies-told-about-black–women/
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