Should there be a Statute of Limitations on racist tweets?
Black men who are anti-black women: Who hurt you?
I was ecstatic to find out one of my favorite comedians and field reps had a second podcast. I’d dutifully kept up with the first podcast but ran out of episodes, and having something fun to listen to while walking my dog is top priority for me. (Full disclosure: Headphones in my ears also significantly eliminates certain people from blocking my way and rambling on with unsolicited advice and stories about their own dogs. I just want to peacefully and quietly walk my dog.)
I enjoyed listening to the first few podcast episodes and curiously found myself more intrigued to hear from a contributor who would only pop in for a few minutes toward the end of each episode. At some point, I just started skipping to his brief segments first and then reversing back to hear the full episode. I thought he was funny, entertaining and gave oddly useful advice in between the raunchier topics. I didn’t expect it to happen, but he became my favorite person to listen to!
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As I do with any social media personality I like, I hopped onto Twitter to follow him and see what other amusing things he had to say.
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Shortly after, my shoulders slumped. As I do with anyone I follow on Twitter, I always look up their username and the following three topics: “black women,” “vote” and “racism.” It tells me everything I think I need to know regarding how long I’ll follow them.
When I did this with him (a black man), I was startled to see tweets like these:
“Don't know what Teej talmbout. White women have MUCH softer skin than Black women”
“Being happy {[username here]: What do white women let niggas get away with that black women don't?}”
Bitter Black women [username here]: #LivFamFeudQues name something you associate with February
White guys aren't {[username here]: I'm all for black women dating white guys}”
There were a laundry list of tweets like this (some of which were mysteriously deleted last week), which largely were from 2014. The only thing more disappointing than the tweets themselves were the few black men (and a random black woman) agreeing with him.
I was very confused, specifically because the podcast host is a strong supporter of black women, constantly complimenting us and even had episodes dedicated to Women’s History Month. So how in the world did he somehow decide to pick this guy to be a contributor? And considering the tweets were from nine years ago, should the contributor get a pass on being young(er) and self-hating?