It’s funny how peace can come so suddenly… After being separated from peace for so long, you forget how light your “spirit” is. You forgot how orgasmic peace is… You feel renewed, restored… Or just overall reborn. 

— Unknown

So many people are seeking salvation, but none of those people are looking to save themselves. Their salvation, just like the rest of their lives, is out of their control.

God will save you, right? God delivers you from all harm, evil, sin, etc. But here is the thought that just came to me this morning. Follow me right quick.

What is the definition of salvation?

sal·va·tion  

He had just finished getting his school uniform on, and he climbed onto my tall, queen sized bed. When I say he climbed, he climbed then was about to stand up on the edge of it. He lost his balance and was about to fall, but I caught his arm and helped him find his balance. He looked at me with so much love and sincerity and said, “I always knew you’d save me. You’ll always save me. You’re my mommy.”

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Effects Of Thinking White People Are “All Like That”:

• Literally nothing other than white people having their feelings hurt on the internet
• I’m not joking there is no real world consequence of this

Effects Of Thinking People of Color Are “All Like…

“there are no REAL WORLD consequences for thinking “all white people are like that.”

I am a womanist/Black feminist… But when it comes to men, I enjoy a very strong minded, physically strong, intellectual, “take charge”, for all intents and purposes, an “alpha male” kind of man.

Here’s where it gets tricky. I want him to be a womanist/Black feminist, too.

Apparently, the two things are a paradox and are mutually exclusive. Being an alpha male, by default, will make you chauvinistic is what I’m seeing.

A sister I were discussing why I like the “alpha male.” She brought up sex. And that is true, because it’s something I struggle with accepting about myself. When I have sex, NOTHING turns me on more than a man dominating me, being rough (with the right amounts of gentleness thrown into the mix).

This confuses me and clashes with my feminist ideologies. I’m having trouble reconciling these likes with my views.

Are these desires just remnants of the patriarchy and misogyny that was ingrained in me? Or… Can I just happen to like this shit?

Everything we do has to be evaluated and reevaluated, because everything we do, think, say… Our beings have been affected by white supremacy and all that falls under its umbrella (male privilege, misogyny, classism, homophobia, white beauty aesthetic, etc, etc, ETC!).

The fact that you, a Black male, can only see your view is your part of your privilege/part of the problem. Any Black leader worth a damn has said “the MOST oppressed PERSON is the Black woman.” We have been beaten, raped, whipped, made to bear children we didn’t want, made to lose children we did, unprotected, unloved, unable to turn to the right, because the white man’s foot is on our neck, but unable to turn to the left, because the Black man’s foot is on our neck. I am TIRED of these negroes who cannot—no—who WILL NOT see past their own privilege. I’m light-skinned. I can acknowledge and combat my privilege. You’re a MALE. You should be able to see how—even in a white supremacist society—you experience privilege. In this white supremacist society, it is WHITE first. (Hetero) MALE next. Because of this, you BLACK MAN, will receive SOME privilege, but not ALL the privilege. We are not saying you are not oppressed. We are saying that even oppressed, you will receive some privilege. Black women are just as targeted as Black men. We receive just as much brutality and terrorism. It seems like less because it’s less talked about. It’s ignored. Black men and Black women weep for Black men. Only Black women—and not even all of us—weep for Black women.

I am a feminist/womanist, and I will not play semantics with your coon ass about “oh, but feminism is from the WHITE MAN.” Don’t insult my intelligence, as if I don’t know about feminism and its origins. Will you feel better if I say “Black feminism?” Or is the issue really that the idea of Black women freeing themselves from the oppression of Black men what really bothers you?

I see comment after comment after fucking comment from ignorant “brothas” who don’t know shit about womanism/feminism, yet they will comment with pure, unadulterated hatred and venom toward the topic. Some will attempt to dress it up with fancy words and pseudo-consciousness.

Despite what you believe, the Black man is NOT the foundation of the Black family… but that does not mean you aren’t needed. It doesn’t diminish your role, but the black family does not revolve around you, as you believe.

It’s said that “the comments in any post about feminism JUSTIFY feminism.” And that is 100% truth. Talk about feminism with any race, and what is said will quickly show that feminism/womanism IS oh so fucking necessary.

And you know what else? I’m sick of these NIGGAS, these pseudo-conscious niggas, only discussing Assata Shakur. Why is this the only sistah you know?! And why is it that when you DO acknowledge a sistah who is a Black leader, you sexualize her? You only see her value as it would benefit you. You view her as a wife, not a leader.

I’m so tired of this conversation. Black women aren’t allowed to talk about their experiences when those experiences “make Black men look bad.” We’re supposed to remain ever loyal, ever quiet, and only speak when speaking out against the oppression of Black men.

In some things, the Black woman IS less oppressed than the Black man. But that isn’t a privilege. We aren’t given anything that Black males aren’t given. If it seems that we have some privilege, that is due to us being less threatening. We are not worth their fear. White men don’t fear women. Period.

and then some idiot posted “why I am no longer a feminist.” Should I make a post about “Why I am no longer pro-Black?” Because the Black movements seem to be very anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ…

I’m rambling now, I know. But I’m sick of this nonsense. These Black males prove my point and the other sisters’ points EACH TIME they post their ignorance of feminism/womanism.

You fighter harder against us, your sisters, than you do white supremacy. Lol. the Black woman has NEVER oppressed the Black man. Sexism and oppression are NOT possible from the Black woman… The same way racism is not possible from Black people.

Socialism and communism may have their flaws… But capitalism is one big flaw. And I’m not sure that the issue with socialism and communism is the ideologies themselves, so much as it is with the corruptness of people.

I lean toward the latter.

More to come. Just sharing a random thought :)