Consider the psychology of a person who wants someone who doesn't feel like an oppressed victim to feel like an oppressed victim.
Because nobody knows what it's like to be a black woman in America better than a white girl who learned everything she knows about oppression from a Humanities class ending in "Studies" she took at an elite school costing her father the equivalent of a luxury SUV every year, in which she took notes on her MacBook Air with the "Destroy Capitalism" sticker.
Ideologies such as Critical Theory, derived from postmodernism and Marxian power analysis, come from extremely privileged, extremely sheltered, mostly white elite academics in elite academies.
Saying, “I’m not a victim, I’m not oppressed” offends so many people viewing the world where you’re either a victim or an oppressor because you’re erasing what gives meaning to their unimportant lives. Who are they if they don’t have a dragon (even if imaginary) to slay?
-- @EricsElectrons
They need her to feel bad about herself so they can feel good about themselves and sustain their theology.
Africa Brooke, 29, who lives in London, spoke to the Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett about her views on race, and what it really means to be oppressed for his popular podcast.
By: Eve Tawfick
Published: Jul 26, 2022
Writer and coach, 29, reveals she was told she's 'not truly black' after writing a viral open letter blasting the 'cult of wokeness' and insisting she's not oppressed by her skin colour
London-based Africa Brooke, 29, is a writer, mentor and consultant
Told Steven Bartlett on Diary of a CEO she's seen 'real' oppression in Zimbabwe
Entrepreneur 'refuses to be a victim' and wrote open letter decrying woke 'cult'
Said she was contacted by white people insisting she is oppressed
A writer and coach has revealed how she faced a backlash over a viral letter in which she said: 'I'm not oppressed because I'm black'.
Africa Brooke, 29, who lives in London, spoke to the Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett about her views on race, and what it really means to be oppressed for his popular podcast.
The writer and coach 'specialises in helping people and groups with personal or professional challenges related to self-censorship and self-sabotage', and has 229,000 followers on Instagram.
Last year, she wrote an open letter declaring she was 'leaving the cult of wokeness' that insists she will 'forever be oppressed because she's black', while others told her she's not 'truly black'.
Africa, who was born in Zimbabwe, told Steve: 'I've seen real oppression', adding that she's a 'huge advocate' against FGM.
FGM stands for female genital mutilation and happens in many African countries.
The barbaric procedure, that involves the removal of the clitoris, often without anesthetic and with dirty equipment is rife in communities that believe female sexuality is wrong.
Africa said 'I said that I don't feel oppressed as a black woman, and a lot of people didn't agree with me, they didn't like it.
'Many people thought I was undermining black people and women. It's something non-controversial, but is now seen as a controversial statement to make.
'I was messaged, mainly by white people telling me that I am oppressed, but I wasn't raised to be a victim and I refuse to be one.
Culturally or in my family home I have never for one second, apart from the moments I needed to misplace my rage, have seen myself as a victim.
'For me it's not even a conscious decision. I don't walk through the world thinking my skin color is a burden and that's not the only truth.
'Yes I am aware I have experienced things because of my skin colour, but I am a powerful being in a black body, and I should be able to claim that power.
'People always want to hear the hardship stories when it comes to race. What if there isn't one? When I get interviewed I get asked about the colour of my skin. Instead of being a "black entrepreneur", why can't I just be an entrepreneur?
Steve agreed with her sentiments, saying: 'I'm sure I've walked into boardrooms in front of middle aged white men where my colour has had an impact on the outcome, either positively or negatively.
'I'm sure there was prejudice against me, but it's not my responsibility to cure it.'
He added that labelling himself as a 'disadvantaged person' could lead to 'less confidence ' and 'more pessimism'.
'That could be more harmful than discrimination,' he said. 'On a day-to-day do I want to burden myself with a label that won't serve me? Others can do as they wish.'
Africa added: 'You can choose not to be oppressed and still fight for equality. I'm very fierce about this.'
She continued that we need to see more people from minorities, 'positioned as powerful sovereign beings'.
'It's my responsibility to claim my power as an individual in a black body.'
'I say, "No I'm not oppressed". People don't know what to do with you.
'There's a lot of moralism out there, people believe people that fit into this identity marker. They need to become champions for the oppressed black people, but they've become regressive in their quest to be progressive.'
Steve, who was born in Botswana, and moved to the UK at the age of two, said: 'There's an argument out there that you can't tell a black person what racism is.
'A lady argued with me saying: "White people can't tell black people what racism is". She abandoned truth, in this binary narrative, that white people can't talk about racism - I'm half white so I can shapeshift.'
The letter received outrage, with some even labelling Africa a 'white sympathiser' among other things and not 'truly black'.
However, since the release of the podcast last week Africa has gained 10,000 Instagram followers and received praise from fans worldwide for her direct and intelligent approach to contemporary issues.
One YouTuber said 'This is such a powerful interview. The way Africa is so unapologetic, honest and transparent with her views is a breath of fresh air in today’s climate.'
Another said 'I don’t have a lot of female role models in my life…Until now! What a beautiful and aspirational woman!'
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Saying “I’m not oppressed” really pisses off people who’ve made victimhood or saviorism central to who they are.
Read Africa Brooke’s 2021 open letter: https://ckarchive.com/b/d0ueh0h67mpd
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Note: “not truly black” is directly out of Critical Race Theory, borrowed from Marxist conflict theory.
False consciousness: Phenomenon in which oppressed people internalize and identify with attitudes and ideology of the controlling class.
-- Delgado/Stefancic, “Critical Race Theory: An Introduction”
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the grifter and fraud behind the debunked The 1619 Project, reinforced that “truly” black people are a political hivemind.
She later deleted the Tweet, but you can read the full thread.
Woke: because middle and upper-middle class students from first-world democratic nations note-taking on brushed aluminium and polished glass electronics while studying paranoid conspiracy theories derived from obscure postmodern hypotheses invented in the cynical ennui of dead French philosophers and taught in gratuitous vanity courses via the enterprise Zoom accounts and landscaped campuses of name-brand universities have the greatest understanding of oppression.
