we all hate jonathan majors here, but what is it exactly that you are suggesting, op? are you suggesting that majors is getting an image rehab because he is black? rather than because he is a man? i’m trying really hard to give you the benefit of the doubt here, i’m thinking that perhaps you aren’t aware that famous black men get away with beating and raping their black partners all the time. chris brown is an outspoken abuser of primarily non-white women, and his career continues to thrive, for example. or perhaps we need to revisit the case of michael fassbender beating the shit out of several of his black girlfriends, blaming it on “alcoholism” and then going on to face exactly zero repercussions? fassbender didn’t even get fired like majors did, dude. literally no one gave a fuck.
or maybe you’re only concerned about white women who are victims—in that case, you’ve forgotten that famous white men who attack white women also suffer no consequences and have the public on their side? you know, like in the johnny depp and blake lively cases radical feminists are currently obsessed with? and racist white men who beat the shit out of white women have also been coming back to hollywood in a big way with mel gibson’s also THR-facilitated image rehab, along with that which alec baldwin benefited from years ago. these guys get the benefit of the doubt because they’re powerful and famous men. not due to their race. at most, race is another angle for apologists to exploit, but there’s no evidence that black men get away with abuse because they’re black, rather than because they’re men.
genuinely, i am wondering why you’ve chosen to frame the issue this way (no one cares because the victim was a white woman)? again, are you suggesting that people would care if she was black? would you like me to tell you that the majority of femicide victims in the US are black? that approximately six black women are murdered every single day in my country, also primarily by black men like majors? but the majority of those cases go unsolved? i certainly hope you’re not suggesting that black women have some kind of systemic privilege over white women when it comes to this issue. i really hope that’s not what i’m seeing here today. i feel that is the implication you’re very strongly suggesting.
i am reblogging this version of the post so my followers can see both how op fails to support her claim with her cited evidence (which features majors making typical domestic abuser threats, but doesn’t appear to uh “capitalize on the toxicity of online racial discourse”) and also to tell the person who shared their abuse story this: i am sorry you were assaulted. “protect the black community” is something black women are also told when they’re abused by black men. quite famously, megan thee stallion was pressured to keep quiet by everyone around her. this isn’t a new issue; tina turner was almost beaten to death by her husband, but her doctor told her to shut up because speaking out “gives us a bad name”. when she died recently, people were still slandering her and calling her a race traitor.
so, again, this isn’t about protecting black people, it’s about protecting men. it’s about patriarchy. when you frame this as an issue of race rather than patriarchy, you are perpetuating racism. look: i’m not going around to posts about abusive white men and sharing my story of how white boys took turns raping me and then bragged about without consequence. frankly, the thought didn’t even cross my mind until just now, because i don’t associate all white people with my abusers.
so i daresay you two need to seriously examine your motivations and rhetoric here, because the implications are really troubling.
turnnoffyourmind
areudirty
gracieabrams
pixelskylines
jimmyeatworldofficial
2087
