Out2Lunch215
I'm not chocolate; I'm chestnut brown
Earlier today, I posted a version of this fictitious dialogue between fonts. Sure enough, over the course of the some font hit each point. How did this happen? Why are people are extrapolating their personal experience to all Black women?
Original post: Hannah Eko: As A Black Woman, I'm Tired Of Having To Prove My Womanhood
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A fictitious exchange:
Dark-skinned lady warrior font: I have dark skin, I'm tall, and I'm muscular. I feel I've been judged not as attractive as other ladies because of my skin tone. I have been mistaken for a man. Based on my experiences, most or all dark-skinned Black women have been the victim of colorism and/or misgendered. We must fight for our humanity.
Dark-skinned lady neutral font: That has been not my experience.
Dark-skinned lady warrior font: You are lying. All dark-skinned Black women experience this.
Dark-skinned lady neutral font: I have no reason to lie.
Dark-skinned lady warrior font: Well, it's obvious you have internalized racism and colorism and you are complicit in your own degradation and dehumanization. You are gaslighting victims of colorism and dismissing their experience.
Dark-skinned lady neutral font: Nope. Racism exists but I don't believe that colorism, texturism, and featurism in the US Black community are significant issues today.
Dark-skinned lady warrior font: You must be ignorant or have amnesia. Of course, these are significant issues. This is why we are the last picked as mates.
Dark-skinned lady neutral font: I've been Black all my life and I grew up around Black people of all shades. My husband's Black. I attended an HBCU, go to a Black church. I'm a K. I'm in the L!nk$ and JL. I have a job with a local university. I interact with a wide range of people everyday. I never felt slighted because of my dark complexion. My career and social life have not been impaired by my skin tone.
How is me sharing my experience gaslighting someone else? How does sharing my experience make me ignorant. Am I supposed to lie about my life to fit your (their) narrative?
Dark-skinned lady warrior font: Whatever. You must be too stupid to know that you are being victimized because of your dark skin. Or Maybe you don't want to be seen as problematic or angry. Freaking Auntie Thomasinia...I'm putting you on ignore.
Dark-skinned lady neutral font: Whet????