Opinion | How White Women Use Themselves as Instruments of Terror

romulusnr · 2020-06-08T06:25:18+00:00

The comments are an absolute shitshow, a huge lifting of the curtain showing the racism rooted in white feminism.

unless you are a woman you have no idea how it feels to be alone, in a wooded area, and have any man approach you.

Yes, she allowed her emotions to get the better of her and acted inappropriately, but he was threatening her: There’s no way around it.

At the same time, are black men keenly aware of these tropes, and do they sometimes employ them, intentionally, to intimidate, frighten, or assert power over white women? Also yes.

in the age of me-too you want to give woman in general the benefit of the doubt when they accuse men of impropriety.

My only concern regarding Mr. Blow's opinion piece is that has stereotyped all white women when many of us are nothing like those who he has described

me: oh really? you mean #notallwhitewomen?

generalizing about white women based on the atrocious behavior a few, as your article does, is not helpful.

me: how bow dah

"How White Women Use ..." is a bit misleading ... it is "many" but not all white women

me: called it!

let's be clear: Mr. Cooper was the aggressor -- and no doubt he felt free to do so precisely because in the dynamics of this interaction between these two people, he felt physically superior

TBF there's also some encouraging comments in there calling bullshit on comments like the above.

Strikester101 · 2020-06-08T08:56:37+00:00

I don't hate women and I wish the best for them.

But JFC, they are such huge hypocrites.

Almostquadrupletree · 2020-06-12T17:51:14+00:00

See they dont understand that in this case, calling the police wasnt for any legitimate reason. When you threaten to call the police on someone, it can be considered the functional equivalent of brandishing a gun, as the sole purpose is to either scare the man into leaving, or have the police come in and assault the man. (The police have been known that have no training when it comes to deescilating the situation) she then said that she was gonna get assaulted. She knew very well the dynamics that were in play, as a white woman saying that to a black man, and she weaponized that dynamic to her advantage because she didnt get her way. She wasnt scared for her life, she was drunk off power, because she felt that she had his life in her hands and she could threaten it for disrespecting her.

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unless you are a woman you have no idea how it feels to be alone, in a wooded area, and have any man approach you.

Yes, she allowed her emotions to get the better of her and acted inappropriately, but he was threatening her: There’s no way around it.

At the same time, are black men keenly aware of these tropes, and do they sometimes employ them, intentionally, to intimidate, frighten, or assert power over white women? Also yes.

in the age of me-too you want to give woman in general the benefit of the doubt when they accuse men of impropriety.

me: oh really? you mean #notallwhitewomen?

me: how bow dah

me: called it!

Title	Opinion \| How White Women Use Themselves as Instruments of Terror
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Date	June 7, 2020 9:08 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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