“Sometime the biggest enemy to Black women, be Black men.”
Those were the words that were once uttered by my homegirl Shawneice many moons ago.
I thought about that quote when noted “magical Negro” Emmanuel Acho opened his mouth about LSU star Angel Reese on Tuesday.
“Black women have historically been the most marginalized group in America, but I’m going to give a gender neutral and racially indifferent take,” said the “magical Negro”.
Ok, the first part of this statement is true. Black women has been the most disrespected group in America. You’re not going to get any arguing out of me regarding that.
It’s the second part of this tweet that neutralizes the first part of this tweet.
“In sports, you can’t act like the big bad wolf, then cry like courage the cowardly dog.”
A guy who has been immersed in Black culture for almost 15 years really fixed his face and said this.
In his world, Angel Reese can’t emote her feelings and what she’s gone through during the season.
She’s supposed to suffer in silence and take the slings and arrows the world gives her.
Thankfully, Joy Taylor was there to push back on what the “magical negro” said.
“Why is she a villian?” she asked the “magical negro”.
“She called herself that,” he replied.
“Do we talk about men who brag about hitting big shots?” Taylor retorted, “I mean we can pull up clips of Joe Burrow and other men doing what she [Reese] does.”
Here’s the truth of the matter, and I’m paraphrasing what another homegirl Megan Braden-Perry said.
Nobody likes it when a Black woman is living her best life and most importantly, living for herself.
Additionally, and we saw this with Meg the Stallion, when a physically attractive Black woman speaks her mind, it becomes a problem for some.
“But she was in that swimsuit issue, Ryne.”
And?
She’s still a human being at the end of the day.