tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post9127124783529947515..comments2023-10-29T05:58:20.875-04:00Comments on Aunt Jemima's Revenge: The Black Women/White Women Battle Continues - The Secret That Catherine Donnelly Should Have Kept To HerselfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-35416669765316167842008-06-20T19:01:00.000-04:002008-06-20T19:01:00.000-04:00I heard the podcast Professor Tracey is talking ab...I heard the podcast Professor Tracey is talking about. I don't know why this seems to be an issue, the issue being black women HAVE to bridge the gap with white women. Why are black women expending so much energy to other black women, yet not to white women, to heal this chasm? I don't understand why black women are always the one who have to be "fair." <BR/><BR/>I have white women friends and colleagues and I'm not preoccupied with them. I judge them as an individual like anyone else. White women are not hurting by not relating to black women or taking their feelings seriously into consideration. Sorry, but they're not thinking about us, so why are we being encouraged to think about them? We don't have to live with a unhealthy dislike towards white women, that's too much mental energy, but I also think this extending the olive branch is not very healthy either. <BR/><BR/>Black women have been used historically by white women and black men for their own selfish gains. Can black women just stand up for themselves without apology? Whoever wants to be our allies no matter the race or gender would be welcomed, but enough with the bridging the gap between white women and black women dialogue. I've been hearing it forever, and it's tired.Jazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10660661539538870161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-76690489477237880292008-06-18T13:55:00.000-04:002008-06-18T13:55:00.000-04:00you know, call me crazy; i for one am more interes...you know, call me crazy; i for one am more interested in getting black women to get along and work with one another respectfully in greater numbers. <BR/><BR/>i don't have left over energy to devote to white women. seriously. i think likewise, they are so focused on themselves that they couldn't care less how their behavior affects others.<BR/><BR/>i don't think white women don't "get it". i think they just don't care unless it somehow progresses their agenda. there has been enough evidence throughout history to support this assertion. in the interim, as long as i am treated with respect and humanely it is all good. it is the best, i think anyone can command when dealing with white folks. the non-stop white supremacy doctrine we are all fed pretty much kills the ability for most white folks to behave fairly when dealing with non white folks. i have accepted this and decided to move on. <BR/><BR/>this donnelly woman is a bonehead becky. obviously. she does not warrant my energy much less Mrs. O's. <BR/><BR/>blessings,<BR/>focusedpurposefocusedpurposehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537118983874391619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-41232619023610569662008-06-18T01:41:00.000-04:002008-06-18T01:41:00.000-04:00Hello there,I remember that story about Michelle O...Hello there,<BR/><BR/>I remember that story about Michelle Obama's roommate and I don't think that Michelle felt ANYTHING about it...why should she...why is it that black women need to respond when some white person reveals how ignorant they are? Does anything just warrant a shrug? Or do we have to blow up at everything? I am glad Michelle Obama was not hardly crushed by this white woman's article. The lady wanted her 15 minutes of fame and THAT was her reason for mentioning her encounter with Michelle.<BR/><BR/>Now, that woman is no longer news...and should never have been.<BR/><BR/>As for the chasm between white women and black women...there is blame to go around both ways. <BR/><BR/>I have said on my blog that we really have to stop this outlandish expectation that white women must understand the "plight" of black women in order to be allies of black women. They don't. We also have to stop lumping all white women together and then turning around and screaming and hollering when WE ARE lumped together. If we want to be dealt with as individuals...we must deal with white women as individuals too.<BR/><BR/>Peace, blessings and DUNAMIS!<BR/>LisaLISA VAZQUEZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583559303233985031noreply@blogger.com