Eboni K. Williams interviewed by The Breakfast Club defends her bus driver comments

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The comments in that video :mjpls:

Williams and the many many black women cosigning her have so much disdain for working-class black men but would fall on their knees over the rappers making millions off of degrading them

“We don’t want to be your last resort”
 

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She doesn't understand that not everybody wants to be an owner, entrepreneur, or 10 figure boss tyc00n. Somebody gotta be the worker bro and a lot of people are good with being the worker. She says she's not disrespecting people but what she's saying boils down to if you work the same job you've failed. You can't just be the bus driver, you have to be working towards owning the bus. That's not reality for the vast majority of people.

I think some black people have let the generational wealth conversation warp their brains into thinking anything less is a failure. In reality as long as you've taken care of your kids and put them in a position to go do their own thing you've done your job. People like Ebony don't see it that way. They think leaving your kid 80 rental properties or a business is the ONLY way to set your kids up for success. For all the talk about fighting white supremacy, all this talk about always moving up, not being satisfied working "mediocre"/"average" jobs is right out of the capitalism propaganda handbook and we know capitalism is a main root of white supremacy. :francis:

If you really wana build wealth, black ppl need to marry. But that’s another convo.

“I DoNt WaNt To SeTtLe”

This is 1000% facts.
Even before that, we had the "hustle and grind" "no days off" "no sleep" "paper chase" wave.
Young Black people were running around showing how much they were willing to torture and demean themselves for "success".
For example "Walk to Brooklyn and get me some cheesecake from Juniors. If you wanna be successful, you'll do whatever it takes".:takedat:
nikka, fukk you. How successful did they turn out to be?

It was the time where nikkas started putting CEO in their social media bio without a) being a CEO or b) knowing wtf a CEO was.
Human nature, economics and sociology all tell you that not everyone can be a captain of industry or even wants to be.
Not only that but if you're paying attention, you know that some of those high earning jobs a) follow you home and b) stress you out.
That's why the companies had to start selling "work/life balance" to prospective employees.

If we're all "CEOs" who's going to clean the toilet, who's gonna sweep the street, who's going to run the cash register?
And if nobody does, there's definitely a problem.
Often, you'll find that some of these blue collar service workers are fukking wizards at what they do.
On some "How did you do that?!?":gladbron: shyt

People like Eboni want to equate your title or occupation with your worth as a human being and life doesn't work that way.
It doesn't even work that way monetarily.
Some service workers will be sitting on a bundle of cash and you'd never know it.
I've seen it too many times. Even in my own family.
Like that old breh who was a parking lot attendant and was a millionaire on the low.
AND he didn't want to quit his job because HE LOVED HIS JOB.

1000%

And a lot of people don’t know the different being an entrepreneur & self-employed
 

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it's masked in fancier verbiage, but the optics come off like she's with white men because they own the proverbial "bus", and then has the nerve to say black people [men] are the lowest on the totem pole. With all her education, she doesn't realize that she's telegraphing why she chases after white men. Not just white men, but rich white men. Makes her look like the worst kind of goldigger.
And since these types are so loud and goofy about it, they don't realize white men see/know it, and most will treat them accordingly.
 

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I'm not even of the mindset that you can't be problack and date interracially, there's plenty of historical figures who have. But she's coming at it entirely wrong, like black men are scrubs if they don't have x, y, and z...it's masked in fancier verbiage, but the optics come off like she's with white men because they own the proverbial "bus", and then has the nerve to say black people [men] are the lowest on the totem pole. With all her education, she doesn't realize that she's telegraphing why she chases after white men. Not just white men, but rich white men. Makes her look like the worst kind of goldigger.

She easily could have said, I "could" date someone who has "x" but has the ambition and drive to do "y". There would be no convo. I think this is why so many dudes are getting fed up with dating, because there's unrealistic barriers to entry for decent dudes, and all too often once you get on your track then people want to come along for the ride once you have everything. That brews resentment.

Because once you’re at the “finish line” they all show up.

Some of them don’t have patience for the building stage.
 

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I'm not even of the mindset that you can't be problack and date interracially, there's plenty of historical figures who have. But she's coming at it entirely wrong, like black men are scrubs if they don't have x, y, and z...it's masked in fancier verbiage, but the optics come off like she's with white men because they own the proverbial "bus", and then has the nerve to say black people [men] are the lowest on the totem pole. With all her education, she doesn't realize that she's telegraphing why she chases after white men. Not just white men, but rich white men. Makes her look like the worst kind of goldigger.

She easily could have said, I "could" date someone who has "x" but has the ambition and drive to do "y". There would be no convo. I think this is why so many dudes are getting fed up with dating, because there's unrealistic barriers to entry for decent dudes, and all too often once you get on your track then people want to come along for the ride once you have everything. That brews resentment.
She’s not even that good of a gold digger.
 

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And since these types are so loud and goofy about it, they don't realize white men see/know it, and most will treat them accordingly.
fam, she was on t.v with her titties out parading around with housewives....she's a confused person. she wanna be a housewife but doesn't have the disposition to be one. what i suspect is that she realizes she can only get so far, earn so much despite canoodling with the "owners" so she sees the wives of these owners and aspires for their lifestyle but she has worked hard and wants to use her mind to earn and is stuck in the mindset of an earner which is directly opposed to her aspirations to live the soft life as a demure, submissive WIFE.

it's like a person growing up their whole life eating and loving peanut butter to eventually develop a peanut allergy. it just ain't gon work out for her God don't like ugly and her whole disposition is hideous....
 

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Yep. Eboni made a really idiotic move. Now someone like Angela, who was rubbing ppl the wrong way not too long ago, can climb on her back in this situation and improve her image by saying the right things.

Eboni has shown how disconnected she is from (the convos happening in) the community.

This shyt is tiring for real. Hopefully enough women will understand the issue with what Eboni said/how she conducted herself in that interview.

I said it before but the pendulum swings back and forth…we’re getting back to the point where the smart women will stick out easily because birds cannot help but parrot this stupid shyt.


And on the real, although she may be disliked for somewhat obvious reasons, this is why women like Marjorie Harvey be winning when compared to women like Eboni. It’s so easy to just smile and be chill.
It depends on what you define as "winning". Marjorie is a trophy wife. Eboni is a lawyer and media personality. Nothing about Eboni seems that she is looking to be a trophy wife. She admits that she has masculine energy, that she's had to get it out the mud, and that she has very high standards. We don't know how deeply fulfilled any of them are, but both are on their own paths, which they are allowed to be.

Women, the same as men, are allowed to feel what they want. Yes, it's classist. But men talk shyt on women all day long and have made entire careers out of it. So, Eboni will be fine. People barely knew who she was last week. My bet is that she stays in this controversial lane because it's causing people to talk about her and will raise her profile. From everything I see about her, she will probably count this as a win. Every woman isn't looking to be saved.
 

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If you really wana build wealth, black ppl need to marry. But that’s another convo.

“I DoNt WaNt To SeTtLe”



1000%

And a lot of people don’t know the different being an entrepreneur & self-employed


I thinkt that convo needs to be talked about. These teachers, lab nurses, nurses assistants, under 45k-50k job salaries is not going to build wealth, especially if you have kids.
2 incomes combined with a husband or wife may get you to a comfortable place than one
 

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Thats the point. She was never a practicing attorney she was a legal analyst. No one gives a fukk about her ooinion on the proud boys verdict or Clarence Thomas's gift scandal so shes delving into the easy lick talking about Black womens dating challenges.

If she said " I date out" she couldnt get a bag because the sheas would assume shes blissfully happy. She cant admit to failing over the fence hence the concern trolling.
I keep forgetting about this. That and I think her and her ex-husband were caught up in some scandal or some sort of fraud. I think there is a thread on it too. I'll see if I can find it.
 

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I thinkt that convo needs to be talked about. These teachers, lab nurses, nurses assistants, under 45k-50k job salaries is not going to build wealth, especially if you have kids.
2 incomes combined with a husband or wife may get you to a comfortable place than one

Y’all can apply for an FHA loan and buy a house. Now you just gave yourself & your children 200k-300K.

Or you buy one before marriage, then buy one after marriage.
 
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