Are we saying that having any level of disagreement is now low quality? My post was well thought-out,
https://www.thecoli.com/posts/37307148/
- I didn't defend racism.
- I didn't cape for her.
- I didn't try to justify her behavior.
I think if we being intellectually honest we can’t say this was a racist comment. The metaphor made perfect sense and I get what she meant; I think what was displayed here was ignorance rather than racism...ignorance to the fact that associating African Americans with monkeys has been a historically racist practice of whites.
I’m not rewriting what she said but what I heard her say is “I’m not trying to act Black, I grew up around nothing but Black people and by default have adopted the speech patterns and cultural practices of those in my neighborhood”. Once again, she used a shytty metaphor but I think saying it’s racist is a stretch...
https://www.thecoli.com/posts/37307148/