By: Rafeeat Bishi
In a blog post, I mentioned how I'm tired of talking about racism and that I'd like to focus on some positives that are going on with minority communities. I'll continue to try and spread awareness for issues that I believe are necessary knowledge, but other than that...
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There's been stuff going around on Twitter about Bhad Babie blackfishing and TikTok kids being racist, and to be honest (this may sound bad) I don't care.
I see more people tweeting about the shock value of these things than actually bringing conversations to the forefront. Those of us who constantly click on their pages to go and comment are the ones who make them famous.
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A video I watched recently commented about how Kim Kardashian said it doesn't hurt her numbers when people talk about her. And I agree.
All publicity is good publicity because many companies only care about how many clicks you get, not what people are saying once they click.
I think we should, for the sake of our wellbeing, avoid unnecessary interactions. If we see some bad behavior, Twitter FBI (or you) can do it's thing, contact the necessary people and move on. Continually reposting and quoting with the words "thoughts?" or "omg this is so bad" will only encourage others to do what can get them on the timeline.
Bhad Babie behaved terribly and is now a millionaire with a music career. So there's that.
Also. Black people and minorities are not knights in shining armor who can do whatever to stop bad people. Most of us know that people are racist and that society treats us terribly, we don't need to see it in our messages or DMs. We don't need to be reminded 24/7.
We should try and withhold from sending friends "look at what's going on" when we can assume they'll already know. Looking at it doesn't lift our spirits, especially if we're in a position where we have no power.
We can't solve every problem. If a situation is out of our hands, we move on. I'm not saying to ignore bad behavior, use whatever power you have to stop injustice. Spread awareness for big issues! But when it comes to petty people doing nonsense, whose ideas aren't changing anytime soon, don't put your energy towards them. Why should I spend my time getting mad at racists I can't stop or hold accountable when I could be eating a Reese's or watching Glee?
Let's talk about some positives from time to time!
https://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2020/02/how-culture-vultures-take-advantage-of-black-outrage
https://thegrio.com/2018/02/01/kim-kardashian-tomi-lahren-black-outrage/
It’s interesting that you bring this up because I literally have the same views. These people get bashed or canceled on social media everyday but they don’t lose their popularity. They may lose a couple followers but that is about it. And most of the things they do or say is for popularity. You talked about tik tok and it reminded of the ‘new trend’ to expose yourself before anyone else does. So a lot of tikrokers are posting videos explaining that they have said the n-word. And all the excuses were that they were young and didn’t know what they were doing or thought it was cool. That still does not make it okay in my opinion but people doing anything for views these days.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me a lotttt about Kaitlin Bennett and how she gets so many views and recognition even if it's hate. At the end of the day they're still views and she's benefitting off of them. I get it though, it's hard to just ignore someone who's acting out like that and we wanna correct everything or else it'll feel wrong. I think a lot of people are afraid of being a bystander but we end up being counterproductive since we bring attention to people who aren't worth our time. Nice post ! :)
ReplyDeleteLOL Bhad BHadie is a good example. This actually reminds me of how people on Twitter censor people's name when they tweet and Now im wondering if its for this reason
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