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RIHANNASREIGN commented on
November 8, 2009 @
8:41 pm
Its a damn shame that the only group of people that will stand by the side of a black woman are white people.”
Interesting point. I did note that in the initial aftermath of this incident, I was struck by a commentary written by a white woman who was physically abused by her husband on CNN. She found a commonality with Rihanna.
If you compare to the reactions to this case in the black and white communities, there does seem to be a suggestion that violence, on some level, is perceived as an acceptable form of expression/reaction by certain members of the black community, both male and female (not to say that there aren’t plenty of abusive men of all races). I also thought this may serve as a larger example of how violence against black women is regarded — do some of us, on some level, think sisters somehow deserve to be mistreated, or are incapable of being victims?
@ OMG…first of all,i can guarantee u that I’M NOT FUCKING FOLLOWING ANYONE,it’s my opinion…and i didn’t say that was wrong to defend her or anything like that because i do it as well…
…second:a bunch of ppl that once said yesterday “let’s move on y’all,let’s focus now on buying,requestin…” are the same ones that r bringing this haters things back….everyone has the right to do what ever they wanna do as fans,and i respect that…. what i said was that we should try as much as we can to move on from this subject,avoid the haters ,and try to keep our focus on the positive and on her next projects…..it was only a suggestion…
…aiight?!…
Its a damn shame that the only group of people that will stand by the side of a black woman are white people.”
Interesting point. I did note that in the initial aftermath of this incident, I was struck by a commentary written by a white woman who was physically abused by her husband on CNN. She found a commonality with Rihanna.
If you compare to the reactions to this case in the black and white communities, there does seem to be a suggestion that violence, on some level, is perceived as an acceptable form of expression/reaction by certain members of the black community, both male and female (not to say that there aren’t plenty of abusive men of all races). I also thought this may serve as a larger example of how violence against black women is regarded — do some of us, on some level, think sisters somehow deserve to be mistreated, or are incapable of being victims?