Because it was apparently so much fucking fun when Jezebel did it, Gawker just doubled down on their "Chris Brown is an asshole for getting raped at 8 years old" narrative.
I.... See, this is one of those things that makes PoC go on protracted rants about white people. And I know it's not all white people, so please don't start. But the the way that CB has been treated in the media since he beat Rihanna has been tinged with racism from the very start (didn't Charlie Sheen SHOOT a woman?!?!?) and this just confirms that the reason white liberals love to shit on Chris Brown is not because he's an abuser, but because he's a BLACK abuser.
In the Guardian article that both pieces reference, CB admits to having been RAPED. He says he lost his virginity at 8. THAT IS RAPE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. But it's okay to doubt his story or minimize his abuse because he's black. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that he gets a pass for his violent behavior in the time since because of his abuse. He most definitely doesn't. But one can have sympathy for CB the rape victim as well as condemn CB the domestic abuser. They are not mutually exclusive.
I was so pissed yesterday at Jezebel's piece that I ranted all over the comments section, but to see Gawker not only NOT apologize but continue the narrative? That's it. I think I'm done. I don't know that I can go back to that site anymore. If this were a female starlet that angle would NEVER have been taken, but apparently it's okay to blame a black man for the abuse he suffered AS A MOTHERFUCKING CHILD. What's his face (Dawkins?) made some off-colour comment about pedophilia being fine the other day, and everyone was tripping over themselves to excuse or clarify his words. Black man says something that strongly indicates his internalization of gendered myths of sex in order to cope with abuse and he's an asshole.
Fuck that. Fuck Jezebel. Fuck Gawker.
Fuck all of you racist assholes who are gonna try to justify why treating CB like shit about his sexual abuse is fine, and genuinely believe it has nothing to do with your racist ideologies.
I'm done.
Ha! There are still people who actually read Gawker? 2004 called, it wants its gullible slob back.
ReplyDeleteI'm not only here because both myself and Chris Brown are black. The downplaying of male rape and sexual assault is one of the chief ways in which the patriarchy hurts men too. My issue is ALSO the highly racialized undertones of their coverage, and the fact that it wouldn't have happened had CB been white.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that feminism began as a white dominated space, but I think I am well within my rights to blame the current iteration of the movement for not being inclusive. The only way to overcome the racist history of feminism is to do the work to combat racism. White feminism wants to claim the anti-racist label without doing the work. I have a problem with that.
That makes sense to me. White feminism knows it is fundamentally-alienating to all other minority groups and that is precisely why it selfishly co-opts everyone else's struggle: to justify itself and somehow cloak the self-preservation and implied supremacy of its leadership.
ReplyDeleteOf course you are angry; what chutzpah they have, like the kids who murder their own parents and then throw themselves as orphans upon the mercy of the court!
"Intersectionality" is a double-edged sword: it divides feminism upon itself as it also divides society at large. We all lose and they win.
Not sure that I agree that intersectionality divides feminism, but everything else seems fairly on point.
ReplyDeleteI will take this brief moment of civility from you and quit while I still live.
ReplyDeleteGood day.
The reason society has come down so hard on Chris Brown is not because he's black, but because he beat the shit out of a somebody. Society loves Rihanna. When a dude beats the shit out of female society loves, they are going to come down hard on him.
ReplyDeleteIf Charlie Sheen beat the shit out of Beyonce, society would hate on him too. That's how this thing works.
So if Chris Brown doesn't want to get hated on, next time he should be careful before he beats the shit out of a "somebody."
I have to say that I really can't help you really believe that. Charlie Sheen SHOT A WOMAN, and now has a new sitcom on FX.
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