So I opened this thread to read about Terez Paylor and imagine my surprise to see that even this thread has turned into the latest episode of insecure white man feels aggrieved again. I personally don't care about the afro wigs. I do think Pat is kind of a cornball for signing off on the licensing of such things, but honestly, I probably would have done the same thing at his age, I'm a bit more protective of these things now though. I would have shook my head at anyone who I saw wearing one of these, but I would have kept it moving.
Now this part is definitely going to hurt wacky's feelings. Like I said I don't necessarily share the feelings of the man who wrote that opinion column, however to dismiss that man's feelings as wokeness, is absolutely why people like wacky play a massive role in these racial issues being stuck in the mud, and who allow profiteers like Clay Travis to make money off of mining outrage from insecure white men. You don't have to agree with how that man feels, I don't but to just dismiss his feelings without even considering his point is close-minded at best. The same people who would tell a black man that he is woke because he doesn't feel right about something specific to his race are the very same people who would completely and angrily dismiss any notion that they are racist or that any notions of racism even exist. Whenever these people hear a person of color say something that makes them uncomfortable, the first impulse isn't to understand why, it is to be dismissive. It's gross, I'm sick of it, and I will not allow any place I inhabit as much as I do this here to be a safe place for it to happen without me calling it out.
I haven't had an afro since I was about 6 or 7 years old, I haven't even had hair since 1992. I have no goddamned idea what triggers someone could have related to their hair, and while I don't relate at all, I certainly will listen to those who do and be sympathetic to it, because why the eff wouldn't I? Doing so wouldn't have the least bit of adverse effect on my life.
Wacky, open up your mind, stop being mad about everything, looking under every rock for reasons to be aggrieved isn't great for anyone's mental health and it is poisonous to our society, if you care about such things.
End rant.
RIP Terez, I was scared as hell that this was another young black man who lost his life to COVID. I can't describe how scared I am of this disease.
I definitely value your opinion and appreciate this thoughtful post. I cannot relate with a lot of these issues and I need to shut up when it comes to some of this stuff. However, the part I bolded is exactly how I feel about what the media is trying to do about everything these days. Literally lifting rocks to see what might/could be offensive and needs cancelled for a few clicks. I just think it's going to go so far to the point that it will lose it's luster, and some of the important stuff will get overlooked by people who really need educated.
What's the media? That's one persons opinion, you can literally find any opinion about anything ever. There is a cottage industry designed to outrage people with the talking point that "the media" is out to get you (general term). Find some person with an opinion of something that doesn't fit my opinion, which is very easy to find because of the internet. If that opinion appears via some media outlet, assign that opinion to all media and blame them all, but not the media I'm giving the message from or the outlet I represent. Find it on social media, then assign that media to everyone who looks like that person, or better yet, just to "people" or all social media, but of course excluding my social media account and those who think like me.
It can't be a surprise that someone felt uneasy about these wigs. It isn't like dude called anyone racist, he even pointed out that even here in the 2021 there has to be legislation in the area with regard to discrimination based on people's hair.
I promise you that of the people who actually work for the KC Star, a gigantic majority of those would wear that wig and not have a single problem doing so. This wasn't some vast media left wing conspiracy to make white men feel bad about themselves, very very very very few things are.
