The debunking myths was a pleasure, I had only seen her in pictures with a say-cheese-smile or grimace of pain, and videos where she was a blur doing impossible things. You’re right she is well spoken and pretty too. xoxoxoBruce
A friendly note here, but the term 'well spoken' is overused to describe black people. A known 'micro-aggression', the description conveys, unintentionally I'm sure, inherent surprise that a black woman is articulate despite her racial, et al, deficit. I've been a reader long enough to know that our dear writer is a human rights advocate and has posted and written many times about social and racial injustice. So, again, this is a very friendly notice of another tidbit of racism that is still used unintentionally by privileged people.
My extended family is multi-racial, so your assessment of me is correct. In retrospect I suppose my expressing admiration about a person being "well-spoken" may reflect an inherent bias on my part... about professional athletes.
The debunking myths was a pleasure, I had only seen her in pictures with a say-cheese-smile or grimace of pain, and videos where she was a blur doing impossible things. You’re right she is well spoken and pretty too.
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A friendly note here, but the term 'well spoken' is overused to describe black people. A known 'micro-aggression', the description conveys, unintentionally I'm sure, inherent surprise that a black woman is articulate despite her racial, et al, deficit. I've been a reader long enough to know that our dear writer is a human rights advocate and has posted and written many times about social and racial injustice. So, again, this is a very friendly notice of another tidbit of racism that is still used unintentionally by privileged people.
ReplyDeleteMy extended family is multi-racial, so your assessment of me is correct. In retrospect I suppose my expressing admiration about a person being "well-spoken" may reflect an inherent bias on my part... about professional athletes.
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