the blacker the berry
an old folk saying the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice title
of a satire by Mr Wallace Thurman
his character Emma Lou Morgan internalises
biases against dark-complexioned people
but
we don have to internalise bias and prejudice against black people
America hangs it out in the open like
dirty laundry for anyone who cares to look can see
belies code
which they
white supremacists believe is clever
playing footsie with plausible deniability euphemistic innuendo facetious
probably best we stop with code whitey has trouble with multisyllable
words gets tonguetiedconfused Whadya
say? better talk like monkeys Ooh ooh
awh awh stand flatfootedleaning on knuckles
Imagine that! paints the same picture they paint of black people which is utterly correct were
human beings
the provocation was Karine
Jean-Pierres first White House press briefing an elegant smart young woman her
black skin in contrast with her lemonyellow dress was breathtaking
he was sure manymany people were
upset
she certainly doesnt talk like
former
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Kendrick Lamar The Blacker the Berry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghv-qwwmG6M
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