reminds me of that scene in the people vs. OJ Simpson
where chris darden was forced to do a pre-interview with mark furhman
he came back and told the DA (marcia clark). "i cant do this. he's too blatantly racist. can someone else take him on?"
marcia said, "what did he say?"
he replied, "he was very 'polite'. with me. kept saying 'yes sir'. it was very condescending."
she said, "ummmm if he was being polite, how is that racist?
or condescending? he's racist because he was extra polite to you?
u good? boy get back in htere lol and stop acting like he called u a n*gger lolz "
he said , "NO its a feeling. i cant explain it. but i dont think this is gonna go well."
it was so hard for him to CONVEY what he FELT to her because she wasn't a black man.
i can imagine the frustration is the same for someone like OG
dark skinned, unambiguously black women definitely know when they're feeling something
im glad funky finally stepped away from the conversation cuz he admitted that he didn't even now what "featurism" is in 2021.
the fact that someone as dark as tatyana ali was asked to be included in that "light girls" documentary shows that there are so many NUANCES within the conversation that need to be explored before you step into it.
a lot of unspoken mess that you need to pay attention to and take time to learn about before you begin hushing dark skinned women like OG.
