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How much will my Black Male Privilege cost?

Grand Rising, constituents, comrades, and most importantly my loyal confidants. In efforts to heal, and be healed, I am called to publicly address many personal thoughts in attempt to set some clear boundaries, so I am not Misunderstood.


I HAVE A fucking Q:


When BIPOC people are killedšŸ’šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø is it REALLY about O/our sexuality, how we choose to identify or our gender? Or could it all just really about the pigment of our skin? šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø


Iā€™ve heard people within our ā€œcommunities claim that ā€œMale privilegeā€ ļæ¼exists and itā€™s a thing, and maybe that is what many who identify as a Man Strive for.

However, as a BLACK person I am fully šŸ‘AWARE and have šŸ‘€ witnessed how I PRESENT, can weigh heavily on how I am perceived, and how I am treated in American ā˜šŸ¾and within this ā€œcommunityā€.


I can identify as Queer, GAY, Transgender Or non-binary. None of which will be seen before I am seen as šŸ¤“šŸ¾BLACK!

Being bisexual, pansexual, homosexual or straight ļæ¼ļæ¼doesnā€™t matter to those who are simply threatened by the šŸ§‘šŸ¾ā€šŸ¦°šŸ‘©šŸæšŸ‘ØšŸ½ā€šŸ¦°šŸ‘©šŸ½ā€šŸ¦±šŸ‘ØšŸ¾ā€šŸ¦²šŸ‘©šŸ½ā€šŸ¦³šŸ‘²šŸ¾šŸ§‘šŸæšŸ‘ØšŸ¾ā€šŸ¦³melanin tones of O/our skin.

When it seems ( to me) that the underlying MISSION of the police / government is to shoot, KILL, Murder and Oppress BLACK men.

I can clearly see why our BLACK šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ LGBTQ šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø community are such a target.

We (BIPOC) continue to get upset when our BLACK trans WOMEN are misgendered ,or their Dead names are used in police reports and announced incorrectly on the Media news reports ļæ¼. But I have come to realize itā€™s all being done on purpose! Because all they see is the MISSION.

Because they will never see, nor do they ever wish to see US as anything, but a threat to coexist within the Society we have help to build. ļæ¼ ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼


This doesnā€™t mean that I have given up hope, it just means that I have given up fear!


I have the ability to change my way of thinking, I can even change my sexuality, HONORIFICs, pronouns, and even my gender, if I choose to.

But the one thing I can NOT change is the way others choose to perceive my Presentation ļæ¼ļæ¼in this world nor how they accept my African culture, my African features ļæ¼and or the tone of my melaninļæ¼ ļæ¼skin.


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