‘Anti-Ebonicism’ or something like that……

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Why isn’t there a version of anti-Semetism for Black folks, Jay and Russell? It seems to be so common place no one even cares anymore about the “straight up hate” Blacks get by way of television and major studies (Geez).

It’s so bad and has been so for so many (hundreds of) years now, that I think it’s time we came up with a term for it. Because once you name it, people feel more inclined to say and DO something about it. Something like Anti-Africanism. Or Dis-eboni-cism? Anti-Ebonicism! Minor logistics but we’ll figure it out…..

It’s not as though a term is not warranted either. It’s legitimate because everyday I’m bombarded with very degrading and desensitized images of African-Americans. As an African-American (yup, I’m one of ‘them’) lots of things have struck me as rather offensive. I’ve compiled a short list of the top 10 most insulting “Anti-Ebonicistic’ remarks (in no particular order, really):

Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa says Black women are point blank…..ugly

Georgia proposes Blacks pick fruit, cotton…..again?

The wrestling team in CA discovered a ‘slave’ was among them

Hoodlums in the white hizzouse!

Michelle Obama is the face of the angry Black woman

A study (dammit, another study!?) saying Black women are invisible…..

Even another clearly Black woman (Ethiopia…..yup they’re one of us too :-) critiques American Black women. This is an example of self hate….

Most dangerous place for Black babies is in the womb ad

The entire political career of President Barack Obama since he’s taken office but if I had to choose my favorite, it would be the Campaign to Get this Black Man out of Office, led by Donald Trump

And of course Black People….You Don’t Know Jack! (about politics anyway)

To me it is as though with all the consistent hate speak circling Blacks in American, we’ve gotten complacent and just accepted it. We don’t even fight it anymore. We hear these stories and don’t nip it at the bud like hate speak against other groups.

The solution in my opinion? If we name it, we can claim it! And them we can move to erase some of these negative-ism. This is because it would no longer be ‘generalized’ and we could teach our children, all children that this is a REAL issue that affects millions of people. And along with “The Diary of Anne Frank”, we can have books like “The Souls of Black Folks” as mandatory readings for school aged kids. And in addition to learning about the horrors of the Holocaust, college students would hear about Black art and artists, like Jupitor Hammon long before they were required to take the class only to graduate. And maybe, just maybe Black little girls and boys wouldn’t hate themselves. A crazy idea that giving hatred a name isolates it and prevents it from internally eating away at a people.

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