Black People Don’t Have Freedom of Emotion (Anger) in America. Why?
A look at one of the Freedoms Black People Do not Have.
Living in an Emotional Cage
Anger is an emotion characterized by antagonism toward someone, or something you feel has deliberately done you wrong. Anger can be a good thing. It can give you a way to express negative feelings, for example, or motivate you to find solutions to problems. But excessive anger can cause problems. Increased blood pressure and other physical changes associated with anger make it difficult to think straight and harm your physical and mental health. ~ Encyclopedia of Psychology
I tend to speak out against bigotry, a lot. I speak a lot on racism and sexism, devoid of concern for how uncomfortable it may make a white person or a male. With that said, I tend to find the varying responses to my sociopolitical talk a tad bit fascinating. It’s the comically wrathful, accusatory responses that I find the most telling. Red Herring is the tactic of deflecting good points — to avoid having to listen to you so that they don’t have to bother with understanding your point of view. An ad hominem is a personal attack on a person to discredit them from the discussion. The “angry black man” accusation serves as both in a conversation or debate. In other words…
