African Americans Are In An Abusive Relationship With America
First, let’s listen to Vince Staples (One of my favorite rappers, stream his projects) on what black people sell.
Vince Staples: Black People Sell Trauma
To add what Vince Staples is saying what I have also thought we (African-American Community) have always wanted some sort of attention from white people. We want them to validate us, but they’re never going to do that. It doesn’t matter if you’re an uncle Tom, coon, or mister/misses afro-centric it all applies the same regarding wanting their attention. If you don’t want to call it attention,, we can say we want them to empathize with what they did. So in return, we do as Vince Staples’s stated and sell trauma. Trauma is like drama; it sells definitely when it makes one group look worst than the other. We think that gains their attention or their empathy because we think they care or don’t know. The trauma within the community and the one between white people or oppressors push many false narratives. To me, the biggest is actually with our relationship with them. They don’t…
