Yeah, anyone who uses 'but Kobe was arrested!!' can immediately be countered with 'but Kobe is black tho'.
Black male celebrities doing shit things to women always face waaaaay more backlash than white male celebrities do. See: Chris Brown v. Sean Penn on smacking women around and a zillion other examples.
It's always kind of conflicting when I see famous black men get dragged over the coals for their actions the way famous white men never do. On the one hand, finally an appropriate degree of outrage towards violence and assault on women! On the other hand, degree only reaches appropriate level because of systemic racism! Intersectionality at its worst.
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From: (Anonymous)Black male celebrities doing shit things to women always face waaaaay more backlash than white male celebrities do. See: Chris Brown v. Sean Penn on smacking women around and a zillion other examples.
It's always kind of conflicting when I see famous black men get dragged over the coals for their actions the way famous white men never do. On the one hand, finally an appropriate degree of outrage towards violence and assault on women! On the other hand, degree only reaches appropriate level because of systemic racism! Intersectionality at its worst.