Decide any social media platform, and also you’ll see an entire barrage of ashy Black males defending Sean “Diddy” Combs. The proceedings have solely simply begun, and folk are already on social media calling for him to be freed.
The protection is coming from brothas of all stripes, together with, Unsurprisingly, Boosie Badazz (previously often called Lil Boosie…again when he was nonetheless making respectable music).
Infuriatingly, many Black males are attacking Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, Diddy’s very long time girlfriend, throughout her explosive testimony this week. Some declare that she went together with the abuse for clout. Others level to the truth that she stayed in a relationship with Combs for years, claiming that this proves she is, a minimum of, complicit. Apparently, none of those fools noticed the 15-minute video of Diddy abusing Cassie in a lodge foyer.
Sigh. Okay, Black males…we have to have a dialog.
We may speak about the ample quantity of analysis that exhibits how ladies usually instances keep in abusive relationships for years. Some find yourself dying due to these relationships. Others keep for years. Let’s not act like we all know what was happening in that relationship nor in Cassie’s thoughts. So let’s chill with all of the assumptions about why she was in that relationship. Now it’s time for a deeper dialog.
In 2017, the hashtag #MeToo was in all places. It laid naked the truth that ladies of all races and ethnicities had skilled some sort of sexual assault or sexual harassment. Over 200 males had been taken to job for his or her trash ass conduct, however clearly some Black males didn’t concentrate.
We should always have all discovered then to belief ladies. To take heed to what they must say. And to grasp that in some instances it was our doubt about what these ladies needed to say that led to a lot of them both being silent in regards to the abuse they skilled or remaining in horrific relationships too lengthy.
What the tweets and feedback in help of Diddy are displaying us is that there are various Black males who haven’t discovered these classes. They haven’t discovered to take heed to ladies, particularly Black ladies. As a substitute, too many are going out of their option to defend Sean Combs….a man who had gallons of child oil stocked in his home and who all however admitted to being abusive.
Do higher, Black males. Cease pondering this manner. However you actually must cease happening social media and placing this raggedy mess out into the world.