Tichina Arnold Wants Black Women To Stop Emasculating Black Men....AND GUESS WHO ATTACKED HER?

Tichina Arnold Wants Black Women To Stop Emasculating Black Men....AND GUESS WHO ATTACKED HER?

Out of all of the Black celebrities to become Twitter's main character of the day, beloved actress Tichina Arnold was probably low on everyone's list. But that possibility has now skyrocketed into our current reality. Arnold was roasted alive on Twitter for her statement about Black men being emasculated, in her view, in American society. She tweeted, "Honest Question: What can we as Black Women in America do to stop aiding in the emasculation of Black men in America?" As you can imagine, her followers had a lot to say on the topic, chief of which being that Black women don't have to be the ones to save Black men for their personal mistakes. "What about us as black women?" wrote another. "Where is the protection and respect for us??" "You can start by taking back this insulting, unequivocally asinine question that is completely devoid of any actual historical context to back it up," added another commenter. "Because history has shown time and again that Black women have been the ones PROTECTING Black men. And what do they do for us?" One of the male commenters seemed to agree with the women, writing, "I appreciate the gesture Ms. Arnold, but I don't know if that is your responsibility. In and of itself emasculation is a subjective construct. Trans women; gay men portrayed in media; independent black women…none of this emasculates me. My manhood isn't that fragile." Another male commenter wrote, "Nothing," in response to Arnold's question, adding that Black men should stop treating emotions, asking for help, being LGBT, not being the breadwinner in a relationship, and liking untraditionally "manly" things as emasculating. Others also commented on how the question about emasculation sounds like a covert discussion about homophobia and transphobia. Another added, "can we please start calling these 'emasculation' conversations what they really are: homophobia." But some people actually answered Arnold's question under the assumption that there is a more sinister plot at work to keep Black women and men from uniting. C Another wrote, "As you can see by the comments sis, the hate for us is real. Either we hate ourselves (created by white supremacy), you hate us (more white supremacy) or society as a whole, maybe even the planet hates us (Again, white supremacy). Love us as u luv yourself." https://news.yahoo.com/tichina-arnold-criticized-twitter-asking-164216776.html

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