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By Joe Williams III
When I was a young man, I used to always hear, “The only free people in America are the white man and the black woman.” However, after Sunday’s Super Bowl half-time show, that reality went up in smoke.
America is not only a race and class society, it is also an anti-flesh society. It recoils from the sight of the nude human body. I ask the question, Janet, what were you thinking. After all, you are no Madonna, you are still a Black woman, and you could not get away with kissing two women on stage. How did you let them talk you into that scene? You know how paranoid society is concerning the sexual habits of Black people. You have heard the jokes about the size of the Black man’s private parts. Society expects Madonna to be a little freaky, in fact, they expect here to be down right kinky. But you, they will not accept you kissing two women on stage, nor will they accept a white guy pulling out your breast on stage. They expect you to be more “civilized” than that.
If anything, I would expect the public to be angrier at Justin Timberlake than you, but it has never been a big deal when a white male sexually assaults a Black woman.
My sister, your timing for this was really bad. After all, you know the mess that Michael, your brother, is in, he or you don’t need to be in these types of situations. But, I understand, with you, as well as with Michael, you two have lived very rich and sheltered lives. But out here in the real world, the standards of society are still determined by the color and class line.
I love you my sister, but the next time you decide to expose, or let someone expose you, remember, many in society don’t view you as a super star. They view you as just another uppity, middle class, promiscuous Black woman.
When I was a young man, I used to always hear, “The only free people in America are the white man and the black woman.” However, after Sunday’s Super Bowl half-time show, that reality went up in smoke.
America is not only a race and class society, it is also an anti-flesh society. It recoils from the sight of the nude human body. I ask the question, Janet, what were you thinking. After all, you are no Madonna, you are still a Black woman, and you could not get away with kissing two women on stage. How did you let them talk you into that scene? You know how paranoid society is concerning the sexual habits of Black people. You have heard the jokes about the size of the Black man’s private parts. Society expects Madonna to be a little freaky, in fact, they expect here to be down right kinky. But you, they will not accept you kissing two women on stage, nor will they accept a white guy pulling out your breast on stage. They expect you to be more “civilized” than that.
If anything, I would expect the public to be angrier at Justin Timberlake than you, but it has never been a big deal when a white male sexually assaults a Black woman.
My sister, your timing for this was really bad. After all, you know the mess that Michael, your brother, is in, he or you don’t need to be in these types of situations. But, I understand, with you, as well as with Michael, you two have lived very rich and sheltered lives. But out here in the real world, the standards of society are still determined by the color and class line.
I love you my sister, but the next time you decide to expose, or let someone expose you, remember, many in society don’t view you as a super star. They view you as just another uppity, middle class, promiscuous Black woman.
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