So a sorority sister of mine sent out this email about her brother's new company, which is a subsidiary/affiliate of this other company, DangerousNegro. Apparently, DN is the rage amongst "conscious" young Negros. Being a supportive sister, t-shirt fan, and "conscious" Negress, I visited the DN site and found some of the apparel cute.
Buuuuuuut, upon looking further, I decided that DN is not dangerous enough and I have deemed it the product of a Black man (or men) that has not fully grasped feminist principles and perceives cash money as an indicator of racial equity. Thus, putting screeching brakes on their self-described "movement".
Why Dangerous Negro is nothing to be afraid of:
- They are definitely not dangerous like the real Dangerous Negro;
- They monopolize the term, "Black" so that it only refers to African-Americans. Meaning that should Papa Moxie would have liked to purchase a shirt, he would not because he was not African-American, he was Afro-Latino, yet Black as the day is long;
- The material of the subsidiary company borders on homophobic and sexist, so they're unconscious in those departments;
- They use apparel that does not come out as clearly and absolutely anti-sweatshop;
- AND finally, the apparel is shown being worn by some Black entertainers that I would certainly describe as less than "conscious", but certainly dangerous....to themselves and the sanity of the Black community.
Don't worry white people, these Dangerous Negroes won't have you shaking in your boots. Normal, privileged behavior can resume. False alarm.
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I'm disappointed. You're talented because it takes alot of skill to turn something like Dangerous Negro into a negative.
It's unfortunate that when you see some young brothers trying to do something positive you would nitpick your way into negating the whole concept. I doubt anyone claims that Dangerous Negro is a perfect movement. That's not the point. No movement throughout history has been perfect. The important thing is that these brothers are trying to be part of the solution. Are you?
Do you see our community? Do you see the position most of our young brothers are in? No you'd rather focus on semantics, trifle and take things out of context to shoe horn a ill-conceived point.
It's ironic how you assure white people they have nothing to worry about at the end of your rant. If they have nothing to worry about it's because of black people like yourself, who would rather tear down an imperfect but well-intended and strong movement and turn it into something negative.
If you must be a cynic, try constructive criticism next time. Let's support these brothers.
Yours truly,
Concerned Pearl
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