Good Day, I will not be before you long. I haven't blogged in awhile because the great orange menace has me all the way distracted.
But I did want to voice my opinion about the new TNT dramedy (??) Claws.
It is insulting, demeaning, sexist and vulgar and it will probably be on the air for at least 5 seasons. And I am very damned mad about it too.
I do not want to see another black woman bent over a desk while some white guy rapes her. Yeah, I have heard it referred to as "Sex", but what I saw was a hate-fueled act of sexual assault. There was nothing comedic about it. I stopped watching after that.
Niecy Nash has always been a sheroe of mine, and to say I am disappointed doesn't matter cause I am not paying her bills. I thought she was a stronger person, actor and mother than to take that role.
What Women of Color must stop doing is allowing Hollywood to tell our stories. Or accepting their skewed presentation of the world outside Beverly Hills.
Why did it have to be a 'nail salon'? Why not a Fortune 500 company, or a clothing empire, or even a lunch counter?
This exploitation of Women of Color has been an active practice of oppressors since time began. I cannot believe we are still trying to nurture a nation that will not nurture us.
The problem is bigger than one show of course, and folks will think that I am 'hating', and they will be right.
I hate that black women are being portrayed as sluts that sleep around in order to advance in America.
I hate that women and people of color are not paid equally in Hollywood.
I hate that the angry black woman trope is turning into a fact of life cause I am mad as hell about this show.
I hate that little black girls all over the world will see this show and think it's a game plan to get out of poverty.
I hate that I even have to say this.
America, we have to do better.
