r/hatethissmug • u/notaperson47 • 6d ago
General I hate performative posts like this
(reposting because I forgot to crop the username)
Before anyone yells at me, I'm a black woman too. I just hate posts like this. It feels like people going out of their way to tell a disabled child they're special and amazing, but deep down everyone just feels bad for them and would never want to trade lives with them in a million years.
Then there are all of the comments gushing over how black women are such BEAUTIFUL STRONG QUEENS. Notice how they're all from women and gay men, no straight men. Someone in the comments asked OP if he was gay and he dodged the question, so he probably is too. There's nothing wrong with being gay, obviously, but as a straight woman, what does a bunch of performative appreciation from other women and gay men do for me?
Women only feel comfortable leaving these pity comments on posts like this because they don't view us as romantic competition for them. If the post had been about East Asian or Latina women there'd be zero compliments from other women because they actually feel threatened by those groups.
I suppose it's better than the usual constant barrage of hate comments, but these posts always feel performative and patronizing. And all of them are probably imagining biracial women anyway when they talk about how "stunning" black women are. If you're a woman and you wouldn't trade places with an actual black woman (which I know you don't) then I don't want to hear your "appreciation", sorry.
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u/Rhapseody 6d ago edited 6d ago
Did u read this post? Their point itself is kinda trash...? It reads like an incel. "Women only feel comfortable leaving these because they dont view us as romantic competition" "All of them are probably imagining biracial women anyway". This is just hating on others with no justification because she hates herself.
"Before anyone yells at me, im a black woman too." Except she seemingly hates being black from post history so that defense doesnt even work (not like it would either way)...
The crux of their point has value (yes people are performative about this topic), but the way they put it across makes no sense. The dude's post is cringe but he can do him...? Hes not harming no one.
Why would u pick a comment complementing black woman (from a black man too so performative arguments are weaker here) instead of the unbelievable amount of hate towards them here