Comments on: Black Girl Docs: ‘Black Woman Walking’ by Tracey Rose

By: Clutch

Clutch — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:15:09 +0000

Thanks Tracey – we will remove. When we grabbed the video, the description was listed and it stated that it was a description written by you.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Dede

By: Tracey

Tracey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:29:36 +0000

I didn’t the write the description posted there. I just want to point that out because I think it colors the discussion about the intent of the piece.

Carry on. Thanks.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:10:12 +0000

RideABlackCowboy…you need to get a life…(And I bet your handsome black self probably has 3inch dick!….have fun with the low life while you can, loser. This sexy, black, young and educated woman prefers her REAL black man!)

By: Miller

Miller — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:47:29 +0000

I’m a Black male from the UK and would just like to offer some sort of explanation of, what is going through a young mans head as he puts his lips together to utter a phrase like “Ye Baby” in ear shot of a young lady he finds attractive.

This man is hoping, and genuinely, expecting that if he Whistles at 100 honeys a day, at least 5% of them will turn around and respond to his advances possitivly that 5% of Honeys are waiting for a man to appreciate there beauty and that they have broken the ice in a “socially acceptable” way.

ofcourse to think that this predatorial, primieval, hunteresque behaviour is “Socially acceptable” tells us one thing.

5% of young Men are thinking with there little heads instead of there big heads.

But please Ladies try not to be too hard on this 5% of young Men, as they usually grow up to be quite sensible and considerate members of society. I think!!!

By: Jody

Jody — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:58:49 +0000

Anytime I see one of these ‘the evil black men do’ pieces I want to vomit. Only black women feel compelled to racialize everything while the rest of the world deal with issues as gender. I dismiss it out of hand.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:01:28 +0000

@sloane

Maybe you didnt read the comments right or looked or listen to the video.

No where did I say that men who acted this way where “victims” what I CLEARLY said was “tone of this video is unmistakably bias distracts from the issue by labeling it a black men thing.”

Race was injected into this by the director, cause if they were serious about the issue than they would take this issue to men, the ones conducting these acts in order to get change done.

And who said anything about being “disloyal”.

A dude breaks the law he needs to be locked up.

No one excused the crime.

It is the method of how the message gets out I am disputing.

Your reaction is exactly why this video will fall on deaf ears of the people who need to hear it.

By: sloane

sloane — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:29:01 +0000

this is absurd, this video is about the experience of black women, not black men. taking a serious grievance of an oppressed group and twisting it to paint yourself as the victim (NU ONN AND MIKE) or to somehow invalidate the veracity of the message that you are being given is just despicable. statistically women are more likely to be raped by men within their own race, so it stands to reason that they’d be more likely to be sexually propositioned by men within in their own race. so this shit ain’t coming out of nowhere and to talk about sexual harassment between black women and white men is just a red herring to distract from the real topic at hand: sexual harassment of black women at the hands of black men. it is not my job as black woman to sugarcoat the fact that i am being sexually harassed by black men everytime i walk out the door. i have been groped, grabbed, followed across the street at night, physically threatned for refusing advances. i actually had to threaten to call the police on some dudes in car who wouldn’t leave me alone while i waited for a ride at night who were mad because i refused to acknowledge them. i hate calling on other black people especially black men but was afraid these idiots would pull my ass in their car! so i don’t give a fuck about adjusting my tone for YOUR fragile ego. the harassment is real and it’s dangerous: there’s no ambiguity about it, it’s not complimenting a woman, it’s harassment, and sometimes that harassment escalates into violence. it’s a problem that needs to be fixed on the part of black men and wrapping it up in a pretty little box so that it looks better to you isn’t go to fix it. i refuse to be called disloyal because some black men have problems controlling themselves and seeing women as full people deserving of basic courteousy and respect.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:47:24 +0000

“I don’t think she was trying to single black men out, this has just been this writers experience.”

When every other line is, “black men”, than yeah she is singling out black men.

By: Lianne

Lianne — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:33:12 +0000

I remember when I was in college in NYC, it was summertime and I had on a cotton summer dress that came for my knees, not revealing just a nice yellow dress. I was in the 50’s on the west side and I hailed a cab. As I was getting into that cab I was sexually assaulted by a man (he grabbed all of my ass). I turned around to discover he was a black man. As the cab drove away I was in tears, how could a brother do smething like that to me? I didn’t even KNOW him.

All black men aren’t sex hungry pigs, I KNOW THIS…I love black men. But you GOTTA ADMIT..there are some brothers out there that are making it hard for that stigma to go away. For every beautiful, respectful black man out there there are always two that are the exact opposite. Harassment is not singularly tied to black men either, I don’t think she was trying to single black men out, this has just been this writers experience.

By: Nuu On

Nuu On — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:16:08 +0000

This post was nothing more than a bigoted “literary drive-by,” written by a musician only capable of playing one note: a sour note.

Sad, yet typical. So drone on– I’m no longer reading or listening.