{"id":57380,"date":"2020-05-24T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=57380"},"modified":"2021-01-02T10:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T15:54:13","slug":"zuby-on-why-joe-bidens-you-aint-black-comment-is-one-of-the-most-racist-things-said-by-any-us-politician-recently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/05\/24\/zuby-on-why-joe-bidens-you-aint-black-comment-is-one-of-the-most-racist-things-said-by-any-us-politician-recently\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuby on why Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;you ain&#8217;t black&#8221; comment is one of the most racist things said by any US politician recently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d embed all the tweets here, but the page loading speed would be monumentally slow, so here&#8217;s the initial tweet and I&#8217;ve scraped the text from the rest and put it in blockquotes:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m seeing a lot of people trying to pass off Joe Biden&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YouAintBlack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YouAintBlack<\/a> comment as merely a &#39;gaffe&#39; or &#39;joke&#39;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&#39;t. <\/p>\n<p>It revealed a deeply rooted and pernicious form of racism that is extremely pervasive in left-wing politics. Let me explain&#8230; (1\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ZUBY: (@ZubyMusic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZubyMusic\/status\/1264144789307568129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Every black person is aware of the power and pain of being considered an &#8216;outsider&#8217; within one&#8217;s own &#8216;race&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This happens everywhere, but it is a common phenomenon particularly amongst Black Americans, due to history and culture. (2\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>You are probably familiar with terms like &#8216;Uncle Tom&#8217;, &#8216;coon&#8217;, &#8216;house n*gga&#8217;, &#8216;coconut&#8217;, &#8216;Bounty&#8217; and &#8216;race traitor&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>These slurs are used to demean black people by stripping them of their &#8216;Blackness&#8217;. (3\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>ALL black conservatives, libertarians, centrists, or even moderate liberals have been on the receiving end of at least one of these slurs.<\/p>\n<p>Usually levied by another black person, but occasionally by a particularly bold &#8216;woke white progressive&#8217; type. (4\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>This form of ostracisation is particularly painful for Black Americans. Who are largely disconnected from their African roots due to the horrors of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>As a substitute, many cling to a fuzzy concept of &#8216;Blackness&#8217;. For the sake of identity and community. (5\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>So, to be considered &#8216;not black&#8217; is like being an outcast of a community that often already feels alienated&#8230; (6\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>I am not American and I do not speak on behalf of anybody but myself. These are my own thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>My name is Nzubechukwu and my heritage is of the Igbo tribe in Anambra state in Nigeria \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec<\/p>\n<p>So NOBODY can take my &#8216;Blackness&#8217; from me! They will look foolish trying! (7\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>Most Black Americans don&#8217;t have this SOLID sense of heritage.<\/p>\n<p>People (of all colours) know this and weaponise it against them to prevent individuals from stepping out of the &#8216;groupthink&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone who is perceived to go &#8216;against&#8217; &#8216;The Black Community&#8217; must be punished. (8\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing politicians, activists and professional race hustlers have used this psychological warfare to keep black people &#8216;in check&#8217; and voting for them for many decades. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s demeaning, discriminatory, and it strips black people of our agency. (9\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>So, when Biden suggested that &#8216;you ain&#8217;t Black&#8217; if you consider voting for Trump instead of him, he exposed a much deeper form of racism. <\/p>\n<p>The sense of &#8216;ownership&#8217; of Black people. Unearned allegiance and entitlement.<\/p>\n<p>It was a vile statement&#8230; (10\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>But it was also honest. Because that&#8217;s how a lot of these politicians and &#8216;progressives&#8217; really feel about black people. <\/p>\n<p>Like they own us. (11\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>If you were born black, then you will die black. There is no such thing as being &#8216;politically black&#8217;. This is nonsense designed to CONTROL you and keep you needy.<\/p>\n<p>NOBODY can take away your &#8216;Blackness&#8217;. Your &#8216;Black Card&#8217; is your birthright. Regardless of who you vote for. (12\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>I would never dream of telling anyone who they must vote for, based on their skin colour nor genitalia.<\/p>\n<p>That would be extremely arrogant, condescending and discriminatory. <\/p>\n<p>Be VERY suspicious of anybody who talks like that. They want to control your mind. (13\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;<\/p>\n<p>That is all. I hope you enjoyed my TED talk.<\/p>\n<p>Much love. \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffe<\/p>\n<p>Zuby<br \/>\n#ImStillBlack <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>H\/T to <a href=\"http:\/\/victorygirlsblog.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Darleen<\/a> for posting the link to <a href=\"https:\/\/davidthompson.typepad.com\/davidthompson\/2020\/05\/our-betters-hold-firm.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">David Thompson&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zuby-tweet-on-Joe-Biden-20200523.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zuby-tweet-on-Joe-Biden-20200523-480x290.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zuby-tweet-on-Joe-Biden-20200523-480x290.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zuby-tweet-on-Joe-Biden-20200523-150x91.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Zuby-tweet-on-Joe-Biden-20200523.png 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d embed all the tweets here, but the page loading speed would be monumentally slow, so here&#8217;s the initial tweet and I&#8217;ve scraped the text from the rest and put it in blockquotes: I&#39;m seeing a lot of people trying to pass off Joe Biden&#39;s #YouAintBlack comment as merely a &#39;gaffe&#39; or &#39;joke&#39;&#8230; But it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,53,13],"tags":[188,1406,1020,99,593,310],"class_list":["post-57380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-politics","category-usa","tag-electionwatch","tag-joebiden","tag-progressives","tag-racism","tag-socialmedia","tag-twitter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-eVu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57380"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57385,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57380\/revisions\/57385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}