#white mediocrity

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“We’re trained to be like, ‘If I’m not exceptional, I won’t be loved.’ Certainly, I think that was my thing,” Gatwa shared. “So, yeah, I think I’m just learning now like, ‘Oh, you are allowed to be loved.’ You don’t have to be excellent or aspire to that term, ‘Black excellence’. What the hell?”

He continued, “There’s so much white mediocrity that gets celebrated, and Black people, we have to be absolutely flawless to get half of [that] anyway. So, I’m slowly training myself out of that and being like, ‘No shit. You deserve love just for existing.’ And that has taught me to be a lot more loving as well, in a weird way.”

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edit - adding link to original article here.

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IS SEGREGATION REALLY THAT BAD? WATCH THIS VIDEO ALL THE WAY TO THE END! If the message resonates with you, please share it! There’s one word I want you to think of, every time you hear the word “Segregation”. When you understand the damage that this one word leads to, then you’ll understand why Segregation was never, and could NEVER be, a good thing! Despite centuries of oppression, Black people have continued to thrive, innovate, and contribute greatly to this country, which is why the desire to hold us down is so perplexing.

black people can thrive as long as white people leave us alone.

Leave us Alone

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[comradekarin]

are fans not allowed to prefer Taylor over Beyonce? why do you people always use the race card like do something else its getting tiring atp...

You are definitely allowed to prefer Taylor Swift over Beyoncé for… whatever reason that may be god bless your unseasoned soul. What you shouldn’t be doing is diminishing the work of Beyoncé and other black and queer artists in order to prop Taylor up. The fact that it’s the year of 2023 and we’re having these weird ass conversations of can Beyoncé even sing, dance, or put on a performance? You don’t even have to be a fan of Beyoncé to recognize the immense talent and impact that woman has on multiple demographics of people. Whether that be the Black community, other POC, or the LGBTQ community, Beyoncé has made an impact. And she actually does her research too and doesn’t use minorities as brownie points in her work (cough taylor’s vogue dancer cough). Beyoncé’s work only continues to improve, mind you. And to either deny or downplay that talent in order to prop up a mediocre white woman and her mediocre lyrics and her mediocre production is insane.

Prefer Taylor over Beyoncé? Ok. Love both? Ok. There is nothing wrong with that. As I stated in my previous post, I don’t like comparing female artists; it doesn’t do anything for me or those artists (especially since, from what I understand, they’re on good terms). However, if you expect me to believe that what’s considered the standard for Taylor is the same standard for Beyoncé (or, the standard for white artists vs the standard for black artists), it’s not going to happen. If you want an example, Beyoncé preparing for Coachella is more than enough proof; she had to destroy and completely reset her body after giving birth to twins in order to give the best show she could possibly give. Being the first black woman to headline the festival meant she had literally everything running on the line. We see this sentiment true with other black artists, too, like Halle Bailey, who had to undergo death threats, racism, bullying, and harassment despite having a perfect performance on the big screen and during her live performances. Halle had to prove she deserved to be treated with human decency, and had she even had a strand of hair left out she would have been crucified. I can even go on about the treatment of darker skinned vs light skinned/mixed women (those in closer proximity to whiteness) in the rap industry. We would be here forever talking about this.

And it’s not me pulling out the race card, it’s me simply recognizing that white women are celebrated for their mediocrity and black women are not. It’s me saying that Beyoncé’s fans calling out Taylor’s whiteness is in no where comparable to them calling out Beyoncé’s blackness, especially since Taylor’s whiteness benefits her in contrast to the way Beyoncé’s blackness punishes her. We can no longer pretend the struggle of white women are identical to the struggle of black women. Because, as we’ve seen with Taylor, her ally ship is performative, something she can hang up in the closet and forget about when she goes home at night. When it comes down to it, she will always adhere to her white womanhood to get her out of the shit she places herself in.

If you want to be ignorant and play colorblind to these issues, that’s on you. But don’t expect me to pretend that there isn’t an issue here—an issue that has always been here.

[wellnesswhisperss]

[lunetoon23]

i will nvr not listen to ppl when they bitch abt white mediocrity bc Collen Hoover- a mid aged, upper-mid class white women- wrote a book w/ the phrase, and i quote, "we both laughed at our son's big balls".

the characters laughing are step siblings and them + the son get into a car crash they all die in almost immediately after this line.

ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THEY SAY- TO THEIR JUST BORN STEP-INCEST SON- IS A JOKE ABT HIS BALLS.

i read/write CoD MW2 and R6S self-insert fan fiction on Wattpad. i have seen better on Wattpad.

[gaykarstaagforever]

...Realizing that "just some white guy" being good enough for fabulous undeserved wealth and influence, no matter how shitty you are, is 100% how it works and THAT'S the goddamn problem.

But what is the mechanism that drives us to choose between them? This needs to be studied. What makes one white guy who sucks popular to millions of white people, while another white guy who sucks languishes in obscurity?

If Hollywood and Nashville can't figure it out, I guess I won't, either.

Anyway, here's some suburban chud who doesn't write music and can barely sing and panders to Conservatives for money to play us out:

[queenvlion]

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[comradekarin]

I saw your Beyonce/Taylor Swift post and What's wrong with "comparing two queens that are killing it". line? Isn't that what it comes down to with female artists? Why can't we just appreciate all female artists instead of the competitions?

I’m going to take this as you asking this question in good faith so here’s the short answer: No. There is nothing inherently wrong with that statement, and depending on the context, I agree with it. But here’s the long answer:

A lot of fandoms do take it upon themselves to start unnecessary, unprovoked beef between artists, especially female artists of color (i.e the Cardi and Nicki drama), consequently ruining the love a lot of people have for those artists. However, the Taylor and Beyoncè comparisons have a few problems I want to address that aren’t actually new when talking about female artists of color and their white counterparts. Firstly, the whole comparisons only started because of the uptick of insufferable swifties online discrediting all of the work, effort, and impact Beyoncé has had on people before and today (and Beyoncé fans are simply responding to these ridiculous claims). Secondly, swifties also have a strange tendency to compare her exclusively to objectively better black artists (Beyoncé, Prince, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and more) by diminishing their work and influence in order to prop her up. Noticeable so, they never really do this with Taylor’s fellow white peers. It begs the question: Why do so many swifties feel the need to put Taylor on a pedestal by discrediting arguably more popular, influential black and queer artists? While I do agree with the notion that female artists should be celebrated and giving the props they deserve, we can no longer pretend that black artists like Beyoncé don’t have to give twice the effort, twice the dedication, twice the energy, and twice the style in order to be given their credit. Meanwhile, an artist like Taylor is rewarded and worshiped for her white mediocrity and performance activism, never really pressured to perform to the degree other black artists are expected to, or forced to show allyship when it really matters. So for her fans to degrade Beyoncé’s high quality vocals, performance, and production—which has been consistent and improving over the years—and be rightfully told off just to resort to the corny “let’s just celebrate all women” is, in my eyes, the epitome of white feminism.

Taylor’s fans have even admitted that she isn’t the best singer, only marketing herself as a good “songwriter”. Ok, so an artist that can’t sing that well, can’t dance, has easily replicable lyrics we could get from other Indie artists, and has a very specific demographic as her fans is someone to be considered a legend? How is this considered the standard but influential black legends’ work are downplayed and diminished? Why does it hurt swifties to see black women be given their credit? Why does Taylor have to be included in every conversation (I.e the Lizzo situation at the Grammy’s where Taylor Swift fans took Lizzo’s appreciation for Beyoncé as hatred for Taylor or Beyoncé’s success on the renaissance tour being overshadowed by the eras tour). And when called out on this, why do her stans resort back to the fake “just support all women” take?

It’s why I can’t really stand by that one post up here that states we shouldn’t debate over female artists because at the end of the day, “they’re all female artists subjected to the harsh lens of the patriarchy.” That statement ignores the intersectionality present in the topic of female artists’ treatment in the industry. It ignores how the expectations of white female artists more than often than not tend to be different for woc artists. I see the “let’s just all get along” saying as a way to deflect from the valid criticism and complaints people of color have for white artists like Taylor Swift. And considering how Taylor’s online brand is playing victim and being the poor innocent white girl whenever she is called out on something, the behavior her stans exhibit are nothing out of the ordinary.

In summary, I don’t think comparisons between female artists are needed. Especially female artists in entirely different genres of music and style. But I do know a lot white Taylor Swift fans love to play the racism card and then hide behind misogyny to cover their tracks. Once again, something Taylor herself does WELL.

[squipedmew]

I went to go see the fnaf movie and someone had set up a picture of markiplier in the chair next to me for the entire movie

[icedsodapop]

Homogenized competence really describes this casting so well

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

is murderbot a good show? no. does it do the books far more justice than we dared to hope? yes. will i be watching the show in its entirety buying 3 different types of ice cream to do a celebration marathon watch whilst sighing in relief kicking my feet giggling on the sofa? absolutely

[neverendingcomplaints]

Knew this was gonna be a banger lol.

Idk if he's ever said it outright but he's basically a hip hop snob. He's like my uncle, who only wanted to acknowledge the "good" rappers, kinda.

I'm not a rap/hip hop girl truly - I'm an Pop/R&B gal. BUT my mom was the generation that grew up on rap and the fact is that rap has always had a fun/pop element to it and no, it wasn't just because TPTB wanted to monetize it. RAP. WAS (and still is). FUN. Not all of it was violence, rage, deep thoughts. It literally just started out as a party, so why can't there be space for stuff like Thrift Shop or (even though I do not like this song in the slightest) First Class? Sexyy Redd is a little too much for me but why can't I bop to Ice Spice or Meg? It's not that deep for all of us and it never has been.

I agree that the whiteness of it all is why these people are crowned Kings (and attempted Queens as with Iggy Azalea lol) in the genre and as a black woman who enjoys singing, it is frustrating just how much talent you have to have as a black person just to be acknowledged (not celebrated and paid) vs. what white people can get away with just because of the history. I think this is why the Beyhive doesn't know how to behave honestly and even why black writers etc claim Bey to be some kind of Revolutionary Black Woman Artiste, and why so many people are upset by Taylor Swift (although, I do think Taylor is talented but certainly not as a performer or singer - she is a Real Deal Pop Songwriter and People Will Deal). Different lanes but the concept remains. We have to be A+ to play but the bar is in hell when you're white.

Anyway. The video was fantastic and once again, I'm so jealous of his wife and how smart he is lol.

[darlingjmiller]

i’ve been seeing this more and more lately and i’m so sick of the ‘pedro is in everything now’ narrative

he’s been working toward this for 30+ years!! let him have his moment!!

“ugh he’s in everything now” GOOD

in fact, put him in even more, every franchise and trilogy and beloved IP, plaster his face on every billboard and on the backs of your eyelids

cope harder