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Maybe my brain is a bit too pessimistic but am I the only one that is sometimes troubled by how certain parts of the media embrace black culture.

I'm not talking about institutional racism. What I mean is, even when the media is RT'ing a photo of Janelle Monea or Lupita Nyongo, there's this feel of tokenism and/or objectification.

“Here's this wonderful black thing that we love. Look at how progressive we are.”

I laud that these actors are being celebrated, but...

@sonicbooming

I bring this up because of this tweet from birdsite.

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@sonicbooming

The sucking up to celebrity is painful to behold.