absolutely! why are we adhering to the things they said to bring us down instead of the meanings WE gave them? they called us black, we said black is beautiful. they call us ghetto, we said ghetto is fabulous. what happened?!

RIGHT! Like we have to justify our humanity or be some sort of high class to be worthy! They STILL really believe in respectability politics after all these years. Who cares!

And tbh, "ghetto" black people are the ones that really create black culture. Jazz & hip hop didn't come from the top!

yes! they are talented blk men and have great quality products. i love their pop tarts but ppl hating the name out of no where is crazy to me. cause yall dont want to look a certain way to non blk ppl?

right and i love to know what we know and we have names for now we’re conversations back then, you know? 🙇🏾‍♀️ give me a lil scoop on those nuances? the best one youve read so far

oh from the excerpts i know she in there TALKING and i will be sat for every word

definitely adding to my reading list