The Thread: How white women use tears to oppress black women

Apparently, apart from blatant racism which is alive and kicking despite what Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi advert may have misled you into thinking, there’s also ‘white tears’.

What’s white tears? Kelechi Okafor, a dance instructor and actress defines it as an attack on black women by white women when they (white women) resort to using tears to get their way. The idea is that black women are more aggressive, therefore they must be the ones who hurt the white women.

But how manipulative is this, though? Kelechi relays her experience:

Last night, a WW who attends my class, tried to use white tears to attack me.

I didn't let it happen.

— Kelechi (@kelechnekoff) April 8, 2017

Reactions:

& this is exactly how you treat a child when they throw a tantrum… except this was a grown ass woman 😒smh https://t.co/lsHN1yxBcK

— chief leaf 🌿 (@moonrvcks) April 8, 2017

That dynamic is so unsettling.
The way even as victims, we're supposed to coddle whiteness and it's perpetual state of infancy…smh

— Cali 🇧🇲🇰🇳 (@Caligraphist) April 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/IrishInSlope/status/850719958258642945

https://twitter.com/Chuck_mate_/status/850723053344624640

This article is so on point about this issue. I can't figure out how to send it via twitter but I can email it or its on Google pic.twitter.com/GlF5IK7gr5

— Je m'embarrasse (@TaiwoTribulates) April 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/CaptainKP/status/850640537594073091

https://twitter.com/beccamckz/status/850636106332753920

https://twitter.com/sachaallen/status/850639006366916608

https://twitter.com/DarthJada_/status/850640084420493312

come through, go off and stand in that truth 👏 she tried it. I love when it backfires on them.

— IJ | mwen pa sòt online (@aChildOf2Worlds) April 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/ImpassionedDias/status/850626599905087488

https://twitter.com/nobahabon/status/850733726350835713

https://twitter.com/jenwells/status/850731762309357569

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https://twitter.com/EastAfricanMade/status/850728916398604289

I know where this starts. In Kinder. I don't allow it. If you are crying for attention you can just keep on, because you are getting any.

— Kristina of ⭐️⭐️ (@maytagsmom) April 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/MichaelaCoel/status/850723967648313344

*Sigh*