Black People, We Don't Need White Privilege; We Just Need To Acknowledge Our Own

I once had a White female boss who, in so many words, tried to bribe me with privileges that I already possessed for her gain. She was intimidated by me and felt that she needed to control me mentally due to her insecurities.

- She would randomly and awkwardly compliment me for little things that I didn't need a pat on the back for because it was a part of my job. I was going to excel in it anyway without her petting me on the head like a dog as I did before I ever knew she existed.

- She would offer me these privileges that she assumed I didn't already have. She felt that she could control me mentally with these privileges by providing them to me, and in exchange, I would have had to do additional work that went beyond my regular duties, so she didn't have to learn her job. Instead, I'd do it for her.

- She wanted to persuade me to believe that she was different from the rest, was a fair person, and wasn't a racist. However, she proved to be the exact opposite of everything she tried to persuade me to believe she wasn't. Luckily for me, I saw right through her at first introduction.

Let's take away the titles and recognize the facts:

A White woman who's the same age tries to offer me necessarily, human, everyday privileges that I knew I already had before meeting her. That means that in her mind, she had to believe that she was more superior to me and that I was nothing more to her than a second class citizen. It's is called Covert Racism.

As she attempted to pretend that we were allies by trying to build this personal bond with me, I quickly began setting boundaries between us and maintained my professionalism. I voiced my concern to her by stating that she started making me feel uncomfortable. After telling me that I was "out of line" as if I didn't have the human right to defend nor protect myself, she begins to use her title to abuse her authority by seeking revenge against me out of spite.

We politically fought each other for half a year until I delivered the final blow. My boss thought she had finally won when she attempted to use her authority to send me to a Medical Treatment Facility for evaluation. She felt that I was mentally unstable for NOT accepting her privileges and allowing her to take advantage of me.

For two months, I allowed her to believe it was all over while I silently waited until she completed my work evaluation. I knew that the review would not justify her reason for sending me to a Medical Treatment Facility, and she legally could not falsify information on my evaluation or the Medical Treatment Facility documents without proof of evidence or probable cause. After she completed my great assessment, I reported her and exposed her to the highest power. Soon after, I moved on to a new position.

Ouch! How embarrassing!

That is how you shut down White women who tell lies on Black people that end up dead or in prison.

After reading all of that, I'm sure you're probably asking the million-dollar question, WHY?

Well, I can give you five reasons, and they are as follows:

1. She Was Intimidated By Me, And I Understand Why.

- I am a Black woman

- Beautiful

- Petite frame

- College-educated

- Fearless

- Confident

- and Outspoken

I am everything she wished she could be.

I am the complete opposite of every stereotype she perceived Black women to be.

Everything her people taught her about herself and us was a lie, False advertisement.

My presence ruined her childhood.

I had power and authority while she was nothing more than a title.

2. My Boss Wanted To Control Me

- Because she was already intimidated by me, she felt the need to gain control over me to soothe her anxiety.

- Her stress caused her to be fearful.

- She was afraid of me because I was a dominant figure. My whole existence made her uncomfortable.

- For her to feel omnipotent, she tried to haze me to think insignificantly and inferior psychologically.

- She failed.

3. She Was Insecure.

- I triggered it.

- She felt that because she was the boss that she should be the one to shine the brightest between the both of us.

- However, I naturally absorb the spotlight.

- I had no intention of dimming my light so hers could shine more radiant, so I became the competition.

- My essence took up too much space for both us to share.

- She got left behind in my shadow while I continued to thrive.

4. The Myth Of White Privilege.

- Her belief was that of me to be a second class citizen.

- In her mind, I didn't have enough fundamental human rights to decline her privileges nor reject her sorry attempt at being false allies.

- She genuinely believed that she had more benefits than me. She thought that she would be able to dangle them over my head to get me to be at her every beck and call, while I did her job and mine.

- She failed to realize that White privilege doesn't exist; their false entitlement does.

- Their false entitlement gives off the impression that White privilege exists. They believe that no one deserves the luxuries of everyday life except them.

- The fact of the matter is that I, a Black woman, have always had the same privileges as she and I knew it; she didn't.

- When I declined her handout, she deemed me mentally unstable because I had to be crazy to reject privileges that she thought I desired. After all, I supposedly was never entitled to them.

- It turns out she is the mentally unstable one for believing that my rights and hers were not the same.

- It is 2020. Step out of the era of segregation and get a clue.

5. False White Entitlement

- She concluded that because she had more privileges to offer me, she was entitled to force me to do all the dirty work to continue receiving these privileges.

- Again, not realizing that Black People such as myself, recognize our rights, rejects their handouts, and use our liberties to advance without needing their help.

- When I refused her endeavors, I became a threat that she knew she could never compete against because she'll always lose.

- Most Black women threaten society because they know that the Black woman earned her keep fair and square by working hard to achieve her accomplishments. In contrast, most people owe someone else for their success because they accepted an easy handout instead of doing the work to get to the top.

- She could never win against a Black woman who knows she's the original Queen.

Black people, we don't need to continuously beg others to share their privileges with us because the truth is, White privilege is non-existent. The reality of their false entitlement created the myth of White privilege. Because of their false entitlement, society believed that they had rights, and we didn't.

Black people, here are the facts:

- Every Black human being born in the U.S has the same equal privileges; we have to acknowledge that we have them and then use our freedom to our advantage.

- Being Black is a privilege.

. Black people are the most hated because secretly, most people wished they were Black or shared some physical traits that resembled the Black people.

. Our culture dominates the entire world.

. We are beautifully melanated, extremely intelligent, mentally resilient, and have robust physical features that we're naturally born with, but everyone wants.

- Meanwhile, most people who are not of African descent have to pay out of pocket for skin tans and steroids to look like us.

- Our spirituality is a privilege.

. We are safe and protected by the ancestors, the universe, the Orishas, the three manifestations of God, Voodooism, and Hoodooism.

. The same spirituality that has protected our people before colonization is saving us now.

. Regardless of how we worship, we are all guarded under the same Gods.

- Black people have money, and that's a privilege.

. We are NOT broke.

. According to the Bureau of Census Statistical Brief, the percentage of Black-owned businesses went up 35% from 2007 to 2012, making Black-owned companies the strongest in service.

. The 2007 to 2012 data is the most recent available data, more than likely because it'll hurt some feelings to accept the spike in our economic success.

. We need to continue to circulate the Black $1 into our Black-owned businesses to continue to build economic wealth within our communities.

. Do not allow the media to lie to you.

. Black people have wealth; they just stopped recording the statistics to project this false image of Black people struggling in poverty.

So as you can see, Black people have privilege racially, culturally, spiritually, physically, mentally, and economically. We need to concede it and use it.

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