My piece on solidarity has secured the fact that most of the people reading & following me are black women which I am really happy about/thankful for because I wouldn’t like to be that person who acts like she’s writing about POC issues for POC but is in fact writing for white people (or white + nonblack people if you are a Black writer) because in the end that’s their gaze and validation that’ll give you the social/economic capital  & recognition you so desire. 

There are so many of these fake asses writers and activists thriving on the internet & their favorite hobby is throwing black women under the bus while preaching solidarity and positivity.