And now that they know he graduated from Harvard, people feel more comfortable defending him, maybe even more than that dog.
The “bird watchers are the gentlest people” was the first step. Dude about to become a whole cotton ball to them. https://twitter.com/kendrajames_/status/1265344965003014144

Cuz that’s how y’all like your Black men. Certain things make y’all feel less threatened:
Lighter skin tones
Educated
Gay
“Articulate”
Monied
The ignorance and bigotry jumps out even in your weak defenses
YOU CANT HELP IT

Let him have been a disabled homeless vet...whew don’t get me started

I have good food right here

But let me just say
Don’t think a gay man won’t fuck you up
Y’all try to act like gay men are weaker and therefor less threatening
That’s your hate and bigotry showing
And this tweet ain’t just for white people
And that’s that on that

“Why would she ever think a birder was threatening?” cried the white woman birder through furious tweets

BITCH HE IS BLACK WHAT THE FUCK ELSE YOU THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN

“He’s an Ivy League graduate!! He would never”

BITCH SO AM I. TWICE. AND I WILL FUCKING SHOOT YOU

And I want to be clear that I am not at all slandering my gay Black brothers because I love y’all and I want y’all to be safe from the plague of whiteness too. This is about the assumptions people make about your masculinity that leads to them thinking you’re weak.

I see it happening ALL the time and it’s fucked up. Masculinity is as varied as there are people who identify as men but for some reason, a whole lot of people assume being a gay Black man means you are weak and safe. I know y’all be fucking niggas up but they don’t

And I hate that fucking “emasculate” word and concept but that’s what happens and it’s sick. So please don’t take this the wrong way cuz I’m calling out the bullshit for what it is.

What the shit escalate. Just watch.