So, my more melanized folk, if we agree that we’re outraged about George Floyd, & that that outrage is directed at the racism inherent in the act, does it not enlighten you about how inclined a woman is to attach inherent misogyny to a violent act by a man against a woman?

For context, the outrage about George Floyd is informed by the context that attends it. Speaking strictly on a logical plane, our assertion that it is racially motivated is circumstantial. The violence could have been targeted against anyone but we don’t have alternative facts.>>

The most notable part for me is that once the injustice is identified from the evidence, and the estimations about race are made, we don’t stop to question things like “why was he getting arrested in the first place?” We call out the racism based on the apparent circumstances.>>

Place that in the context of a female victim of male violence, triggering responses from women against the injustice of the female victim & inevitably leading to the conclusion that it was motivated by misogyny. The basis of the latter may be circumstantial but it’s not wrong. >>

We then also question why we’re inclined as a society, when faced with clear cases of violence against women, to ask questions about what they did to deserve the violence. We didn’t ask that of G. Floyd. Wouldn’t it be fair to relegate those questions when a woman is involved? >>

As black people, we either hope that the non-racist white people “get” the outrage against racism or we don’t care if they’re hurt by our outrage. So when women are outraged by misogyny, they‘ve reason to either expect men to get their outrage or not care if men are hurt by it.>>

Does the outrage against the other race work in making for a just world? I can’t say for sure. But the suffering race is entitled to that outrage. Does the outrage against the other gender help in achieving justice? I don’t know. But they sure as hell are entitled to be outraged.

I’ve always taken the view that if all minorities were able to see the perspectives of other minorities, and appreciate that they are also suffering, we would be closer to justice. Black people would see women as colleagues, women would see the LGBTQI+ as colleagues, etc... >>

At the end of the day, we would be closer to what Simone de Beauvoir defined freedom as because our estimation of freedom would be tied not just to our own freedom but those of other people. A black man wouldn’t attack a woman, or a gay person; a woman wouldn’t attack a lesbian.

but that (not “those”) of other people***