No matter how high we climb, white people will find a way to put us in our ā€˜placeā€™

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“The party took place in the garden of the Forest Hills home of Dr. Duroseau and Claude, and the guests were all Black or Latino except for one person.

“According to the lawsuit, as the party was coming to an end, a white woman walked into the Duroseau home uninvited with a ā€œlarge, menacing German Shepherdā€ and demanded they turn the music down. Duroseau told her they were having a birthday party and that it was wrapping up soon. He asked her to leave and went back to the backyard where guests continued to socialize.

“Thatā€™s when another white neighbor, a man identified as 48-year-old Marcus Rosebrock, decided to turn his water hose on the partygoers to make them leave.”

No matter how high we climb, white people will find a way to put us in our ā€˜placeā€™

White people lose their shit every Black History Month. Why?

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The problem is that whiteness is centered so much in our world, people like this donā€™t know how to respond when it isnā€™t. White people donā€™t have to worry about their ā€œcultureā€ being left out of anything, because itā€™s always present, but they still complain when they canā€™t see themselves in something. They will even go so far as to insert themselves where they donā€™t belong.

Why Canā€™t We Just Enjoy Black History Month?