Surprised by Jesse Williams BET Speech

Jesse identifies with the Black community as do many mixed folks. There's nothing "surprising" about it.

Madison Keys was probably raised primarily by a white mother, plays a white sport, her best friends are probably white, and I'm willing to bet that she has a "white' inflection in her voice. A lot of black people probably want to throw this, "you're black" thing on her, and she's havin none of it. More power to her. We are all individuals. On the otherhand, this Jesse Williams knucklehead has been brainwashed by a powerful black influence, I'm guessing his black wife, and maybe a few others. Thus, he probably has so much liberal white guilt up his ass it's coming out of his mouth. It's ashame, because he could have said something a little more even and balanced, instead of this it's all the police officers fault. I mean, we need police, don't we? They're not all bad.... What a knucklehead!

I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.

I believe Aryn is of mixed heritage, herself.

LOL at this post.

First off, Who is Aryn? And secondly, you can laugh all you want, that means nothing. If you can prove that ANYTHING I state is wrong - which, trust me, you can't - then you've done something.

I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.

Aryn Drake-Lee is his wife's name. I thought we all knew who we were speaking about.


Something was mentioned about his 'black wife brainwashing him'.



I heard she was of mixed heritage too. Plus, they met when he was already a teacher and I'm assuming had developed his own ideas.

She maybe of mixed heritage, but two things: She looks all black, and she's darker than him. That may sound trivial at first, but considering what he said, and just in general, it's very significant.

I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.

No, it is not. But you're entitled to your opinions.

Yes it is, Ms high yellow woman. I want you to think about something, because I know I'm more knowledgeable about this than you are. How often do you see a black man married to a woman who is darker than he is? It's usually the other way around, now isn't it? I know pride is fkn with you, but you can admit the truth. Black men consider women of your complexion some sort of prize, and look down on dark skinned women. If you were immersed in our culture, like maybe you think you are, you'd know that. I can probably count on my fingers how many times I've seen a light skinned man married to a dark skinned woman. Former lead singer of the group "Heat Wave". Johnnie Wilder Jr, strangely enough, comes to mind. But he is the only one I can think of at the moment. It seldom happens. You don't think that signifies anything?

I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.