Okay. Let’s really establish one thing: Black people calling other black peoples roaches is not racist or colorist. Y’all aren’t from places where people call other people roaches so many of you won’t understand.
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This tweet doesn’t illustrate its usage because it wouldn’t matter if a brown girl called another brown girl a roach. You can do that. If you’re trying to portray them as dirty/ratchet/etc “roach” is the way to do it.pic.twitter.com/OlxvbVBupU
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This goes right back to the Cardi situation where she called other women roaches. Is it right? Hell no. Should we stop calling each other names? Absolutely. But the term speaks more on economic issues than colorism.
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“Roach” falls along the same lines of terms like “fast tailed girls” “nappy hair” etc. It definitely needs to be thrown away but the way it’s being discussed is.... eh
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This. Maybe it’s a NY thing
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