Cardi B. is right. The Lizzo hate, “body shaming and callin’ her mammy is mean & racist as fuck.”
Rumors is doing great. Stop trying to say the song is flopping to dismiss a woman emotions on bullying or acting like they need sympathy. The song is top 10 on all platforms. Body shaming and callin her mammy is mean & racist as fuck. pic.twitter.com/Dr2t06mjEs
If you haven’t been watching social media, upon the release of Lizzo’s collaboration with Cardi B. “Rumors,” there has been staunch criticism of Lizzo’s size, skin color and how she is marketed, especially to white people as a Black woman. The cruelty that followed the release of the video made Lizzo cry.
Lizzo is a beautiful, dark-skinned Black woman who is sex positive, proud of her larger figure and isn’t ashamed to be her authentic self. She doesn’t cower behind the beats, instead she rides on top of them and let’s you know she’s “100 percent that bitch.”
So Why the Lizzo Hate? Especially from Black People?
I expect the modicum of hate from white people, particularly white women like Nicole Arbour.
Women are being kidnapped and held as sex slaves right now in Afghanistan and you’re crying that people called you fat, when you are in fact, a self inflicted obese woman.
Get on a treadmill, watch the news, and get some perspective.
What I don’t understand is the hate she is getting from Black people who are always telling Black women to love themselves – yet when one does and becomes successful in the mix, they tear her down for it.
Lizzo makes a song about people spending energy trying to bring women down. Twitter makes fun about her talent and mostly her appearance, and then she cries on IG live while addressing how damaging this culture is, and she gets made fun of for crying. Y’all so fucking weird. pic.twitter.com/BxvJmFtQYA
One Twitter user, @TheFineFeminine, continued to liken her to the stereotype of the asexual grinning “Mammy,” whose “act is marketed” solely for “the white gaze.” Her tweet has since been deleted because, well, the ratio that followed. But Black Twitter has the receipts as always.
Ferris University calls Mammy “the most well known and enduring racial caricature of African American women.” They go on to say “the mammy image served the political, social, and economic interests of mainstream white America.” Mammy’s smile and jubilation served as proof to the white gaze that Black women were content in their role as slaves.
That is not Lizzo.
Meet The Real Lizzo
Lizzo, who was initially hurt by the comments, came back for the haters late with knowledge. She schooled the haters on the negative history of the Mammy stereotype. She also ran down the list of other Black women in music, like Whitney Houston, who had crossover success and faced rejection from their own people as a result.
Why Lizzo Bothers People, Especially Black People, SO Much
I will never understand the hate America has for dark-skinned Black women who are of a larger size. But I do know where it comes from – internalized self hate as a result of generations raised under the thumb of white supremacy. We have learned as a people that we are not acceptable and therefore impart that inner turmoil on our brothers and sisters.
y’all need to get into the root of your issue with lizzo and reflect on that cause y’all never be having all these types of discourses unless when SHE’s active
Lizzo slander says a lot about the person bc she has done nothing outside of existing. We say we want Black women in all genres of music but tear apart Black women when they are fat.
Fatphobia is antiblack af. Clearly it allows y’all to view certain people as less human.
Men attacking women like Lizzo is about them wanting to maintain control over women. The idea that a fat black wealthy woman who looks like she’s having a ball, literally doesn’t need a man for anything & has pretty good self esteem is terrfying to them. Men hate being obsolete.
I try not to do the celeb worship thing any more but I will get at people over Lizzo because in defending her, I defend myself. People are hard headed about fatphobia so I’m never shutting up.
Every couple of months people are abusive to Lizzo and she really don’t bother nobody. So many people hate to see Black women happy or sad, confident or insecure, rich or poor…so all we can do is say fuck it, do shit our way, and damn whoever got a problem. Much love Lizzo ✊🏾 https://t.co/Rqol0F2Lc8pic.twitter.com/KZRvL00dXd
CONCLUSION: After watching and listening to @lizzo Instagram live yesterday I realized, “People don’t hate on you because they hate you. They hate on you because of how much you love being you. Haters hate something about themselves so they lash out on others!” #MondayMotivation
When you pile onto and Enjoy the pain of a Black woman who literally only tries to uplift other people, while NOT spending your time piling onto and going after actual abusers and predators… it doesn’t make you cool. It highlights what a useless, irrelevant, vicious pig you are.
Sad to see society and the internet come together to try and take down people, especially such positive leaders and role models. This is the part that jades me about the world. We’ll never appreciate greatness until it’s gone. 💖 @lizzohttps://t.co/tkKRPhtIE9
When artists like Lizzo challenge the barriers of white supremacy in entertainment and in society, they deserve our love, our support and our show of faith. What they do not deserve is our scorn.
As for “Rumors,” the song is doing great according to a post from Cardi B. It is Top 10 in all major markets.
Rumors is doing great. Stop trying to say the song is flopping to dismiss a woman emotions on bullying or acting like they need sympathy. The song is top 10 on all platforms. Body shaming and callin her mammy is mean & racist as fuck. pic.twitter.com/Dr2t06mjEs
