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By Danielle Kwateng
In this editorial, cultural director Danielle Kwateng examines public discourse around Megan’s filming Thee Stallion on July 12.
It’s been almost two weeks since Megan Thee Stallion was shot. On Monday, the rapper went to Instagram Live to face audiences for the first time since filming. In a nine-minute video, the 25-year-old thanked enthusiasts for their great love as she recovered from the incident.
“I see … many other people who have been very supportive and who send prayers, and I appreciate it,” he said, as the music sounded softly in the background. “I’ve noticed that beauties do a lot of things, like writing letters on Tumblr and texting me all the time, and I just need to thank them a lot, because you guys helped me with this.”
He also shared a little more about the incident that occurred on Sunday, July 12 in Los Angeles. “I shot at any of my feet, ” said Megan, before breathing deeply. “I had to have surgery to get the bullets off. And it was very scary. He later noted, “Thank God the bullets did not touch the bones; didn’t break their tendons. I know my mom or dad, my grandmother, had to keep an eye on me with that one, because where the bullets were hit, everything failed. “
In the days after megan’s shooting, there was a clear mental outlining of the incident, which is still under investigation. At one end, there were enthusiasts who were involved in his well-being and deeply interested in determining who had shot him; At the other end, there were jesters, people, he said, who sought to be kind to a violent event. I’ve never noticed so many adult male mothers calling on a phone that wasn’t the part of the first mom’s family, she says.
Initially, Megan only asked for empathy. “It can be fun to get on the Internet and just some other messy topic that I can communicate on, yet this is my genuine life, and I’m hurt and traumatized,” she said. A week later, in reaction to all the comments and talks, he made another video to remind everyone that his humanity is not a joke.
Rapper-turned-podcast presenter Joe Budden talked about Megan on his screen with his two co-hosts: “Who Shot Ya?” By Notorious B.I.G. Played in the background, the men laughed and walked away from Tory Lanez for his alleged involvement in the shooting. Tory, a 27-year-old Canadian rapper, was arrested at the scene of the incident for a felony, but has not been charged in connection with the shooting. “I hate to see pull-ups on meat push-ups. I hate to see pull-ups in pull-up offenses,” Budden began; the organization later speculated, without any evidence, that Megan and Lanez had an intimate relationship.
That same week, 50 Cent released a now-removed meme that employs a Boyz n the Hood reference to the similarities of Lanez and Megan. After watching Megan’s video, he apologized and said on Twitter and Instagram: Damn, I didn’t think this was real. He looked so crazy. I’m glad you’re feeling better and I hope you can settle for my apology. I posted a floating meme. I wouldn’t have done it if I’d known you were hurt. Sorry, sorry
Then, truth-style and truth-style TV star Draya Michele talked about the incident on the Wine and Weed podcast: “I need you to love me so much that you also shoot me in the foot,” she said. “We’re talking about 24-year-old Meg,” said Michele de Megan, who is 25. I wish I was 24 and I could go through this kind of. This is fun.
In 2016, while in Europe for Paris Fashion Week, Kim Kardashian West stole at gunpoint while staying at the Hotel de Pourtals. In addition to widespread fear of his well-being, there were in-depth investigative reports that proved the crime from every angle. Kardashian West took a three-month break on social media after fear, while others continued to speak publicly about the crime, accused her of organizing the incident (which she denied) and used her visibility in the public eye to justify the incident. She in no way excused herself from publicly opposing, but never broke her silence to ask for compassion. Then why Megan?
Social media is a vital forum for critical thinking, but its danger goes hand in hand with it congruence as its appeal: public discourse rooted in incorrect information and false narratives. False narratives feed the negative perceptions of others we know nothing about. Inaccurate headlines are the same stereotypes that kill blacks and maroons.
“Imagine being 25 and you don’t have your parents,” Megan said, reminding her parents that they died in tears. “My mother was my most productive friend. She… You know I’m not above that yet. So you’re looking to fill your area with an organization of other people you think makes you happy. That’s a lot. I just feel like I’m going too fast. I wasn’t taking enough time for myself. I think he was in a position to be with a mothers’ organization. I think she was willing to give intelligent power to other people. And other people weren’t. I’m not in a position to empower myself.
Black women’s vulnerability to gun violence has long been a primary concern. Historically, they have experienced intimate spouse violence at higher rates than any organization other than Aboriginal women. So, given that Sandra Bland’s death has still been very well investigated and the officials who shot Breonna Taylor are on administrative leave, she tells me that only law enforcement is apathetic towards the lifestyle of black women, but also the general public and the media. .
Megan said she was “alive,” she plans to keep her “good” power. The rapper “Savage” is not going to let the ugliness of the world stain her joy. Her delight reminds me of an excerpt from Feminist Jones’s 2019 book Reclaiming Our Space: “Sometimes we really feel like we’re all we have,” the editor wrote about Black Women. “This has greater importance and effect on virtual spaces, not only as equipment for activists, but also as a listening and helping position.” If we really need to help and protect black women, the paintings begin with listening, compassion and opportunity for black women to tell their own stories, without reasonable internet humor.
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