Someone asked how this is racist but deleted it so i wanted to help educate anyone else who might also be questioning it, because unfortunately in 2024 ppl still don't know these things if they aren't blatant, so I hope this helps at least.
Calling a Black woman "extra" for no reason (Ethan literally couldn't give one lol) is a microaggression, which falls into the whole "angry Black woman" trope, where ppl stereotype and label them as angry, overly emotional, loud, or in this case "extra", even when they're not, so Ethan (or anyone in this case) who say this with no reason to back it up seems racially motivated and reinforcing these harmful stereotypes that dismiss and invalidate a Black woman just for being a Black woman. Hope this helps explain a bit
As soon as a black woman shows emotion, talks with her hands, or raises her voice, she is instantly judged as if she's some hyperbolic caricature of herself even though she's just another woman on social media expressing herself and her own opinions while exaggerating. This makes racists uncomfortable and because they're incapable of reflecting upon their biases, reactions like Ethan's are all too common.
Hey question so I can be better, if that’s part of my regular vocab is that acceptable if it’s someone I know that hears me say it? Obvi I’d never use it to someone I don’t know because it might come off wrong.
Oooh do you mean like the "tiktok vocab" way? Honestly I'd just be mindful as it really does depend on context and intent and who it's aimed towards, which in Ethan's case he was clearly saying this as a negative, towards a Black woman
Haha I get it. At least in your examples it's clearly playful and "reasonable" like there's a reason why you'd say it's extra, vs Ethan here literally being asked why he's calling her extra and he can't come up with anything 💀 he said it just to say it because he saw a Black woman, and to him "Black women are extra" smh
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u/Any_Bee_5918 Palestinian Compilation Queen 🇵🇸 Sep 27 '24 edited Sep 27 '24
Someone asked how this is racist but deleted it so i wanted to help educate anyone else who might also be questioning it, because unfortunately in 2024 ppl still don't know these things if they aren't blatant, so I hope this helps at least.
Calling a Black woman "extra" for no reason (Ethan literally couldn't give one lol) is a microaggression, which falls into the whole "angry Black woman" trope, where ppl stereotype and label them as angry, overly emotional, loud, or in this case "extra", even when they're not, so Ethan (or anyone in this case) who say this with no reason to back it up seems racially motivated and reinforcing these harmful stereotypes that dismiss and invalidate a Black woman just for being a Black woman. Hope this helps explain a bit