neptunespresenttheclones:

high-rollin: duchesssx: desertmanian: African American doctors attempting to save the life of a Klu Klux Klan member: This photo left me speechless, this is what respect is. this is what grace is oh….shit.. wow… I never scroll pass this photo.. This is humanity, a lot of people can learn from this picture.

First - this isn’t a real picture of a real event- it’s an advertisement.

Second, let’s talk about the fact that if it were real, this would mean that the hospital staff lives in a place where people are rolling in full Klan regalia - guess what MIGHT happen if that guy died and what the Klan might decide to do to them and their families?

The idea that Black people are magically full of love for white people, infinitely suffering, and willing to do anything for white people is a trope white people loved to create and push up since slave times. The ever-loyal slave, ex-slave, magical negro, mammy, best buddy, sassy black friend trope is not new.

The Kumbayah Myth is something folks love to buy into and look how this picture sets the bar as a set of behavior for Black people… no demands are being made about behavior for the white guy.

The supposed “beauty” in this photo half these people are fawning over is it creates a situation where the best of Black people- the smartest most compassionate, are put in servitude to the worst of White people. They’re not celebrating humanity, they’re celebrating that whiteness is still the most important thing in this picture.