Rapper Big Boi Tried to Shame Black Mothers on Twitter and It Didn’t End Well For Him

Misogyny is a casual and common affair in black culture. At least once a week, a black woman’s image is turned into a meme whereby she and all black women are shamed for one reason or another. Our images are co-opted to make the central point many black men seem bent on making — we ain’t shit, whether because we’re too dark, or too kinky-haired, or too hood, or too bougie, or too educated, or not educated enough. This week, rapper Big Boi jumped into the fray by tweeting this image:

The implication being that Esther Rolle’s fictional character, Florida Evans from the 70s sitcom, Good Times, represents the good ol’ days of mothering, while the unidentified woman in a thong represents the kind of mothering happening today. No doubt if we all covered up and taught our daughters how to cook and clean all would be right in the world. Fathers, of course, have no responsibility in the rearing of children.

Thankfully, our Feminista Jones, who we have dubbed this week’s Queen of the Clapback was primed and ready with these examples to refute Big Boi’s assertions. And it is worth noting that the stories and images she shared are common among black women, although the same black men thirsty to tweet out a black-woman-shaming meme choose to ignore them.

.@BigBoi As a musician, I’m sure you know Catherine Hughes, founder of Radio One, had her 1st child at 16 pic.twitter.com/QPa7QGPT8J — ♈️☀️Chief Blocka🌙♌️ (@FeministaJones) May 30, 2016

Can I brag on my mama?Shes a pediatrician who promotes literacy in black babies w free books https://t.co/MLR5qcmMXb — DigitalBridget 💁🏿 (@BridgetMarie) May 30, 2016

.@BigBoi Shashicka Tyree-Hill Pregnant at 15, dropped out of H.S., now owns a business and has a net worth of $7M pic.twitter.com/yJkB0iE8hd — ♈️☀️Chief Blocka🌙♌️ (@FeministaJones) May 30, 2016

.@BigBoi And Maya Angelou, former exotic dancer and sex worker, had 1st at 17, and well… you know the rest pic.twitter.com/XPvCtvSngb — ♈️☀️Chief Blocka🌙♌️ (@FeministaJones) May 30, 2016

And then she broke down the INTENSE hypocrisy of black men blaming black women for endangering black children.

I could post no less than 20 articles about Black men killing the mothers of their children in the last 3 years alone. But why? — ♈️☀️Chief Blocka🌙♌️ (@FeministaJones) May 30, 2016

Aren’t we all just sick of the same old tired rhetoric being thrown around about black women? We are fierce and fabulous beings, and black men need to ask themselves why they choose to ignore that in favor of pushing a black-woman-hating and, ultimately, self-hating narrative.