I’m an outspoken and really opinionated black woman. My friends will inform you that I’m not a shrinking violet. I take up space wherever I’m going and I’m not afraid to specific my opinion when essential.

Because of this, I’m well aware that I could rub some people the improper way. I accept it and own it fully. This is par for the course.

As an outspoken and opinionated Black woman with a large platform who repeatedly posts content that resonates with all kinds of people (white, black and otherwise), I do know there shall be some backlash – either in the shape of comments on my social media posts, unpleasant emails or comments left on my personal website. I even have even contacted the publishing houses I write for, asking them to cancel my participation.

It’s a thing.

I also know that I have never at all times succeeded. I’ve been called out before for having a bad attitude. When this happened, I took a moment to take into consideration what people were saying to me, thought of what I said, and was capable of understand how what I said might have been misexpressed or easily misinterpreted on account of the way in which I phrased it.

I took this chance to either make clear what I meant, explain my point of view further, or admit that my position was improper.

It’s not that difficult.

Amanda Seales recently became a hit on social media after complaining that she wasn’t invited to the NAACP Image Awards. She believes it Black media he doesn’t support her.

Amanda Seales and I agree on some things. I’m at all times here to call out white supremacy and the systems on this country which have been put in place to enslave and marginalize Black people. I applaud her willingness to tackle these topics and discuss them loudly and without apology.

Sometimes Amanda Seales makes mistakes too, and it isn’t about giving birth, as she noted in her video; it’s concerning the problematic things he says.

Take, for instance, the time she actively attacked Samaria RiceTamir Rice’s mother, after Samaria called on Shaun King to lift money for her late son. Samaria believed Shaun King was using her son to lift money for himself, while nothing went to the family – although King himself claimed the cash was intended for the family.

“It’s no secret that I sided with SK,” she wrote on Instagram. “However, from a broader perspective, nobody finds it strange that she just, out of the blue, goes out of her way and is given EVERY platform, without showing receipts, to ‘call out’ one after the other the black activists/organizers which have been visible faces of the movement? Something to take into consideration…”

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Samaria Rice asked that her murdered son’s name not be used for profit by those that don’t care about him or his family, and Amanda Seales found fault with this to the purpose of engaging in a conversation that has absolutely no nothing to do with her.

Calling out Samaria Rice and implying that she has plans against activists within the movement is nasty work, and Amanda was rightfully called out for it.

Then there was a moment in October 2017 when she said on Twitter:If you purchase Jordans and Nikes but haven’t got a PASSPORT, YOU WILL LOSE“

Passports are usually not available to everyone. There are individuals who cannot afford to exit of town for a weekend, much less go abroad, so what good will a passport do for them?

Why will we denigrate individuals who haven’t got the identical money and privileges as us? We live in a very skewed capitalist society where Jordan and Nike suits are far more accessible (and attractive) to some people than traveling abroad.

Calling people losers because they haven’t got the identical privileges as you is misguided at best and disgusting if you really give it some thought.

When asked for clarification, she doubled down on her comments.

“I noticed that I still maintain this thesis, which is that if you can afford several Jordans – that’s why there was an “s”, then we now have to assume that once we say Jordans we don’t simply mean one pair, but Nike Suits, plural. This is a multiple.” she told Essence magazine. “A full Nike suit costs $350, pants around $200, sometimes even $500. Jordans, minimum $200-250. If you can afford multiples of these things and don’t have a passport, you lose. Somehow that statement turned into, “Amanda Seales is a classy petty bourgeois who is passport-shaming the impoverished black community.”

Notice how self-sacrificing she was in her explanations, yet she spoke loudly and inappropriately. As I explained above, putting a price on these items doesn’t change the undeniable fact that for some people they’re much more cost-effective than traveling around the globe.

But let’s keep pushing.

In the identical Twitter thread, Seales stated: “If you purchase Nike Jordans and suits but you haven’t got a bank card, you are missing out.” And “If you purchase Nike Jordans and suits but you DON’T KNOW YOUR CREDIT SCORE, YOU WILL LOSE.“

I even have already written an article about how the credit scoring system is a rigged game. This is an indisputable fact. The entire credit scoring system is shrouded in a lot secrecy that it is completely confusing to the typical person. It wasn’t created for Black people to learn in any respect – in truth, I personally argue that it was created to disassociate from Black people, but that is a discussion and debate for an additional day.

For the sake of this conversation, let’s admit that not knowing your credit rating and buying Jordan and Nike suits aren’t even synonymous within the grand scheme of things. There are individuals who never use credit for various reasons and I might argue that they’re really smart to live this manner.

The point is, this is one other case of Amanda Seales being high-profile and improper.

I won’t even get into the rumors that her Insecure castmates do not like her because I am unable to state that as a fact, but I’ll say that it doesn’t go unnoticed, although the overwhelming majority of them still hang around together somewhere now and again , we never see Amanda Seales with them.

I’m sure there’s a reason for this.

Imagine that you simply worked with a group of people for the higher part of six years, and when the work was done, all of them paid you dust. This is Amanda Seales.

Criticizing Amanda Seales for her bad attitude and tendency to talk out loudly and inappropriately is not “hating” her or “destroying another black woman.”

As Black people, we should always have the option to supply valid criticism of one another without it being perceived as hate. If we do not hold ourselves accountable, we seem like hypocrites attempting to hold anyone else accountable.

Amanda Seales is excellent at holding accountable white people and institutions that elevate whiteness and white supremacy. He calls them out and calls attention to what they’re doing that is harmful to the black community.

I like that about her.

I feel Amanda could use that very same magnifying glass and have a look at some of her own statements and actions to grasp why some people do not like her.

Recently, two Black publications published articles about her. Both were simply calling on her to do self-analysis and self-inventory to see if any of the things she openly complains about (lack of invitation to Black spaces and lack of support from Black media) is perhaps a reflection of her personal actions.

These articles were presented as hits against her. I absolutely disagree with this labeling.

We cannot be so fragile that we don’t desire to be called out for our own bullshit.

Amanda Seales is very vocal about her opinions. He makes sure everyone hears them. It comes with the territory of having a big platform.

With a large platform also comes the belief that not everyone will agree with you, and relatively than attempting to play the victim when that happens, it could be higher to take the chance to make clear or course-correct, but ego is a rattling drug, and ego is a place where that Amanda Seales got stuck in.

Amanda Seales is a victim of nothing but her own pride, and until she realizes that, she’s going to cry each time someone says something about her.