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"You’ve said that a strong, intelligent female is still more frightening than a gangster with a machine gun. Why is that?
Because there’s something about a gangster with a gun that men can identify with it still appeals to some sort of primal male thing about violence, and I think it’s ultimately less threatening. Why? Because a white men could look at a black man with a gun in his hand and go, okay, he’s got a gun in his hand, but if I have a gun, then I’m the same as he is. But any man could look at a strong woman and go, oh God, buying a gun isn’t going to make you feel that you have the same thing.
I think about these things all the time. I feel one of the reasons gay culture more readily accepts strong females and divas, or likes women on general, is that the sexual tension is removed. The f***ing aspect is nonexistent, so they just deal with women on an intellectual and emotional level. And straight men only think about how you may dominate them on some way or make their dicks shrivel up or something.
I’ve always in this naive way identified with other minorities because I’m in a minority. You think that somehow unifies you in some philosophical way. But ultimately it doesn’t. Because I’ve found that being a strong female is actually more frightening to the black men that I’ve dated. It took me a really long time to accept that.
Would it be the same if you were a black woman?
No
It’s heightened by the fact that you’re a white woman?
I – why is that? This is a really touchy subject. You know, I believe that I have never been treated more disrespectfully as a woman than by the black men that I’ve dated. I’ve never actually said that to anybody, but it’s true and I think it’s a cultural thing.
I think black men have just been sh** on for so long, that, in a way, black women are maybe more willing to accept rage from a black man, because they see what’s happened to them. So many black men grow up without fathers, without strong male figures, without a sense of romance and seeing a man treat a woman with respect. I always thought that I appealed to the black and/or gay communities because they’re minority groups and they are prejudged based on things that they have no control over. If you’re born black, you have no control over that. If you’re born gay you can’t help that and you are judged by your sexual preference. The gay community does embrace me and is supportive of me; the black community, on the other hand does not.
I identified with black men because I thought in a way we experience the same things — people treat you like sh** ’cause you’re black, people treat you like sh** ’cause you’re a woman. But that is not in fact the case. And I came to the realization that a strong female is frightening to everybody, because all societies are male-dominated — black societies, poor people, rich people, any racial group, they’re all dominated by men. A strong female is going to threaten everybody across the board.
What did you think of the O.J. verdict? Where were you?
I was here, in London, in a car, coming home from the studio, and I was devastated. I really was, I suppose I expected him to walk anyway, but I think everybody felt sick after the verdict, even the people who were cheering. I think he’s guilty, but it’s our karma as a nation that he walked. Because we have mistreated blacks and judged them unfairly for so long.
Can art heal the chasm between races, and even the sexes?
Yes I do believe that, I have to believe that. But you know, art can heal it if art is allowed to exist. And if art is slowly wiped off the face of the planet, then what tools do we have to reach people, to appeal to them and all of their senses?
I don’t think we need Bob Dole making those choices for us, or some other a**h*** politically grandstanding and beating up the artistic community. I mean, it’s all such a bunch of crap."
a Paula deen sized mess
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So accurate.
