Much of this criticism and pushback on Mack’s wrecking of standards and decorum is not only coming from conservatives or the right-wing, but from a whole lot of Black people—especially Black women—who have worked hard to not be otherized and sexualized. With one stupid TikTok video, this has been blown to smithereens.
This was then:
. . ."This got her an op-ed in Newsweek, where she bemoaned the “separate rules” that dictated her actions, and justified why her unacceptable behavior is really perfectly acceptable—because she’s queer and Black.
As a queer, Black woman I am used to this treatment. It doesn’t make it okay, but I realize there are separate rules in society for me. I choose not to follow them, and for many that is liberating and for others it rubs them the wrong way. I lead with empathy, love, compassion, and joy in all that I do.
"Always about the different standards. Here’s what puzzles me. Even with these supposed standards, she got elected by a wide margin (or so she claims). So, it seems those different standards didn’t stop Mack from winning a public office, did it? And if these so-called different standards are so horrendous, then as a State Senator Mack should use her elected office to work to change those standards!
"Instead, Mack is pushing hard for bills that sexualize children and twerking for votes. Mack, of course, plays the CRT card of, “I don’t have to uphold your standards, because your standards are RACIST!!!!”. . .
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