Don’t Ask Amanda Seales For a Straw- The Unfortunate Winning Culture Of Meanness

A few days ago in response to the video of a young black McDonald’s employee being attacked in Florida by a white man who became irate in asking for a straw, Actor/Comedian Amanda Seales posted a video explaining her disdain for how the young black men in the video did not react quickly to assist the young lady after the man grabbed her. Mind you, the young lady did whoop the white guy’s ass from here to Sunday, (if you’re reading this on a Sunday, imagine it’s a Wednesday for distance perspective) but according to Amanda, the lack of swift action to defend the young lady was appalling.

Whether or not I agree with Amanda is beside the point of my thoughts here, but I will say this. I know that no one will ride harder for black men than a black woman. I know no one will go harder for black PEOPLE than a black woman. I know that black women are the most powerful force in this world. As a black man I know that no one will go harder for me than my mother and my grandmother who both raised me and to this day still have my back. With most of my close friends being black women, I know they nurture their friendships and their relationships with men and they protect their men.

From this, I can understand Amanda’s disappointment.

We are definitely in a time where it feels like black men are abandoning black women and…