I am writing this post assuming that y'all are already caught up on the tea. If not...here's a quick rundown.
Word got out that Jordyn Woods (Kylie's bestfriend), and Tristan Thompson (Khloe Kardashian's baby's father), had been seen "hooking up" at one of his parties. So in true Kardashian media fashion, the internet broke, and honestly had me a little shook.
Now I know what a lot of you are thinking; "Why is this of any importance?", "There are bigger issues to address!", "It's all a publicity stunt!". Yes, that may be true, but welcome to my world, where things go much, much more deeper than they may appear.
Whether you agree or not, the Kardashian's have been the faces of "pop culture" for the last few decades. What is pop culture? Western "pop culture" to me, is essentially "Black" culture with "white" faces attached to it.
Okay, so how does this relate to Jordyn and Khloe?
During Jordyn's exclusive "tell all" (definitely didn't tell all) sit down with Jada Pinkett Smith on her AMAZING Facebook series "Red Table Talk", Jada brought up her experiences as a "Black" woman in the industry and the mistreatment that we endure. Jordyn responded by saying something along the lines of she's heard of the mistreatment we as "black" women face, but never really experienced it till now.
To me that spoke volumes. Not only relating to my own experiences where I have been the "token black chick" in predominately white spaces, but just confirming the notion that they love our culture, not so much the people who have created it. It's crazy how "protected" this young woman felt that in a way, "color", was never a thing. I don't know the whole situation, but to aid in the slandering and downfall of this young "black" woman, who apparently was like "family" to them...just didn't make much sense.
I can't help to feel as if Khloe thought Jordyn would be an easy target to deflect off of because she definitely wasn't keeping that same energy in regards to Tristan in the public eye. Then again, I don't really know wtf is going on in that crazy world of theirs. Btw, women we got to do better than let dick cloud our judgments as a woman. Have more respect for yourselves, know your worth. This situation also made me reflect on the fact that having a "colored best friend" or just "colored support" in general gives these individuals the green light to do their bullshit all in the name of "embracing the culture".
I don't know about you, but enough is enough. I'm so over seeing individuals use my people as a stepping stool to gain strength and confidence to then dismiss and slander us when things don't go their way. Like the irony, make them comfortable in our spaces for them to in return make us feel the most uncomfortable in our own space! Fuck that. We don't need a "Kardashian" to be poppin, we invented "poppin", and the faster we get that through our heads, the better we will feel about ourselves. You're worth it.
Love, Kim <3
