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Tomi Lahren Doesn't Need Charlamange Tha God To Defend Her...But Women Of Color Do

Women of Color been lit, the rest of the world just been sleeping on us

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Tomi Lahren Doesn't Need Charlamange Tha God To Defend Her...But Women Of Color Do
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Last week, controversial internet personality Tomi Lahren made an appearance on "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah." During the 28-minute interview, Noah took Tomi to task on her rather controversial Facebook videos. Following Tomi’s interview, The Breakfast Club host Charlamagne Tha God tweeted the following:

‘Would be dope if a young Black or Hispanic ‘woke’ woman used social media to create a platform to be a voice like Tomi did’.

As a Black woman, I find his insinuation that Black and Hispanic women aren’t using their platforms to ‘be a voice like Tomi’ extremely insulting. Let’s be real; Tomi Lahren gets away with half of the offensive crap she says, not because she is right, but because she is a pretty, blonde White woman. She also gets away with half of her offensive crap because she’s backed by Glenn Beck and the conservative party. Think about it; if Tomi were Tasha, would people really be agreeing or in Charlamagne’s case, salivating over her while dissing other women?

The answer: hell no.

Women of Color have been speaking out on issues for years and we’ve been overlooked, disqualified, or told our words are too ‘angry’ or we’re just jealous of some other woman. Our words are taken and whitewashed by someone mediocre, someone with less bite. Our words are replaced and overshadowed by people like Tomi. But sure, let’s keep blaming Black and Hispanic women for everything *Side eye*

So, in response to Charlemagne’s ignorant and offensive tweet, here’s a list of extraordinary Black and Hispanic women who have or have had a platform and are using it to uplift and educate others:

Michelle Obama

Loretta Lynch

Sonja Sotomayor

Shonda Rhimes

Awesomely Luvie

Reagan Gomez

Fannie Lou Heimer

Rosie Perez

Audra McDonald

Feminista Jones

The Founders of the Black Lives Matter Movement

Kerry Washington

Viola Davis

Rosario Dawson

Anna Navaro

Whoppi Goldberg

Angela Davis

Gina Rodriguez

Sunny Hostin

Angela Rye

Shannon Boodram

Gloria Estefan

Zoe Saldana

Jamilah Lemieux

Asata Shakur

Nina Simone

Winnie Mandela

Taraji P Henson

Oprah Winfrey

Alice Walker

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Betty Shabazz

Myrlie Evers-Williams

Senator Vivienne Figures

Cecily Tyson

Toni Morrison

Maya Angelou

Angela Bassett

Selena

Jennifer Lopez

Adrienne Bailon

Mae Jemison

Ida B. Wells

Mary McCloud Bethune

Shirley Chisholm

Harriet Tubman

Sojourner Truth

Rosa Parks

Coretta Scott King

Gabrielle Union

Tracee Ellis Ross

Anika Noni Rose

Erykah Badu

Lauryn Hill

Condeliza Rice

Christy Haubegger

Ileana Ross Lehtimen

Yvonne Burke

Barbra Jordan

Maxine Waters

Lucielle Roybal-Allard

Nadia Velazquez

Hattie McDaniels

Irene Cara

Sandra Bland

Salma Hayek

Shakira

And so on

And so on

And so on.

Dear Charlamagne,

Black and Latina women been lit; you and the rest of the world just been sleeping on us…

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