#but holy shit we SHOULD talk more about how otis senior's death affected oj

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#my husband actually (seriously) pointed out to me that you have to filter all of OJ's actions and behaviors through the lens of someone #still freshly enduring a huge amount of grief #but no one ever does because #YA KNOW. #like i don't feel super qualified to talk about race because i'm white but i do have a degree in this kinda stuff so #anyway yeah nope is a good portrait of how non-white folks trauma is not treated with respect or gravity now i'm done bye

thinkin about those shitty white dudes on set who talked about oj's dad dying as insensitively as possible while he was still in earshot and how it's not just a condemnation of the sort of attitudes bred in the industry and the lack of empathy given to people in work places but also a condemnation of the way society sort of expects men, especially black men, to just carry on in the face of the most traumatic shit that can possibly happen to a normal person