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I stumbled into an amusing moment today which reminded me of the tried and tested phrase, "you've got the right one." Now, for those of you unfamiliar with this saying due to any social and/or cultural differences or lack of basic proximity to any Black person(s) - I want you to know it means: do not try It™ with me.

I cannot comprehend how, in this year of our Lord's two-zero-one-nine, there remains people who are still out here in these United States willing to educate anyone about anything as it relates to the proper treatment of any individuals with marginalized identities. Mainly because, as far as my own patience and willingness to engage in contrarian-esque discourse goes, the bar sits quite low and the payment is never high (if in existence at all, which it really never is). 

So here we are now - at the point wherein I have accepted that no matter where I go in life, I cannot transcend the certain universality of anti-black racism, misogyny and general sexism. This is a simple fact to which I regard as a banality of my existence within this specific form. As such, I choose to encumber myself with experiences and people who respect that the aformentioned -isms and -gyny's are not things which I would prefer to purposefully encounter. 

To engage in such behavior is to insult my intelligence, and if every report card I have ever received since beginning school at age two is correct: I'm far too smart, absurdly driven and talk way too much sh*t to stoop down to any level not worthy of my time.

I don't entertain the foolery.

No hateration or holleration is allowed in my dancery!

Much like with my When they go low... rambling, I'm not going to flex my intellect, my paycheck, my class status, meet you halfway or peacock anything related to what has been historically marked as "success" to get back at anyone. That is not how I win, that will not save me. Stroking my ego is for me, and throwing that in the face of anyone who already does not respect me will not determine or validate how I expect to, and will, be treated. 

I do try my best not to sound self-righteous, but transparency is all I know. There is a lot of unlearning which needs to be done and which will be done, but I maintain, so long as you know you've got the right one, I reclaim my rights to respond in the matter which I believe best fits.

Again, you've got the right one.