French Montana, the irrelevant Moroccan rapper only known for dating mediocre white celebs decided to search his name on Twitter last night, replying to a Twitter user which resulted in him exposing his anti-black hatred. In the tweet, he states the following:
https://twitter.com/FrencHMonTanA/status/849802776464900096
Even though French Montana has already been canceled for his constant use of the n-word & exploitation of black culture in songs, this took it to another level. His twitter rampage included him calling a black woman’s hair “nappy” and a “dusty, rusty ass hoe”, being both anti-black and misogynistic in which the correct term is misogynoir.
Misogynoir is a pervasive ideology ingrained in our society where both black men and non-black folk alike continuously spew hatred of black women by insulting our hair texture, attempting to manipulate black women into catering towards eurocentric beauty standards, & perpetuating the “angry black woman” stereotype whenever we’re outspoken and articulate, especially when it comes to speaking out against social injustice. It’s overall dehumanizing everything we do, no matter the case.
French Montana continued on with his Twitter rampage, claiming that his offensive statements were valid due to the fact that he is Moroccan:
My son is black, and I was born in africa I lived there for 13 years
I ain't no punching bag, and I don't discriminate !don't come for me ? https://t.co/qnnfcCRhCQ— French Montana (@FrencHMonTanA) April 6, 2017
But the thing is, just because you were born in Africa (a continent with 54 separate diverse countries, by the way) doesn’t mean you’re black by default. Let’s all remember that French Montana is from Morocco, a country in the northern region of Africa, that was colonized by Europeans & Arabs long ago. The Arab slave trade was estimated to have started around the 8th and 9th century, and it’s estimated that around 10 to 18 million people were enslaved in the process. They went to multiple countries, raping & killing the people there. In the process, they had Arabized the slaves along with the areas itself. Many were forced to practice Islam with their native customs, languages, clothing being erased and replaced with a more “Middle Eastern” one. To this day, indigenous black North Africans are still being persecuted for sticking to their native cultures, almost forced to assimilate into Arab culture. The result of Arab supremacy still affects many people to this day. Anti-blackness is still very pervasive, especially in Morocco.
Black Moroccans do exist, but French isn’t one of them. In a short interview with InterviewsGalore on Youtube, he is asked about whether or not he is happy to be “representing the Arab community,” which he replies, “I feel happy to represent people of this [Arab] culture, and back when I was younger I had mixed this [Black culture] with mine.” Clearly, he claims to be Arab, not black.
But that isn’t the end, there have even been tweets of people defending his actions, claiming that his mother is Somali:
https://twitter.com/Deuce1042/status/850050826450202629
But in another interview with OkayAfrica TV, he says “I’m Moroccan, from north Africa. I just went back to visit about a month ago for the first time in 15 years since there have been rumors about my parents being Somali, but what I know is, they’re both Moroccan”.
There it is, folks! Hopefully enough reassurance to stop y’all from excusing anti-black behavior.
“He only claims blackness because he has lived in the Bronx for a portion of his life, & continues to profit off of black culture & AAVE.”
The funny thing is, although there was misogynoir rooted in what he said, many people instead focused on him being non-black. But it really doesn’t matter. Misogynoir is perpetuated by black men/non-black people alike. Regardless of who he is, that tweet was inexcusable and just another example of how no one cares about the issues black women face.
But on another note #STAYWOKE
— French Montana (@FrencHMonTanA) April 6, 2017
“Stay woke”?! Goodness gracious. I think y’all got the point.
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