On ‘Tendernism’ And The Repeated Colonizing Of Black Excellence And Creativity

Source: Mr. Tendernism TikTok / Screenshot

In order to understand the story of tendernism, the viral sensation of rib meat falling off the bone, and the efforts a white business owner has gone to try and steal the moment, you have to understand the history of Black creativity and white theft. 

It’s a story that is as old as time. 

From music to language to dance to food, to facial features and buttocks, Black folks just can’t have nothin’. And before I start sounding like Dame Dash (whose message I believe is pure...