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CRoseCrizzle t1_je9ng1o wrote

In the beginning of the article, the author reveals her bias and a really unfair one at that. For some bizarre and likely hypocritical racist reason, she's clearly upset about Donald Glover's dating choices. From there, she writes what feels like a very unfairly biased rant against the work that doesn't adequately address the quality or content show and focuses way too much on Glover. Glover is a free man in a socially free society. He can date whoever he wants to.

Swarm isn't my type of show, and I'm not going to watch it, so maybe the show isn't good. But I'm not really a fan about how she goes about it, and I don't see any evidence of Glover hating women or Black women at all.

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QuintoBlanco t1_jea2cyk wrote

>Glover is a free man in a socially free society. He can date whoever he wants to.

It's such a strange argument anyway. If Glover had dated 1,000 women, all of whom are not black, then it's reasonably to say that Glover isn't attracted to black women (which is still different from: Glover doesn't like black women.)

But if Glover has only dated a few women and has dated the same woman for the last 8 years, then his dating choices tell us nothing other than that he likes his current partner (and mother of his children).

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DonQOnIce t1_je9s3ws wrote

It really does seem like social media has led us all to being too aware of the personal lives of creators and that seeps into the discourse of the creation. It is not great.

Anyway, I thought Swarm was fantastic and anyone who likes thrillers that are off-beat should check it out.

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BlooregardQKazoo t1_jea4lx6 wrote

>she's clearly upset about Donald Glover's dating choices

I feel like you're interpreting a whole lot from one line here.

It seems relevant, in an article questioning his view of black women, to note that he doesn't date black women.

I also can't help but notice that rather than simply disagree with her on the relevance, you're accusing her of being overly emotional about it ("she's clearly upset"), which is a common way that women are silenced.

You are free to disagree with her, but you should not try to discredit her by attributing emotion to her and then attacking her on that ground. Your take largely boils down to a more polite way of saying "look at this women, she's acting hysterical!"

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