Summary

The author describes a negative experience with a Black male editor who initially expressed interest in her work, then ignored her submissions, and later became a troll, undermining her articles and her identity as a Black woman.

Abstract

The author of the article recounts her encounter with a new Black male editor on a writing platform who, after showing interest in her work, ignored her submissions and subsequently engaged in trolling behavior. She details how this editor, whom she perceives as envious and arrogant, has made derogatory comments about her articles, disrespected her home country, Sierra Leone, and exhibited sexist attitudes towards Black women. Despite these attacks, the author remains resilient, emphasizing her commitment to using her voice and refusing to be silenced by this individual's attempts to undermine her confidence and success on the platform.

Opinions

The author feels disrespected by the editor's lack of response to her article submissions and views his behavior as unprofessional.
She perceives the editor's comments on her work as trolling, driven by rage and hatred, rather than constructive criticism.
The author believes the editor's actions are motivated by envy due to her success on the platform and his inability to accept her interracial marriage.
She accuses the editor of hypocrisy, claiming he benefits from discussions on racism while simultaneously exhibiting racist and sexist behavior.
The author is determined to continue expressing her perspective, undeterred by the editor's attempts to bully and silence her.
She criticizes the editor for his insensitive remarks about Sierra Leone's history with blood diamonds and the loss of life associated with it.
The author suggests that the editor's reputation among his peers is negative, characterizing him as an arrogant individual who disrespects Black women.
She points out the iron

I’ve Got A New Troll, And He’s A Black Man

He is as evil AF

I was all alone in my own corner minding my own business when a Black male editor here on this platform reached out to ask if I wanted to transfer one of my existing articles to his publication.

He told me that it was an excellent piece of work. I was flattered that he had asked but I am a loyal person, and I wasn’t going to quit my current editor Dr. Mehmet Yildiz, who has believed in me since day 1, to run to a total stranger. I politely declined this new editor’s offer but still felt guilty. I decided that I would write a piece just for him.

As many of my followers know, I am a prolific writer. I had a brand new article ready to submit to this new editor’s publication barely a few hours later. I was so proud of the piece when I put on the finishing touches and submitted it to said editor’s publication a few minutes later.

More than 40 hours later, I hadn’t received a response, so I withdrew the article. I tried again, with another article, and again the editor did not respond. I decided to not submit anything to him again.

Fast-forward a few months later, I wrote a few articles about Black men. The new editor took to vehemently commenting on these pieces — and not at all in a productive way. It began to sound like basic trolling, full of rage and hatred.

Like Kanye West, I decided to ignore him. I mean, why should I give a f*** about what some frustrated Black man on the other side of the world thinks about my work? Last time I checked, we live in a free world and I am as much entitled to my freedom of speech as he is.

Lately, this individual came up with some passive-aggressive s*** to get back at me.

He basically wrote a counter piece to one of my articles and didn’t even have the balls to tag me. Now, what a total coward and loser he must be.

He goes to great lengths in his non-value-add piece to let me know that he is directly speaking to me because he totally disrespects my home country Sierra Leone, and uses the term Blood diamonds in an insensitive way. Doesn’t he realize how many thousands of lives, and Black lives at that, were lost during that dark time in Sierra Leone’s history?

What a truly ignominious human being he must be to do this. It’s so pathetic, it’s almost absurd. This guy is such a f***** loser.

Interestingly enough, his reputation way preceded him. People that are on calls with him say that he is an arrogant prick and that one of his favorite hobbies is talking down to Black women.

He must be so frustrated that I’m not on those calls, so he found his own special way of letting me know what he thinks of my perspective on things. I truly do not give a damn dude. You can just shut the f*** right up.

I know that you are one of those Black men who shun me for having married a white man. You're the one that tells me that I betrayed my race or that I’m not Black enough. You are the epitome of what is wrong with this world. You say you’re an antiracist, but you love racism because it makes you relevant. Without it, there is no you. You’ve despised me since the start and you can’t hold it within you any longer because you are green with envy. You hate me.

You see how so much more successful I am than you are on Medium, so you have to troll me to try and make me feel bad, destroy my mental health, and make me lose my self-confidence to write.

It won’t work dude, I have waited half a century to use my voice. There is no stopping me from using it until my very last breath. You’ve picked the wrong person to bully — I won’t cower in front of you ever, I truly don’t even care about you.

So that's where we are at folks. A Black man trying to take away a Black woman’s voice.

While Black, brown, and white men are allowed to do that in many countries around the world, where I live, they can’t.

As an antiracism writer, the irony is not lost on me to see that the most prolific troll in my comments these days is a Black man.

Thank you for reading my perspective.