Okay I promise I’ll shut up until it’s out.. but I just want to bump this post. She says she has a part in Keepsake, some sources are saying otherwise. If she has a minute or less footage, does that count as a part? Does she deserve to be called out for claiming it one?
Also, her saying it’s “the first of many” opens up a whole new discussion.. no skater knows how long they’ll be on the board, so it’s a tad presumptuous at best. And what if that turns out to be untrue and she doesn’t drastically increase her productivity? Does she deserve to be called out for that?
This isn’t about her skill level, but at what point does it become justified to critique someone for making potentially false claims? Or is that perpetually regarded as hating or pocket checking?
I'm not the most reputable source, as I can't even find the Instagram post I remember seeing AND it wasn't crystal clear even from that post if her part is "full" or not. But I'll try to answer your questions. My apologies if this is too annoying or dense for some of you guys, but it will be my last post in this thread (I mean it this time. Shit's been bad for my health lol).
I'd say that if her clips don't live up to certain standards, it's fair enough to call her naive to some unrwitten rules in skateboarding. I would rightly expect many to hesitate to call her footage a "part" if it amounts to less than a minute of screen time. Although, I also think it's more than fair to mind that these standards have had decades to develop, and that men have had decades to progress to a point where they can live up to them. Black women have not had a real solid opportunity to catch up yet, as their participation is relatively new and currently limited in number... A fair point to acknowledge, yes?
If it then later turns out that she doesn't live up to her claim of putting out many more parts in the future, I think it'd be fair to critique the fact that she didn't back that big claim up. No doubt about it! Yet, I ALSO think it would be fair to acknowledge the fact that Beatrice ever being in a position to put out a widely seen part is noteworthy and progressive for skateboarding. This is clear when considering the current and historic lack of representation for black women in the industry, mentioned earlier. Justified claim?
You see, I think there have been plenty of critiques treated with fairness in this thread. The refusal by
some to recognize any kind of significance in her career is what's unfair, in my opinion... I'll add that I also think it's unfair to attack a person's character when they get defensive online after being harassed across platforms, despite there being some fair critiques of particular comments (iphone screen).
But wait, I already explained why I think that it doesnt do justice to future female/black female skaters to claim that she's setting the bar too low for them, right? And how it's unfair/reductive to past and present minority skaters to claim that skateboarding is post racial and purely colorblind? Doesn't that take away from their achievements by retroactively erasing very real barriers created by the white majority in America that are bigger than skateboarding and affect even the most progressive spaces? I think it's fair to keep that in mind, too, unless you don't believe in those barriers... or if you truly just feel like skateboarding has been that radically accepting of those other than white men that it completely defies them. In which case... agree to disagree.
Edit: I wanted to say that I even think it's fair to criticize her trick selection. Personally, I think she's good enough to mix it up.
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