The Backhanded Compliment Black Professionals Hate #shorts

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]She continues, "On paper, I'm doing everything right. I'm respected. I'm progressing. I'm often told I'm so polished or so articulate."

[00:00:13]Okay, for all the other folks out here watching, don't ever tell somebody who looks like me or my co-host, "You're so articulate or you speak so well."

[00:00:26]>> know I saw on social media just the other day, someone said, a person of color said, "Well, I don't see what's wrong with telling someone that they speak well or that they're articulate. I I think it's a compliment."

[00:00:42]>> friends with Candace Owens on >> Someone That's crazy That's crazy work.

[00:00:46]>> It's crazy work.

[00:00:48]>> That's That's crazy.

[00:00:49]>> Because it's such a history of using that to pit us against each other to make the the person who is {quote} articulate feel acceptable, back to that word, in the eyes of mainstream America.

[00:01:05]>> Exactly. Like, why why is articulate something that you're so surprised that we would be? Like, for myself, I have a master's degree. I ought to be articulate.

[00:01:18]>> Right.

[00:01:19]>> I I mean, I'm I'm I'm I'm just saying >> You worked hard.

[00:01:21]>> I [laughter] I worked hard for it.

[00:01:23]>> Ever since >> they made it legal to teach my people how to read, we've been articulate. I I don't understand.