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As Black women, oftentimes we are advised to be quiet when conversations turn to Black men and interracial relationships. This warning comes at the risk of us sounding bitter, divisive, and anti-love. Fine. Say what you will or may, but let us be clear, our thoughts and feelings that do not align with our brothers or the so-called “preferences” are not about anger, jealousy, or depriving Black men of the love they deserve. We are not weaponizing love or making Black men who love non-Black women villains. We are simply calling bullish on what is obvious.

More often than not, this conversation is about pattern recognition, because when Black women say, “we saw this coming,” we are not just being smug; we are being honest. Like Black men, we have watched this cycle repeat itself with enough consistency to know the warning signs. When power increases and accountability disappears, the fall is rarely sudden. It is staged. And we are willing to bet there were signs ignored.

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Case in point: our response to the foolishness with Shannon Sharpe and his little “Snow Bunny” eager to have a “big Black baby” inside of her. The reaction was not anger because he had chosen a white woman; it was disappointment. And the disappointment was not about race. Watching a man like Shannon, who built trust by being a Black man who told hard truths and was loud about discipline, responsibility, and consequences, fall from grace was cringey. Especially when you know he should have seen it coming from a mile away. A 20-year-old White girl, an OnlyFans “model.” You’re damn skippy she is going to run those pockets.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with all of the details, here a few sips of Gabriella and Shannon bitter tea. Shannon and Gabriella met at a gym in Los Angeles sometime in 2023. They had a consensual sexual relationship until January 2, 2025. This is around the time ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE! Shannon allegedly told Gabriella if she sent him $50k she could visit his home. Her response was, “I know you miss these big juicy cheeks… $25K for each cheek,” according to an article published by Yahoo. Now, according to Gabriella, Shannon threatened to kill her, he manipulated her, controlled her, and repeatedly threatened to “brutally choke her and violently slap her,” according to the legal papers.

Now Unk and his legal team fired back with receipts and I am not going to lie, the text messages were very explicit with Gabriella texting things like, “tie me up like this & f–k me(with a photo attached), I wanna be abused daddy, mmm that just got my p—y wet. tie me up and do bad things to me, I want like some hardcore bdsm action tho” and “feeling kinda freaky lately.” Gabriella was definitely all in. In one of the text messages Shannon accused Gabriella of having a “baby kink.” And according to the text message and public opinion it was SOMETHING!

The conversations about her desire to have a baby with him were a huge red flag, she allegedly texted, “only if you put that baby gravy in me, then u can do whatever u want to me” and “i literally ate so much food I look like I’m pregnant with ur big black baby.” Insert side eye.

When the relationship drama crept into his narrative, the issue was not a scandal. It was a contradiction. I think the question wasn’t rather or not the sexual assault happened but why? Why would you position yourself here with a girl who clearly had a motive at your big age. In Shannon’s lawyers opinion, the problems began when Sharpe was heard apparently having sex on Instagram Live in September 2024. Our question is what did he think would happen? How did he expect her to react? She thought her bag was in jeopardy, she had to say or do something to secure her bag. His questionable behavior made him vulnerable and subject to the easiest money grab ever. And yeah, I know TI said, “It aint tricking if you got it” but no one is trying to throw away 23 million dollars but I guess that is better than the 50 million she requested. The fact is, when your credibility is rooted in calling out others, people expect you to move with intention. People expect you to play chess, but this brother got beaten in a game of Connect Four. That is a disconnect none of us expected. Especially not from a 57 year old man.

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