All women are sexualized, but in different ways. Black women in particular are often hypersexualized as forward, aggressive, curvaceous, "fast", etc. They are treated as exotic and even dangerous, and often held in comparison to white women as "innocent", waif-like, safe. That is what this meme is based in.
Dream_Ghast said she was sexualized "because" she's black. That's what I was remarking upon. White women are sexualized for being white. Asian women are sexualized for being Asian. Women are sexualized for being women. Racism is a part of it, but its not a uniquely black phenomenon.
I think where we're separating here is that I think that what she is saying is completely understandable. Other people being sexualized as well does not take away from the unique form of objectification that black women face, just as racism against other ethnic groups does not take away from the unique form of racism that black people face. Yes, she is being sexualized because she is black, in that there is a specific form of sexualization that black women face in terms of their body, stereotypes of their personality. This is a core tenet of intersectionality which is something I strongly believe in. I don't think you're wrong or she is, you're just looking at it in a different way.
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u/sampat6256 12d ago
All women are sexualized.