the sake of entertainment and stereotyping.

They hyper masculinity as you put it allows us to be written off as thugs and/or criminals not worthy of true relation, empathy, or respect

The femininity element allows us to be considered less threatening to the white establishment.

Both extremes are problematic in their own way as they are promoted to prevent us from being taken seriously


>has called. I saw a preview and I saw that it wasn't for me
>(but then I don't watch any reality tv shows).
>
>But the folks on my FB feedback, brothers were triple time
>upset about the image of black men it betrayed. Alot tried to
>argue that it perpetuates an image of feminizing the Black
>Man.
>
>I lightweight got into back and forth with people pointing out
>that the US isn't oversaturated with and we aren't suffering
>from an effeminate black man stereotype image.
>
>Infact, the image that it is beaten over our head in rap
>music, athletics and pop culture in general is the image of
>the hyper-masculine brute/thug. It's that image that
>generally causes a problem in our country because it is
>getting brothers killed in the street.
>
>Anyway, brothers weren't trying to hear it and sounded like
>War on Christmas, MRA type of hysteria.
>
>**********
>"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then
>they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
>
>
>"One of the most important things in life is what Judge
>Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to
>whether you're