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>put black homosexuality on front street,
>cuz before then it was
>strictly taboo.
Little Richard was out way before disco.
It had to
>do with once again, the
>social climate after the sexual
>revolution. People were reveling in
>the fact that they could
>live out their sexual fantasies
>and fuck whomever they pleased
>without consequence, or so they
>thought.
The concept of the "emasculated black male" as a popular culture icon is the result of the desire to keep young white females from admiring "masculine" black men. It just would be so contrary to the survival of the european american culture to have Black men be the model of sexuality. That is why, even today, you have some black men portrayed as feminine or as drasticly lacking intelligence. It is not necessarily a conscious action, but it's a part of the survival mechanism of the european american (see Dr. Francis Cress Wellsing).
>America is already sexually obsessed with
>the Black male, but a
>gay Black man, present all
>kinds of possibilities that were
>available before. So that's why
>until Tom Hanks in Philadelphia,
>not only was the lone
>black man in the cast
>a token, but he had
>to play the gay role,
>too, and vamp on those
>stereotypes. I dont blame Prince
>for these things, but I
>feel he symbolizes all of
>it. Nowadays, Prince struts around
>with his dick in his
>hand and talks of black
>this, black that...
Another thing. Acting feminine and homosexuality are two entirely different things. The feminine Black male in pop music, prince, mike, etc. has nothing to do with homosexuality. If anything Prince played on the hetorsexual concept and pretty much became like the feminine pimp who loved God and women. Since this society is based upon european values, you will often find things with a tinge of homosexuality. The fact is, is that there has NEVER been an openly gay Black male artist, who has stayed on top in the music business. When there is one, then we can judge the reactions to that. Ooops, you know what, I'm wrong, Sylvester.....He was dope at what he did. Wasn't a huge star though. He dressed as a woman, so my point still kind of stands. If Luther comes out all the way, that would be different.
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