Difficulty working w/ kids because of the "male predator" stereotype, difficulty being believed if sexually assaulted because of that same stereotype.
I mean, that depends on what constitutes a hardship for you. Black men are more likely to end up in prison, killed by police, less black men go to college than black women, etc. But black men are more likely to be represented and seen as attractive in the media, more likely to have their voices heard politically, are generally more visible in mainstream culture, there is much less of a stigma surrounding how their blackness makes them ugly like black women have to deal with.
Religious or not, a LOT of black guys(my dad included) will call anything remotely feminine "soft" or "sweet", and are paranoid that white culture is trying to take their masculinity(again). A lot of black dudes are overcompensating for a time not to long ago when white people forced them to be less then men.
I didn't say there was but I'm talking about the trend of people being unable to talk about being oppressed while seemingly almost making light of others oppression. I've noticed it a lot in the last couple of months but I don't want to diverge this topic from the main point because I do think this(article) needs to be said.
You are right. I'll admit my post was geared towards the title after looking more into the article
Absolutely not. But this isnt a misery competition either. Nobody wins.
Seriously. I agree with the article wholeheartedly the author couldn't have chosen a dumber title.
I think they still mad 😂😂😂
So true
Because I simply don't think that's a good way to approach the subject and I edited my post.
Oh, gotcha. Yeah, there aren't really any you're going to face because of that specific intersection within mainstream US culture. They're going to be shared.
Rod from tbgwt still get shit tweets about it.
Ah. Absolutely correct, can't think of anything contradictory at least.
You are right, in their own community being straight and male does give them privilege over black women. But that privilege largely ends once outside of their community, because being black supersedes all of that. Black women are undoubtedly the most oppressed group in American society, by virtue of being black and being women at the same time, along with issues that are unique to being a black women. That said, it's probably less safe to be a black man than it is to be a black woman. The message of the article, that black men should be aware of their straight male privilege, is a good one. But comparisons to white privilege are not useful.
