why are we stereotyped as so angry
but expect us to be so loving amongst the madness.
“We as black men have a lot of trauma and pain and hurt that we dont deal with. When we don’t deal with it, it manifest itself in other ways, and we end up redistributing that pain and that’s how you get violence.”
That was a quote from Charlamagne the god in Ed Gordons book “conversations in black”. The book has a string of well known names that voices their views on topics like, After the Obama presidency are black people better off, will the black vote control the 2020 election, and yes Do black lives even matter.There is one chapter in the book that is titled “stand up black man stand up”. The chapter explains even through the odds that has been overcome, even though we are loving to families and communities, and we still strive to live the American dream we still wake up to the nightmares of feeling devalued, overlooked, misjudged, and then many end up being put to waste, through institutions or death.
Toxic masculinity is used in academic and media discussions of masculinity
to refer to certain culture norms that are associated with harm to society
and to men themselves.
e.g. boys will be boys as a way to condone bullying.
