LeBron Kong Attacks!
And then there's Andre J., the genderless New York downtown diva who elevated the cover of French Vogue last November. He wore a traditional bob, turquoise trench, bare legs, broken wrist and ankle boots. He was fierce.
"Most people are conditioned to think of a black man looking a certain way," Andre J. told the New York Times. "They only think of the ethnic man in XXX jeans and Timberlands, and here Andre J. comes along with a pair of hot shorts and a caftan or maybe flip-flops or cowboy boots or a high, high heel."
It seemed as if Vogue had something interesting to say about black masculinity then. Maybe it's time they found something new to say.
Helena Andrews covers the nexus of pop culture and politics at Politico.com.
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View All Comments »Tai at 11/15/2008 10:17:21 AM
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Outside of this, one has to truly wonder what Sick Disease has infested the minds of some young Black men who hate their own Blackness so much they are driven seek out and marry the very same children whose forefathers beat, raped, burned, tortured, mutilated, and lynched their Black ancestors.
For Every Black who has forgotten their history in this country, use caution when viewing the websites below as the graphics are not for the faint hearted!
http://mtwsfh.blogspot.com/2008_02_08_archive.html
http://www.zimbio.com/Public+Enemy/articles/374/Terrorism+America+Nothing+New+Blacks+Afrikans
http://www.withoutsanctuary.org/main.html
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/2000/lynching.htm
Tai at 11/15/2008 10:10:04 AM
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Outside of this, one has to truly wonder what Sick Disease has infested the minds of some young Black men who hate their own Blackness so much they are driven seek out and marry the very same children whose forefathers beat, raped, burned, tortured, mutilated, and lynched their Black ancestors.
For Every Black who has forgotten their history in this country, use caution when viewing the websites below as the graphics are not for the faint hearted!
http://mtwsfh.blogspot.com/2008_02_08_archive.html
http://www.zimbio.com/Public+Enemy/articles/374/Terrorism+America+Nothing+New+Blacks+Afrikans
http://www.withoutsanctuary.org/main.html
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/2000/lynching.htm
Tai at 11/15/2008 10:09:37 AM
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As long as those in charge continue to portray to the world the Black man with white woman....Its a form of brainwash from the Willie Lynch Days...To Divide is to Conquer. They accomplished this in early American history by lynching most Black Men, and raping Black women. In mid American History they accomplished this feat by oppressing Blacks (giving Black households who lacked Black males welfare/gov't assistance etc, then portraying black men pimping their Black women in Hollywood movies, followed by a period of hiring the majority of Black women as opposed to hiring Black males). Thereby elevating Black women over Black men knowing this would inevitably lead to dissention in Black relationships, within Black households, and the inevitable dissolution of the Black family. If one looks at current statistics, you will find a singular consecutive connection to the Willie Lynch letter days.
Historically proven divisive tactics validates the destruction of the Black family today as evidenced by Black males unemployed and in Jail, Black females employed and in college, Black female single run households etc.etc...and the cycle continues!! And lo and behold, in 2008, you have the media daily portraying...Not Black men with their Black Woman, but Black Men with White women. "To Divide and Conquer" As long as those running the mainstream powerhouses in the U.S. continue these age-old tactics, Black folk as a whole will never unify, for to consolidate and unify means to Rise to Power!!! And what a powerful force Blacks would be if they were allowed to unify as a people, to unify as One! because God forbid that their historical accomplishments should be read about in school books or be made known to the World, and God forbid if Blacks should one day Rise to such Soaring Heights to become a Great Nation even more powerful than their Egyptian relatives!!! However, as many Blacks understand, an occurrence like this must be prevented and stopped at all cost, irregardless of the tactics used!