Here's a snapshot of the sources I'm using in my entrance to Black Male studies
Unlike what's being represented on Twitter, we don't agree on everything, that's fine because it makes the scholarship better. This is why I asked my question because I have a whole historiography.
"By this time the Black male is begrudgingly recognized as a Negro, but it is questionable whether he is recognized as a man"
This is in 1994!!!!!
These scholars trace it back to Black Rage
1968
Reading this is what pushed me to want to do something to contribute to the field. This and the fact my dad told me a generation of Harris men died off and only 1 lived past 50
"An entire generation of Black men may be in serious jeopardy."
This is why my colleague and I say Black male studies should be transdisciplinary because these works include religion, education, media and popular culture and memoirs.
And there's so much more, here is the front of one book so you can get a better picture of it
Based on this, an argument can be made to trace Black male studies back to the 19th century. The sad part is that it only highlights our invisibility
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It was sad on the Spaces last night that one can't just judge or base their critiques on hooks solely on one thing whether it was the Central Park 5 or a book quote.
My question then is what is the standard and what are we doing? Peel this thread on responses to other deaths
More on Kobe
"He was a sports hero, he also was a rapist."
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Black feminism is dangerous. We need to figure out a way as a people to address this. I'm working on a book that tells the whole story, it gets worse.
The problem is that the Black people who believe this don't realize how much Black feminism is hurting the very same people they are fighting for. You know who felt the brunt of my removal? My wife and 2 daughters.
They and many others who believe in Black feminism believe they are only holding Black men accountable where in reality they are hurting Black women and girls. We don't live in a theoretical world where Black men, women and children are separated, we all connected.