Black people are a sexually repressed people, a result of having our bodies abused and used to produce the economic foundation of this land we call America for centuries. Black people are sexually free, because we are uninhibited and love to show our bodies and believe we are beautiful people, inside and out. Black people are not really people. We are a figment of so-called "white" people's imagination. Race is a construct and by and large, we people, mixed with African blood and everything else, have yet to name ourselves in a manner that respects our legacy and our experience. Black men have very large dicks, the size of plantains and squash. Black women are like Venus Hottentots, vaginas as large as an elephants. Black people are almost completely fucked up. We are a race of people caught up in moaning and groaning and making babies. Black people are in need of healing their sexual selves.
Your belief about black people and sexuality here ______________.
| Continue Steven G. Fullwood's "Black Funk -- Nothing Else Compares"
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What a load of crap!
"Black people are a sexually repressed people..."
"Black people are sexually free, because we are uninhibited ..."
You can't have it both ways. Either you're repressed or uninhibited.
The displays of sexuality and sexual behavior I have been treated to by the media shows me that black people are at best exhibitionists, and at worst, completely lacking in social and moral graces.
Something to chew on.
Black people, like any other people, are heir to a wide variety and range of behaviors and attitudes when it comes to sex. I think this post (first spotted over at writer Steven G. Fullwood's weblog) wants to contain multitudes, like Whitman's "Song of Myself," and not limit assessment or portrayal to an "either/or" statement. I think you're reading the post too literally,
By the way: You're going to miss out on good thing in life if you only rely on media portrayals of any group of people. Personal experience, communication and interaction are the best teachers. Plus, rudeness won't win you any surprise birthday presents. (Happy early birthday to you, by the way!)
Dear Mr. Kelly,
It's funny that you should mention Whitman's "Song of Myself". In 1998, I took an extended motorcycle trip of a couple of thousand miles, and tucked in the pocket of my leather jacket was a pair of diminutive books. One was "Tao Te Ching", and the other was "Song of Myself". They were my constant companions for quite a while.
I did not miss the attempt on the part of the author, but chose to overlook it because it was a feeble attempt.
As for relying solely on the media's admittedly one-sided portrayal of so many things, I can assure you, I don't.
I have lived literally all over this country (and in several others), and many of my observations are first hand.
The blacks in this country, based upon my observations as well as media portrayals, display their sexuality and sexual behavior in what I would politely say is less than reserved, prudent or moral.
You may defend by claiming "cultural differences" and other meaningless terms, but I am really basing my opinions on a system of values that most in this country would call "middle of the road", neither debauched or puritanical, but somewhere in the middle.
Please, please, please! Don't get me wrong. I am not saying that ALL blacks do this, and ALL blacks do that. I am not so much of a fool to make ridiculous absolute statements. There are many black people out there who live what I consider to be a much more moral life than do I.
But, if anything, statistics don't lie when they tell us that (I may be off, here, but not by much) 68% of black children born in this country last year were born out of wedlock. Does that lead you to any kind of conclusion?
Granted, more hispanics, whites and asians were born out of wedlock last year than in the past, but by far, blacks led the race.
Additionally, the violence and vulgarity and downright evil perpetrated in the name of "music" that has been spewing out of the mouths of black performers in recent years has told me that their sense of morality and decorum has just flown in the face of any arguments to the contrary. How many hispanic, white or asian recording artists, by comparison are referring to their cherished female companions as "bitches" and "ho's"?
I think that black America would be better served by shying away from excuses like "We're diverse", "We're different", "We're repressed", "We're downtrodden", "We're misunderstood", and taking an honest, unjaundiced look at the truth, as it is and as others see it, and saying, "We've got a problem and we need to change."
Until blacks in America can look inward and face the demons that come from within, they have no hope of dealing with any demons from an external source.
I am no stranger to good dialog and hefty rhetoric, and I prefer the former. Please feel free to "holler" at me at your convenience, and thanks for letting me post on the blog.
- Silverbear
P.S.: I really didn't think I was being rude. Sorry.
what you're talking about, silverbear, is by-and-large a *CLASS* issue. not a race issue. the problems that black americans have are the same ones that plague poor whites.
the difference is that for black people (and other disproportionately impoverished minorities), these troubles are thought to be *because* of our race. for poor whites, it's *in spite* of their race.
if you look at racially / ethnically / economically marginalized people all over the world, you'll see the same patterns. (which incidentally, is why hip-hop has become such a global cultural force.)
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