Saturday, October 30, 2010

What Makes Black Men Happy???

Now this a stereotype within itself that black women cringe when they hear or read something like this. It automatically says "Hey black women! You're not doing your job." I believe that black women are often attacked by this statement and the worst statement of all which is constantly said by our black men "White women know how to treat a man" or something of that sort. It terrorizes black women because till this day black women still feel like white women are put on a pedestal especially b our black men when they fail to realize that they were hung, killed and humiliated if they were ever seen looking at a white woman the wrong way. I'm not saying that I don't believe in interracial dating; I'm all for it, but its the fact that we are still bashed for being strict and not as submissive as men want us to be; because we're more independent than most and prefer not to be a house wife. The Essence magazine had three gorgeous successful black men on their cover with the title "What Makes Black Men Happy". I didn't bother to read in between the lines of this statement but the more I thought about it the more I began to think that this maybe a stereotype towards black women that they don't know how to treat or keep a "black" man. Maybe I would have felt a bit more comfortable if the title said "What Makes Men Happy" in general. That way it would have been directed to all women instead of just black women. It is a black magazine, but it's also a magazine that could be read by all. Instead of three black men, why not Will Smith, Adam Rodriquez and Justin Timberlake, that way the statement could be directed to all types of women rather than just one.

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