I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.
So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.
After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he's been through is the reason why.
We as men, in particular black men, are constantly supported, nurtured, forgiven, apologized for, led, followed and coddled by black women, and they get very little in return.
Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.
We're raised to believe that black men have to be one specific way.
I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.
We've begun to put fear into those whites who think they can do anything they want to a black person and get away with it.
It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.
But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.
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