Hello, Jaye Bird. Here are some ideas about how the men’s movement is especially important for Black men.
The basic idea is this:
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Rhode Island Public Television
November 18, 2005 |
Domestic violence policies and practices are especially harmful to Black men because both blackness and maleness are associated with over-wrought stereotypes of being dangerous and scary. This video shows how devastating those stereotypes can be against impoverished Black men.
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Martin Cohen, Baltimore City Pubic Defender
November 7, 2013
November 7, 2013
Moreover, imposing strictly limited male gender roles operates especially hard on marginalized Black men.
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It is important, of course, not to place all the onus for Black men's problems on antimale sexism alone. Black men suffer a Race+Gender dynamic. A good way to think of it is this...
Racism knocks Black men down. Sexism comes along to kick them. |