Buck Breaking arrived at the perfect time as we find ourselves in a place in time where gender dynamics seem to find themselves at the forefront of all of our conversations. As many of us see, various ideologies such as intersectional feminism and sexual liberation have caused our community to be torn in a way that paralyzes us from moving in any significant direction. Black Lives Matter was the most egregious modern example as it took a phrase meant to cast light on anti-Black and morphed it into an LGBT advocacy organization.
Buck Breaking is Tariq Nasheed's answer to the confusion and while it may fall short in certain areas, it is definitely an important work for bringing the conversation to light. Before we begin, Tariq Nasheed is a man shrouded in controversy, especially due to recent antics. However, despite what any of us may feel about him personally, we shouldn’t make the mistake of either deifying him or stripping away the merit of the works that The Muses have bestowed upon him. Either would be dishonest. If one can’t admit when even The Devil plays a moving piece, they’re as much of a liar as he is
Examples such as Pan, a god who was half goat and half human and would copulate with man and beast, was shown; Zeus having a young male lover named Ganymedes; and laws were on the books on pederastic relations. The way the film showed how the sanctity of sex wasn’t something that existed in the zeitgeist of European traditions makes one understand how the resurgence of forced homosexuality onto the Black populace is nothing new.
But one tangential aspect of Buck Breaking and form of punishment speaks profoundly to modern Black familial structures, the practice of forced helplessness and humiliation. Slave owners had males slaves watch as their women and children were beat, abused, and raped. The male slaves felt helpless, ashamed, and an unquantifiable level of humiliation at the sight of the punishment of their women and children. Witnessing these abuses caused many of the enslaved men to detach from their families to protect themselves emotionally.
This detachment would then be taken to new extremes as sex farms decoupled child birth from relationship. Sex farms were established where enslaved men would be used to impregnate women and create more slaves.
After learning the origins of the European’s sexually deviant nature, we’re shown in gruesome detail how White society went about using various tactics to distort our perceptions of gender roles and Black masculinity.
From childhood, enslaved children would have their genders erased by making both boys and girls wear makeshift dresses to look alike. As the children grew into adulthood, the tactics to make one depersonalize from their masculinity or femininity respectively grew more severe. This conditioning was not only used on male slaves, it was used on the women as well.
In the fields, enslaved Black women would be given just as much work as Black men by the slave masters. It was as a means to de-tether the enslaved woman from her femininity in any context outside of sex whether to breed or to please the slave owner. The result of this condition was a population of people who only associated their masculinity and femininity with sexual acts. If that doesn’t illustrate where we are as a modern Black society, I don’t know what does.
The layout of the facts regarding feminist vitriol against Black men was plainly laid out. Buck Breaking puts a spotlight on feminism's racist origins e.g. Margaret Sanger’s famous line about killing Black men in the womb and the use of Black men being able to vote before White women as a major talking point in the suffrage movement. It also speaks of Gloria Steinem's connection to the CIA which in my opinion could have been better fleshed out.
To further demonstrate how the oppressors evolved to attack us at a more micro level, the film addressed how both feminism and the homosexual agenda were used to subversively infiltrate the Black household. From its inception, feminism was the White woman’s war against the White man but if it was one thing White women detested more than their men, it was the idea of a Black male having any power over them. Thus you got the cornerstone of feminist ideology, breaking down the Black man and the Black community in tandem.
While we’re on the topic of malevolence within a movement, I do want to give props to the documentary for exposing how the LGBT community hijacked The Black Power Movement to use for their own agenda. Various examples of our symbols and strategies being used to further their agenda showcased the parasitic and frankly narcissistic nature of the Gay Rights Movement.
The greatest critique I have with the film is...sources. Tariq Nasheed and his production company don't seem to be very meticulous when it comes to citing their data. When dealing with a hot button issue such as this, we ought to know that mainstream media, search engines, and “fact checkers” will do anything in their power to hide this kind of information. That’s why it’s so important to have the sources in a more shareable format, especially with claims of government involvement.
While I do agree with the claim, we have to separate what we believe and what we can readily prove when putting together a documentary. It may seem rational to say that living in a harsh environment such as Ice Age Europe would have affected the behavioral and thus sexual nature of Europeans, but we have no solid evidence of that. An argument like that that’s based on something prehistoric is something best left as a hypothesis until we’re able to further illustrate it with evidence.
As a people we have to learn how to be efficient with the limited emotional, mental, and physical resources we have and use them to work with those amongst us looking to build a better tomorrow for our people. Those that don’t want to work for the greater cause should be left to waste away on their own merit. So I pose a question to every member of Black society, how will you play a part in the rebuilding of our community?
With that, I give the documentary 4 out of 6ZEROS.
Buck Breaking is Tariq Nasheed's answer to the confusion and while it may fall short in certain areas, it is definitely an important work for bringing the conversation to light. Before we begin, Tariq Nasheed is a man shrouded in controversy, especially due to recent antics. However, despite what any of us may feel about him personally, we shouldn’t make the mistake of either deifying him or stripping away the merit of the works that The Muses have bestowed upon him. Either would be dishonest. If one can’t admit when even The Devil plays a moving piece, they’re as much of a liar as he is
Buck Breaking Highlights a History of Degenerate Sexual Practices by Europeans
The Degenerate Sexual Practices of Ancient Greece
To begin, the film thoroughly elaborated on various cultural aspects of ancient Europe that showed that they had a deep and foundational history of divergent sexual practices such as homosexuality, bestiality, and pederasty. The most blatant evidence for this within Buck Breaking was the behaviors of the pantheon of gods that the Greeks would worship.Examples such as Pan, a god who was half goat and half human and would copulate with man and beast, was shown; Zeus having a young male lover named Ganymedes; and laws were on the books on pederastic relations. The way the film showed how the sanctity of sex wasn’t something that existed in the zeitgeist of European traditions makes one understand how the resurgence of forced homosexuality onto the Black populace is nothing new.
White Slave Masters Used Sexual Violence to Strike Fear in Enslaved Men
Buck Breaking, the film’s namesake, is arguably the worst form of abuse used to alienate an enslaved man from his position as the provider and protector of the community. The male rape of our ancestors by the hands of homosexual slaveowners is graphic and hard to stomach therefore we won't touch on it much within this review. However, it was a form of sexual violence used as a means of punishment and a mechanism to instill fear in the hearts of male slaves.But one tangential aspect of Buck Breaking and form of punishment speaks profoundly to modern Black familial structures, the practice of forced helplessness and humiliation. Slave owners had males slaves watch as their women and children were beat, abused, and raped. The male slaves felt helpless, ashamed, and an unquantifiable level of humiliation at the sight of the punishment of their women and children. Witnessing these abuses caused many of the enslaved men to detach from their families to protect themselves emotionally.
This detachment would then be taken to new extremes as sex farms decoupled child birth from relationship. Sex farms were established where enslaved men would be used to impregnate women and create more slaves.
Buck Breaking Exposes Other Forms of Sexual Abuse and Confusion Used to Destabilize the Black Community
Relegating the Masculinity and Femininity of Enslaved People to Sexual Acts
After learning the origins of the European’s sexually deviant nature, we’re shown in gruesome detail how White society went about using various tactics to distort our perceptions of gender roles and Black masculinity.
From childhood, enslaved children would have their genders erased by making both boys and girls wear makeshift dresses to look alike. As the children grew into adulthood, the tactics to make one depersonalize from their masculinity or femininity respectively grew more severe. This conditioning was not only used on male slaves, it was used on the women as well.
In the fields, enslaved Black women would be given just as much work as Black men by the slave masters. It was as a means to de-tether the enslaved woman from her femininity in any context outside of sex whether to breed or to please the slave owner. The result of this condition was a population of people who only associated their masculinity and femininity with sexual acts. If that doesn’t illustrate where we are as a modern Black society, I don’t know what does.
Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem Set Sights on the Black Community
The layout of the facts regarding feminist vitriol against Black men was plainly laid out. Buck Breaking puts a spotlight on feminism's racist origins e.g. Margaret Sanger’s famous line about killing Black men in the womb and the use of Black men being able to vote before White women as a major talking point in the suffrage movement. It also speaks of Gloria Steinem's connection to the CIA which in my opinion could have been better fleshed out.
To further demonstrate how the oppressors evolved to attack us at a more micro level, the film addressed how both feminism and the homosexual agenda were used to subversively infiltrate the Black household. From its inception, feminism was the White woman’s war against the White man but if it was one thing White women detested more than their men, it was the idea of a Black male having any power over them. Thus you got the cornerstone of feminist ideology, breaking down the Black man and the Black community in tandem.
Highlighting How LGBT Issues are Used to Co-Opt Black Power Movements
While we’re on the topic of malevolence within a movement, I do want to give props to the documentary for exposing how the LGBT community hijacked The Black Power Movement to use for their own agenda. Various examples of our symbols and strategies being used to further their agenda showcased the parasitic and frankly narcissistic nature of the Gay Rights Movement.
- Parasitic due to them taking and using the work of straight Black men only to put us on their list of public enemy number one to their community and take every chance they could to villainize us.
- Narcissistic because anywhere there’s black people suffering, they have to warp it and make it about them.
Buck Breaking is Well Done But Has Two Points I Take Issue With
Buck Breaking is Lacking in Sources
The greatest critique I have with the film is...sources. Tariq Nasheed and his production company don't seem to be very meticulous when it comes to citing their data. When dealing with a hot button issue such as this, we ought to know that mainstream media, search engines, and “fact checkers” will do anything in their power to hide this kind of information. That’s why it’s so important to have the sources in a more shareable format, especially with claims of government involvement.
In Buck Breaking, Beliefs Are Stated As Facts
One example of this is when the documentary took a slight misstep by tracing the root of European perversion to the Ice Age and the vicious nature of the climate altering their behaviors. This is a prime example of something that causes a major blow to the academic integrity of the film.While I do agree with the claim, we have to separate what we believe and what we can readily prove when putting together a documentary. It may seem rational to say that living in a harsh environment such as Ice Age Europe would have affected the behavioral and thus sexual nature of Europeans, but we have no solid evidence of that. An argument like that that’s based on something prehistoric is something best left as a hypothesis until we’re able to further illustrate it with evidence.
In Closing
I find the film fairly well done, especially for a Nasheed production. One aspect that I appreciated was the solutions given at the end of the film. I feel we don’t get enough of looking on the bright side and how to move forward as a people. Solutions such as our own institutions, media literacy, and working through the pain we feel were heavy hitting, but one piece of advice that stuck with me from the film was working with those who would be saved.As a people we have to learn how to be efficient with the limited emotional, mental, and physical resources we have and use them to work with those amongst us looking to build a better tomorrow for our people. Those that don’t want to work for the greater cause should be left to waste away on their own merit. So I pose a question to every member of Black society, how will you play a part in the rebuilding of our community?
With that, I give the documentary 4 out of 6ZEROS.
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