This is the man who played the traitor who set up Fred Hampton. Now he's selling us out in real life
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This is the man who played the traitor who set up Fred Hampton. Now he's selling us out in real life
Niiiiigga I was seeing this picture and wondering who TF it was. Lakeith used to go hard too. I remember he was riding for ADOS now he out here looking like a widow at funeral.
This is the man who played the traitor who set up Fred Hampton. Now he's selling us out in real life
It's just like Dave Chappelle said, every time there is a black man in hollywood, he always winds up putting on a dress. I bet you they will give a whole lot of roles now that he has compromised his manhood.
He's going to be in Get Out 2. He's going to be rescued from the house by a gay White man who becomes his lover. It's going to be a riveting tale of love, unity, and overcoming adversity.
Directed By: Lee Daniels.
I wonder what’s his thought process. He just posted it without a caption. I wonder is he coming out as bisexual or trying to pander to the LGBT Mafia.
That photo actually bothered me when I saw it the other day, because Lakeith is one of my favorite actors.
I actually think that breh is dealing with mental issues, and his clothing is a manifestation of his demons. He has made social media posts about his mental health in the past, and he has even posted cryptic messages about suicide.
I hope he's alright.
I actually think that breh is dealing with mental issues, and his clothing is a manifestation of his demons. He has made social media posts about his mental health in the past, and he has even posted cryptic messages about suicide.
I hope he's alright.
Those some gay demons then. I know some niggas in some dark places and I ain’t ever see em strap on the lace.
What the heck happened?!
Damn, just as I enter the thread the IG post got removed.
Can someone please post a picture of this fuckery?
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People have been speculating that he has been suffering from some sort of mental illness for quite awhile now, which could explain his posts and his very eccentric, yet troubling behavior. Apparently his weird personality that he shows on-screen is not just him acting, it's really him IRL also.
While I would not be surprised if he is at the least bicurious, I would also not be surprised if he's just another straight male that is actually okay with being both vulnerable and buck broken for biscuits, praise, doggy treats, bones, and other goodies.
Another actor Brian Tyree Henry (co-star of the FX series Atlanta alongside actors Lakeith Stanfield and Donald Glover) recently got buck broken also and portrayed himself as some gay superhero or some shit in a recent film.
Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) has acted as a bisexual villain / character in another show / film before as well.
So there is indeed a very systematic thing going on here.
I'm not sure if any of these 3 actors in real life are somewhere on the rainbow spectrum or not as they appear straight(ish) to me, but I wouldn't be too shocked.
This was a picture of Brian and Lakeith from a few years back at an award show:
The media and several sites praised and celebrated this moment because they were happy seeing 2 Black men being emotional and showing love and appreciation for each other publicly without worrying about seeming gay.
Which also reminds me of:
Now I don't have an issue with male vulnerability and male expression of love and emotion. There is a time and place for all people to express themselves and show vulnerability.
No one is also saying that mental illness, sexuality, vulnerability, sadness, male companionship, and similar topics cannot be talked about either.
However, the reason I do have concern is because unfortunately, while these images are innocent, the intent behind the promotion of these pictures and the media praising these pictures as a way to combat "homophobia" and "toxic masculinity" in the Black community is suspect and disingenuous.
The real reasons for them promoting these images to us are actually covertly nefarious. They have found a new way to weaponize homosexuality to attack our people. The weaponization of homosexuality and the emasculation of Black males via rape goes back to the buckbreaking that was done in the killing fields of the South.
It is one of the many weapons they are using to psychologically weaken us as a whole so that we can let collectively our guard down and be conquered, vulnerable, and then genocided when their mission is complete. And they will even call us homophobic, toxic, prudish, bigoted, and whatever else to shame and guilt trip us into allowing them to complete their genocidal mission against us.
They want us to embrace being buckbroken.
Remember, the dominant society and TPTB are deathly afraid of tough, heterosexual, unemotional, aggressive, and achieving Black males and want to conduct studies on them according to official documents (which they'll later try to lie about to save face). I know they really hate it when these Black men put their own race and people first too.
No one is saying that mental illness, sexuality, vulnerability, sadness, male companionship, and similar topics cannot be talked about.
Here's the problem and their endgoal:
They want all us Black people to be a bunch of confused, non-binary, lost, miseducated, programmed, brainwashed, dreamy, unrealistic, delusional, ignorant of Black history and affairs, ignorant of our true worth and value, dysfunctional amongst ourselves, docile, dumb, broke and destitute, colorblind, playing dumb, deceived, conned, sex-craved, post-racial, promiscuous, clowning ass, supportive of others (meaning anyone non-Black), purposeless, faithfully hopeful or hopeless, putting others first before ourselves, Black last or not Black at all, Ghetto gagging, divesting, swirling, vulnerable, depressed, lonely, scared, fearful, subordinate, low self-esteem having, hobosexual, preferably gay or bisexual or trans or sterile, down and out, divided amongst ourselves and each other (unless we're in LGBTQ relationships), intersectionalist, globally disrespected, childless or proud single parents, forgive forgiving, turning the other cheek, and hating everything about ourselves (except our LGBTQ side) safe, defeated, and conquered Sambo ass tapdancing mules and mammies and butlers.
Ironically, the only time toxic masculinity, lack of emotion, and aggressiveness are okay is if they control, weaponize, and use those things to promote today's depraved toxic "hip hop" and other music to Black people for destructive purposes and then try to counter all that garbage with 1 Kendrick J. Lamar Cole or something "soft" and "more progressive."
Once again, there's a reason why they are heavily promoting and praising Lil "Industry Baby" Nas X, praising Frank Ocean, praising Tyler the Creator, praising the female rappers whoring themselves out, and others and it's not just because they are talented and make good music either.
We are being attacked on all sides.
We are seeing the same this with white on white war and in states with both parties, sellouts, and non-Blacks.
You are seeing the same thing with TV.
Heavily promote Black films or Black TV series with stereotypical Black characters and/or nothing but utter dysfunction (countless hood films, reality shows, any Madea movie or Tyler Perry production, Precious, and more)
Promote Black films or Black TV series with a "solution of diversity" like non-Black agendas, interracial relationships, questionable content, post-racial or astroturf narratives, negative stereotypical Black people, and a bunch of LGBTQ agenda filled content (The Wire, Empire, The Chi, Twenties, Power, Insecure, Moonlight, Harlem, Boomerang reboot, and more)
Promote Black characters in non-Black movies and shows that make them look some kind of way or just there to serve whites and others.
A lot of this ties into each other.
Damn, just as I enter the thread the IG post got removed.
Can someone please post a picture of this fuckery?
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Yeah Lakeith Stanfield seemed like a rider in the beginning (just like Kwame Brown's Kyle Rittenhouse caping defensive ass) and he has been seen defending Black women and calling out racists before. But unfortunately he outted himself as a Wrong Way Negro awhile back when he stated that there's "no such thing as Black Culture" and I think he even went as far as to say something to the effect of "eating watermelon ain't no damn culture."
I wonder what’s his thought process. He just posted it without a caption. I wonder is he coming out as bisexual or trying to pander to the LGBT Mafia.
People have been speculating that he has been suffering from some sort of mental illness for quite awhile now, which could explain his posts and his very eccentric, yet troubling behavior. Apparently his weird personality that he shows on-screen is not just him acting, it's really him IRL also.
While I would not be surprised if he is at the least bicurious, I would also not be surprised if he's just another straight male that is actually okay with being both vulnerable and buck broken for biscuits, praise, doggy treats, bones, and other goodies.
Another actor Brian Tyree Henry (co-star of the FX series Atlanta alongside actors Lakeith Stanfield and Donald Glover) recently got buck broken also and portrayed himself as some gay superhero or some shit in a recent film.
Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) has acted as a bisexual villain / character in another show / film before as well.
So there is indeed a very systematic thing going on here.
I'm not sure if any of these 3 actors in real life are somewhere on the rainbow spectrum or not as they appear straight(ish) to me, but I wouldn't be too shocked.
This was a picture of Brian and Lakeith from a few years back at an award show:
The media and several sites praised and celebrated this moment because they were happy seeing 2 Black men being emotional and showing love and appreciation for each other publicly without worrying about seeming gay.
Which also reminds me of:
Now I don't have an issue with male vulnerability and male expression of love and emotion. There is a time and place for all people to express themselves and show vulnerability.
No one is also saying that mental illness, sexuality, vulnerability, sadness, male companionship, and similar topics cannot be talked about either.
However, the reason I do have concern is because unfortunately, while these images are innocent, the intent behind the promotion of these pictures and the media praising these pictures as a way to combat "homophobia" and "toxic masculinity" in the Black community is suspect and disingenuous.
The real reasons for them promoting these images to us are actually covertly nefarious. They have found a new way to weaponize homosexuality to attack our people. The weaponization of homosexuality and the emasculation of Black males via rape goes back to the buckbreaking that was done in the killing fields of the South.
It is one of the many weapons they are using to psychologically weaken us as a whole so that we can let collectively our guard down and be conquered, vulnerable, and then genocided when their mission is complete. And they will even call us homophobic, toxic, prudish, bigoted, and whatever else to shame and guilt trip us into allowing them to complete their genocidal mission against us.
They want us to embrace being buckbroken.
Remember, the dominant society and TPTB are deathly afraid of tough, heterosexual, unemotional, aggressive, and achieving Black males and want to conduct studies on them according to official documents (which they'll later try to lie about to save face). I know they really hate it when these Black men put their own race and people first too.
No one is saying that mental illness, sexuality, vulnerability, sadness, male companionship, and similar topics cannot be talked about.
Here's the problem and their endgoal:
They want all us Black people to be a bunch of confused, non-binary, lost, miseducated, programmed, brainwashed, dreamy, unrealistic, delusional, ignorant of Black history and affairs, ignorant of our true worth and value, dysfunctional amongst ourselves, docile, dumb, broke and destitute, colorblind, playing dumb, deceived, conned, sex-craved, post-racial, promiscuous, clowning ass, supportive of others (meaning anyone non-Black), purposeless, faithfully hopeful or hopeless, putting others first before ourselves, Black last or not Black at all, Ghetto gagging, divesting, swirling, vulnerable, depressed, lonely, scared, fearful, subordinate, low self-esteem having, hobosexual, preferably gay or bisexual or trans or sterile, down and out, divided amongst ourselves and each other (unless we're in LGBTQ relationships), intersectionalist, globally disrespected, childless or proud single parents, forgive forgiving, turning the other cheek, and hating everything about ourselves (except our LGBTQ side) safe, defeated, and conquered Sambo ass tapdancing mules and mammies and butlers.
Ironically, the only time toxic masculinity, lack of emotion, and aggressiveness are okay is if they control, weaponize, and use those things to promote today's depraved toxic "hip hop" and other music to Black people for destructive purposes and then try to counter all that garbage with 1 Kendrick J. Lamar Cole or something "soft" and "more progressive."
Once again, there's a reason why they are heavily promoting and praising Lil "Industry Baby" Nas X, praising Frank Ocean, praising Tyler the Creator, praising the female rappers whoring themselves out, and others and it's not just because they are talented and make good music either.
We are being attacked on all sides.
We are seeing the same this with white on white war and in states with both parties, sellouts, and non-Blacks.
You are seeing the same thing with TV.
Heavily promote Black films or Black TV series with stereotypical Black characters and/or nothing but utter dysfunction (countless hood films, reality shows, any Madea movie or Tyler Perry production, Precious, and more)
Promote Black films or Black TV series with a "solution of diversity" like non-Black agendas, interracial relationships, questionable content, post-racial or astroturf narratives, negative stereotypical Black people, and a bunch of LGBTQ agenda filled content (The Wire, Empire, The Chi, Twenties, Power, Insecure, Moonlight, Harlem, Boomerang reboot, and more)
Promote Black characters in non-Black movies and shows that make them look some kind of way or just there to serve whites and others.
A lot of this ties into each other.
Yoooo wtf
Is this what he wanted from gucci so bad?
View: https://twitter.com/jaronmays/status/1498399751779373060?t=YCRWBZOFigsxprXnk5EaQA&s=19
Is this what he wanted from gucci so bad?
View: https://twitter.com/jaronmays/status/1498399751779373060?t=YCRWBZOFigsxprXnk5EaQA&s=19
Ol boy been sold out. This photo shoot was just Stanfield letting the PTBs know that he's total game. He's always down, willing and able.
I don’t want to hear this. I remember him standing up for Black American actors on twitter and I want that to be my last memory of him. Now it’s him in lace.
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like I said to someone earlier this week. GLover was making weird ass homo-erotic videos when he was college and posting them. Somehow his comedy troup always had him doing gay stuff on camera (ie BroRape and DickMento). THats why I always leery of him when I started seeing him on television.
There's nothing special about this Lakeith guy. That's why he got the acting roles he's been given. Other people in the film industry clearly seen his inner "treason", just took for 1 incident to bring it out in real life.
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Donald Glover is very talented, but I sometimes feel like he didn't start really hanging with Black people until "Redbone" came out.
Lol. On his 2011 Camp mixtape (under the name Childish Gambino), there's a song called "Not Going Back."
Some of the lines of the song are:
"Callin' me the new Will Smith, that's Jaden
Callin' me a Same-gender loving person when I'm rapping, that's hating"
"Black dudes assume I'm closeted or kinda gay
White people confused like girl on Glee and Gabourey"
And yeah, a lot of these entertainers and comedians (including white ones like Daniel Tosh and James Corden) and self-hating racists like the Myron Gaines really be on some homoerotic mess... They are definitely somewhere on the rainbow spectrum. As for Donald Glover, he looks like he could be bicurious and likely even experimented at one point.
Also, this same Jim Jones was also recently weirded out and checked out of some video call when some dude was saying that the rainbow mafia was coming after him.
Here's the twist: Most of these rappers and entertainers are cowards and also are deathly afraid of what they actually are and the group that they are a part of and running from.
These motherfuckers aren't HARD, they are nothing but a bunch of Buck Broken bishes being dominated and conquered. These buck broken bucks only get buck with other Black people.
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I saved this video to watch later, but Godfrey got some explaining to do..
Agreed
Do you believe a visible black homosexual in entertainment is the same as the rape of black men?
Isn't the belief that homosexuality is a weapon that can psychologically weaken us, homophobic? In the classic sense. It's a fearful thought about homosexuality. Homosexuality itself, can be used as a weapon that can harm us, but I have no proof of this. How is this not a homophobic thought?
I think the reason is they want to promote black LGBT's, but also, it's lucrative. One of the reasons it is lucrative is its controversial or some people hate it.
I say that to say the fight against the agenda actually feeds the agenda. I also pose the question, does the agenda need to be fought? Is it actually doing anything (is there a tangible result)? Or is it an illusion? A tactic of war is illusion after all. Is fighting the agenda tantamount to fighting an illusion?
As a black who also happens to be homosexual, I can say with absolute confidence that heterosexuals (race notwithstanding) tend to just make up shit about homosexuality (what it is, how it works, how they come to be, etc.). I believe this imagining comes from a lack and/or denial of self-knowledge because they could just copy-and-paste what they know about their own sexuality onto homosexuality and know what's what.
This is one of the many things that show just how complex white Supremacy is in its operation. With the overpromotion and hypervisibility of LGBT content and imagery (a lot of which is marketed to Black people), it does act as a distraction of some sort and can divert focus from dismantling white Supremacy to focusing on LGBT stuff and getting into tired arguments about whether or not LGBT stuff is okay or if the Black community is "homophobic", etc.
Gender warring is also another distraction used as a weapon as well as religion, POC issues, wars, political party warring, entertainment, sex, classism, symbolism, other things that trigger infighting, etc are. We are being attacked on all fronts. I don't think illusion is the right word. They are distractions which are also a form of weaponry.
Fighting to end white supremacy and punishing those that practice anti-Black racism are the key goals.
The LGBT and its movement has unfortunately adopted a role in this White supremacist system which Dave Chappelle has broken down in his skits and specials. Think of the LGBT as its own protected group like White Jewish or Model Minority Asians (and you can belong to more than 1 group). Immigrant / non-Black POC groups have also adopted a role in this system.
As for you claiming that me saying that "homosexuality being used as weapon" is homophobic, that wouldn't be true.
Water is vital for survival, but if white Supremacy decides to poison the water supply, what beneficial purpose would it serve for us? Jesus is great by Himself and the Bible is Holy, until white Supremacy co-opts and makes it unholy for its own wicked purposes. Black women and Black men are okay by themselves, until they are managed by white Supremacy and used to spread division and dysfunction between each other. Heterosexuality is okay by itself, but when white supremacist media encourages and promotes dysfunctional ass situationships and songs like Throat Baby, WAP, and overall over-hypersexualism and debauchery to Black people, uhhh......nah.
None of these things or people are bad, but they can all be used as tools and weapons against us. This racist system will use everyone and everything in this society as a weapon to keep maintaining itself and to keep us under oppression and control.
A Black person being LGBT in the public eye is not harmful by itself and OFC its not rape, but we unfortunately live in a system of opportunistic white Supremacy. And when White Supremacy finds a way to co-opt them as a pawn and that Black LGBT person is okay with it and is onboard to have them used against us, that's a problem. Lil Nas X and Billy Porter are great examples.
For example, Lil Nas X's "Industry Baby" music video features a bunch of Buck broken Black males dancing and having a great gay old time in prison. What message do you think that sends to Black people, our youth, and the rest of the world?
When Billy Porter is off-code and tries to publicly shame and paint Black people as nothing but a bunch of savage-like homophobes due to his own personal experiences and unresolved hurt, what does that signal? Yes, Billy Porter is still Black and he should be able to vent.
However, this whole dangerous and dishonest "Black people are heartless savage criminals who don't deserve rights and they deserve the worst as they are most violent, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic and even racist group of all time" thought process, narrative, and talking point has to go.
No LGBT Asians, whites, Latinos, etc would go off code and single out their own race of people like Billy Porter did. Some of them might publicly talk shit about their home country and its position on LGBT stuff, but they won't publicly dog their race of people out like that.
It is self-hating and off-code to publicly down your race of people in mixed company and shows that you have no support for your own people and are okay with being alienated from your own people, which is not a wise move. Because those same non-Blacks cheering you on may one day turn on you and those same Black people you dogged out may not be there to rescue you when shit goes down.
Thank you for your response.
White supremacy is ultimately, a collective ego. If we have not mastered our own, we won't be able to "dismantle" white supremacy. Us being distracted by its distractions is proof we have not mastered our own egos.
White supremacy would end tomorrow if we mastered our own egos tomorrow because we could not be distracted. We get triggered because we hold beliefs that are bull's-eyes for whatever is being "weaponized". As long as we hold those beliefs, we will get triggered to infighting. This cannot be avoided.
We have to change what we believe because the ego that is white supremacy can only be effective using the weapons we agree upon (same as with our individual egos). Every distraction you mention has been (subconsciously) agreed upon by us to undermine us. White supremacy is not gonna stop hitting us with these distractions as long as they are effective and they will continue to be effective until we change the triggered beliefs. Essentially, our problem cannot be solved externally.
If for example, you did not believe Lil Nas X's "Industry Baby" music video featured a bunch of "Buck broken" Black males dancing and having a great gay old time in prison and that sent some type of specific message to Black people, our youth, and the rest of the world, there would be no problem with it. It would never have come up because it would never have been a distraction and you would still do what you have to do to dismantle white supremacy. They just sent out the video, it was us who weaponized it.
Side note: the fact that we believe no other race would act the way we do is internalize racism. You said no other race would go off code like Billy Porter. Jackie Chan did, singling out his own race of people as needing to be controlled. I roll my eyes when I hear black people make statements like "no other race would…". If you're talking about self-hate. There you go.
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That nigga is bisexual he has to be. He was always doing something suspect. I think he been hanging out with those white boys too much.
Which is actually good news. To defeat white supremacy, all we need do is change our minds about the things that trigger us.
We didnt weaponize, it they did. We just called the weapon out because impressionable minds could be impacted by the imagery.
When the hell was this?
As for the last sentence, I can see how that can be interpreted as such. Here's the thing, it's not just Billy Porter, Lil Nas X and em being off-code. You also very recently had shitloads of Black men, most who seem straight(ish), defending the living fuck of out anti-Black racist Joe Rogan en masse and trying to shut Black people complaining about it the hell up.
You also had India Arie, Whoopi Goldberg, Nick Cannon, etc cower down and submit to their massas with or without kippahs on. You currently have news and media bootlicks advocating against Black people and our Black interests and downplaying the racism and discrimination we face globally.
It's just very overwhelming, disheartening, and quite angering to see and be subjected to all of this and there needs to be a national (and eventually international) code of conduct for Black people by Black people to keep us in check.
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Godfrey from the jump has always beena fence straddler. He's been tryna to hit that next level of celebrity so he can go them mansion parties. He didn't even go in on Joe Rogan when that Italian ape finally got exposed. Godfrey is a funny dude, but he is still a lil too thristy which means he can be compromised. He didn't even wanna stop going on Vladdevil TV when Vladislav dissed the Minister.
I didn't know about that last part. I always thought that Godfrey, Lord Jamar, & Royce were the first to boycott Vlad.
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They were, but when they were discussing it, Godfrey was hinting at it being just a boycott, and Lord Jamar said , "nah this ain't a boycott. We are done f***ing wit Vlad."
In order for it to be a weapon, we had to agree that it could hurt us. No one has any proof that these types of weapons (distractions) hurt directly. The hurt comes indirectly, as ART implied: we fight over the efficacy of the weapon, weaponizing it. If all of us agree that it can't hurt us, it's not a weapon, it's just something they're doing.
Basically, they throw a dead bomb at us then WE arm and detonate it.
All of their "distractions" can be used by us to heal our divides but we don't do that, we'd rather arm and detonate the bomb then blame them for blowing us up (unconsciously, of course). We do this because we have our own beliefs about the subject matter that we don't want to change.
Just as an example: Lil Nas X is glorifying buck broken black men gayly in prison which poisons our world image and youth. No one has any proof of these effects nor what it means in the long run but we believe it's true, thus arming the bomb for later detonation.
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2009When the hell was this?
It's internalize racism because you disregard context. The truth is, any race of people in our position would be doing exactly what we are doing, but that part is never acknowledged when black people use the phrase, "no other race would…" You'd have to believe this behavior is in black people's DNA because if you add the context of reality, it's a complete farce. It's akin to saying "black people are naturally more violent or less intelligent than other races."
It is only overwhelming, disheartening and angering because you believe in the phrase, you believe this behavior is unique to your race and only your race because of your race.
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you've noticed it too, huh? he's had some suspect people on his pod more often lately
Absurdity.
You do not have to accept the damage a bullet can cause for a gun to be an effective weapon. If you are shot, you will take damage regardless of your belief in the effectiveness of a gun.
Lil Nas X had an enormous child following after Old Town Road and at his peak was a guest on Sesame Street. For him to go from child friendly to extremely raunchy, provocative, and sexual is a bait and switch which could be damaging to impressionanle minds.
A child looking for Old Town Road could be recommended the gay shower scene song, you’re ok with that Czharcus? Why is there no White Lil Nas X? Because the White society doesn’t want their people viewed in such a degenerate fashiion. They understand that visuals matter.
The 10 Stages of Genocide
We’re essentially speaking against an enemy employing these two stages in the 10 stages of genocide and you’re saying that WE ARE the ones weaponizing it. No. The bad visuals are part of a plan to eventually eradicate us, we better take it seriously and offer a counter message. We cannot have the only ones telling our story in mass to be a white media entity who hates us.
We're not talking about guns and bullets. I made an analogy of a bomb detonating just to point out there is no threat with these aforementioned "weapons" until we make it so. But these are not the same as physical weapons.
"Could be?" How could they be damaged? Is there evidence to show this damage?
I don't actually know if it would have any effect. If it did, I don't know what the effect would be. If it were porn, at least I'd have an idea from research. Even from my own experience, but in such a case as this I literally have no idea if I should be weary of that scenario.
"Bad visuals" are relative. People have to be told what visuals are bad or else they'll be all over the place. In a hyper sexualized society such as ours, LNX naked in the shower is not an objectively bad visual. I'm sure it might be in China. If we were over there, I think there would be cause for concern.
I don't make the claim that everything they throw at us is benign, but a lot of stuff is until we weaponize it when beliefs about ourselves are triggered by them.
Czharcus
So you are not convinced "Industry Baby" and forms of media help to attack our image?
Did you know that the anti-Black racist film The Birth of a Nation made us look like a bunch of savages and helped to spread as well as reaffirm and confirm those anti-Black racist beliefs? Same with other films, TV shows, music videos, Internet videos, Blackface, racist news reporting, rampant negative stereotypes in media, racist humor, etc.
Did you know that Chris Rock regrets doing that "Black People vs N*ggers" sketch he did on his show several years ago (especially since racists and self-haters have been running with that "there's black people, and then there's n!ggers" argument as an excuse for their anti-Black racism ever since)?
Our image can be attacked by anyone, including some of our own.
So you are not convinced "Industry Baby" and forms of media help to attack our image?
Did you know that the anti-Black racist film The Birth of a Nation made us look like a bunch of savages and helped to spread as well as reaffirm and confirm those anti-Black racist beliefs? Same with other films, TV shows, music videos, Internet videos, Blackface, racist news reporting, rampant negative stereotypes in media, racist humor, etc.
Did you know that Chris Rock regrets doing that "Black People vs N*ggers" sketch he did on his show several years ago (especially since racists and self-haters have been running with that "there's black people, and then there's n!ggers" argument as an excuse for their anti-Black racism ever since)?
Our image can be attacked by anyone, including some of our own.
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You spoke my thoughts 100%. We have seen first hand how their media depictions influence the nation. We can even use more recent examples. Look at how the COVID propaganda had vaccinated people wishing death on those who were not vaccinated. Or how propaganda has people bad mouthing Russia for violating national sovereignty for its invasion of Ukraine but we did not hear a peep out of these same people when the USA attacked and/or overthrew Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Bolivia, Ecuador, Indonesia, and more. The media dictates the collective hive mind so to say that we are the one giving it the power is bullshit. He gave White supremacy a pass on that one.
I'm just saying some things are threats and some things aren't and our personal beliefs about ourselves can change a non-threat into a threat. "Industry Baby" is not an objective threat and no one can prove otherwise. It just shows black men in a way that is contrary to many black men's beliefs about themselves. So they attack it, the attacks are misunderstood (or understood) by others without the same belief and so we fight about it thus making a threat of something we didn't even know was a threat in the 1st place. It was a weapon that needed our unconscious participation to be effective.
Blackface and "The Birth of a Nation" were obvious threats for the time because they were lies parading as truth. Anyone who takes "Industry Baby" as truth already believes or wants to believe. They will have found confirmation in anything, regardless of truth.
All we really need to do is to tell the truth. Sometimes our uninvestigated beliefs start presenting themselves as truth. Then it's a battle of whose illusion is strongest.
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I think you are seeing it quite one-sided from a gay man's perspective / point of view, which I can understand. And to me the tone of the post is sort of on the defensive as the subject may be a bit personal for you.
Now I'm a Black woman and if you were to swap out "Industry Baby" with something like "WAP", the argument could be made that "WAP" is not really a threat and that it shows Black women in a way that not all Black women want to see themselves or believe themselves to be. I don't subscribe to the tired idea that all Black women are able to offer to the world is sex and being pieces of meat to be shown and thrown around. It reenforces negative stereotypes such as all Black women are freaky, sluts, hoes, baby mamas, love to twerk, etc. It's "Self-degradation" disguised as "Female Empowerment." And "Industry Baby" is "Self-degradation" disguised as as a form of Black LGBT "empowerment."