Your Thoughts Re: Why Would It Bother a Black Man to See a Black Woman with a White Man?
I've been noticing quite a bit from the Black men here and at large that ya'll sometimes apply what I call a double standard. What do I mean by double standard you might wonder? Is it just my imagination running away with me or is there really a double standard in Black America where Black men are concerned? Personally I think there could be, but I'm always open to intelligent discussion. I don't know if watching "Lakeview Terrace (the featured clip) last night had a tiny bit to do with me spinning this blog, but I highly suspect that it does.
I'm sure many of you have seen it, but for those who haven't taken a peek... Samuel Jackson plays an angry Black police officer who gets sadistic trills out of terrorizing his interracial neighbors next door.
My question is: Are (some if not many) Black men too coddled, too pampered, and use to having their piece of the cake and eating it too by women to the point that they now feel its their God given right to apply the double standard when sistahs date White men? If so, how can we rectify this situation if in fact there is such a situation (which I highly suspect that there is)? Thanks in advance for your most honest and thoughtful responses to this blog! ((hugs, kisses, and lots of bubbles @ cha!))
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This blog is potentially explosive, so I'll offer this early then keep quiet:
It's an old theory I've had for years … knowing what our ancestors suffered at the hands of white men makes me think of the movie title, "Sleeping With the Enemy". I was reminded of this recently while reading Richard Kigel's book when one of the female characters was about to be lashed for speaking out and to think that only a few generations later, her great grand-daughter would even WANT to give her body to a white man is almost incomprehensible.
Now here's my attempt to explain the double standard: It's a proverbial slap-in-the-face if a black guy lays with the white man's treasure, the white woman. That's like evening the score. (Let the flame-throwers come.)
That being said, no one group of people can be painted with a broad brush. Women only want the best they can get, and unfortunately often times he doesn't look like us. To each his own.