Black Men su!cides raising faster than any other racial group

[Lannister]

A really complex issue here.

I partly blame social media for this. Not that suicides weren't happening before the digital age, but I think the fact that social media enhances and appeals to our worst and most shallow traits has lead to disastrous results. Not only is it easier to compare yourself to next person, but negativity and misery is popular on social media and people peddle that shyt like crazy. It's easy to go from hopeful and optimistic to cynical and depressed the longer u spend on here.

I also think that the standards and norms that we as men place on each other has an effect. The lack of empathy, the idea that you can't be vulnerable, or show emotion, or u can't have certain interests without people questioning your manhood, can be damaging to self esteem. Dudes need to realize that everyone is wired differently, and everyone can't or shouldn't fit one mold and that's ok.

 

[NYC Rebel]

I’ve really come to notice this a lot in the last few years or so. Black women are really good at coming together and forcing national attention on specific issues affecting them. They’re really good at providing safe spaces for each other. They really put the work in to advance their causes, be they in regards to domestic and gender violence, political and socioeconomic issues, or cultural representation. They’re really working to give themselves a sense of worth and pride. I really do have to admire them for that.

And I don’t know how true what I’m saying actually is, because I’m just going off what I’ve noticed personally or read wherever. So if I am wrong here, anyone can feel free to let me know. But it feels like black men as a collective just don’t do this. That’s on us, and I 100% include myself here. Because how many of us actually organizing to push a national spotlight on our specific issues on a consistent basis? How many of us are making efforts to advance black men in political, economic, and cultural spheres, like black women do? How many of us provide the safe spaces for each other that women do?

Feels like too many black men would rather just sit around, watch black women or black LGBTQ groups do it and make gains for themselves, and complain about them while also demanding that they make space for us. Or even worse, we let black men get suckered in by grifters and conmen who promote themselves at the expense of black men’s issues while providing no actual solutions to our problems.

Black men have to care enough about other black men to do these things, so that we can instill a sense of pride and self-worth in ourselves. Because no one else is going to do it – not black women, and sure as hell not white people or non-black minorities. And why should they? This isn’t their problem. So it’s up to us to make those changes, so that shyt like this does not happen.

Ive been saying this for years. The problem Im finding with a lot of Black Men is that they feel Black women arent worth emulating but rather are in competition.

its pathetic that a lot of times, black men seek refuge and find it therapeutic creating disdain around Black women.

its pathetic. Im here in Nigeria and it isnt the women who are destroying this nation

 

[Lannister]

Youre way too angry to the point you are skewing the slightest praise towards them.

ive seen Black women fund my boys release from jail on the innocence project. Youre taking shyt too far and Im wondering if youve been around progressive Black women latching to this trash.

cant we have a conversation about us without someone with limited experience on the range of Black woman bashing black women?

A lot of these guys on here need therapy for their bitterness towards (Black) women. They are really no better than the Shea butter crazies they rally against. Just think of anything to blame the other gender for and created a "boogeyman" out of them.

 

[NYC Rebel]

A lot of these guys on here need therapy for their bitterness towards (Black) women. They are really no better than the Shea butter crazies they rally against. Just think of anything to blame the other gender for and created a "boogeyman" out of them.

No other race of men do this.

its annoying. Some these dudes see bashing black women as therapy. This dude literally sat there and is telling me that my wives sorors are doing superficial things. Or the summit of Black women executives are putting together superficial initiatives. That shyt is just plain GARBAGE and comes from a inexperienced person.

Im on record saying Ive grown less and less impressed by Black male leadership over the years. Dudes are failing each other left and right and arent looking within

 

[Lannister]

Ive been saying this for years. The problem Im finding with a lot of Black Men is that they feel Black women arent worth emulating but rather are in competition.

its pathetic that a lot of times, black men seek refuge and find it therapeutic creating disdain around Black women.

its pathetic. Im here in Nigeria and it isnt the women who are destroying this nation

Yep, the whole gender war has been the most pointless waste of energy in the longest time. Harsh truth, but I think a lot of guys think it's easier to compete and contend with Black women than White men.

 

[Micky Mikey]

I've had multiple suicide attempts and they've all been at a time where I felt I had absolutely no social bonds with anyone. I knew people. Had family. Had people I could technically call friends. Had women. Had a decent sex life. What I didn't have is no one I could confide into. No one who I felt geniunely had my back.

I think a lot of black men feel this way. Part of the solution is having a strong social structure. That not only includes family but genuine friends who accept you for who you are. A lot of times I feel black men are too judgemental of each other. If you show the slightest hint of being different or having interests that don't fit the norm I notice a lot of brothers will not associate with you. A lot of brehs are walking around here as a hollow shells afraid to be their true self out of fear of being labelled as a "lame". For a long time I was too embarassed to even read in front of other people. Or admit that I knew nothing about who was playing in the play offs.

The rise of social media has only made people feel more isolated. Especially when you're constantly bombarded with the idea that everyone is doing better than you. Social media is just an echo chamber at this point. It only reinforces and intensifies any sense of isolation one may feel. You couple this with constantly being profiled by society. Women telling you how much of a peice of shyt you are. Society invalidating your feelings. Other black men who'll kill you over the slightest offense. Cops and white supremacists who want to kill you. Low economic mobility. Is it any wonder why so many brehs are at the point of suicide?

 

[Wild self]

Youre way too angry to the point you are skewing the slightest praise towards them.

ive seen Black women fund my boys release from jail on the innocence project. Youre taking shyt too far and Im wondering if youve been around and had any lived in experiences with progressive Black women latching them to this trash.

cant we have a conversation about us without someone with limited experience on the range of Black woman bashing black women?

I'm talking about the feminist portion of black women that bash black men. Not the "pick me" black women.

 

[NYC Rebel]

I'm talking about the feminist portion of black women that bash black men. Not the "pick me" black women.

“pick me” black women?

wtf?

Im done here. This is juvenile

 

[Thegospel]

I've had multiple suicide attempts and they've all been at a time where I felt I had absolutely no social bonds with anyone. I knew people. Had family. Had people I could technically call friends. Had women. Had a decent sex life. What I didn't have is no one I could confide into. No one who I felt geniunely had my back.

I think a lot of black men feel this way. Part of the solution is having a strong social structure. That not only includes family but genuine friends who accept you for who you are. A lot of times I feel black men are too judgemental of each other. If you show the slightest hint of being different or having interests that don't fit the norm I notice a lot of brothers will not associate with you. A lot of brehs are walking around here as a hollow shells afraid to be their true self out of fear of being labelled as a "lame". For a long time I was too embarassed to even read in front of other people. Or admit that I knew nothing about who was playing in the play offs.

The rise of social media has only made people feel more isolated. Especially when you're constantly bombarded with the idea that everyone is doing better than you. Social media is just an echo chamber at this point. It only reinforces and intensifies any sense of isolation one may feel. You couple this with constantly being profiled by society. Women telling you how much of a peice of shyt you are. Society invalidating your feelings. Other black men who'll kill you over the slightest offense. Cops and white supremacists who want to kill you. Low economic mobility. Is it any wonder why so many brehs are at the point of suicide?

Basically your life depends on having someone you can confide in/has your back? That's a sad way to live. So if the people you confude in one day get up and say screw you and cut you off then what?

 

[eastsideTT]

There's dozens of reasons to go crazy right now and even more reasons to not look forward to whatever the future here is going to be like. This, sadly, isn't surprising

 

[Micky Mikey]

Basically your life depends on having someone you can confide in/has your back? That's a sad way to live. So if the people you confude in one day get up and say screw you and cut you off then what?

Lol no not at all. If it did I'd be dead by now. There were other factors but not having a strong social structure definitely made it worse. And I can imagine there are plenty of black men who didn't have a strong social structure and it made all the difference. It saddens me thinking about how for some brothers all it may have taken is a phone call before they pulled the trigger.

At the end of the day we're social creatures. There is no such thing as every man for himself. That isn't how we evolved as a species.

 

[NSSVO]

My old church member just killed himself

 

[Thegospel]

Lol no not at all. If it did I'd be dead by now. There were other factors but not having a strong social structure definitely made it worse. And I can imagine there are plenty of black men who didn't have a strong social structure and it made all the difference. It saddens me thinking about how for some brothers all it may have taken is a phone call before they pulled the trigger.

At the end of the day we're social creatures. There is no such thing as every man for himself. That isn't how we evolved as a species.

We are social creatures but having a person to call on isn't needed for a man. What is a friend going to do? Tell you that your family loves you and listen to you vent?

And still at the end of the day it goes back to what I said. If that friend is no longer available then what?

I'm getting at something here by the way

 

[AquaCityBoy]

And bullshyt like this from these punk ass sellout black celebrities' do nothing but feed into the social engineering:

I'll never understand why nikkas get mad about shyt like this.

 

[Exlurkernegro]

And bullshyt like this from these punk ass sellout black celebrities' do nothing but feed into the social engineering:

Cool, but don't blame men for the beauty standards that women face.