As an African born, raised, and living in America I wouldn’t say American BW are really in their men’s corner, I feel like most Africans would agree, and a lot of American BM would agree.
I date American BW exclusively and notice a significant amount of disdain for black manhood in general, either doubting your competence/intelligence when you have accomplished way more than them or anybody in their family, subtly trying to tear down your confidence when they feel like you’re arrogant, just an all around energy of “you’re a simple black man, and it’s my job to mold, control, and lead you to greatness/happiness”.
And it’s not all of them, it’s a lot of wonderful ones, some stuck in the opposite situation, with a man who tears them down to cope with their own insecurities.
But regardless, a lot of them have the traits I listed above (from my dating experience it’s the college ones that are the worst with it, hell my ex was an AKA and she told me that her old ass soror basically teaches them that “men are meant to be tamed, molded, and obedient.” We obviously couldn’t work out, I’m a bushboy not a honeydo)
Like if I had never went back to Africa and realized there was salvation in a culture that actually allows, enables, and encourages black boys/black men to be great and obtain respect and power through their greatness, I would have lost hope as a black man in this world.
In African cultures it’s typically accepted that men run the society, but women create and mold the men that run their societies, so the power balance is always equal. Any complaints that BW levy against BM in America are usually issues that they are responsible in creating, and vice versa.
The manosphere is just allowing complaints that have been being made by black men for years to finally get the same reach as the complaints levied by black women. Black women are on television talk show or a major blog platform talking about the failings of black men 2-3 times a week in America, whether it’s Fox Soul, TheShadeRoom, TheReal. Now the black men get to defend themselves and air out their complaints about black women it’s hate speech lol.
Even in the comment I’m responding too, you take the time to point out black men are at the bottom of the male totem pole; that doesn’t exactly yell “I’m in your corner”.
Plus black women are at the bottom of the female totem poll as well, so wouldn’t that mean black women also have no idea what they’re doing?