Is This "Black Male Privilege Checklist" True?

[Ooh Marty]

black wo/men aint shyt ...

 

[George Gooney]

black wo/men aint shyt ...

MARTY!!!

 

[Max Power]

That's the worst thing I've ever skimmed over.

 

[Spatial Paradox]

Some very valid points (e.g. The role of women in the Civil Right's Movement is commonly downplayed), and some blatant straw men on that list. This is the first I'm hearing of black women who call the cops on black men being called race traitors

I can't cosign this list though (or at least the overall gist of it) because most of it isn't really specific to black men/women. Many of those items can be applied to society in general. This seems to be one of those things just meant to stir up another "black men vs. black women" debate

 

[the cac mamba]

is it safe to say that at least half of the list refers to male privilege and not exclusviey black male privlege?

 

[KingDanz]

He wrote that list to get some puzzy.

 

[Born2BKing]

black wo/men aint shyt ...

Bingo! We need to just cut the shyt and realize we all ain't shyt and white people are right about us. Spare all the non-stop threads.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I've been dranking but I'm gonna go through the list and give my input....here we go breh's

Posted by @PartyHeart and dapped by @SouthernBelle, @dora_da_destroyer, @ebonykiss, @folasade, @Juicy, @Rawtid and @Anothergirl. All female posters.


The Black Male Privilege Checklist

1. I don't have to choose my race over my sex in political matters. what kinda bullshyt is this breh? Being a black male isn't a positive quality in America. That shyt will LITERALLY get you killed
2. When I read African American History textbooks, I will learn mainly about black men. What books are you reading So we gonna act like Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Hariett Tubman, Madam CJ Walker, and a gang of other black females ain't littered throughout our history books?
3. When I learn about the Civil Rights Movement & the Black Power Movements, most of the leaders that I will learn about will be black men. How the fukk is this a privilege? Most of the men were leaders because 1) being a civil rights leader was a death sentence. Do you need me to list the number of men who were assisnated for fighting for the rights of Africna people ?
4. I can rely on the fact that in the near 100-year history of national civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and the Urban League, virtually all of the executive directors have been male.
5. I will be taken more seriously as a political leader than black women.
6. Despite the substantial role that black women played in the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement, currently there is no black female that is considered a "race leader".
7. I can live my life without ever having read black feminist authors, or knowing about black women's history, or black women's issues. Maybe because black feminism is a crock of shyt that doesn't even benefit black women.
8. I can be a part of a black liberation organization like the Black Panther Party where an "out" rapist Eldridge Cleaver can assume leadership position.
9. I will make more money than black women at equal levels of education and occupation.
10. Most of the national "opinion framers" in Black America including talk show hosts and politicians are men.

Beauty
11. I have the ability to define black women's beauty by European standards in terms of skin tone, hair, and body size. In comparison, black women rarely define me by European standards of beauty in terms of skin tone, hair, or body size.
12. I do not have to worry about the daily hassles of having my hair conforming to any standard image of beauty the way black women do.
13. I do not have to worry about the daily hassles of being terrorized by the fear of gaining weight. In fact, in many instances bigger is better for my sex.
14. My looks will not be the central standard by which my worth is valued by members of the opposite sex.

Sex & Sexuality
15. I can purchase pornography that typically shows men defile women by the common practice of the "money shot.”
16. I can believe that causing pain during sex is connected with a woman's pleasure without ever asking her.
17. I have the privilege of not wanting to be a virgin, but preferring that my wife or significant other be a virgin.
18. When it comes to sex if I say "No", chances are that it will not be mistaken for “Yes".
19. If I am raped, no one will assume that "I should have known better" or suggest that my being raped had something to do with how I was dressed.
20. I can use sexist language like bonin’, laying the pipe, hittin-it, and banging that convey images of sexual acts based on dominance and performance.
21. I can live in a world where polygamy is still an option for men in the United States as well as around the world.
22. In general, I prefer being involved with younger women socially and sexually
23. In general, the more sexual partners that I have the more stature I receive among my peers.
24. I have easy access to pornography that involves virtually any category of sex where men degrade women, often young women.
25. I have the privilege of being a part of a sex where "purity balls" apply to girls but not to boys.
26. When I consume pornography, I can gain pleasure from images and sounds of men causing women pain.

Popular Culture
27. I come from a tradition of humor that is based largely on insulting and disrespecting women; especially mothers.
28. I have the privilege of not having black women, dress up and play funny characters- often overweight- that are supposed to look like me for the entire nation to laugh.
29. When I go to the movies, I know that most of the leads in black films are men. I also know that all of the action heroes in black film are men.
30. I can easily imagine that most of the artists in Hip Hop are members of my sex.
31. I can easily imagine that most of the women that appear in Hip Hop videos are there solely to please men
32. Most of lyrics I listen to in hip-hop perpetuate the ideas of males dominating women, sexually and socially.
33. I have the privilege of consuming and popularizing the word pimp, which is based on the exploitation of women with virtually no opposition from other men.
34. I can hear and use language bytches and hoes that demean women, with virtually no opposition from men.
35. I can wear a shirt that others and I commonly refer to as a "wife beater" and never have the language challenged.
36. Many of my favorite movies include images of strength that do not include members of the opposite sex and often are based on violence.
37. Many of my favorite genres of films, such as martial arts, are based on violence.
38. I have the privilege of popularizing or consuming the idea of a thug, which is based on the violence and victimization of others with virtually no opposition from other men.

Attitudes/Ideology
39. I have the privilege to define black women as having "an attitude" without referencing the range of attitudes that black women have.
40. I have the privilege of defining black women's attitudes without defining my attitudes as a black man.
41. I can believe that the success of the black family is dependent on returning men to their historical place within the family, rather than in promoting policies that strengthen black women's independence, or that provide social benefits to black children.
42. I have the privilege of believing that a woman cannot raise a son to be a man.
43. I have the privilege of believing that a woman must submit to her man.
44. I have the privilege of believing that before slavery gender relationships between black men and women were perfect.
45. I have the privilege of believing that feminism is anti-black.
46. I have the privilege of believing that the failure of the black family is due to the black matriarchy.
47. I have the privilege of believing that household responsibilities are women's roles.
48. I have the privilege of believing that black women are different sexually than other women and judging them negatively based on this belief.


She might have a point

I got like 4 questions down and decided not to blow my high on this bullshyt. This is a list written by a broad who got fukked over by a dude and wrote an essay to make herself feel better. I'm going back to my glenlivet. Date a black feminist who'll write long ass bullshyt posts breh's.

 

[LebronsHairline]

Strawmen! Strawmen everywhere!

black wo/men aint shyt ...

 

[Deluuxe]

Bingo! We need to just cut the shyt and realize we all ain't shyt and white people are right about us. Spare all the non-stop threads.

I know this was a sarcastic post, but why does bolded even matter. This is why black folks need their own economic base, because when you dont need whites for your lively hood their opinion is completely irrelevant

 

[LebronsHairline]

I've been dranking but I'm gonna go through the list and give my input....here we go breh's




I got like 4 questions down and decided not to blow my high on this bullshyt. This is a list written by a broad who got fukked over by a dude and wrote an essay to make herself feel better. I'm going back to my glenlivet. Date a black feminist who'll write long ass bullshyt posts breh's.

LOL i read the first part about you drinking and i was like "this nikkas gonna get 2 questions in and be like

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I'm not going through that whole list, but I will take one point and destroy it:

9. I will make more money than black women at equal levels of education and occupation.

This is bullshyt feminist logic at work. The reason we make more money for doing the same job with the same qualifications is because we work more hours.​

 

[Born2BKing]

I know this was a sarcastic post, but why does bolded even matter. This is why black folks need their own economic base, because when you dont need whites for your lively hood their opinion is completely irrelevant

Because this is what they want and got. They made us hate each other and destroyed our families for generations. Didn't think we were smart enough to fix the issues and guess they were right. We all ain't shyt at the end of the day, black women, men, mothers, fathers, etc. But anyway, ya'll continue to battle each other in here, i'm out. shyt is pointless and unproductive.

 

[ebonykiss]

I've been dranking but I'm gonna go through the list and give my input....here we go breh's




I got like 4 questions down and decided not to blow my high on this bullshyt. This is a list written by a broad who got fukked over by a dude and wrote an essay to make herself feel better. I'm going back to my glenlivet. Date a black feminist who'll write long ass bullshyt posts breh's.

It was written by a Black man actually lol!

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

paz actually wrote this list breh

Fixed.